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The Comedy Clubhouse: Barcelona’s Home for Laughs, Misfits & Midnight Magic
If you’ve ever wandered through Barcelona as an expat, you know the feeling: that tug-of-war between loving the city and craving a place where you just fit. Somewhere to relax, speak English without apologizing, meet people who get your humor, and maybe misbehave a little on a weeknight. If that’s you, then you’ve probably been pointed (by fate, a friend, or a drunken stranger) toward The Comedy Clubhouse — the beating heart of Barcelona’s English-speaking comedy scene.

projectmindbend
4 min read


Wine Wednesday: Barcelona’s Mid-Week Secret Where World-Class Musicians Meet Velvet Elegance
Wine Wednesday is the brainchild of two creative forces: Front Page News Barcelona, the event collective known for curating immersive live shows, and Velvet Room BCN, a lush cocktail and jazz lounge that feels like stepping into a 1950s film set.
Front Page News brings the musical vision — a three-act journey where artists build the night’s energy from soulful acoustic sets to full-band finales. The idea is to feel the arc of the night, not just attend another gig.

AlternateReality
4 min read


"Eleven Letters" by Liam Cloud
Song’s called “Eleven Letters.” You can inquire of the song what the letters represent, and like so many good stories you can bring your own meaning to these eleven letters. There’s a lot of context given in the chorus.

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


The VIL VEINS and Fuzzy Zen
The Vil Veins are the kind of power trio who exemplify the need for those three kinds of musician.

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


Brighter Days - Liam Cloud's favourite song
Liam has released “Brighter Days.” It is hands down his favorite song. The same way that John Mayer feels about "Gravity"

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


The Honeyclub and Wondering What’s Outside the Pond
The Honeyclub make rock and roll, and they do so with a level of self-awareness that makes their sound strangely comforting.

Oliver Blakemore
5 min read


A Shared Touch of Madness
United in Mess-making,Lina and Anthony are seasoned musicians in collusion for their mutual success. Lina’s heading a project called Vosk.

Oliver Blakemore
5 min read


"Blink." You Won't Miss it. Liam's Single.
Liam Cloud is a Singer-Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who mainly wields his guitar as if an extension of himself. Blink is his latest

Oliver Blakemore
5 min read


Why Wherever Sessions?
Every now and then, the world of music needs to be reminded that it’s for people and by people.

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


Calum Busby and the Sonic Onion of Social Issues
Calum Busby is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Calum leapt out of Scotland and into life somewhere entirely other.

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


Dylan Says Go Straight On
Dylan Cloud Can’t Honestly Be Like That…Can He? This is the story of a song. Wrote some lyrics—didn’t take very long. And they sound so good

Oliver Blakemore
5 min read


Podcast 002 - Liam Cloud
Liam Cloud was here from Day One when Front Page News grew from a mad mad idea in Kristina's brain, to being the event series we love.

projectmindbend
2 min read


How Our Barcelona crawls out of this Mad World with wicked music events
Our final concert this Summer happens on the 26th of June. About a year after the Liceu Symphony Orchestra serenaded plants post-Lockdown.

digitalsushi101
2 min read


Jason's Cyberpunk Rabbit Hole
Jason Nuroptics is a visual artist who we invited to Barcelona in March 2020, to play Art in Motion in La Rubia. This is one cyberpunk story

Oliver Blakemore
5 min read


Lila - Conflict Dolls
I found talking to Lila March relaxing. thinking back on it I feel like I ought to have had psychic whiplash from it.

Oliver Blakemore
4 min read


Music Under Lockdown
Let’s face it. This curfew and state of alarm went a long way to killing off the music scene. Thanks to you, moving forward is possible!

panmartinez
4 min read


Why Front Page News Will Happen in Denver
Why Front Page News Will Happen in Denver: Live music concerts in Barcelona recently got resuscitated despite so many odds. Why stop there?

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


Concert Venue Extraordinaire - Winter Edition
This secret venue is located atop of one of the biggest and most well stocked paper stores in Europe. In the heart of the city: Urquinaona.

panmartinez
2 min read


Judith - Jewelry Made of Feelings
Judith’s a little different. I’m not her—she’s not me. But the way she’s a storyteller reminds me of the way I’m a storyteller—

Oliver Blakemore
3 min read


Music and Happiness
If there is such a thing as the collective unconscious, its manifestation is music. Music is practically a mind-altering substance.

Oliver Blakemore
4 min read
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