FIFTY3 champions
outstanding new music
through Fifty3 Fridays and
occasional features
Music is a great passion of mine. In my teenage years I was an avid record collector and concert goer. Stints as a booking agent, running folk clubs, promoting gigs and even a crack at artiste management followed. While it never became my main occupation, music was always on my personal radar.
In the past 15 years I have written for leading US music website Consequence and breakthrough site, BestNewBands. I am a judge for Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition and have reviewed the festival for both sites. I am now pleased to curate my very own music site.
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than unearthing great, original new music and championing independent musicians. You’ll find many of them on this site alongside the occasional legend of times past and I hope they will bring you as much joy as they give me.
Tony Hardy
UPCOMING GIGS
Selected dates in the London area:
Sun 8 Sep: BOOK NOW FOR Fresh On The Net Live, The Lower Third, 26 Denmark St, London WC2
Sun 15 Sep: London Grammar, Pryzm, Kingston upon Thames
Tues 17 Sep: Cordelia Gartside, The Lexington, London N1
Tues 1 Oct: Wings of Desire, Bush Hall, London W12
Tue 22 Oct - FIFTY3 PRESENTS Silk Cinema + Frances Mistry + The Music of Sound, The Bedford, Balham SW12
banquetrecords.com: See the Events page for all live shows in Kingston