Beat It

24/11/2019

A selection of images from this year's Beat It!

24/11/2019

It's been just over a month since Beat It and we've got the blues...

To help you (and us!) fight them off, we've added some wonderful photos from the night, taken by Sam Gould Photography, so you can picture yourself back with us! 🤩

This year, we raised a whopping £2139 for Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK. Over the last four years, Beat It has managed to raise over £10000 for these charities, and we can't wait to raise even more next year!

We'd like to say a big thank you to the amazing artists (Ratbags, , Hush Mozey and Chrissie Huntley) who played, to all the wonderful O2 staff who helped to make the night possible, and an even bigger thank you to everyone who bought a ticket, donated and came down to party with us. We had a great time, and we hope you did too!

See you next year ✨

18/10/2019

Our evening is well under way with Ratbags kicking us off. Get down now before you miss it!

Tonight we’re also running a raffle! Tickets are £1.50, or £5 for a strip of 5, and you could be in with a chance of winning:

- A trip to the Clifton Zoo
- A family pass to the Clifton Observatory
- 2 Guest list tickets to an upcoming show at the O2
- A free meal at Nando’s!

Tickets are only £5 and are available on the door tonight, so come and join us for a great time for a great cause! ✨

18/10/2019

Tonight's the night!

We're super excited to see you all come down to enjoy an evening of fun and great music for an even greater cause! 💫

For just £5 you can dance the night away to Ratbags, Madcap, Hush Mozey and Chrissie Huntley and keep on going at the O2 Academy Bristol's long-running club night Ramshackle Bristol afterwards for FREE!

Even if you can't attend, donations are greatly appreciated. Every £5 donation goes towards the incredible work that both the Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK do!

So, come down and support the bands and these two amazing charities tonight and have a whole load of fun while you're at it!

We can't wait...

Grab your tickets through our website link below, through our event page, or from any of our wonderful O2 bar staff selling tickets!

https://academymusicgroup.com/o2academybristol/events/1283715/beat-it-live-music-charity-event-aid-teenage-cancer-trust-penny-brohn-tickets

16/10/2019

We're proud to say that Beat It // Chrissie Huntley, Hush Mozey, Madcap and Ratbags has been featured in Bristol In Stereo's Gigs of the Week!

Check it out here:

https://www.bristolinstereo.com/gigs-of-the-week-17th-23rd-october/ 💫

Now only two days away, we can hardly contain our excitement... can you!?

Don't forget that tickets are just £5, and still count as a donation to the Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK even if you are unable to attend the gig! A little can go a long way...

This Gigs of the Week is an absolute doozy. Anti-Boris chants, guitar music in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust, contemporary spoken word masterpieces, sexy jazz-via-electronica mixes, vocals as soothing as a hot cup of cocoa and slick saxophone solos looped to perfection. You're very welcome.

15/10/2019

Don't forget to grab your tickets now! You can get them through the link on our event page here, through the O2 Academy Bristol website, or from one of our many O2 bar staff who are selling tickets! 💫

O2 Academy Bristol website: https://academymusicgroup.com/o2academybristol/events/1283715/beat-it-live-music-charity-event-aid-teenage-cancer-trust-penny-brohn-tickets

Even if you can't attend the event, buying a ticket is greatly appreciated as all proceeds go to both the Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK whether you use your ticket or not!

Remember that your ticket, for 18+ customers, also gets you in to our club night Ramshackle afterwards for free!

Beat It - A live music charity event in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust & Penny Brohn Share on: Buy Tickets Curfew 10pm Where: O2 Academy Bristol When: Friday 18 October 2019 - 6.00pm Support: Ratbags, Madcap, Hush Mozey, Chrissie Huntley Pickpocketing - Bristol Ticketmaster Gift Cards O2 Academy Blog ....

15/10/2019

With only 3 more days to go until Friday, we'd like to introduce our headlining act for the night... none other than fabulous Bristol-based singer Chrissie Huntley!

Chrissie is described as ‘a glow of sunshine that transforms the rain into celebrated rainbows’. As an artist, Chrissie is particularly passionate about supporting the important work charities do for young people – her first single, ‘If Only I Could’, which took on the task of raising important awareness about mental health, raised nearly £500 for the mental health charity ‘Mind’. After performing at Glastonbury Festival over the summer, Chrissie is back in Bristol continuing her musical mission – to make people just a little bit happier.

Check out 'If Only I Could' below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wodTTah7TdA
.. and make sure to follow and listen to Chrissie Huntley on Spotify to really get you in the mood for Friday!!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fEex9ONZ8SSmHUgc5p27j?si=MKdNGBS9QAaCkOynfLHTNA

For only £5, you can come and see Chrissie Huntley plus Ratbags, Madcap and Hush Mozey this Friday! All proceeds from ticket sales go to charity, and your ticket allows free entry into the O2 Academy Bristol's long-running club night Ramshackle afterwards!

Come down and make you don't miss out on an evening of great music and great fun!

Music & Lyrics: Chrissie Huntley & Band Video: 'A Life Well Productions' Production: Tim Allen, Ben Guilding, Stefan Cass Lyrics: If it were down to me I'd s...

13/10/2019

With just under a week to go, we are excited to introduce you to our third act of the evening, Hush Mozey!

Fighting against ‘modern musical mediocrity’, Hush Mozey are another Bristol-based band representing modern youth counter culture with their mix of ska, punk and grunge music, proclaimed as ‘drowzy rock and roll’. Their latest album, a spooky release titled 'Pretty Little Séance' (rather apt for this time of year) encourages you to 'relive your dreams through song'. Check out both 'Pretty Little Séance' and their debut album 'Tales of Bigotry' via Spotify below:

https://open.spotify.com/artist/48bWLPdEjFDKgnqBlQhclz?si=WY4zZSxNS86D0rOmNn7Jgg

And experience the strangely hypnotising hallucinatory video for their single 'Oh, What a Dream' (recently featured on BBC Music's 'Introducing in the West'!) here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRfa-VBZ9c

Remember - tickets to see Hush Mozey alongside all three other artists are only £5 and proceeds all go to the Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK!! PLUS your ticket (for 18+ customers only) get you into Ramshackle afterwards for free. It'd be a shame to sleep on this...

"Oh, What a Dream" is out everywhere now! Listen here: http://hyperurl.co/wnci9g "Pretty Little Seance" out May 10th! Drowzy Rock and Roll Music by Hush Moze...

09/10/2019

Truly putting the 'Mad' in Madcap, our second act of the night's high-adrenaline sound will have you energized all night long!

Here's a little taste...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT4xDDDfB5g

And if that's not enough to tide you over, check him out on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QArtsS7ze8bJntmDIyAbx?si=yVGA4Zs7SCKpJYLLl3qvbw

Remember - tickets are just £5 and all proceeds go to Teenage Cancer Trust and Penny Brohn UK! And if Madcap leaves you with more energy than you know what to do with, your ticket gets you into O2 Academy Bristol's long-running club night Ramshackle afterwards, so you can keep on dancing! 💫

The official live show promo video for Bristol based Hip Hop artist Madcap. For bookings, please email [email protected] Watch Madcap's latest music video...

07/10/2019

Are you Keen to know more about Beat It's first act, Ratbags?

Well, here you go!

Self-styled as ‘surf pop/surf rock’, Ratbags, consisting of band members Freddie Bamber, Zoe Dodge and Luke Mullins, are a Bristol-based band described as ‘exhilarating and energy-fuelled’ and ‘fab fuzz fun!’ by their rather Keen fans on Facebook. No strangers to the Bristol circuit having played a charity gig for The Crofters Rights and being a part of the Dot to Dot Festival in Bristol earlier this year, Ratbags are certainly one to watch on the Bristol scene and are a wonderful way to kick off Beat It 2019.

Check out their latest single, Keen, below! 💫

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s5UbjMP4l8&t=117s

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gZqINE3tx6bxHvQwQ8Naz?si=FJ_x8Fd5QRWzB8JJSEV4dQ

SHRED TILL YA DEAD (or until you're tired)

06/10/2019