Serviced apartments are available in Edinburgh throughout November, December and January as the award-winning Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You returns to the Edinburgh Playhouse. Serviced apartments are an increasingly fashionable choice for visitors to cities and Serviced City Pads has a large range of serviced apartments for you to choose from for your stay in Edinburgh. To see the serviced apartments available in Edinburgh for that night, please click here.

We Will Rock You is coming to Edinburgh’s Playhouse at the end of this year, running almost every night from 29^th November 2011 into the New Year, the last show scheduled to be 7^th January 2012.  We Will Rock You first opened in London’s West End on May 14^th 2002 at the Dominion Theatre. It was decidedly panned by the critics upon its opening but established itself as a firm favourite with the audience and has since become the longest running musical at the Dominion Theatre and has played to countries all over the world, including Australia, Japan and Russia. It is estimated that over 12 million people worldwide have seen the show. The story is set in the future, in an age where individualism and creativity are prohibited. The protagonist, Galileo, a lone dreamer, suddenly appears and it seems that he alone can help to make possible the return of rock and roll to this dreary, oppressed society.

The show has won many awards including ‘Best New Musical’ at Theatregoers Choice Awards, ‘Most Popular Long Running Show’ at Olivier Awards and ‘Outstanding Production of a Musical’ at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. The legendary Brian May has also been known to make appearances at the London productions to help celebrate anniversaries and often Freddie Mercury’s birthday on the 5^th September.

If you will be travelling to Edinburgh to see We Will Rock You, serviced apartments are a great alternative to a hotel room, offering more space and the advantage of having your own kitchen and dining/living area. Whether you are travelling alone, in a couple, a large group or a family, there is a serviced apartment in Edinburgh to suit you. To find out more about what serviced apartments are available for your stay, contact Serviced City Pads on 0844-335-8866 or have a look at the Edinburgh city page on the Serviced City Pads website.

Serviced apartments are still available in Edinburgh for the Kaiser Chiefs at the HMV Picture House next February 2012. Serviced apartments are becoming the popular alternative to the traditional hotel option, and would be ideal for anyone travelling to Edinburgh to see the Kaiser Chiefs play. Here at Serviced City Pads we have a wide range of serviced apartments in Edinburgh that could provide accommodation for your stay; click here to go to our website to see the options available.

The Kaiser Chiefs will be playing in Edinburgh next year, and serviced apartments are a great option for anyone who will be visiting the city during this period. The Kaiser Chiefs are one of the most beloved pop bands of the new millennium; the band specialises in ridiculously infectious pop music and the group have a great sense of humour that has endeared them to most people. The band first got everyone’s attention with their debut album “Employment” released in 2005. The singles from the album were all chart hits – there was “Every Day I Love You Less and Less”, “Modern Way”, and the huge hits “Oh My God” and “I Predict A Riot”. A measure of the band’s success is that their songs were covered by pop acts like Lily Allen, Girls Aloud and the Sugababes. The band’s success has continued with the follow up albums “Yours Truly, Angry Mob” in 2007, and 2008’s “Off With Their Heads”. The band will be touring hard to promote their fourth album “The Future is Medieval”, released this year, and the live shows should remind everyone just how many great pop songs the band now has in their locker. The band will be playing Edinburgh’s HMV Picture House on the 9^th February 2012, and if you are lucky enough to be in attendance it should be a wonderful evening.

Serviced apartments are still available for the night that the Kaiser Chiefs will be playing Edinburgh in February 2012. More and more people are starting to choose serviced apartments over the usual hotel room. This is because serviced apartments offer much more space than a hotel. As well as the bedroom(s) and bathroom(s), the vast majority of serviced apartments have a lounge and dining area, as well as a kitchen. In a serviced apartment you can prepare your own meals and then sit down at the table to enjoy them. The lounge area also helps a serviced apartment to feel like a home away from home. To see the kind of serviced apartments that are available, why not visit the Edinburgh city page on the Serviced City Pads website – you can do so by clicking here.

If you will be coming to Edinburgh next February, either to see the Kaiser Chiefs or for anything else, you should consider serviced apartments for your stay. To find out more about serviced apartments and to see what options are available to you, please contact us here at Serviced City Pads. You can call us on 0844-335-8866 to discuss your requirements with our reservations team, or you can simply send your enquiry to us via the Serviced City Pads website and we will send out the best options to you.

Serviced apartments are still available in Edinburgh for the Ed Sheeran concert in January 2012. Here at Serviced City Pads we have a range of serviced apartments available in Edinburgh that are ideal for anyone travelling to see Ed Sheeran perform. You can see the types of serviced apartments available by visiting the Edinburgh city page on the Serviced City Pads website.

Ed Sheeran will be performing in Edinburgh next year, and serviced apartments are a great option for accommodation for anyone travelling to see him perform. Ed Sheeran will be playing the Edinburgh HMV Picture House on the 10th January 2012. Ed Sheeran is an exciting new act who has recently established himself with the success of his debut single “A Team” which reached number 3 in the singles chart, selling 58,000 copies in the first week of release. The follow up single “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” reached number 4 in the chart continuing his success. More important than the success of these singles is the fact that his debut album “+” reached the number 1 spot in the albums chart. This just goes to show that Sheeran has connected with a lot of people, and is unlikely to be another one-hit wonder. Though he is only 20 years old, Sheeran has worked long and hard for the success he is currently enjoying. He began recording his music in 2005, and released a number of EPs. He has also worked hard to develop himself as a live performer, moving to London in 2008 in order to perfect his skills by playing as many gigs as possible; in 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs according to some reports. Sheeran released a number of EPs and collaborated with a number of artists: for example, his “No. 5 Collaborations Project” saw him work with hip-hop artists Wiley, Devlin and Sway. His appeal reaches across genres, as demonstrated by his successful appearances at Glastonbury and Reading festival. Sheeran’s show in Edinburgh is sure to be a great night – a chance to see an up and coming artist performing his best songs.

If you will be travelling to Edinburgh to see Ed Sheeran perform, have you considered serviced apartments as accommodation for your stay? Serviced apartments are the increasingly popular alternative to hotel rooms, as they offer much more space and comfort and with a lounge and dining area and kitchen, they are like a home away from home. The Serviced City Pads website has a variety of serviced apartments for you to look at; there is everything from studio and one bedroom apartments up to 2 or 3 bedroom apartments that are ideal for families or groups of friends. To see the options available click here and you will be taken to the Edinburgh city page.

If you are interested in serviced apartments for Ed Sheeran’s concert at the Edinburgh HMV Picture House, then contact us at Serviced City Pads and we will see what options are available to you. You can submit your enquiry through our website, or you can call us on 0844-335-8866 to speak to a member of our reservations team.

Serviced apartments are still available in Edinburgh for the Dead by Dawn film festival next year. Serviced apartments are a great place to stay during your visit to Edinburgh, offering much more space than the traditional hotel room. If you are interested in serviced apartments in Edinburgh, why not visit the Serviced City Pads website and see what your options are?

Serviced apartments in Edinburgh are available for next year’s Dead by Dawn festival which will take place from 29^th March – 1^st April 2012. Dead by Dawn is a horror film festival that has taken place annually since 1993 (except for a break in 2010) at Edinburgh’s Filmhouse. The festival is an international affair with films from all around the world – this Serviced City Pads blogger was lucky enough to attend last year’s festival, and there was a great diversity of films on display. This year’s line-up is still to be confirmed, but a quick recap of last year’s line-up will illustrate the range of film on offer. In terms of the more traditional fare there was “The Last Employee”, a haunting ghost story from Germany, and “Julia’s Eyes” a Spanish psychological chiller about a woman losing her sight. There were also some films that don’t fit the traditional horror mould, but were frightening nonetheless, such as the Japanese drama “Cold Fish” by arch provocateur Sion Sono. There were also some strange offerings like the excellent Korean film “The Neighbour Zombie”, which was composed of short films made by Korean film-makers. British film was represented by the absolutely charming and funny “Harold’s Going Stiff” which saw a lonely old man suffering from the onset of zombie like symptoms making a new friend. There was space for comedy at the festival too, with “Dale & Tucker vs. Evil” and “Chop”, which was an absolutely inspired parody of “Hostel” and “Saw”. As well as showcasing new film, the festival also offered the chance to see classic horror on the big screen – last year saw screenings of “Carrie”, Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers”, and “Killer Klowns from Outer Space”. It’s not all about features though; the festival also showcased short films and animation from all over the world. For anybody who loves horror film, the Dead by Dawn festival will be a delight – you will have the opportunity to see film from all over the world. If you want a challenge, you can try to survive the Saturday night all night screening – it ran until 7.00am in the morning, and this blogger is proud to say he managed to make it through, meaning that he did not miss a single thing on the festival bill.

If you will be coming to Edinburgh for Dead by Dawn next year, have you considered serviced apartments for your accommodation? Serviced apartments can offer much more space and comfort than the traditional hotel room, with a living and dining area, and a kitchen where you can prepare your own meals. To see the range of serviced apartments available in Edinburgh, visit the Edinburgh city page on the Serviced City Pads website.

For serviced apartments for your visit to Edinburgh, contact us at Serviced City Pads to see what we can find for you. You can call us on 0844-335-8866 to speak to our reservations team, or send us your enquiry through our website and we will respond as soon as possible.

Jessie J will be playing Usher Hall in Edinburgh in October, and there are still serviced apartments available for that night. Serviced apartments are an increasingly popular option for people travelling around the UK, and if you will be coming to Edinburgh to see Jessie J at Usher Hall then they could be an ideal choice for accommodation. Contact us here at Serviced City Pads to see what options are available.
Serviced apartments are available for the night of 25th October 2011 when Jessie J will be playing Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Jessie J is a star on the rise, and the show at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall is a great chance to see her live. Jessie J first came to public attention with the single “Do It Like a Dude” which was a huge hit, only kept off the top spot by Bruno Mars’ “Grenade”. Despite the appearance of sudden stardom however, Jessie J (real name Jessica Cornish) had been pursuing a career in music for many years. She enrolled at the BRIT school at 16, and worked at her songwriting and performing. Initially, Jessie J struggled to forge a career as a solo artist, and instead began working as a songwriter for hire for other artists, such as Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. Jessie was one of the songwriters behind Cyrus’ hit single “Party in the U.S.A.” which was a US number 1. Interestingly, Jessie J’s breakout hit single, “Do It Like a Dude” was initially another song that she wrote for another artist. Inspired by Rihanna’s “Rude Boy”, she wrote the song for Rihanna, only for her label to convince her that she should release the song herself. This she did, and she has never looked back. The follow up single, “Price Tag” featuring American rap star B.o.B, went in at number 1, and confirmed that Jessie J is one of the most exciting pop stars around at the moment. She triumphed at the BRIT awards in 2011, walking away with the Critic’s Choice award, and her debut album “Who You Are”, released in February 2011, saw critical acclaim and commercial success debuting at number 2 on the album chart and selling over 100,000 copies in its first week. The subsequent success of the next singles “Nobody’s Perfect” and “Who’s Laughing Now” have established Jessie J as a hitmaker, and her touring has built her reputation as a live performer. Anyone lucky enough to have a ticket for her show at Usher Hall in Edinburgh will see a pop star who should be around for a long time.
If you will be coming to Edinburgh to see Jessie J perform have you considered serviced apartments for accommodation for your visit? Serviced apartments are a great alternative to the usual hotel room – they can offer a home away from home and really help you to enjoy your stay. Serviced apartments typically have a lounge and dining area and a kitchen, allowing more space and comfort for guests. In Edinburgh, there are serviced apartments to suit everyone, from one bedroom apartments perfect for those travelling alone or couples, as well as larger apartments that can accommodate families and friends. You can see the options available through Serviced City Pads by visiting the Edinburgh city page on our website.
If you will be visiting Edinburgh, why not contact us here at Serviced City Pads and see what we can find for you? You can send an enquiry through our website and we will respond as soon as possible, or you can call us on 0844-335-8866 to discuss your requirements.

The Edinburgh Playhouse is a former cinema in Edinburgh which now hosts touring musicals and music concerts. This summer the world famous ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ a juxebox musical visits the theatre on July 11 – 16. Serviced City Pads supply serviced apartment accommodation throughout Edinburgh, please contact the reservations team on 0844 335 8866.

Buddy Holly the musical was conceived by Londoner Laurie Mansfield, who pitched the idea to film producer Greg Smith and writer Alan Janes in 1988. Paul Elliot, a West End producer took on the project, and support from Paul McCartney ensured the show’s creation. Opening in 1989, the musical initially ran in London’s West End for over 12 years, and also a brief broadway production, with numerous subsequent tours and productions continuing to run around the world. Serviced City Pads.
Buddy Holly the musical in two acts with a book written in two acts with a book written by Alan Janes, and music and lyrics by a variety of songwriters. Based on the life and career of early rock and roller Buddy holly, the musical hews closer to Holly’s actual life story, the show mostly consists of songs of Holly and early other rockers. Serviced City Pads.

In Lubbock, Texas, 19 year old Buddy Holly is an up and coming country music singer. He and his two friends, Joe and Jerry want to experiment with the new and controversial style of music called rock n roll. They struggle for a time in Texas and then in Nashville, where producers want Buddy to record country and western music, ignoring Buddy’s pleas to ‘do it his way’. The escalating argument almost results in a fist fight between buddy and the Decca producer, thus ending Buddy’s Decca relationship. Hipockets Duncan, a local DJ and friend of Buddy’s, knowing that Buddy is frustrated, puts him in contact with an up and coming Producer who will let him play his music his way. Serviced City Pads.

A contract with pioneering record producer Norman Petty results in string of hits, including the 1957 hits ‘That’ll be the day’, and ‘Peggy Sue’. The group then appears at the Apollo theatre in Harlem where the theatre musicians were expecting a black group, resulting in The Crickters being the first white group to perform there, where they were enthusiastically received. Serviced City Pads.Following these successes, The Crickets begin to record in New York City, where Buddy meets and impulsively marries Puerto Rican record receptionist Maria Elena Santiago. After the break-up with The Cricketers, Buddy starts a solo career, leading to his hits being signed as one of the headliners on the 1959 ‘Winter Dance Party’. Fed up with the terrible weather and tired of travelling by tour bus, 22 year old Holly breaks a promise to his pregnant wife not to fly. Following a February 2, 1959 concerts depart on a small plane during a blizzard, a fateful decision that places them in musical history books in an unexpected and tragic way. Serviced City Pads.

The Serviced City Pads blog often tries to draw attention to cultural events that are under the radar – recent examples of this for Edinburgh include the Swamp Soccer World Championship and the Dead by Dawn horror film festival. However, this blog is devoted to an event that is probably not in any danger of being overlooked!

The award winning stage show We Will Rock You is coming to Edinburgh at the end of 2011. The Ben Elton penned epic will be performed at the Edinburgh Playhouse from the 29th November 2011 to the 7th January 2012. The show is set in a dystopian future where culture has become homogenized and life is bleak and dull. The people are looking for someone to save them – will it be the mysterious Galileo? Featuring some of Queen’s greatest songs (including “I Want to Break Free,” “Another One Bites the Dust,” and “Radio Gaga”) We Will Rock You is sure to be an amazing evening, particularly for those who are already well acquainted with the hits of one of the greatest bands that Britain has ever produced.

If you are looking to visit Edinburgh at the end of this year, whether to see the show, or just to see Edinburgh itself, you could always book a serviced apartment for your visit. Serviced apartments are becoming a more and more popular option for people travelling around the UK, whether they are families, groups of friends, or business travellers. At Serviced City Pads, we have a wide range of serviced apartments available through our apartment operators. There are studio or 1 bedroom apartments, ideal for couples or single travellers. Alternatively, there are 3 or even 4 bedroom apartments that can accommodate large groups of people also available. You can see for yourself the options available in Edinburgh by clicking here.

If you’re going to visit Edinburgh, why not contact Serviced City Pads and a member of our reservations team will be happy to see what options are available for you through our apartment operators? You can call us on 0844-335-8866 or enquire through our website.

Kings of Leon have announced their biggest ever Scottish gig. See it and stay in Edinburgh with Serviced City Pads.

Highly-acclaimed American rock band Kings of Leon are to play Murrayfield next June. This afternoon’s announcement that the family group will play at the home of Scottish Rugby – on Sunday 26 June 2011 – follows hard on the heels of confirmation that Bon Jovi will play at Murrayfield on Wednesday 22 June 2011.

The rocker family will play Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, on June 26 this year. It puts paid to rumours they were going to headline next year’s T in the Park. It also stops the grumbles from fans who were incensed the group didn’t include any Scottish dates in their December tour of the UK later this year.

The Murrayfield gig will see the group – singer Caleb Followill, his brothers Nathan, Jared and cousin Matthew – play at the home of rugby. The stadium has a capacity of 67,000 and the biggest Scots venue they had headlined before that had been Glasgow’s SECC in December 2008, although they also headlined T in the Park in 2009.

Our serviced apartments in Edinburgh offer a great alternative to hotels. The Edinburgh serviced accommodation we offer is value for money and will allow you the freedom that hotels can not. If you wish to come on a trip to Manchester then call our reservations team today on 08443358866. Serviced City Pads are the premier booking agency for serviced accommodation in Manchester and across the UK. Many of our apartments are available to book online. We can also offer you a personal booking service from a team with strong local knowledge

The band can’t wait to get back to Scotland and Caleb admitted they keep touring because he has been used to being on the road from birth. He said: “Immediately after my birth, my mom had a little suitcase and put it in between her legs in the footwell of the front seat and laid me in it. “From the word go I was always in the car, so touring was never going to be a problem.”

The band will perform in five UK venues next summer, including a return to London’s Hyde Park, the scene of last year’s triumphant headline performance to 65,000 fans. They will also play shows in Coventry, Sunderland and Manchester. They reached No1 in the UK album charts with fifth album Come Around Sundown which became their third consecutive album to debut at No1. It also took the biggest week one sales of the year and the biggest ever first week digital sales. The Followills, who release new single Pyro on December 6, were in London this week and played seven tracks f rom their latest album, including current hit Radioactive.

The band had a few teething problems early on as they struggled to kick off new track Mary, with singer Caleb later telling the crowd: We are doing some songs we have never played before and we are playing some we haven’t played in a long time, so bear with us.

We’re sure they’ll be better rehearsed in time for Murrayfield.

If you or anybody you know is coming to Edinburgh then try staying in one of our serviced apartments. They are more comfortable and more spacious than a hotel room, allowing you and your friends a place to relax and cater for yourselves. Serviced City Pads have apartments throughout the UK. One of our Edinburgh apartments could be exactly what you’re looking for. Get in touch and see what we can find for your visit to Edinburgh. You can send us an email or you can call 08443358866 to talk to one of our reservations team who will be happy to help you find an apartment.

If you sometimes feel nostalgic for football’s past when teams spent much of the season knee deep in mud then this Serviced City Pads blog may be of great interest to you. These days a bad pitch is a rarity at the highest levels of the game – just look at the beautiful playing surface at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium. The development of playing surfaces has undoubtedly led to a much more aesthetically pleasing style of football and has been good for the game.

However, that’s not to say that that there isn’t a lot of fun to be had from watching two teams battle it out in more adverse playing conditions, and this is exactly what you will find at the Swamp Soccer World Championships which will be taking place in Edinburgh this year from the 25th – 26th June 2011. A swamp soccer match lasts for 24 minutes and has 6 players on each team. You can find out more about the tournament by visiting their official site.

Perhaps you and your friends will be attending the event; you may even be challenging for glory yourself. Dare you take on the mighty Real Mudrid or Swampdoria?

If you are either a spectator or a participant at the Swamp Soccer World Championships you will need somewhere to stay. Here at Serviced City Pads, we have a range of apartments available through our apartment operators, from studio and one bedroom apartments all the way up to three and four bedroom apartments which are ideal for big groups. You can see all the serviced apartments we have available in Edinburgh by visiting its city page on our website. Serviced apartments are an increasingly popular choice as they offer far more space and comfort than a traditional hotel room. They are a perfect place to relax in during your visit to Edinburgh.

To find a serviced apartment in Edinburgh for your visit through Serviced City Pads, contact us either through our website or by calling us on 0844-335-8866 and one of our reservations team will be happy to help you.

Horror as a rule is a much maligned and underappreciated genre – when they are handing out the big awards and the cultural kudos, horror seems to be the weirdo in the corner that no-one pays much attention to whilst the latest piece of “serious” drama garners all the acclaim. However, the best horror films don’t need the validation of critics and the film industry as they are more than capable of haunting our cultural consciousness and what better place to do this than from the edge of things, in the shadows?

All the same, it is great to see the return of the annual Dead by Dawn horror festival to Edinburgh this year after it took a break in 2010. The festival, which began in 1993, will be back at Edinburgh Filmhouse from the 5^th – 8^th May 2011 to terrify audiences. You can see the programme of events by visiting their official site. The festival will have some big main features, as well as a variety of short films. Don’t be fooled into thinking this is just a festival for gorehounds – there will be psychological horror, and all kinds of downright weird shorts.

If you are planning to attend the Dead by Dawn festival then one thing that shouldn’t frighten you that weekend is the search for accommodation. You can get in touch with us here at Serviced City Pads and we can find options for you through our apartment operators. More and more people are turning to apartments over the traditional hotel room – they offer far more space and comfort at affordable prices. Most apartments will have a lounge and dining area and a fully-fitted kitchen – it’s like a home away from home. Click here to see the range of serviced apartments available in Edinburgh.

To find a serviced apartment in Edinburgh for your visit through Serviced City Pads, contact us either through our website or by calling us on 0844-335-8866 and one of our reservations team will be happy to help you.