Drum (disambiguation)

A drum is a musical instrument.

Drum or drums may also refer to:

The Drum (Arts Centre)

The Drum is an arts centre in the Newtown area of Aston, in Birmingham, England, established as the United Kingdom's national centre for Black British and British Asian arts. Activities include music, drama, spoken word, visual arts, comedy and dance.

History

The Drum occupies the site of the former Aston Hippodrome, which was a major variety theatre between 1908 and 1960. The Aston Hippodrome hosted performances by the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Judy Garland and Morecambe and Wise. The building was demolished in 1980, but in 1991 Birmingham City Council set up a project to create a new cultural facility on the site, specifically to reflect the highly diverse culture of the surrounding area. The Drum started hosting events in 1994, the first being an exhibition called 'Negritude'. In 1996, the singer Cleo Laine accepted cheque from the National Lottery on behalf of The Drum. The Drum was fully opened in 1998.

Facilities

The Drum has two auditoria - the 350 seat main auditorium and the 120 seat Andy Hamilton Studio (named after saxophonist Andy Hamilton) - along with, an exhibition space, a cafe-bar, a business suite and a multimedia production suite.

The Drum (TV program)

The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program presented by Steve Cannane and Julia Baird. The program airs at 5:30pm weekdays on ABC and is aired later on ABC News 24 at 6:30pm AEST on Monday to Friday.

The program follows on from The Drum website which offers blogs and discussions from various commentators.

Regular contributors include Annabel Crabb, Barrie Cassidy, Leigh Sales, Jonathan Green, Michael Brissenden, Alan Kohler, Madonna King, Antony Green, Ben Knight, Dominic Knight, Craig Murtrie, Rhys Muldoon, Jeff Waters and many more guest contributors. Reporter Mike Clay produces stories for the show that explain the context around the major news stories of the day.

Chris Uhlmann and Annabel Crabb have hosted the program. The main fill in hosts are Peter Lloyd, Tim Palmer, and Peter Wilkins.

In May 2014, The Drum moved to ABC TV with a new look, a new timeslot of 5.30pm, and a new 30 minute format. The program had a repeat run on ABC News 24 at 9.30pm (AEST), but was later moved to the earlier timeslot of 6:30pm AEST.

The Shadows

The Shadows are a British instrumental rock group, and Cliff Richard's backing band, with 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, 35 credited to the Shadows and 34 to Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The group, who were in the forefront of the UK beat-group boom, were the first backing band to emerge as stars. As pioneers of the four-member instrumental format, the band consisted of lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar and drums. Their range covers pop, rock, surf rock and ballads with a jazz influence.

The core members are Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett. The sound was produced by Fender and Burns guitars, amplifiers by Vox and echo units Meazzi Echomatic tape and Binson magnetic disc. The Shadows, with Cliff Richard, dominated British popular music in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the years before the Beatles. Although they lost ground in the late sixties, the band had a second success from the late seventies.

The Shadows are the third most successful act in the UK singles chart, behind Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard. The Shadows and Cliff Richard & the Shadows each have had four No.1 selling EPs.

The Shadows (Nepalese band)

The Shadows is a rock band from Narayangarh, Chitwan, Nepal. They were established in 1997/1998 and their first album was titled “Suna Hamro Awaz”.

Their second album, “Hidne Manche Ladcha”, was a success in the Nepali market and earned them the best band, best music and best performance of the year 2006. The band is mostly popular for its influential lyrics that discusses social issues and awareness. They traveled to three different cities of Australia as a part of their international tour in 2011.

The band has four members: Swapnil Sharma in Vocals, Prashant VK in Rhythm guitar, Prakash Rasailey in Lead guitar, and Amit Pradhan in Bass. Rupesh Sen is the band manager.

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The Shadows (album)

The Shadows is a 1961 rock album by British group The Shadows, which reached number one in the UK charts.

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