Sunday, November 1

Coldplay’s Royce Hall concert shifts between intimate show, spectacle

In between two of UCLA’s largest annual concerts – Spring Sing and the JazzReggae Festival – British rock band Coldplay set upon Royce Hall Monday night to celebrate the international release of its sixth studio album “Ghost Stories.” Packing Royce Hall to its full capacity, the concert was Coldplay’s only West Coast appearance during the band’s mini world tour, which began in Cologne, Germany, on April 25 and will conclude with a London show on July 1. Read more...

Photo: Coldplay frontman Chris Martin performs the band’s 2002 hit song “The Scientist” during the rock group’s 18-song performance at Royce Hall on Monday night. (Agnijita Kumar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Album Review: ‘Ghost Stories’

“Ghost Stories”ColdplayParlophone Records4.5 paws It’s obvious that actress Gwyneth Paltrow broke Coldplay frontman Chris Martin’s heart after the two announced their divorce in March, because “Ghost Stories,” the British quartet’s sixth studio album, is a more sophisticated version of the type of angst and misery found in a preteen boy’s diary. Read more...

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Alex Liu & Eric Jung take best overall entry at 2014 Spring Sing

This post was updated on May 18 at 3 p.m. United by the traditional 8-clap, Friday night’s Spring Sing 2014 audience was in for a night of music, laughter and wild applause inside Pauley Pavilion. Read more...

Photo: Fifth-year world arts and cultures student Alex Liu (left) and fourth-year neuroscience student Eric Jung (right) took home three Spring Sing 2014 awards, including best overall entry, best duet and the Bruin Choice Award. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)



Spring Sing Profile: Hooligan Theatre Company

For Hooligan Theatre Company’s Spring Sing co-writers and directors Sara Ashley Beil and Aaron Fish, it was the moments after delivering their Spring Sing pitch to their ensemble after weeks of a creatively draining scripting process that were the most nerve-wracking. Read more...

Photo: The student-run Hooligan Theatre Company ensemble will take the stage at Spring Sing 2014 for the second time Friday, set to perform a variety number. Their performance will be a four-minute musical romp, centralized around an undisclosed theme. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)


Spring Sing Profile: Zeta Beta Theta

Last year, fraternity/sorority team Zeta Beta Tau and Kappa Alpha Theta did not make it into the Spring Sing lineup. The partnership proposed a musical that poked fun at the Occupy Wall Street movement which, much to the disappointment of the show’s co-creator Ben Kurzrock, was deemed a bit too controversial. Read more...

Photo: Last year, the fraternity and sorority team of Zeta Beta Tau and Kappa Alpha Theta did not make it into the Spring Sing lineup. This year, the partnership will perform a five-minute musical that provides a broad overview of the life of UCLA’s famed coach John Wooden (The UCLA Alumni Association)


Spring Sing Profile: ACA Hip Hop

Under the dim lights of the Sunset Village parking lot in the days preceding Spring Sing, the dancers of the Association of Chinese Americans Hip Hop repeat their sets relentlessly. Read more...

Photo: Association of Chinese Americans Hip Hop, the only dance team in this year’s Spring Sing lineup, will present four pieces. While the group has performed three of these pieces before, one is brand new and has been specifically choreographed for Spring Sing. (Song Ko/Daily Bruin)



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