THE WEEKLY EYE OF ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
JUNE 2014
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FASHION ICON AND EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM
EDITOR Mark Dwayne editor@streetcredmagazine.com
Editor’s Note A
sunny week this one has been, thank God and yes we are coming into summer. This time hopefully it will be a good one. Looking forward to seeing what the fashion designers will bring out this year as I’m a real bright coloured freak, and if nothing over this side of the pond I may have to fly out for my garments. It’s very important that I look fresh as I am one of the main cast members of Birmingham’s 1st Reality TV show called The Project where I am able to highlight what I am about as a businessman and where I look to take Street Cred Magazine. This is very exciting for me and definitely come at the right time in my life. I have never been one to audition for anything but when I heard of a Birmingham reality TV programme I knew it was calling me. Look out for the show to be aired on ITV 2. There are over 50 cast members and most of them I know so it be an amazing show to be on. I am a little nervous though as I don’t know what’s going to be asked of me but they film crew say the show is going to be the Birmingham version of Towie or Geordie Shore. Woooooow this is interesting to say the least! I tell you what we got some amazing characters in this programme and of course I will give you sneaky behind the scenes of what goes on with us in this magazine. So we have Ri Ri gracing our cover only right as she
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is the most talked about star of our time. Did you see her revealing diamond crusted dress she wore at the MTV awards last week? What a stir it’s created. Clearly Rihanna is looking to outshine Beyonce and be interesting what she will do to beat her publicity. Going ‘ON THE RUN’ with Jay Z on tour may not be enough, she may have to go bold. NOW THAT WOULD BE A TALK! Enjoy your weekly Street Cred Magazine as we also welcome our new writer Miss White Dee who is now apart of our team. Onwards and upwards.
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CONTENTS GRIMEY (5-6) - Gabz, Lupita Nyong’o, Rooney Ex BB, Fresh Island Festival Spotlight (7) - The Project Reminder Fashion lick (8-9) - Lipsy Summer, Beauty Secrets with Gemma Aldous
Gadgets and gaming (10) - SuperTooth D4
SPort (18) - Get Active This Summer
What’s on (11)
Chantelle’s Spot (19)
White dee’s column (12)
TOK TAKING OVER (19)
COVER STORY (15-17) - Rihanna
Looking Back at when we first met (20)
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GRIMEY NEWS
L Gabz grabs 3 Lions’ hearts
ast year’s BGT finalist Gabz is releasing her own World Cup song ahead of the festival of football which kicks off in Brazil next week. The 15-year-old from Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, will release the single, “Holiday In Brazil” to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation UK, which grants wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions Gabz, said: “We are extremely grateful to Gabz for choosing to support MakeA-Wish,” said Amanda Williams, director of fundraising for the charity.
Proceeds from the song will help us grant more magical wishes to brave and deserving young people. In 2014 we want to grant 1,000 wishes, so her support is invaluable.” Her first single, “Lighters (The One),” entered the Official UK Singles Chart at No.6 after capturing the nation’s attention on Britain’s Got Talent last summer, has already seen “Holiday In Brazil” trending on Twitter. The single rival England’s official World Cup song, “Greatest Day,” led by Gary Barlow and Gary Lineker, but which has subsequently been dropped by the FA and iTunes.
Rooney ex to spill beans in BB?
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ayne Rooney’s former lover, Helen Wood, is among the 10 new housemates who kicked off the latest series of Big Brother. The 27-year-old claimed to have had a fling with the England star four years ago and was among the contestants for BB 2014. Rooney, who is getting ready for the World Cup in Brazil, has never commented on the allegations from the 27-year-old single mum. In her interview before entering the Big Brother house, she said: “I don’t act the victim, I don’t want people to feel sorry for me
- I want people to see a personality. I would say I am very easy to get along with but I would also probably say I’m easy not to like.”
Lupita joins Star Wars saga
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SCAR-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o, has joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII, which was announced on the official Star Wars website. It didn’t say what role the “12 Years a Slave” actress would play, with little gols statue in hand, followed by her securing a major endorsement deal with
Lancôme, it’s another rise in status for the Kenyan actress. Lupita will join original stars including; Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Kenny Baker in the latest in the Star Wars mega-genre. This latest episode is expected to open worldwide in December 2015.
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ew Yorker Fresh Island Festival have announced another spectacular headliner for this summer’s event at Zrce beach as rap superstar Rick Ross joins the already illustrious line including DMX, Pusha T, Redman and Method Man. Rick Ross aka William Leonard Roberts is used to the finer things in life: the prestigious champagne “Belaire Rose” that he endorses, as well as hot women, ultimate luxury cars, villas and art. New Yorker Fresh Island Festival
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will make sure his visit to Croatia is no disappointment, from the moment he steps off his private plane from Miami. New Yorker Fresh Island Festival takes July 23 to 25 and Rick Ross will as the main headliner, open the third edition of the festival together with his colleague Pusha T.
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We invite you to get involved and be the next reality TV star... ‘The Project’ is a brand new reality TV show produced for Pinewood Studios with a view of city life for groups of ambitious friends in the midlands area with guest appearances from friends and celebrities throughout the UK & follows the dreams, journeys and day to lives of the best characters in the midlands area. The show will be similar to TOWIE and Geordie Shore and is aimed at an ITV2 post watershed audience and will feature road trips, clubbing life, holidays and big events from people from the local surrounding areas. We are looking for all the most iconic looking people with prolific personalities, we will be looking for a variety of different characters with contrasting personalities, this will be based on various ambitious people who are all friends who talk about their goals and allow us to follow them achieving and living out these goals with us. The show will be following the best 40 leading characters chosen as they set themselves big goals for the future and we will be partying along the way as we all work as a team to help make these dreams happen. As well as the main character roles there will be an additional 20 sub characters for the first series and new characters can be constantly added along the way. Also we will be looking for TV extras to be in scenes and a huge load of characters to be in the TV pilot & background TV cast extras in filming scenes & partying scenes. Whether you would like a main character role, a non-speaking role, a TV extra role , team member role or just come along and join in the partying with us at some of our events, remember to show your interest by liking and sharing and inviting friends to like this page to show your support and your interest to be involved. It would be a huge advantage if you have a lot of friends like yourself who believe in your goals and also enjoy meeting up with you regularly as this would make shooting scenes easier. We need everyone to be humble people with patience, we will be choosing people who have a really positive outlook on life and their dreams who believe in
the power of teamwork , networking and goal setting , who take responsibility for their future & know there future lies in their own hands. There will be a selection process for the 40 leading cast members & 20 support characters so for these roles its more important you have a good story to tell and to show you have patience, good character and make a good team member who gets on and wants to help the team. As we enter the selection process any signs of arrogance, aggression or not getting on with team or cast members intentionally will lead to dismissal from the team as this is not acceptable in any form of conduct and disrupts the team building process. We want to grow our team of strong successful people to work & party together & help each other reach our goals so being a team player is a big attribute required. There is a big opportunity here to not only be in a popular show but also for the best candidates there will be the opportunity to have their own TV show in the future. We will be setting events for filming in the next month & filming will begin shortly with some scenes daytime and weekends and some scenes at clubs of an evening so whatever your schedule there will be opportunities to do this around your work or your studying and for the right people we will be able to come visit you to film and promote what your doing. If you feel you love your city then share this page and invite your friends to like us too, if you have a group of friends like you who share your ambitions & dreams for future then get them involved too and join us. Like this page and invite as many friends as you can to join us before the deadline when we close down this page to begin auditions & filming. We ensure all pro-active members who are involved will be offered roles, some in the cast , some in the team & the best candidates will be given the opportunity to build a TV career. We look forward to meeting you at the auditions.
SPOTLIGHT
FASHION LICK
Check out some of the summer collection from Lipsy London - bright, colourful, and obviously stylish, it’s a great look for soaking up the summer sun!
FASHION LICK
Beauty Secrets
with Gemma Aldous
BEAUTY SECRET #1: BEAUTIFUL LASHES & THE HAIRDRYER
Lemons are a brilliant beauty product. They can be used for so many things, and can be brought at your local supermarket for just 25p. Here are a few tips for using them.
Hairdryers are often associated just with drying hair but they can be used for so much more… drying nails, styling hair… Here are a few uses you might not know. 1) FALSE EYELASHES PROBLEM: Lots of people struggle to apply these well. Most people have had lashes fall of half-way through the night, waited AGES for the glues to dry, or even spent the night being irritated by ‘fluttering’ lashes that just won’t stick directly on their own lashes. It’s really annoying and doesn’t look attractive either.
1) EXFOLIATING
SOLUTION: Simply place your hair dryer on cold heat and blowdry your lashes upwards. This works because it dries them quickly, firmly setting them in place and means no waiting around or sticky eyes.
2) EYELASH CURLERS PROBLEM: Can’t get perfectly full, long, curled lashes SOLUTION: Heat eyelash curlers prior to use!! Everyone wants long, fuller, curled lashes but mascara alone won’t create the volume you long for. For best effects, you should use eyelash curlers and heat them prior to use using your hairdryer. This helps so much with curling the eyelashes and really gives amazing results, creating beautiful wide eyes.
BEAUTY SECRET #2: LEMONS
HOW TO USE IT: The acidic juice of the lemon naturally helps to exfoliate the skin, removing any dead skin cells and age spots from the face. Plus, it can also be amazing for nails. For health, shiny nails, just soak them in pure lemon juice and leave for 15 minutes. For best effects, pour a generous amount of lemon juice over some cotton wool so that it absorbs it and lay your nails on the wet wool.
(Tip: to begin with, dilute with some water as you don’t want it to shock your skin. The more you do it, the less diluted the mixture can be.) IT WORKS BECAUSE… They are full of vitamin C have antibacterial properties and the acid will help to exfoliate your skin. This treatment will help to diminish scarring and age spots, heals acne, is a natural exfoliate, tones the skin, fights wrinkles and generally brightens the complexion.
2) SOFTENING DRY SKIN If you suffer from patches of dry skin, rubbing the white pith of a lemon is brilliant for restoring the affected area to its soft and nourished self. Alternatively, if you prefer products, I recommend Elizabeth Arden’s 8 hour cream (splash the cash!) or Sudo Cream (budget buy!). Both will heal the skin in no time. Apply to the dry area and then apply a foundation on top. This will protect and moisturise the dry area leaving your foundation free to glide over and not stick to the dry area.
GADGETS & GAMING
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he SuperTooth D4 is the newest in a range of portable speaker systems from SuperTooth, following on from it’s predecessors the Disco 1,2 and 3. The D4 resembles closely the design of a megaphone, and now had the addition of a rubber handle/strap. The main body of the D4 is made from matte plastic, with the front grill covered in fabric. Overall it is a cute speaker to look at, not too heavy and not too large, especially as it is designed to be portable! Bluetooth 4 as well as NFC compatibility connect your devices to the D4, or via the supplied
D4 3.5mm jack cable if you require it to be wired up. With the direction of the speaker primarily facing out, there is a slight loss of sound when heard from the side or behind the D4, a problem that is easily alleviated by placing the speaker in a corner. The battery charges up in a couple of hours, with battery life ranging from 3 to 12 hours, depending on the volume that you use the D4 at, higher volume obviously means shorter battery life. At only £50, the sound clarity and volume
that the D4 packs into it’s megaphone body is impressive, and can easily hold its weight with other speakers in it’s price range. Having no built in controls of its own, the only button is for turning the system on, and pairing. With USB and wall-charging available and included with the speaker, hopefully you’ll never run out of juice. Available now, the SuperTooth D4 is a great portable speaker with a decent battery life and good quality audio, pick one up for yourself now!
Coming Soon Tiff Stevenson Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 14 November 2014
Tiff’s previous solo Edinburgh stand-up shows have consistently had packed audiences Come and join her test run material for her new Edinburgh solo show, where she ponders if optimism is possible in a world where the Kardashians and Everyday Vodka continue to exist.
Slyde Alive Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton 6 June 2015
Slyde Alive deliver the sounds, the sights and the power of the UK’s greatest live act: Slade! And now, for the first time ever...Slyde Alive are to tear it up at the Wolverhampton’s legendary Slade Rooms. WWE Live LG Arena, Birmingham 7 November 2014
WWE have announced that its unique brand of action packed entertainment is returning to the UK in November 2014. Fans will be able to see all their favourite WWE Superstars and
Divas all under one roof, including John Cena, United States Champion Sheamus, Demon Kane, Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett, Rusev and many more**. Don’t miss out; Get your ticket to an incredible night of action packed entertaining experience!
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 Edinburgh, Scotland 18-29 June 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival is renowned around the world for discovering and promoting the very best in international cinema. The longest continually running film festival in the world. Now in its 68th edition. EIFF 2014 will run from 18-29 June.
Madness LG Arena, Birmingham 13 December 2014 British legends Madness have announced details of a brand new UK tour, ALL FOR THE M.A.D.H.E.A.D. which arrives at the LG Arena on 13 December 2014. The new tour, their first UK live dates in over a year follows the premise of M.A.D.H.E.A.D:
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Culture Club NIA, Birmingham 12 December 2014
Jake Bugg Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6 October 2014
Grammy Award winners Culture Club sold in excess of 100 million singles and over 50 million albums, and were one of the biggest pop bands of the 1980s and are to play live dates across the UK in 2014 for the first time in over 15 years.
One of the most exciting and unique artists to emerge out of the UK in a long time, in under three years Jake Bugg has gone from first on in pubs to selling out the Royal Albert Hall and playing to an astonishing ten thousand people at Nottingham Arena, his hometown. John Legend NIA, Birmingham 12 October 2014
His soulful tones have dominated the airwaves lately with his hit single ‘All Of Me’, which has seen sales of over 500,000 in the UK and is spending its ninth week in the Top 10. It’s also sold a staggering 3 million in the US. Now, John Legend has announced a series of UK shows. He’s now set to bring his live show to the UK, with a stop at Birmingham’s NIA.
Backyard Cinema Camden Lock Market, London Various - 16th July - 5th September
An Interactive, atmospheric, outdoor cinema to conquer all others. 20 shows, over 8 weeks on the iconic cobbles of Camden Lock Market. 200 giant beanbag loungers and deck chairs to relax in while you watch a blockbuster film selection on huge 14ft screen with booming speakers.
James NIA, Birmingham 22 December 2014 Manchester legends James make a welcome return to the live arena with a full UK Tour including a date at the NIA, Birmingham this November with special guests Starsailor. James are behind some of the biggest hits of the last 30 years and have sold over 12 million albums worldwide.
WHITE DEE’S COLUMN
‘White Dee’s’ Column
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n case you all don’t know, I’m Dee from the street and I’m pleased to meet all you Street Cred readers. This is my 1st official column, so its probably going to be all over the place, but that’s how I am, all over the place. I am so honoured to even be asked to write a column, and I hope to bring you news about what’s happening in my life, and about new amazing talented young people that I have had the pleasure to meet, and also about some issues that I hold very close to my heart. Firstly my weekend consisted of attending Birmingham Pride, which I have been going to since Caitlin was in a pushchair and Mom was on her scooter, knocking everyone out of the way bless her. For obvious reasons, this year was a whole lot different to every other year I’ve gone. Birmingham Pride has been going for 18yrs and I’ve been going for 16 of them. Its a celebration of gay and lesbian rights and people from all over the country attend, whether they are gay, straight, black, white, asian or of any other denomination. They definitely know how to throw a party, and they do it
in style. It definitely didn’t rain on the Birmingham Pride parade. I didn’t realise that so many people would recognise me, want a picture taken with me and Caitlin, ask where Gerrard was. I can honestly say I must have had over 1000 pictures taken with some of the nicest people you could wish to meet. At the end of the day we all bleed the same colour, and Birmingham Pride showed the world how its done brummie style. We cant wait for next year, where its guaranteed to be bigger and better, and for the record Caitlin's favourite moment was meeting Conor Maynard and Katy B and mine was the amazing Angie Brown. On a more serious note, can you
imagine losing a son, brother, father and 3 years later still be none the wiser as to what actually happened to him. This is the case with Kingsley Burrell's family. Kingsley was walking with his young son, when an incident led to him calling the police for their
help. How then was he arrested and sectioned under the Mental Health Act and three days later he died. Kingsley had no history of any mental illness, he had so much to give, he had children who needed his guidance and are now fighting for justice for their dad. There are so many unanswered questions that need answering. Enough is enough, this family need to be able to grieve in the knowledge that Kingsley can finally rest in peace. So there it is then my 1st column done, I hope its all okay because I could go on forever. Well until next time, stay safe and keep thriving in all you do and follow me on twitter @therealdeekelly Much Love Dee
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eems like anyone who works with Jay Z doesnt get much rest but it must be fun this kind of work. The 26 year old singer, performer, and now turned actress Rihanna is set to release her eighth studio album this year. It has been constant publicity for the barbasian icon who turns heads everywhere she goes. The down to earth pop star is who all the new generation of teens want to be. The only rea-
COVER STORY son she didn’t released an album in 2013 was because of her screen role. The new album is based on her Dreamworks produced movie titled ‘Home’ where she stars alongside Jennifer Lopez playing as a teenage girl named Tip. This is a 3D movie about a group of aliens that escape their enemies by hiding on Earth and is based on author Adam Rex’s 2007 children’s book. ‘Home’ also stars Steve Martin and Jim Parsons.
Rihanna THE UNSTOPPABLE BRAND RI RI
COVER STORY
COVER STORY So what’s to come on the new album? In terms of sound, it will be nothing short of incredible with production by the famous producers of today including DJ Mustard, Alex the Kid, Nicky Romero and David Guetta. Its been nonstop for Rihanna and after the success of her multiple sell out dates during her tours around the world means more work. To many Rihanna is bit too controversial with her dress sense, and as we discovered at the recent MTV awards , the dresses get more and more revealing. Do we hate on her because she is brave and confident, or do we embrace
it? Whatever your thoughts of what she wears will be a trending topic for years but lets just say the truth of the matter she looks damn good. Ri Ri is proving to be a new generation fashion icon securing deals with high st brands such as River Island and Dior, and of course she has her own perfume out now. The styles she comes with are definitely her own and is setting massive trends. There is no question that Rihanna will have a successful album, she is a press favourite right now and never lets fans down.
Shes come along way from being the little 17 year old who signed the dotted line with Jay-Z at Def Jam and she has actually now left the label to sign with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label. Ri Ri is the biggest artist on Jay-Z’s label and we are now to see how she will do since her Def Jam contract has ended. To be fair she is not the hardest person to market, and if she keeps doing those almost naked appearances then its an even easier sell. The adventure continues with Rihanna and Jay Z
SPORT
GET ACTIVE THIS SUMMER
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oca-Cola Zero ParkLives Ambassador Jessica Ennis-Hill today joined hundreds of people from across Birmingham to celebrate the launch of Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives - a new, long-term programme of free and fun activities launching in parks from today. The festival kicked off at Ward End Park, Hodge Hill, Birmingham, just one of more than 50 participating parks and opens spaces across the city that will host daily activities throughout the summer, as part of the Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives programme. Hundreds of people of all ages from across Birmingham took part in the activities on offer including Zumba, tai chi, hula-hooping and rounders. The event marks the start of the national programme with Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives also launching in Newcastle and London this summer. In Birmingham, Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives has been developed in partnership with Active Parks Birmingham and the City Council. The programme builds on the success of Birmingham’s highly acclaimed Active Parks scheme which saw five parks pilot the scheme 12 months ago. The new-look initiative will now cover more than 50 local parks and open spaces and is part of Coca-Cola Great Britain’s commitment to invest £20m between now and 2020 in programmes to encourage and support people to be more physically active. Olympic Champion, mum to be and Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives ambassador, Jessica Ennis-Hill who joined the local community in some of the sessions said, “Parks are a really great place to
spend time with friends and family and so it’s fantastic that Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives is here in Birmingham offering free activities that everyone can enjoy this summer.
The timetabled programme of sessions in parks across Birmingham will run in 2014 from June to September, but in subsequent years will run from April-September.
This is all about encouraging people to be active while having fun, so whatever your age or ability there’s an activity that you can try.”
For more information on Coca-Cola Zero ParkLives activities across Birmingham, please visit www.parklives.com or www.beactivebirmingham.co.uk/active-parks
FACEBOOK or just a BOOK OF FACES?
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like facebook! I have connected with some influential and wonderful people, met and conversed with distant family abroad, created groups, joined groups, created events and attended events BUT I cannot, I mean REALLY cannot and I’m sure that I’m not alone on this, tolerate these damn game requests! I NEVER EVER WANNA PLAY THEM! Is there a notification that the invitee gets if I play or not? I don’t know and I really don’t care! I don’t like to place blame on anyone and anything however my tolerance bar is reducing and I really believe that its due to this! I don’t even talk these facebook friends in real life! I have actually seen some facebook
friends, that send me these requests, walk past me and not even blink in my direction! I do not delete them as a facebook friend as some people can get quite offended when really all I have to do is ignore the requests, which I do do, but to delete someone, to some people, is like saying ‘don’t chat to me, you do my ‘ed in, I’m deleting you out of my life’. I consider it to be a bit extreme! Both the action and the response! I don’t like deletion unless the input is BOTH negative and DAMAGING enough to create a lasting effect BUT I also don’t like to annoy others unless I’m purposely doing it for entertainment value, which is normally left to know those very near and dear to me, my daughter!
TOK Taking Over!
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his Summer TOK will be launching the highly anticipated reality series “Taking Over”.
The show will be the first of its kind to premier in Jamaica. It will be a peek into the complicated lives of Dancehall’s
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premier quartet, showcasing the individual members, their passions, goals and challenges and how they have managed to make it all work as a unit! We wish TOK all the best with this, and can’t wait to see it ourselves!
If someone invites you somewhere or to do something but you don’t want to go or do it, its okay to politely refuse but then if the invitee insists and persists after you decline a few times, what do we do? CTRL, ALT AND DELETE!
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just love to dig up old photographs, and this month is no exception. Look at these gems I’ve come across! Looking back is the monthly reminder to our readers of where Street Cred has been, and who it has found. In these photos you see Editor Mark Dwayne pictured with Shola
Ama, Jessie J performing on the Street Cred stage in London before she had her record deal, and Sisqo of Drew Hill holding our magazine with our star Jessie on the front cover. We’ll bring you more surprises and more stars next month! Look where we are coming from!
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SEXY R&B HOUSE GARAGE OLD SKOOL EXPERIENCE
THE VIP
MASQUERADE
FRIDAY 13th JUNE 2014
ATTIRE : UNDENIABLY GLAMOROUS COSTUME REQUESTED - NOT REQUIRED
DOORS OPEN 10PM DISCOUNTED ENTRY FOR THOSE IN COSTUME
ARCADIAN BIRMINGHAM