June - Pride in London City

June in London City is Pride month, with a tie in event to the real life event on the 24th.

We'll announce the line-up at the weekend!

London City Pride

Celebrate a month of UK pride in London City through June. Experience top cabaret performances and concerts and discover collectible memorabilia and summer activities live from the amphitheater. Hang out on the beach, paddle in the pool and bask in the sunshine. More details at mainlandlondon.blogspot.com

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Blast from the past Video!

Time for a quick blast from the past as its the last day of the month and the new season starts tomorrow...

This from September 2015 featuring Joe Dolan is one of our favourite videos.  Hope you enjoy it!

Beach Party

Hope you enjoyed the beach party.   Sorry about the incident with the sausage.

Beach Party and BBQ on now!

It is Bank Holiday Monday, so get your beach wear on and head over to the pier and enjoy a Beach Party and BBQ with surfer songs, great company and a Jet ski race!

3am Second Life time  (11am in the UK)

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City%20West/188/87/23 

Brand New Bento Dances and FREE Bento gift from Abranimations in London City

The lovely people at Abranimations have released more brand new dances with Bento fingers today.

They include a set of Bollywood Romance Dances. One is set for FREE this weekend ONLY!. You can find it in a crate in front of the new dance vendors set to sale for 0L in the London City Store.

You do not need Bento to use these dances, they will work fine on all avatars.  However with Bento you will also see finger animations.





Try out the dances on the dance pads and collect your free Bento dance here:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/28/111/24

Bank Holiday Beach Party!

It's been a couple of weeks since the UK had a Bank Holiday, so we're mighty pleased there is another one this Monday.  Apparently much of the USA is also on holiday too.

So what better time than to plan a Beach Party and BBQ at the new Seaside in London City West.

Starting 3am SL time (11am in the UK), come enjoy a sausage or two and a burger on the beach with all the beautiful people.

Start getting your costumes sorted!

Monday 29th, 3am SL time:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City%20West/188/87/23

Here comes the Sun

It may only be Wednesday, but we can look forward to a wonderful 3 day weekend ahead.
The Sun has got its hat on and its certainly going to be wall to wall heat in the UK, hopefully a lot of sunshine too!

It's important to take on lots of fluids during this hot weather.  So, as part of our public service, we thought we'd look at the all important grog deals this weekend ahead...

Most Supermarkets have some good offers but by far the best this weeks is Tesco and Asda.  And if you can stomach the stuff, Tesco's offer of 18 cans of Carling for £10 is perhaps the best offer of the lot.

We hope you will share your tinnies with us here in London City as we head into the weekend with a special Beach Party and Barbie on Bank Holiday Monday!

Remember to shop early, in case of a Beer Shortage!

Bring back the Beach

One of the things we missed the most from the long history of London City, is the Pier and Beach.

In a recent survey of visitors, this was the top 'lost' attraction that they said they would like to see resurrected.

Using some clever jiggery pokery, master builder Mr Billy Arentire has identified a great spot of land on London City North region along the the South end of the sim, where the pier and beach will fit in nicely.

Now would be a great time to check out your inventory for swimwear, we're hoping to have the build finished in time for the Bank Holiday Weekend!

Manchester

Last night a suicide bomber detonated a device at the end of the Ariana Grande concert as people were leaving the Manchester Arena.  22 people, including children are dead and 60 wounded.  

A distressing day for the whole country. Our thoughts and prayers are for the families of the victims and the survivors of this horrific incident.

Eurovision: For Once, We Weren't Robbed

Congratulations to Portugal who led throughout the voting and won the contest.

What a highly entertaining Eurovision it was and thank you to everyone who packed out London City last night. You came to party and bear witness the UK's expected decimation in perhaps our last Eurovision before we exit the European Union.

To everyones surprise, the UK did better than it has in many many years, with our entry by Lucy Jordan.

Brotherhood of Man performing during half time at London City

Voting is always a bit strange in this contest, with each country awarding points in the traditional manner used for centuries.  But then, the somewhat suspicious pile-on telephone votes at the end, that suddenly award a few hundred points here and there and can catapult a country from last place, to first place.

When the countries had finished voting, UK was in 8th place, our highest ranking this millennium. It was surprising to see that bottom of the board was Spain with nil points (keep your hands off Gibraltar) and Germany who received no votes until the last moment when they picked up 3 points from Ireland (who are pissed off with England about this border business post-Brexit).

Although the telephone voting skewed the end results for many of the countries, Germany and Spain remained the resounding losers of the night.

And UK, although not winning, did far better than in decades, either picking up some sympathy votes at the cost of the Germans, or a bit of admiration for our intended future.

All in all, one of the most enjoyable Eurovision's in a long time.  Thank you for being part of it.

Our tip for Eurovision

Keep an eye on Romania's entry "Yodel It" and if you fancy a flutter, Paddy Power is offering 40-to-1 on this winning!

We'll post the full schedule for today on this blog in a few hours, so check back!

Eurovision Song Contest Excitement

The annual Eurovision Song Contest is on Saturday and as always, London City will carry the show live, with the London City Players appearing as Brotherhood of Man and Bonnie Tyler at half-time.

German Crumpet

This is Britain's first appearance since voting to leave the EU and formally triggering the exit process.  If you enjoy cabaret, then you can watch this for all the wrong reasons.

Even when we have had a semi-reasonable entry in previous years, we get nil points or manage to scrape together a few at the end of the show. This year, our song, which sounds more like an act of contrition and apology for leaving the EU to its misery, just isn't that good.

Macaroni and Cheese

Had Mrs Le Pen won yesterday, we could have been assured of 12 points from France, but that wasn't to be and Mr Macaroni is a staunch supporter of old ladies and will do everything he can to impress hot babe, Angela Merkel, including awarding the accolade of nil points to the UK.

Not that Eurovision has ever been remotely political. But do keep an eye out for points coming from countries such as Greece, who for their own reasons,
might want to indicate keeping on our good side, despite our flimsy song.

Here is the British entry which is bound to win us first place!   See you on Saturday, 12pm SL time.

Drive your own vehicles around London City

New roads have been laid leading from the sandbox to the top of the London City Hub area.
You can now rez vehicles in Belgravia Square and drive them out through any of the London City regions.

We ask that you stick to the roads and keep them away from areas for pedestrians.  But have fun and show us your wheels!















If you would like an invitation to the Belgravia Sandbox and you fit the criteria, please drop an IM in-world to Torric Rodas or Billy Arentire and we'll send an invitation to the group.

It's eyes down for bingo at The Worlds End Pub

At 11am SLT (7pm UK time) we shall be having a 2 hour session of bingo!  Come and try your luck at winning some Lindens!  The game is free to play too.  The numbers are called automatically so you can't miss a number.  This is fun and exciting, so come and make new friends and enjoy the fabulous music from DJ Katty.

Bingo!

The World's End Pub

Free Bento Charleston Dance from Abranimations

Abranimations has released a collection of Charleston Bento dances and to celebrate have one made free for you to collect this weekend ONLY.

Visit Abranimations in London City: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/30/109/24

Saturday Night Fever on Saturday

Join us in London City on Saturday for the start of our Disco Spectacular month with SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER INTERACTIVE.

Ruby Chili Pepper Murray will be the top DJ of the evening playing her very favourite Disco Groove with Saturday Night Fever dances for everyone to enjoy and participate in.

Enjoy the spectacular light show, the company and the magnificent costumes and you Disco down in the City.

Disco Inferno comes to London City

Join London City in May for a month of top Disco acts and Music.  Concerts every Saturday.

London City Disco Spectacular

Join London City for a month of disco events, weekly concerts and light shows celebrating the acts who created this unique and popular music genre including a special Eurovision show. For info see mainlandlondon.blogspot.co.uk

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Covenant Update

Our Covenant has been updated. You can read it here

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