You are invited to a night of Celebration in London City, for the New Years Eve Party on Sunday.
DJ's Bailey and Torric, will take you through New Years Eve and into the New Year from 12pm SL Time (8pm UK).
Torric will be playing all the trashy songs you've ever heard at every New Years Eve party you ever went to as you were growing up, during the "Cheese and Wine" section. You can collectively vote songs off, by pressing the thumb down button (or thumb up to save).
Madame Bailey will be here to save your sanity at 2pm SL (10pm UK), with proper party sounds taking us well into 2023 ans Big Ben Bongs at midnight UK time (4pm SL).
Our sincere thanks to everyone who supports London City and for making it what it is. It would be impossible without you!
To our friends, the large, extraordinary, dedicated, loyal and skilled team, we offer our deepest gratitude for all that you do; for smiling in the face of adversity, for offering encouragement and insight and for some of the most innovative ideas on the grid.
We are so proud of this spectacular crew, the envy of the virtual world. Thank you for making it a pleasure to logon to London!
To the merchants and sponsors, our thanks for your business and your faith in this estate to sell your product and for investing your time and money in London City.
And to the visitors and members that form the London City community, thank you for making London City the single most popular destination in all of Second Life; always busy, with something always happening. You are at the heart of everything that goes on here.
Substation, Madame Lala's and Worlds End Pub are open through the holidays, but please keep an eye on Group Notices as some times and schedules may vary.
Some of our team are having family time on 24th, 25th and 26th of December, but should you need assistance during these few days, please use the Support option on this blog and we'll respond in a timely fashion to your enquiry.
Have a great time wherever you are and whatever you are doing. Drop by London City throughout the holidays, the city never sleeps.
Whatever you're doing this holiday season, have a great time. We hope you enjoy yourselves and get a chance to visit to London City during the festivities.
Keep an eye out for the pop-up parties happening throughout the estate and in our bars and clubs.
Like you, our support team with be eating, drinking, sleeping, watching television and logging in to SL.
We have no set hours for Support during the holidays, so if you find yourself needing help, please use the Support portal above and we will be sure to answer you in a timely manner.
Christmas Day Dinner in London City
If you find yourself online on Christmas day, bring your dinner over to the hub area in London City where the dinner tables are set up and have a glass of wine and a meal with all your online friends
Party throughout Christmas
Look for group notices in London City Events and London City Entertainment. Our clubs are open throughout the holidays, but may slightly adjust their regular hours.
New Years Eve
Join us for a Cheese & Wine selection of party songs from the ages from 12pm SLT (8pm UK) with yours truly, then Bailey bringing us up to date and seeing us into the New Year from 2pm SLT (10pm UK)
Have a happy and safe Christmas, from all of us at London City.
No Christmas can be complete without the Andy Williams Christmas show.
On Saturday, Christmas Eve, at 11am SL Time (7pm UK) join us in London City as Christmas time officially arrives and we herald the start of the holidays with the wonderful Andy, crooning carols for us.
Win 250L for the Best in Christmas and join in the party spirit.
Today is the shortest day... but it is going to get brighter from tomorrow!
We can all enjoy some more daylight time starting this week, thanks to Civil Twilight.
Civil twilight is a scientific term, defined as “the period after sunset or before sunrise ending or beginning when the sun is about 6 degrees below the horizon and during which on clear days there is enough light for ordinary outdoor occupations.”
And from 23rd December, it starts getting lighter at night, by just a minute for the first week but up to 2 minutes a day in January.
This may not sound much, but by the end of January sunset will be 5.23pm, a full 43 minutes more, and at 6.13pm in February.
So this is Christmas, well almost. Thursday should be the last working day we have to endure..
To help speed your day along, please follow the traditional Christmas timetable:
09.30 Starting time
09.55 Arrive for work
10.00 Have a coffee break
10.30 Coffee break time
11.00 Get ready for lunch
11.30 Go to lunch
12.30 Lunch time
13.30 Afternoon shift begins
14.00 Arrive back from lunch
14.30 Go home
15.00 Going home time
See you all in London City later for a tipple, a natter and then a boogie.
You know it's Christmas when Demis takes to the stage!
The last Saturday before Christmas Eve!
The Greek God of Party is here this weekend!
Continuing with our Festive weekend concerts...
On a specially
reinforced Ice Stage, Demis Roussos will be performing his magical plate
smashing Greek Christmas Show in Regent's Park this coming Saturday.
Come and enjoy an evening with Demis Roussos at 12pm SL this Saturday.
Thank you to the people of Norway for their gift of a beautiful Christmas Tree for London. This tradition goes back to the end of World War II as the people of Norway express gratitude to the UK for assistance during the conflict.
There were two main acts that dominated Britain in the 1960's. One was the Beatles, the other was Cilla.
Whilst perhaps not quite as tuneful as Dusty or Sandy, Our Cilla had an appeal to those who were waiting for the next big thing to emerge from Liverpool and the Beatles fans catapulted her into super stardom.
Singing all her hits and some that weren't - Don't miss this most famous icon of
the 1960s on Saturday in London City. The party starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) with the show an hour later at 1pm SL.
Merry Cliffmas! We present Cliff Richard in Concert this Saturday.
If you are a Cliff hanger then you will be thrilled that the British answer to Elvis (minus the pelvis) is appearing on stage singing all of his hits.
Cliff who has enjoyed over 200 years at the top will perform his famous songs (and many more) including, Living Doll, Wired for Sound, The Young Ones, Some People, Carrie, Bachelor Boy(!), Tutti Frutti, Devil Woman -- to name but a few!
Stuck for gift ideas this year? How about a Cliff Richard 2023 Calendar? Very reasonably priced at around £5.99, or from 99p for a 2022 one, available in any charity shop.
The adorable, slightly randy, alcoholic gentleman who has played Santa for us for many years, has been released from the Betty Ford clinic and returned once again, a bit worse for wear, to spread Christmas cheer to visitors of London City.
Our very own Chris Kringle has been hard at it and is ready to slip you a big surprise if you sit on his lap and tell him about all the naughty and nice things you have done this year. Santa will invite you to have a rummage in his sack and pull out something big, spectacular and impressive!
You can't really miss his grotto as its peppered with gin bottles and discarded mince pies
The lovely people at 'No Shot', have brightened up our Christmas again with this festive freebie.
'No Shot' clothing has created a 'his' and 'hers' Christmas outfit, exclusive to London City's Freebie Megastore. These outfits are for a multitude of mesh bodies, including BoM and classic, with alpha layers.
Kicking off the Christmas Concerts, its The Ronettes!
The Ronettes were an American pop girl group from New York.
The immensely popular Phil Spector sound of the 1960s, had the Ronettes pitched as their primary competition to Motown and the group charted nine times and are best known for Be My Baby, Baby I Love You and Da Doo Ron Ron.
Spector had a way of taking songs and renaming the band for each song even though it comprised of the same singers, (such as The Crystals).
Other temporary members who became famous after performing as backing for The Ronettes include Darlene Love and Cher.
Enjoy The Ronettes here in London City. Party starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) with the show an hour later at 1pm SL.
London City's tribute to Breaking Glass, with Hazel O'Connor, from the 1980's Punk/New Wave scene.
The hit film starring Hazel O'Connor and Phil Daniels, and broke the UK box office in 1981.
The film was called Breaking Glass and charted the success of a post-Punk/New Wave singer 'Kate' from humble beginnings, singing in rowdy back street bars, to sudden super stardom and her eventual meltdown.
Hazel O'Connor wrote and performed all of songs from the movie and just like her character in the film, experienced a brief superstardom in the early 80s with songs, Black Man, Eighth Day, If Only, Writing on the Wall, D-Days, Who Needs It and her most famous of all, Will You, which remained in the charts for 14 weeks.
Today is Remembrance Sunday. A day where we commemorate the contribution of the British and Commonwealth servicemen and women in the two world wars and later conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the closest Sunday to Armistice Day on the 11th November which signifies the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War.
Please join us in paying our respects at the service held at the Cenotaph today at 2.30am SL which is 10.30am in the UK.
Armistice Day is observed every 11th November, to commemorate the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918. This significant treaty brought an end to World War I.
It is marked by two minutes silence at 11am on the 11th November in respect and remembrance of the 20 million people who died during the conflict.
London City presents the Welsh Sexbomb himself, Sir Tom Jones in Concert.
Singing absolutely everything he ever made famous including, What's New Pussycat, Baby It's Cold Outside, Delilah, Sexbomb, Leave Your Hat On, to his more recent songs, Sir Tom is bound to be a hit at the Party In The Park.
Back in 1605, Guido Fawkes and his cronies wanted to protest on how Catholics were treated.
So they decided that they would try to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in particular the House of Lords, by smuggling in hundreds of gunpowder kegs into the cellar for a firework display of their own and try detonating them on 5th November as the King (James I) was opening Parliament.
Unfortunately for Guy Fawkes, one of his gang was a lag and would blab when he got smashed and word soon spread all over town about this amazing party they were planning. They were caught in the act without so much as a roman candle going off.
Penny for the Guy?
In those days execution was considered as a fitting punishment for minor crimes like stealing a loaf of bread. So they decided on a more fitting punishment and decided to chop Guy Fawkes into bits, hang him for a couple of minutes, disembowel him and do other unmentionable things to embarrass him whilst he was still alive.
Since petty crime only resulted in the severing of limbs and sometimes being boiled in oil, this gruesome torture of being 'hung drawn and quartered' was reserved exclusively for traitors.
Whilst Guy Fawkes was a bit of a shit, he is also widely regarded as a person who knew how to Party.
This is still observed on 5th November every year, when people of Great Britain, literally burn money they don't have and cheer as they see it go up in flames and whoosh into the air and erupt as fireworks.. whilst those who are more sensible collect old logs, burn and effigy called a Guy and create a massive bonfire to roast their chestnuts.
Join us for a firework show today 12pm SL time (8pm UK)
Genesis Viewer celebrates it's first year since its initial release, this coming Saturday.
We hope you will be able to join us for a Birthday Bash being held in London City, Saturday at 12pm SL time.
Great Music, Free Grog and a Concert performed by Hazel O'Connor are on the menu and we very much look forward to meeting other Genesis Viewer users. Hope you can make it!
Making a welcome return to London City on Saturday is the wonderful Amy MacDonald, a Scottish singer, songwriter and composer, who shot to fame in
2008 with her debut album, This Is The Life.
Singing her most famous songs accompanied by a full big band orchestra, this concert is one not to be missed!
Party starts at 12pm SL (8pm UK) and the concert is an hour later at 1pm SL.
Thank you to everyone who either appeared in, or attended, The War Of The Worlds interactive Stage Show.
The cast all died magnificently in the heat ray and resurrected just as quickly for the Tripod invasion. Everyone deserves to win whatever the SL equivalent of the Oscar's is.
Happy Halloween.. and the events continue today at Substation's macabre collection of music from Bailey.
As British Summer Time and Daylight Saving ends in the UK and Europe, our clocks went back by 1 hour this morning, October 29th.
So what was 8pm UK and 12 noon in SL, will be 8pm UK and 1pm SL Time.
This means for US Residents, events in London City will appear to be one hour earlier than usual (and hopefully not one hour later because everyone gets so confused at this time of year).
American clocks will go back (for the very last time) on November 5th and we will all catch up again!
"At midnight, on the 12th of August, a huge mass of luminous green gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile, starting on its way.
And that's how it was for the next ten nights. A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it; a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight. Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet".
Join us for The War of The Worlds interactive stage show, today. London City at 12pm SL time.
Please dress in turn of the century clothing or steampunk if you would like to be with us on the stage for this interactive show.
The War of The Worlds comes to London City on Saturday!
On 30th October 1938 long before television, CBS broadcast a radio version of The
War of The Worlds.
They mentioned several times at the start of the show that
it was a dramatization.
The format of the show was that of a light music program,
constantly interrupted by reporters giving an account of the aliens progressive
invasion.
What the network had overlooked was that the
average radio listener to jump stations throughout the evening.
As the play continued, more and more people tuned in to the
War of The Worlds broadcast without realising it was a play. Furthermore the
radio broadcast had used real town names instead of fictitious ones, and one by
one each town fell into the hands of the Martians.
Panic ensued as whole towns, swept in waves of hysteria,
packed their possessions and fled to surrounding areas.
A suicide was reported as one woman said she would rather die than be
taken by the Martians. In another town there was a fatal stampede as residents
desperate to leave trampled each other.
The following morning CBS were forced to hold a press
conference to explain themselves and to apologize for the duress they had
subjected their listeners to.
Ultimately with such intense press coverage, this catapulted
the actor who has played the lead reporter, a young and unknown Orson Welles, into
super-stardom. Just three short years
later, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in Citizen Kane.
Join us in LondonCity on Saturday for the interactive stage show version of this most famous of classics.
Our evening begins with a huge mass of luminous gas erupting from Mars and heading towards Earth.
Across two-hundred-million miles
of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, is the first of the missiles that will
bring so much calamity.
Be part of this show.
Come dressed however you like, but to be in the cast and to dance on the
stage, please wear turn of the century or steampunk clothing. Men in cloth caps and working clothes, ladies
in bustles or bonnets, or as maids.
Circa anytime between 1880 to 1940.
On Saturday 29st October, London City invites you to take part in War Of The Worlds.
Be a member of the cast in this interactive stage show!
As part of the Halloween celebrations, we hope you will join us for some Sci-Fi Horror as we enjoy an interactive interpretation of H.G. Wells' famous classic, The War Of The Worlds.
The story so far...
A huge mass of luminous gas has erupted on Mars and sped towards earth.
Across two-hundred-million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us, comes the first of the missiles that is to bring so much calamity to earth.
As we watched, there was another jet of gas, another missile, starting on its way.
The invasion has begun!
Come to the party dressed however you like, but to be part of the Cast (and dance on stage) in this Interactive Show, please dress in turn of the century clothing. Men in cloth caps and working clothes, ladies in bustles and bonnets or dressed as maids - circa anytime from 1880 to 1940.
We do hope you will join us for this production of WOTW at London in Second Life.
Adele is a British singer, songwriter and musician who shot to fame after posting a demo of herself on MySpace (remember that?).
In 2009 she hit the big time with 19, her debut album. The success of this was quickly surpassed with her follow up album, 21, which earned her six grammy awards and Album of The Year.
To critical acclaim she released her album 25 in 2015 which to date is now her best selling collection. Adele has a place in the rich list with an estimated net worth exceeding $100m.
Come and enjoy a night of Adele in Concert as the London City Players perform their tribute act.
Party starts 12pm SLT (8pm UK) with the show an hour later at 1pm SLT.
Forty years ago (at least), waitress Debbie Harry, who had been performing part-time in
a folk band, formed Blondie with her friend Chris Stein.
In 1976 they
released their first album Blondie and from then on became a huge
success in Australia, England and America.
Although the bulk of their
hits were in a relatively short timespan from 1978 to 1981, their most
successful release, Maria was not until the band reformed, many years
later in 1999.
Now regularly touring again, you can enjoy the hits once
more at The Blondie Tribute Concert, this Saturday in London City. The party
begins at 12pm SL (8pm UK) with the show an hour later at 1pm
SL.
There are few recording artists who are considered an example of 'cool' throughout their careers and remain there long after their death, but Johnny Cash is one such person.
The American singer-songwriter was one of the top selling music artists of all time, selling more than 90 million records worldwide.
Drug and alcohol abuse featured prominently in his early career until he met and fell in love with June Carter, who was independently famous as part of the bible singing Carter Family. Cash said he had an epiphany when meeting Carter and his devotion for her made him clean up his habits and embrace the teachings of the Lord. (Everyone say Hallelujah!)
Johnny Cash is best know for songs, Hurt, A Boy Named Sue, Ghost-riders, Folsom Prison Blues, Ring of Fire, When The Man Comes Around, Jackson and Walk The Line. He is appearing on Saturday and you are invited to spend some time with this great icon.
The party starts at 12pm SLT (8pm UK), with the concert an hour later at 1pm SLT.
