Last Wednesday at London's Edwin store saw the launch of the fifth issue of the ED Zine featuring work from Number Six's very own James Mitchell, along with many other great artists. We headed down to the store to check it out and were met with a great atmosphere and even better beats by DJ Tommy Robinson. Past issues of ED Zine can be found here. Posted by Sam Sherwood.

'I do not expect to be a mother but I expect to die alone' The first UK solo exhibition from Polish-born, New York based artist Olek (or fully Agata Oleksiak) has been at Tonys Gallery since the 13th January 2012 and finishes this Friday 23rd March 2012. Or does it? In fact they are offering you a special chance to see the exhibition after dark the following day (Saturday 24th) to see the whole exhibition in a completely different light. A crazy 'blacklight' viewing to be precise. Inviting you to get creative and dress up in your best blacklight look. Date:...

1994 -  Nirvana played their final ever concert when they appeared at The Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany. The 3,000 capacity venue was a small Airport Hanger. The power went off during the show so they played an impromptu acoustic set including a version of The Cars 'My Best Friend's Girl.'

1970 - Led Zeppelin performed a concert in Copenhagen under the alias NOBS to avoid legal action from Eva Von Zeppelin, a member of the airship family.

1954 - The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled. The TV set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time.

1994 - Ivan Lendl retired after a 17-year tennis career.

We recently posted about EVM who will be performing instore the Thursday with some of his friends to launch his Groove Content E.P. Come down and have a beer, but get there early...

Number Six are proud to present Stika’s first solo show entitled 'Stik A Rock' instore on Thursday 27th October. The exhibition features a range of individual hand crafted letters which are created using a mixture of hand cut and laser cut layers; as well as a collection of other unique pieces including a variety of graffiti hand styles. Check out this video produced by VNA magazine for Stika. STIK A ROCK from Make Some Tea on Vimeo. The private view runs from 6pm until 9pm; as you browse the work on show you'll be able to stay hydrated with some...

Last week we had a knees up with Sailor Jerry, at the Number Six store, to celebrate the 100th birthday of the legendary tattooist Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins. Selected artwork was exhibited in the store, as well as the newly released book, Homeward Bound: The Life and Times of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry. The book accompanies the critically-acclaimed cult film Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry, which is set for UK DVD release later in 2011. Images below by Fatsarazzi

To celebrate the Sailor Jerry book, Homeward Bound, we have teamed up with the spiced rum company to print selected artwork from the book. Opening night is Thursday, 9 June from 7-10 and the exhibition will run for 2 months. Below are two of the nine prints for sale.