Paradise Circus (film)
Paradise Circus may mean: * Paradise, Birmingham, formerly known as ''Paradise Circus'' * Four Walls / Paradise Circus a musical collaboration between Massive Attack and Burial * Paradise Circus (album) ''Paradise Circus'' is the second album by English band the Lilac Time and was released by Fontana Records in October 1989. Initially intended to be a double album, consisting of one album of songs by band leader Stephen Duffy and one of instrume ...

Paradise, Birmingham
Paradise, formerly named Paradise Circus, is the name given to an area of approximately in Birmingham city centre between Chamberlain and Centenary Squares. The area has been part of the civic centre of Birmingham, England since the 19th century when it contained buildings such as the Town Hall, Mason Science College, Birmingham and Midland Institute buildings and Central Library. The site was redeveloped from 1960 to 1975 into the present Paradise Circus based within a roundabout on the Inner Ring Road system containing a new Central Library and School of Music. From 2015 Argent Group will redevelop the area into new mixed use buildings and public squares. Etymology Although there are no maps dating from the period to confirm this, a manorial survey of 1553 (reproduced as the conjectural 1857 Bickey and Hill map) records that the site of the present Paradise Circus is on the western boundary of the town.1857 Bickley and Hill map The field name ‘Paradise Close’ is shown ...
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Four Walls / Paradise Circus
"Four Walls" / "Paradise Circus" is a collaboration between British electronic music artists Massive Attack and Burial. The single was first released as a limited vinyl edition on 17 October 2011, with pre-orders from 10 October 2011. It consists of Burial mixes of Massive Attack's previously unreleased track "Four Walls", and of "Paradise Circus", which was featured in their 2010 album ''Heligoland''. Both songs contain vocals, and lyrical contributions, by Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. Background In late 2009, Daddy G of Massive Attack appeared to suggest in an interview with '' Clash'' that there would be an equivalent remix album of ''Heligoland'' by Burial, yet various comments made afterwards cast major doubt on the prospect ever being more than an idle whim. In May 2010, Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja told ''Q'' magazine that, "It's happening, but we can't talk about it. (Burial)'s very private and paranoid about it." Release The single release was limited to 1,000 copie ...
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