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Will Young

Will Young

Fri 12th Dec-Sat 13th Dec

Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Mon 24th Nov-Wed 26th Nov

Vive Le Punk: The Damned, Buzzcocks, The Rezillos,

Vive Le Punk: The Damned, Buzzcocks, The Rezillos,

Sat 13th Dec-Sun 14th Dec

The Ting Tings, Fight Like Apes

The Ting Tings, Fight Like Apes

Wed 8th Oct-Fri 10th Oct

Status Quo

Status Quo

Tue 7th Oct-Sat 13th Dec

Simple Minds

Simple Minds

Sat 29th Nov

Martin Simpson

Martin Simpson

Sun 26th Oct

Saw Doctors

Saw Doctors

Fri 5th Dec

Cliff Richard

Cliff Richard

Mon 10th Nov-Sat 15th Nov

The Real Thing

The Real Thing

Sat 25th Oct

The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives

Sat 6th Dec

Tom Paxton

Tom Paxton

Mon 23rd Feb

Oysterband

Oysterband

Fri 12th Dec

Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Colour Scene

Sat 20th Dec

Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague

Thu 4th Dec

Mogwai

Mogwai

Fri 24th Oct

Mercury Rev

Mercury Rev

Thu 13th Nov

Katie Melua, Andrea McEwan

Katie Melua, Andrea McEwan

Sat 8th Nov

McFly

McFly

Thu 27th Nov

Jackie Leven

Jackie Leven

Wed 15th Oct

The Last Shadow Puppets, Ipso Facto

The Last Shadow Puppets, Ipso Facto

Sun 26th Oct

Seth Lakeman

Seth Lakeman

Thu 6th Nov

Kings Of Leon

Kings Of Leon

Thu 11th Dec-Mon 22nd Dec

Martyn Joseph

Martyn Joseph

Sun 30th Nov

Elton John

Elton John

Sat 13th Dec

James, Athlete

James, Athlete

Mon 15th Dec-Tue 16th Dec

Hot Chip, Max Tundra

Hot Chip, Max Tundra

Thu 6th Nov-Fri 7th Nov

The Hoosiers

The Hoosiers

Mon 27th Oct

Gwyneth Herbert

Gwyneth Herbert

Fri 24th Oct

The Hamsters

The Hamsters

Sun 26th Oct-Sat 22nd Nov

The Fratellis

The Fratellis

Sun 14th Dec

Fish

Fish

Sun 16th Nov

The Feeling

The Feeling

Tue 4th Nov

Duffy

Duffy

Mon 8th Dec-Tue 9th Dec

The Drifters

The Drifters

Sat 6th Dec

Dodgy

Dodgy

Thu 4th Dec

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

Tue 28th Oct

Counting Crows, Ben Folds, Melee

Counting Crows, Ben Folds, Melee

Fri 5th Dec

Coldplay

Coldplay

Sun 14th Dec-Tue 16th Dec

Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks

Sun 2nd Nov-Sat 29th Nov

Boy George

Boy George

Wed 15th Oct-Thu 30th Oct

The Bluetones

The Bluetones

Fri 19th Dec

2 Kings, King Rat, Little Black Hearts, Rebel Jane

The nu-metallers play with the London rockers in support.

Wed 8th Oct

2Team

The Voice, Viola de Gamba duo.

Sun 12th Oct

3 Daft Monkeys

The Cornish trio play funked up folk sounds with a touch of Celtic, world and gypsy sounds to promot

Fri 7th Nov

3 Doors Down

The grunge-influenced American rockers play tracks from their latest self-titled album.

Wed 15th Oct

A Mountain Of One, Thomas Bullock, The Time And Sp

The London psych-prog popsters headline.

Fri 24th Oct

A.Human, O Children, Sue And The Unicorn, Fables

The electro-rockers play a Club M**********r show with post-punk support.

Sat 11th Oct

Abba The Show

A tribute to the music, fashion and hits of the Swedish pop icons, with showgroup Smackee.

Tue 21st Oct

Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band

After 55 years of touring Acker Bilk MBE is back again to perform music with his jazz band.

Sat 1st Nov

Adam Bomb, A Lot Like Eskimos, Zeropunk

New York-based glammy metal-punker.

Mon 6th Oct

Adam McNaughtan

Scottish songwriter of Stramash fame.

Sat 11th Oct

Adnan Sami

The British-born singer-songwriter, composer and actor merges Asian and western styles with touches

Sat 18th Oct-Sun 19th Oct

Adrian Cox & His Handpicked Jazzmen

Trad jazz act.

Tue 7th Oct

Adrian Crowley

The singer-songwriter performs songs from his current album, Long Distance Swimmer.

Sat 11th Oct

Africa Now: Amadou & Mariam, Sola Akingbola, Daara

A line-up of contemporary African bands perform.

Thu 23rd Oct

Agua De Choro

The guitar, flute and percussion trio play Brazilian chamber jazz.

Mon 6th Oct-Mon 20th Oct

Aimee Mann

Gentle rock and soft acoustica from the singer-songwriter's new album, @#%&*! Smilers.

Fri 24th Oct

Airbourne, Stone Gods, Sound & Fury

The gritty Australian rockers on tour.

Thu 27th Nov-Fri 28th Nov

Al Green

Legendary US soul singer performs songs from his current album Lay It Down and a selection of his pa

Wed 5th Nov-Thu 6th Nov

Alan Barnes With The Colin Peters Quartet

The award-winning reeds man plays swinging hard-bop standards.

Thu 30th Oct

Alan Tyler And The Lost Sons Of Littlefield

The former Rockingbird and his countrified band play tracks from their new album, Lonesome Cowboys.

Thu 13th Nov

Alcyona Mick's Blink

A piano-led jazz, classical and world music collaboration with drummer Paul Clarvis and saxman Robi

Sat 25th Oct

Alex Wilson Salsa Con Soul Orchestra

The award-winning Latin jazz pianist, composer and bandleader showcases his 12 piece orchestra with

Fri 21st Nov

Alex Windsor & Guests

Energetic piano-led Latin standards and bebop improvisations.

Sun 12th Oct-Sun 26th Oct

Alexander Tucker, Sanso-Xtro, Scupture, Arch M, 4T

The Kaleidoscope label present an evening of solo innovative musicians performing against projected

Wed 8th Oct

All American Girl, Craig Sanderson, Sean Bennett

The acoustic rockers headline.

Fri 10th Oct

Alphabeat

The Danish six-piece pop group perform tracks from their debut album, This Is Alphabeat.

Tue 28th Oct

Alter Bridge, Hot Leg

The American hard rock quartet from Orlando Florida containing ex-members of Creed.

Sat 8th Nov

Amanda Palmer

The Dresden Dolls singer-songwriter performs songs from her current solo album, Who Killed Amanda Pa

Fri 10th Oct

Amir Aslam Presents Chand Raat Damakra 2008

Performances from a host of celebrities from the Pakistani pop and film world including Sajaad Ali a

Sun 16th Nov

Amy Macdonald

The Glaswegian singer with tracks from her album This Is The Life.

Thu 9th Oct

Anais Mitchell

Folk singer-songwriter.

Wed 15th Oct

Anathema

The melodic six-piece play prog rock originals.

Fri 7th Nov

And So I Watch You From Afar, Maybeshewill, Mounta

The Belfast instrumental rockers play with alt-rock support.

Tue 14th Oct

Andy Abraham

The soul singer and X Factor contestant performs tracks from his Soul Man album and more.

Fri 14th Nov

Andy Black And Mandy Harris

Soulful acoustica and jazz.

Fri 17th Oct

Andy Smythe Band, Sean Donnelly

The London-based singer-songwriter is backed by violinist Barry Targett and bassist Les Elvin.

Mon 10th Nov

Andy Yorke

The former Unbelievable Truth frontman now plays solo material.

Tue 14th Oct

Ange And The Wagon, No Frills Band

The Australian singer and her band play Americana.

Wed 15th Oct

Ani DiFranco, Hamell On Trial, Anais Mitchell

The prolific folk singer plays tracks from her album Canon and more.

Wed 29th Oct

Anita Wardell

The award-winning Australian scat and bebop vocalist sings from her latest album, Kinda Bluem, accom

Sat 29th Nov

Anita Wardell & Henry Lowther's Half Dozen: A Trib

The award-winning Australian scat and bebop vocalist joins the trumpeter-flugelist's band to pay the

Thu 9th Oct-Sat 11th Oct

Anita Wardell Quartet

The award-winning Australian scat and be-bop vocalist and friends including pianist Robin Aspland.

Tue 14th Oct-Thu 16th Oct

Anni Rossi

Indie-folk from the viola playing singer-songwriter.

Mon 20th Oct

Annie Keating, Nathan Hamilton, Briana Hardyman

The country-tinged singer-songwriter plays with Americana and folk-blues styled support.

Sun 12th Oct

Apocalyptica

The cello four-piece from Finland play an individual style of heavy metal.

Fri 12th Dec

Arakatuba

Bosco D'Oliveira's percussion and vocal-led Brazilian jazz formation.

Fri 10th Oct

Are We There Yet?

Dawn Foxall and Diana Sharp are accompanied by David Barnard to perform a humorous mix of popular mu

Mon 10th Nov-Wed 12th Nov

Arrested Development

The US-based collective perform soul, rap and hip hop mixed with world sounds.

Tue 7th Oct-Wed 8th Oct

Arrows Of Love, Wild Boar, Beans On Toast

The folk-tinged English rockers featuring members of Hush The Many, Eraserheads and Kid Harpoon.

Tue 14th Oct

Art Garfunkel

The legendary singer-songwriter performs his hit songs.

Tue 7th Oct

Art Themen Quartet

The eminent sax man with pianist Malcolm Edmondstone and rhythm section.

Tue 21st Oct

Artefacts For Space Travel, Cobra Dukes, Captain S

A Don't Panic Dance show with Stolen Recordings alt-popsters, indie-rockers, live aerial show and DJ

Wed 29th Oct

Aruba Red, Komla, Esther O'Connor

The London-based pop-soul and reggae singer promotes her debut album.

Wed 8th Oct

Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet

Manchester clarinettist of South Asian origin with his high-energy contemporary Indo-jazz sound.

Mon 19th Oct

Asia

John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes and Steve Howe reunite for some top-selling rocking.

Fri 24th Apr

Asian Dub Foundation, Flute Box Lee

A mix of dub, hip hop, banghra and rock from the upbeat collective.

Tue 28th Oct

Attack Attack

Melodic New-wave band from South Wales.

Wed 3rd Dec

Audio Bullys

Punked up dance tunes from the Londoners at a Club NME show.

Fri 17th Oct

August Way, The Black Tricks, Pause.Break.Riot., T

The acoustic-rockers augemented by cello play with indie-pop support.

Thu 23rd Oct

Azymuth

The legendary Brazillian jazz trio play tracks from their back catalogue and more.

Wed 22nd Oct

Babatunde Lea, Liane Carroll

A double bill featuring the American percussionist and composer who plays a bluesy, soulful post-bop

Mon 6th Oct-Wed 8th Oct

Baby Dee, Paul Curreri, Black Carrot

The Cleveland, Ohio harpist and singer plays dreamy songs from her new album, Safe Inside The Day.

Tue 2nd Dec

Back From The Rhythm, Miranda Barber, Healer Selec

A Raison D'Etre show featuring funky groovers, soulful Australian singer-songwriter, reggae-pop band

Sat 1st Nov

Balkan Beat Box

New Mediterranean sounds from the band promoting their album, Nu-Made.

Wed 15th Oct

Baraka

Groovy Afro-soul jazz and bossa line-up.

Thu 9th Oct-Thu 30th Oct

Barb Jungr

The award-winning singer presents her own interpretations of songs by the likes of Jacques Brel and

Sat 8th Nov

Barefoot Confessor, Cecelia De Lisle, Tommy Ludgat

The London-based quartet play pop-tinged indie-rock.

Tue 14th Oct

Barry Green

Solo piano-driven modern jazz.

Mon 13th Oct

Barry Manilow

The singer-songwriter and pianist performs his hits including Mandy, Could It Be Magic and Copacaban

Thu 4th Dec-Sun 7th Dec

BBC Electric Proms: Africa Express

The multi-artiste collaboration between Western and African musicans plays as part of the Proms.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Burt Bacharach With The BBC Co

The veteran composer and conductor plays with the the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Chaka Khan, Laura Izibor

The soul singer performs her hits Ain't Nobody and I'm Every Woman and more.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Coldcut Via Radiophonic Orches

The UK dance duo pair up with the Radiophonic Workshop for a show only available via a ballot.

Sat 25th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Goldfrapp

The glam electro-tinged popsters play tracks from their new album, Seventh Tree.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Keane

The alt-rockers play tracks from their new album, Perfect Symmetry.

Thu 23rd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Maddy Prior

The folk songstress performs with special guests.

Thu 23rd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Nitin Sawhney And The London U

The songwriter, DJ and multi-instrumentalist performs a ambient mix of electronica and drum'n'bass t

Fri 24th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Oasis

The Gallagher brothers and their anthemic rock band promote their new album, Dig Out Your Soul with

Sun 26th Oct

BBC Electric Proms: The Streets

Birmingham's Mike Skinner raps his tales of urban life and previews tracks from his album, Everythin

Thu 23rd Oct

BBC Electric Proms: Wild Beasts, XX Teens

The barber's quartet meets indie-rock guitar sound of the Kendall group.

Wed 22nd Oct

BBC Switch: Fall Out Boy, Miley Cyrus, Ne-Yo, McFl

A show for 14 to 17 year olds only with parental permission required featuring punk, pop and dance f

Sun 12th Oct

Beached Boys: The Beach Boys Tribute

The surf-pop originators have their classics covered.

Thu 9th Oct

Beats In The Bar

Students from the Trinity College Of Music unwind with some jazz improvisations.

Tue 7th Oct-Tue 25th Nov

Beggars

The Reading beat combo play indie-rock with a touch of retro-pop.

Tue 14th Oct

Bellowhead

The folk veterans Jon Boden and John Spiers lead an 11-piece band in stomping folk dances played on

Thu 30th Oct

Ben Somers Jazz Project

Sax-led modern jazz originals and standards.

Thu 23rd Oct

Best Of British: Nate James, Tawiah, Bashy, Char C

A show in aid of the Sickle Cell Society with the soulful Nate James, Tawiah, Bashy, The Thirst and

Tue 7th Oct

Beth Hart

The bluesy L.A. singer-songwriter headlines.

Mon 6th Oct

Beth Rowley

Soulful tracks from the Bristolian folk-pop singer-songwriter, playing tracks from her album, Little

Thu 23rd Oct

Bevis Frond, Nick Nicely, The Left Outsides

Nick Saloman's classic rock and prog band play tracks from their back catalogue and more.

Sat 11th Oct

Bhangra Legends

Sat 29th Nov

Biffy Clyro

The Glasgow-based trio play abrasive alt rock from their album Puzzle.

Wed 17th Dec

Big Band Metheny

Saxophonist Simon Gilby leads an 18-piece big band based around the music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Ma

Sun 19th Oct

Big Funk Corporation

Modern R&B mixed with 1970s rare groove and funk featuring the vocals of Andrew Wood-Mitchell.

Thu 24th Sep-Fri 25th Sep

Big George And The Philistines, Sound Of Guns

The Enfield garage-rockers play with Liverpudlian rock'n'rollers in support.

Sat 25th Oct

Bill Posters Will Be Band: 25th Anniversary Concer

Jazz skiffle vaudeville party night featuring various Bonzo Dogs and Temperance Sevens, including Ro

Thu 9th Oct

Billy Bragg

The political folk singer-songwriter promotes his album, Mr Love & Justice.

Mon 8th Dec

Billy Cobham & Asere

The powerful and dynamic drum giant with his Latin, Cuban and world-jazz ensemble.

Fri 10th Oct

Billy Fury Tribute Night

An appreciation of the singer featuring Jet Scream, The Flames and DJ Big Beat Kris.

Sat 11th Oct

Billy Ocean

The soul singer and his band perform hits covering the last 30 years, including the classics, Love R

Sun 12th Oct

Billy Walton Band

The trio from New Jersey play blues-rock.

Thu 6th Nov

Binary Band, Maryland

Psych-pop band.

Wed 8th Oct

Biohazard

The Brooklyn agit-rockers headline.

Mon 3rd Nov

Bjorn Again: Abba Tribute

The Swedish Eurovision hitmakers get covered.

Thu 18th Dec

Black Carrot

The Market Harborough quintet play new-wave and kraut-rock-tinged jazzy psych-rock.

Wed 8th Oct

Black Daniel, Vagabond, Ten Bears, Declan Hickling

The London rockers headline a Breakconvention show following their tour support of Kasabian.

Thu 16th Oct

Black Kids

The lo-fi indie party-punk Florida five-piece play tracks from their debut album, Partie Traumatic.

Thu 30th Oct

Black Stone Cherry

Southern-influenced hard rock foursome from Kentucky.

Sun 14th Dec

Blitzen Trapper, Absentee, Ordinaryson

The experimental folk sextet from Portland play tracks from their new album, Furr.

Tue 7th Oct

Bloc Party

The electro-tinged popsters play from their new album, Intimacy.

Sat 11th Apr-Sun 12th Apr

Blockbusters! Music From The Movies

Tue 30th Dec

Blood Red Shoes, Rolo Tomassi

The Brighton indie-pop duo with songs from their debut album, Box Of Secrets.

Fri 24th Oct

Blue Spirits Collective

Jazz, be-bop, chanson and Djangoesque swing from Shura Greenberg and group.

Mon 6th Oct-Mon 27th Oct

Blues Engineers

Six-piece swing and blues outfit with a dash of soul.

Wed 22nd Oct-Thu 23rd Oct

Blues Piano Orgy

An upbeat showcase of blues piano playing from John B Harris, John Challis and Michael Ward-Bergeman

Fri 14th Nov

Bob Fox, Stu Luckley

The Chester-le-Street vocalist, guitarist and pianist plays contemporary and traditional folk.

Fri 10th Oct-Tue 28th Oct

Bobby Wellins Quartet

Mellow sounding tenor legend with pianist John Critchinson and a rhythm section.

Sat 11th Oct

Bodies Of Water

The off-kilter folk trio from California promote their album A Certain Feeling.

Tue 14th Oct

Bohren And Der Club Of Gore, Guapo

The German band play jazz-metal fusion to promote their album Dolores.

Thu 16th Oct

Bon Iver

American singer-songwriter Justin Vernon plays tracks from his album For Emma, Forever Ago.

Sun 7th Dec

Bonded By Blood, Gamma Bomb, Discard, Savage Messi

The LA thrash metallers headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Booka Shade

Minimal house music from the Berlin producers.

Thu 9th Oct

Boomhauer

The Finnish trio play a trashy blend of garage-rock, blues, country, punk and more.

Tue 14th Oct

Boot Led Zeppelin

A tribute to Robert Plant's classic rock act.

Sat 18th Oct

Bossk, Humanfly, Latitudes, Meandgoliath

The stoner metallers headline.

Sat 11th Oct

Boyzone: Better

Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Mikey Graham and Keith Duffy take to the road again, wit

Fri 29th May-Mon 22nd Jun

Brad Mehldau Trio

The US contemporary jazz improv pianist with a rhythm section of Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard.

Mon 20th Oct

Brain Failure, Stanley Kubrick Goes Shopping

The Beijing band mix punk, ska and rock at their headline show.

Fri 17th Oct

Branco Stoysin Trio

The guitarist and his lyrical acoustic trio blend jazz and eastern folk.

Fri 10th Oct-Sun 26th Oct

Brand New Heavies

Classic songs with a funked-up acid-jazz twist.

Thu 16th Oct

Brandon Allen Quartet

Contemporary jazz, blues and Latin from the Coltrane-influenced Aussie tenor.

Sun 12th Oct

Brass Volcanoes

Funky, horn-heavy New Orleans sounds.

Sun 26th Oct

Brazilian Frenzy: Capital Do Samba

The traditional samba band play a show in aid of the Latin American charity, LA VIDA.

Tue 14th Oct

Brazilian Night Hosted By Menino Josue

Regular Latin night and jam session.

Mon 6th Oct-Mon 27th Oct

Brenda Edwards's Gospel Christmas

Sat 20th Dec

Brendan Power & Dave Peabody

The New Zealand harmonica player and the UK bluesman play a variety of styles.

Fri 28th Nov

Brendan Shine

Accomplished Irish ballad singer and accordion player.

Wed 19th Nov

Brendan Shine And His Superband

The Irish ballad singer and accordian player and his band.

Fri 7th Nov

Brian Grove, Cicilia Zabala, Miguel De La Bastide,

An internatational guitar night line-up.

Thu 9th Oct

Bring Me The Horizon

The Sheffield band play hardcore thrash metal.

Sat 1st Nov

British Intelligence, The Hoi Polloi, The Duckwort

The rocking hip hop band play with indie-electro noirists.

Sat 11th Oct

British Jazz Funk Special

Portmanteau event of UK acts featuring Beggar & Co, Freez, Central Line, Junior Giscombe, Atmosfear

Fri 5th Dec-Sat 6th Dec

British Sea Power

The rock band perform past hits and tracks from their current album, Do You Like Rock Music?

Fri 17th Oct

Bromheads Jacket

The Sheffield indie-punk trio band promote their eponymous album.

Mon 13th Oct

Bromide, Wet Dog, The Waste Of Time Lords, Zac Ste

The lo-fi folk-pop acoustica band headline a Scratchy Records show.

Mon 13th Oct

Bruno & Marrone, Augusto And Wesley

The Brazilian country music band.

Sat 25th Oct

Bruno Heinen's Tierkreis

The contemporary pianist and his sextet premiere Karlheinz Stockhausen's suite representing the twel

Wed 8th Oct

Bryan Adams, Black Daniel

The raw-voxed Canadian singer goes on an arena tour with tracks from his new album, 11.

Wed 5th Nov

Bryan Spring Trio

Drums-led modern jazz with pianist Mark Edwards and bassist Andy Cleyndhert.

Wed 8th Oct

Budda Cakes, The Wild Bunch

The London alt-pop band headline a Playground afternoon event.

Sat 11th Oct

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers

A singing and dancing rock'n'roll show of classic hits such as That'll Be The Day and Peggy Sue.

Fri 19th Dec

Buddy Holly And The Cricketers

Covers of the rock'n'roll pioneer's hits.

Thu 13th Nov

Built To Spill

The 1990s US indie-rock act play their album Perfect From Now On in its entirety.

Tue 4th Nov

Bullet For My Valentine

Anthemic tunes from the Welsh metal quartet from their album, Scream Aim Fire.

Sat 15th Nov

Bush Tetras, Emperor Machine, Chik Budo, Kasms

The veteran New York sextet play angular new wave art-rock.

Fri 17th Oct

By The Fireside, The Electric Tape Recorder

The London loops'n'folk singer-songwriter headlines a Local night.

Mon 6th Oct

C'mon Everybody

Covers of music from the 1950s and 1960s from the costume-changing eight-piece band.

Fri 31st Oct

Cage The Elephant

Grunge-rocking upbeat entertainment from the brotherly band from Kentucky.

Wed 8th Oct

Caisson, The Kubricks, 8th Hour, Royal Showdown

The London alt-rockers headline.

Fri 17th Oct

Cajun Dance Party

The North London quintet play energetic alt-rock from their debut album, The Colourful Life.

Fri 10th Oct

Calexico

Alt-country and soft rock outfit from Tucson.

Sat 11th Oct

Camille

The Parisian singer performs her unique style of throat singing combined with ryhthmic percussion.

Sun 19th Oct

Capital Do Samba

Traditional samba tunes at a Roda De Samba night.

Wed 8th Oct-Wed 29th Oct

Captive State, Smokey Angle Shades, Tim Ten Yen

The London sextet launch their debut EP, Elmore Grove, at their own club night.

Sun 12th Oct

Cara Dillon

Folk ballads and originals from the County Derry singer-songwriter.

Tue 4th Nov-Thu 29th Jan

Cara Luft

The Canadian folk-rock singer and multi-instrumentalist is joined by bassist Hugh McMillan.

Tue 11th Nov

Caratinga

A band that explores Brazilian music from a bygone era including samba, choro, polkas, tangos and wa

Tue 7th Oct

Cardiacs

Strange-beat orchestral odd-rock from Tim Smith and his cult band.

Fri 21st Nov

Carolina Chocolate Drops

African-American trio playing country blues tracks from their album, Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind.

Fri 14th Nov

Carter USM, EMF

The punk-rock synth and guitar based band of the 1980s returns with Unbelievable support.

Sat 22nd Nov

Carvin Jones Band

Classic blues rock from the Arizona guitarist and his band.

Tue 7th Oct

Cascada

Dance trio from Germany.

Tue 4th Nov

Cathryn Craig And Brian Willoughby

The former Strawbs guitarist pairs with the veteran singer-songwriter.

Mon 20th Oct

Celebration Of Kenny Ball's 50th Year With The Ban

Anniversary event featuring Digby Fairweather's Half-Dozen and Mike Pointon's All Stars.

Sat 8th Nov

Celebration Of Life: Alison Hinds, Peter Hunnigale

The Metropolitan Black Police Association with a night featuring Caribbean soca singer Alison Hinds,

Fri 17th Oct

Chairlift

The Brooklyn modern-pop trio promote their Does You Inspire You album.

Tue 18th Nov

Chapter One: Faust, Lydia Lunch, Blurt, Factory Fl

A mini-fest of kraut-rock, avant-pop and new industrial rockers with Faust, Lydia Lunch, Blurt and F

Sat 11th Oct

Charlie Conner's Original Vintage Reeds

Trad combo celebrate the music of Sidney Bechet.

Tue 21st Oct

Charlie Lankester Duo

Blues and country-influenced pop-rockers.

Sat 25th Oct

Charlie Savigar, Chalou Saint Jude, Hollie Martore

The country-rock singer-songwriter headlines.

Wed 15th Oct

Chas & Dave

The cult rock'n'roll duo play tracks from their back catalogue, including their 2007 album, Country

Sat 18th Oct

Chatham County Line

North Carolina-based bluegrass and country-folk four-piece from North Carolina.

Tue 18th Nov

Cheeky Cheeky And The Nose Bleeds

Infectiously danceable pop songs from the London-based five-piece promoting their latest release.

Fri 31st Oct

Cherry Brakewells, Sabatta

The London all-girl rock trio.

Tue 7th Oct

China Soul

The singer-songwriter with intense tunes.

Wed 15th Oct

Chris Biscoe's Miles v Monk

The acclaimed sax man and composer leads a quintet in tribute to the jazz heavyweights.

Wed 29th Oct

Chris Chameleon, Dorp

The two South African favourites with a night of alt-rock.

Fri 17th Oct

Chris Dean's Syd Lawrence Orchestra: Strictly Big

The multi-award-winning big band play the classic swing-era sounds of Glenn Miller, Neal Hefti, Benn

Sun 12th Oct

Chris Ellis & Celeste Lovick

Guitar and piano accompaniment from the singer-song writers performing original and well-known songs

Sat 25th Oct

Chris Garneau, Banjo Or Freakout, Sleaford Mods

The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter plays mellow indie-rock originals.

Fri 10th Oct

Chris Smither

Acoustic rootsy tracks and country blues from the guitarist playing tracks from his album Leave The

Mon 6th Oct

Chris Standring

British-born, LA-based melodic, retro-soul jazz guitarist in the mode of George Benson.

Wed 8th Oct-Fri 10th Oct

Chris While And Julie Matthews

The acoustic singer-songwriter duo play country and folk originals from the best Of album and more.

Tue 21st Oct

Chris Wood

The fiddle-player, guitarist and singer known for his work with the English Acoustic Collective.

Tue 4th Nov

Christian Brewer & Alex Garnett Quintet

The alto and tenor saxophonists lock horns with pianist Leon Greening and a rhythm section.

Wed 21st Oct

Christian Garrick Quartet

Violin-led modern jazz featuring pianist Dave Gordon.

Tue 21st Oct

Christian Scott

Young New Orleans-born trumpeter with a Grammy-nominated debut album under his belt.

Mon 13th Oct-Tue 14th Oct

Christian Vaughan Band

Solo piano jazz standards and originals.

Mon 6th Oct

Chucho Valdes

Sat 22nd Nov

Cindytalk, John & Jehn, Tenebrous Liar

Gordon Sharp and his experimental pop band.

Sun 12th Oct

Citizene Helene, Annie Keating, Freddie Stevenson,

The unplugged balladeer headlines an IKTOMS show.

Thu 9th Oct

Clark Tracey Quartet

The leading modern jazz drummer plays from his recent album Stiff Upper Lip.

Sun 19th Oct

Classic Legends Of Rock 08

Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash perform alongside Focus and The Groundhogs.

Sun 2nd Nov

Claudio Roditi, Klaus Ignatzek, Jean-Louis Rassinf

A double bill headed by the Brazilian trumpeter with a drummerless trio and the UK pianist son of Ri

Mon 20th Oct-Wed 22nd Oct

Clinic, Threatmantics

The Liverpudlian play organ-fuelled garage-punk oddities collaborate with animator Clemens Habicht i

Sun 23rd Nov

Clive Carroll

The Chelmsford-born guitarist plays blues, rock, jazz, bluesgrass and traditional Irish music.

Sun 19th Oct

Coach & Horses Sextet: 10 Year Celebration

Alan Barnes, Steve Waterman and Dave O'Higgins throw a jazz party.

Mon 13th Oct

Coaster

The tribute band play hits from the 1960s through to the current day.

Fri 10th Oct

Coheed & Cambria

The New York metallers headline.

Mon 1st Dec-Thu 4th Dec

Cold War Kids

The Californian quartet play soulful indie-rock tracks from their new album, Loyalty To Loyalty.

Fri 7th Nov

Colin Oxley

Guitar-led modern jazz trio.

Wed 22nd Oct

Collapsing Cities, The Hosts, The Ghost Notes

The New Zealand foursome play indie-pop to promote their Fear Of Opening My Mouth single.

Thu 9th Oct

Colum Sands

Veteran Irish folk singer-songwriter.

Sun 12th Oct-Tue 14th Oct

Corazza, Now Then

The prog-rockers with electro-symphonic tunes.

Fri 17th Oct

Counterfeit Beatles: Tribute, The Fore

Classic 1960s beat-pop songs from the moptop tribute act.

Sat 25th Oct

Courtney Pine

The saxophonist, OBE and jazz statesman with his trademark blend of jazz, reggae, hip hop and drum'n

Thu 20th Nov

Cradle Of Filth, Gorgoroth, Moonspell, Septic Fles

The Goth metal outfit play their dark anthems from Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder and more.

Mon 1st Dec

Crane Brothers, Paul Hawkins And The Awkward Silen

The northern band play soulful indie-rock.

Wed 12th Nov

CSS

The Brazilian indie-disco punks promote their second album, Donkey.

Mon 6th Oct

Cult With No Name, Elena

The London synth-pop noirists headline a Feeling Gloomy show with female-fronted rockers in support.

Sat 25th Oct

Curtis Eller's American Circus

The lanky, mustachioed banjoist serves-up attitude-fuelled old-time music with a psychedelic edge.

Tue 21st Oct

Curved Air, Claire Hamill

The iconic progressive folk-rock band originating in the 1970s now reformed with all original member

Sat 11th Oct

Cut Copy

The Australian electro-indie band headline.

Tue 11th Nov

Cut Off Your Hands, Divisions Of Laura Lee, Sounds

The Antipodean alt-rockers headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Cut Out Blonde, The Maddisons, Resigned

The upbeat indie-popsters play with arty alt-rock support.

Mon 13th Oct

Cy Winstanley Trio

Cool, Callum-style vocalist with bass and keys support.

Thu 16th Oct

Cyndi Lauper

Classic hits from the 1980s American pop singer.

Tue 14th Oct

Damon And Naomi

The dreamy phase-guitar popsters play a free show.

Sun 12th Oct

Danny And The Champions Of The World, Boycott Coca

The psych-tinged folk-popsters headline.

Wed 29th Oct

Daren Callow

The music and experimental sound artist plays with performance artists, poets and artists.

Thu 9th Oct

Darker My Love

The Californian play psych-tinged alt-rock.

Mon 6th Oct-Fri 10th Oct

Darren Hayman And The Secondary Modern, Esiotrot,

The indie-folk singer-songwriter headlines a fey pop bill.

Fri 17th Oct

Darts

The late 1970s doo-wop revivalists return.

Sun 7th Dec

Dashboard Confessional

Chris Carrabba and his Florida-based band with alt.rock tracks form their new album.

Thu 18th Dec

Dave Dobbyn

The New Zealand singer-songwriter headlines.

Thu 27th Nov

Dave Lewis' 1-Up Featuring Noel McCalla

Jazz, funk and groove from the tenor saxman, best known for his work with Tony O'Malley, plus the ic

Mon 20th Oct

David Cassidy

The singer and star of The Partridge Family, performs his hit songs with his new live show.

Sun 16th Nov

David Cronenberg's Wife

The offbeat twisted folk band play tracks from their latest album, Bluebeards Room.

Mon 13th Oct

David Cronenberg's Wife, The Sticks

The offbeat twisted folk band play tracks from their latest album, Bluebeards Room.

Fri 10th Oct

David Devant And His Spirit Wife

Theatrical glam-tinged indie-pop from The Vessel and his band as they play songs from their back cat

Thu 4th Dec

David Francey Duo

Canadian folk-roots artist.

Fri 24th Oct

David Johnson

Indie-rock covers and originals.

Sat 18th Oct

David McAlmont

The UK soul and jazz singer-songwriter performs songs from his A Little Communication album and more

Sun 16th Nov

Day 26

The vocal r'n'b group with soulful tunes.

Wed 8th Oct

ddd, Kasms

The alt noise band play with female-fronted goth-pop support at a Durrr night.

Mon 13th Oct

Dead Actors, Gambling Hearts, Hoodlums

The punky rockers play with the post Brit-popsters.

Thu 9th Oct

Dead Kids, Maths Class

The energetic funky punkers headline.

Thu 16th Oct

Dead Pixels

The synthed-up groove-pop five-piece headline.

Mon 27th Oct

Deadstring Brothers

The Detroit-based six-piece play alt country and blues.

Fri 31st Oct

Dean Friedman

The New York veteran singer-songwriter with hits and newer tracks.

Sat 18th Oct

Dean Parrish, Karime Kendra, The Incredible Stagge

The New York northern soul veteran plays a Crossfire show.

Sat 11th Oct

Death Cab For Cutie

The Washington indie-rock foursome play tracks from their album, Narrow Stairs.

Wed 19th Nov

Deathcrew 92, Champagne Charlies, Joe Acres, Frank

The indie-poppers from the North East promote their as yet un-named album.

Fri 17th Oct

Decoys

The stadium-styled rockers headline.

Sun 19th Oct

Deeply Purple: Deep Purple Tribute

The Herftfordshire rockers' back catalogue gets the covers treatment.

Fri 24th Oct

Deference Engine, The Lonesome Cowboys From Hell

The prog-rockers play with oddball country support.

Fri 24th Oct

Delirious?

The Christian guitar-based five-piece band from Littlehampton perform their songs.

Sat 18th Oct

Delroy Pinnock, Michael Arkk

The London-based singer performs reggae, dub and soul originals.

Sun 19th Oct

Deltasound

The funky alt-pop band headline.

Tue 14th Oct

Dennis Locorriere

The Dr Hook vocalist performs solo material and hits from the band's catalogue.

Sun 12th Oct

Derrin Nauendorf

The Australian acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter plays a powerful blues and folk mix.

Thu 9th Oct

dEUS

The Belgian experimental alt rockers with tunes from their album, Vantage Point.

Wed 15th Oct

Devil Sold His Soul

The UK-based six-piece play screamo prog metal.

Fri 17th Oct

Devil Sold His Soul, Fei Comodo, Rinoa

The ambient progressive metal six-piece.

Fri 17th Oct

Die Die Die, So Cow

The artful noise-popsters headline a White Light show.

Fri 17th Oct

Dirty Pretty Things

Carl Barat, Didz Hammond and band play tracks from their latest indie-punk album, Romance At Short N

Tue 14th Oct

Distraught Overlord

The Japanese band with visual kei.

Wed 26th Nov

Dizzee Rascal

The garage-grime and hip hop artist promotes his latest album, Maths + English.

Sat 22nd Nov

Django Bates & stoRMChaser

The composer gives a UK debut to his new 19-piece Copenhagen ensemble.

Wed 15th Oct

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

The electro-rock and indie four-piece outfit play tracks from their debut album, You Have No Idea Wh

Wed 29th Oct

Dog Soup

Trumpeter Robbie Robson's jazz-rock quartet play originals in the spirit of Miles Davis circa the Bi

Mon 6th Oct

Dominic Alldis Quartet: The Songs Of George Gershw

The singer-pianist presents classy favourites from the legendary composer and songwriter.

Thu 16th Oct-Sat 18th Oct

Dominic Kirwan

Country-pop from the Irish songsmith and his backing band.

Wed 5th Nov-Sat 6th Dec

Domino Records Crystal Anniversary: Tricky, Wild B

The Bristol-based trip hop innovator plays tracks from his latest release, Vulnerable.

Mon 6th Oct

Dorian Ford Trio

Bill Evans-influenced pianist who has worked with the likes of Courtney Pine, Ian Carr and Geoff Gas

Sun 19th Oct

Downes & Beer

Veteran folk duo.

Tue 7th Oct

Dr Blue & the Prescription Blues Jam

The band play blues covers and jam with other players.

Thu 16th Oct

Dr Dog

The psychedelic rockers promote thier album, Fate.

Tue 4th Nov

Dr John

Wed 22nd Oct

Dragnerve, Crack Silence, Skorge, Canvas Wall

The hard metalling rockers play with prog metal support.

Sun 12th Oct

Dreadzone

Experimental electro, ska and reggae from the London-based band.

Thu 4th Dec

Drifting And Tilting - The Songs Of Scott Walker

Thu 13th Nov-Sat 15th Nov

Dune Lake, Matt Daley

The soulful blues band play with reggae support.

Sun 19th Oct

East Side Stompers

Trad jazz act.

Tue 14th Oct

Eastpak Antidote Tour

Punk, indie and hardcore, featuring Flogging Molly, Street Dogs, Skindred and Time Again.

Wed 5th Nov

Easy Star All Stars

The New York collective play reggae and dub.

Sun 26th Oct

Eclectic Voices: Songs Of Life & Liberty

A concert of jazz and gospel from the Highbury Young Singers under the direction of Scott Stroman wi

Fri 24th Oct

Ed Benstead Trio

Trumpet and flugelhorn-led mainstream jazz standards.

Thu 9th Oct

Ed Bentley Quintet

The organist and vocalist plays from his new Born In Africa CD.

Mon 27th Oct

Eddi Reader

The former Fairground Attraction vocalist with folk-tinged tracks.

Sun 19th Oct

Eddie Abdullah And Mufa

Percussion duo.

Sun 19th Oct

Eddie Martin

The songwriter and acoustic and electric guitarist plays blues, slide, fingerpicking styles.

Fri 7th Nov

Eddie Prevost, Ross Lambert, Seymour Wright, Jamie

A SUM night of improvisational jazzy experiments.

Sun 12th Oct

Edison, White Trash Party, Frowser, I Saved Latin

The anthemic alt-pop band play with fuzz-punk support.

Fri 10th Oct

Eid In The Square 2008: Aa'shiq al-Rasul, Abdullah

A celebration of the Muslim Festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. Acts include Aa'shi

Sat 11th Oct

Eight Legs, The Jacks

The sharp-dressed indie-punk teens launch their single.

Wed 15th Oct

Elbow

Guy Garvey and his Mancunian indie-rock band play tracks from their latest album, The Seldom Seen Ki

Sat 11th Oct-Sat 14th Mar

Eleanor Ellis

The singer and guitarist with songs by Memphis Minnie and Chuck Berry.

Fri 17th Oct

Electric Eel Shock, The Priscillas, Zombina And Th

The Japanese rockers play the Bizarre Ball with all-girl glam-punks and Liverpudlian doo-wop garage-

Fri 10th Oct

Eliza Carthy

Folk music from the Yorkshire-born violin-playing singer-songwriter.

Sat 1st Nov

Elliot Minor

Indie-rock from the York-based quintet promoting their debut, self-titled album.

Fri 21st Nov

Elliott Brood

The Canadian band play country-noir and bluegrass tunes.

Mon 6th Oct

Emiliana Torrini

The acoustica and indie-folk singer-songwriter with songs from her new album, Me And Armini.

Thu 9th Oct

Emily Breeze, The Palpitations

The female-fronted Bristolian bluesy rockers headline a Pushing Pussy show.

Tue 21st Oct

Emily Maguire

The Australian-based cheese-making singer-songwriter plays indie-folk and tracks from her Keep Walk

Thu 16th Oct

Emmy The Great

The liltingly voxed singer-songwriter and her band on a short tour to promote single, We Almost Had

Mon 10th Nov

Empire State

Big band sounds, soul, R&B and funk.

Fri 10th Oct-Sat 11th Oct

Enjoy Destroy, Canterbury, Lights.Action!

The alt rocking grunge-punk quartet from Basingstoke play tracks from their Little Dreams album.

Tue 14th Oct

Enslaved

The experimental prog-metal band from Norway with tracks from their new album, Vertebrae.

Thu 13th Nov

Enter Shikari

The St Albans synth and guitar rockers on tour.

Sun 2nd Nov-Tue 4th Nov

EPMD

The east Coast hip hoppers return.

Sat 1st Nov

Eri Okan

The sounds of Bahian roots and carnival from Xavier Osmir and his 10-piece band.

Thu 30th Oct

Eric Bibb, Dave Sutherland

The folky blues guitarist headlines an Acoustic After Hours show.

Mon 13th Oct

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band

Blues piano and vocals.

Fri 10th Oct-Fri 31st Oct

Erik Truffaz, Malcolm Braff Indian Project

The French trumpeter plays material from his jazz and Indian classical music experimental project.

Thu 20th Nov

Eriko Ishihara Duo

The singer and pianist from Tokyo plays jazz standards and originals.

Wed 8th Oct-Wed 29th Oct

Errol Linton And His Blues Vibe

The bluesy harmonica player and his band.

Thu 9th Oct

Eskimo Joe

The Australian rock trio perform tracks from their current album, Black Fingernails Red Wine.

Thu 4th Dec

Esser

Ben Esser and his band play new wave pop.

Tue 14th Oct

Esser, James Yuill, Macachu

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Thu 16th Oct

Esther O'Connor

The country-tinged singer-songwriter plays tracks from her recent album, Right Here.

Thu 9th Oct

Ether 09: David Byrne

The innovative pop songwriter, formerly of Talking Heads plays tracks from his new album, Everything

Sun 12th Apr-Mon 13th Apr

Etran Finatawa

The North African desert nomads play their own version of the blues.

Tue 14th Oct

Eve Selis

Country-rock performer from San Diego.

Fri 21st Nov

Example, Plastic Little

Wordy hip-popster Elliot Gleave.

Thu 9th Oct

Extreme, Hot Leg, The Duvals

The 1980s rockers on tour in support of the