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This is the Gig Guide listing.


FEBRUARY:
8: Chrysta Bell, Bush Hall, £14
8: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £16
8: HMV: Gemini + Cutline + Dukebox + Xilent + Boy Kid Cloud + Serial Killerz, The Garage, £10
8: HMV: Lianne La Haves + The Staves + Rae Morris, Borderline, £10
8: KT Tunstall + Eliza and Martin Carthy + Krystle Warren + Howe Gelb, Barbican Centre, £22-£12.50
8: Nada Surf, Koko, £14 Album review
8: NME: Charlie Xcx, The Lexington, £11
8: Shinedown, Roundhouse, £tbc
9: Barry Adamson, Southbank Centre, £tbc
9: The Robbie Boyd Band, The Bedford, Balham, £tbc
9: HMV: Delilah + Paper Crowe, Garage, £10
9: HMV: Foy Vance + One Sixth of Tommy + Tom Moriarty, Upstairs At The Garage, £10
9: HMV: Emelie Sande + Deley, Borderline, sold out
9: HMV NEXT BIG THING: Sonic Boom Six + Hildamay + Wonder Villains, Barfly, £10
9: Kina Grannis, Union Chapel, £tbc
9: James Morrison, Hammersmith Apollo, £29.50
9: NME: Slow Club, Heaven, £12.60
9: Niki And The Dove, The Sebright Arms, £7.50
9: Reel Big Fish, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £16
9: Diana Vickers, Cargo, £15
9-11: The Black Keys + Band of Skulls, Alexandra Palace, sold out
10: Dream Theater, Wembley Arena, £45, £32.50
10: The Dropkick Murphys, Roundhouse, £19.50
10: HMV NEXT BIG THING: 22 + (me) + Deadbeat Darling, Barfly, £10
*10: HMV: Young Guns *, Borderline, £10
10: NME: Justice, Brixton Academy, sold out
10: Terra Naomi, Islington Assembly Hall, £tbc
10-12: Snow Patrol + Everything Everything, O2 Arena, £35-£25 Find out more
11: Annie Mac Presents: Acts tba, Koko, £12.50
11: Babybird + The Tricks, Leicester Square Theatre, £17.50
11: Big Country perform The Crossing, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £23.50
11: HMV: Clement Marfo And The Frontline, Garage, £10
11: HMV NEXT BIG THING: The History of Apple Pie, Barfly, £10
11: Mastodon, Brixton Academy, £20
11: Olly Murs, Wembley Arena, £tbc Find out more
11-12: Brand New, Roundhouse, £22.50 Find out more
12: Elephant + Porcelain Raft, Upstairs At The Garage, £10
12: HMV: Jake Morley + Sam Brookes + Liam Blake, Jazz Cafe, £10
12: OUR VALENTINE CELEBRATION: Freddie Jackson + John Holt + Lust Crew + Tony Curtis + Thriller U, Brixton Academy, £30-£32.50 NEW
12: Vieux Farka Toure, Southbank Centre, £tbc
13: Speech Debelle, Jazz Cafe, £10
13: Tennis, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, £10
14: Boots Electric, Garage, £13.50
14: Gavin DeGraw, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
14: Morricone in Love, Rich Mix, £14
14: NME: Band of Skulls + Dale Earnhardt Jr, Xoyo, sold out
14: NME: Pure Love, Bush Hall, £13.60
14-17: Yolanda Brown, Hammersmith Apollo, £30, £25
15: Attack Attack, The Garage, £10
15: Colin Blunstone, Jazz Cafe, £15
15: FSBASCH: Sam Sweeney/Hannah James, Cecil Sharp House, £12
15: Ghostpoet, Koko, £15
15: James Vincent McMorrow, Royal Festival Hall, £18-£12
15: Matthew Bourne, Cafe Oto, £10
15: NME: tUnE-yArDs, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £22.50
16: Katherine Jenkins, Hammersmith Apollo, £75-£29.50
16: Errors, Xoyo, £10
16: M83, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
16: NME: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Heaven, £12.60
16: Nico Muhly + Owen Pallett + Britten Sinfonia + more, Barbican Centre, £35-£9
16: Rich Robinson, Islington Academy, £16
16-18: New York Philharmonic + Alan Gilbert Residency, Barbican, £tbc Find out more
17: Melissa Etheridge, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
17: Fink, Koko, £tbc
17: KERRANG! Tour sponsored by Relentless Energy Drink: Sum 41 + New Found Glory + Letlive + While She Sleeps, Roundhouse, £20
17: NME: Cloud Control, Electric Ballroom, £tbc
17-18: Skrillex, Brixton Academy, £18.50
18: Bad Manners, Islington Assembly Hall, £tbc
18: The Lightning Seeds, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25
18: Omar, Jazz Cafe, £15
18: Mr Scruff, Koko, £15
18: Straight No Chaser, Union Chapel, £tbc NEW
19: Nicole Scherzinger, Hammersmith Apollo, £28.50
20: Gretchen Peters + Lisbee Stainton, Bush Hall, £16
20: Loney Dear, Bush Hall, £16.50
20: NME: The Big Pink + Mozart Parties, Garage, £tbc
21: BRIT AWARDS, Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre, £tbc
21: NME: Kurt Vile, Koko, £tbc
21: Summer Camp, Scala, £9.50
22: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14
22: Dodgy, Bush Hall, £16.50
22: Flux Pavilion, Xoyo, £10
22: NME: Alabama Shakes + Jessie Ware, Boston Arms, sold out
22: NME: The Jezabels, Koko, £10.60
22: The Wombats, Brixton Academy, £18.50 Album review
23-24: Alabama Shakes, Boston Arms, sold out
23: Baxter Dury, Xoyo, £9
23: Kaiser Chiefs + Frankie & The Heartstrings + Fixers, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc Find out more
23: NME: Oh Land, Heaven, £10.50
23: POPFEST: One Happy Island + The School + more, Venue tbc, £27.50
23: Pulled Apart By Horses + The Computers, Electric Ballroom, £11
23: Speech Debelle, Jazz Cafe, £tbc NEW
23: Tyler Ward, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £17.50 Find out more
23-24: Alabama Shakes, Boston Arms, £tbc
23-24: Ben Howard, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc Find out more l Album review
24: The Blockheads, Jazz Cafe, £16.50
24: Field Music, KCLSU, £10
24: NAS: Little Dragon, The Forum, £tbc
24: NME: Little Dragon, Forum, £tbc
24: NME: SCUM, Bush Hall, £10.60
24: POPFEST: Shrag + Tunabunny + The Give It Ups + more, The Grosvenor, £27.50
24: Rammstein, 02 Arena, £42.50 Find out more
24: Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Brixton Academy, £tbc Find out more l Album review
25: Rana Farhan, Jazz Cafe, £25
25: Beth Hart, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17.50
25: Mundy And The Painbirds, Bush Hall, £13.50
25: NME AWARDS TOUR: Two Door Cinema Club + Metronomy + Tribes + Azealia Banks, Brixton Academy, £tbc
25: POPFEST: Allo Darlin’ + Comet Gain + This Many Boyfriends + Tigercats + The Hobbes Fanclub + more, 100 Club, £27.50
25: Miryam Solomon + Bronzehead + Salax Xariri + Marcallow, Rich Mix, £10
25: Roland Gift, British Music Experience, £25
25: Shelby Lynne, Union Chapel, £tbc
26: Joyce Sims, Jazz Cafe, £17.50
26: NME: Marina And The Diamonds, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £22.50
26: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, O2 Arena, sold out Find out more
27: Dilated Peoples, Islington Academy, £tbc
27: Django Django, Xoyo, £7.50
27: NME: The Drums + Spector, Roundhouse, £tbc
27: NME: Zulu Winter, Cargo, £8.60
27: POPFEST: The Rosie Taylor Project + Electrophonvintage + more, The Lexington, £27.50
27: Scroobius Pip, Koko, £14
27: St Vincent, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14.50
27: Touche Amore, Barfly, sold out
28: Cold Specks, Bush Hall, £10
28: Grouplove, The Garage, £10
28: Kathleen Edwards, Islington Academy, £13.50
28: NME AWARDS SHOW: The Cribs, ULU, sold out
28: Theory of a Deadman, Koko, £15
28: The War on Drugs, Electric Ballroom, £12.50
28: The Whip, Xoyo, £10
29: Amit Chaudhuri Band, Rich Mix, £10
29: Jonathan Richman, Bush Hall, £tbc


MARCH:
1: Jamie N Commons, Hoxton Hall, sold out
1: Jason Derulo, Wembley Arena, £tbc Find out more
1: Lambchop + Cortney Tidwell, The Barbican, £22.50-£18
1: Los Van Van, Brixton Electric, £tbc
1: Melanie C, Islington Academy, £16.50
1: Jonathan Richman, The Tabernacle, £20
1: SBTRKT, Koko, £12.50
1: Sleigh Bells, Electric Ballroom, £13.50
1: Soko, Union Chapel, £12.50
1: Spector + David’s Lyre, 100 Club, £7.50
2: Citizen Cope, Koko, £17.50
2: Grouper, Swiss Church, £11
2: David Hasselhoff, Indigo2, £32
2: Lindi Ortega, Borderline, £10 Album review
2: Jonathan Richman, Union Chapel, £20
2: Simple Minds, Roundhouse, £39.50 Find out more
2: The South, Islington Academy, £tbc
2: UKF Bass Culture: Acts tba, Brixton Academy, £30
3: Chairlift, Borderline, £9.75
3: The Members + Rat Scabies, Garage, £12.50
3: My Life Story, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £40, £25
3: URBAN CLASSIC: Ms Dynamite + Fazer + Devlin + MC Skepta + BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre, £tbc Find out more
3: The Wanted, O2 Arena, £29.50-£19.50 Find out more
3-4: The X Factor Live, Wembley Arena, £37.25
5-6: Dawes, Borderline, £13.75
5: Labrinth, Koko, £15 Find out more
6: Band of Skulls, Roundhouse, £17.50
6: Dawes, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, £tbc
6: Morning Parade, Heaven, £9
7: Big Boy Bloater, Borderline, £12.50
7: The Duke Spirit, Koko, £13.50
7: Laura Marling + Timber Timbre + Peter Roe, Hammersmith Apollo, £26.50-£17.50 Find out more
7: Mayer Hawthorne, Scala, £13.50
7: Simon Townshend, Cabbage Patch, £12
8: Avery Sunshine, Union Chapel, £tbc
8: CHERRYTREE POP ALTERNATIVE TOUR: LMFAO + Far East Movement + Colette Carr, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14.50
8: The Jayhawks, Barbican, £27.50-£20
8: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Scala, £17.50
8: Justin Furstenfield, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £19.50
8: Killing Joke, Roundhouse, £tbc
8: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Islington Academy, £16
8: The Rubberbandits, Koko, £15
8: School of Seven Bells, Garage, £13.50 NEW
8-9: Florence + The Machine + The Horrors + Theme Park, Alexandra Palace, £29.50 Find out more
9: Hobbie Stuart, Koko, £12
9: Neal Casal, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £17.50
9: New Build, Corsica Studios, £8
9: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £22.50-£19.50
9: The Stranglers, Roundhouse, £26
10: Hugh Masekela, Barbican Centre, £27.50-£10
10: Girlschool, Garage, £12.50
10: Karnataka, Bush Hall, £15
10: Maverick Sabre + Miss Dynamite, Roundhouse, £16.50
11: Earth, Union Chapel, £15
12: Ben L’Oncle Soul, Koko, £20
12: Scratch Acid, Garage, £16 NEW
13: Gabrielle Aplin, Bush Hall, £tbc NEW
13: Rebecca Ferguson, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, £27.50-£39.20 Find out more l Album review
13: Lianne La Havas, Scala, £tbc
13: Mark Lanegan Band, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £18.50
14: Nanci Griffith, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £29
15: 3 Doors Down, Hammersmith Apollo, £23.50
15: Rizzle Kicks, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £12.50
15: Submotion Orchestra, Scala, £14
16: Caro Emerald, Roundhouse, £28.50 Find out more
16: Peter Grant, Bush Hall, £12
16: Inspiral Carpets, Koko, £19.50 Find out more
16: The Musical Box perform Genesis, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc
16: The Presidents of the United States of America, Forum, £20
17: Breakestra, Jazz Cafe, £16.50
17: Crazy P, Koko, £15
17: Damien Dempsey, Forum, £15
17: Jaguar Skills, Scala, £15
17: The Selecter, 229, £tbc
17: Stars from The Commitments, O2 Arena, £49, £45
18: Mike Gordon, Borderline, £tbc
19: The Civil Wars, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £16
19: Spiritualized, Hackney Empire, £22.50
19-20: Sting, Hammersmith Apollo, £76.50-£51.50
20: The Felice Brothers, Koko, £15 (re-scheduled from December 2011)
20: Gretchen Peters, Bush Hall, £tbc Album review
20: M Ward, Leicester Square Theatre, £16 NEW
20: Talib Kweli, The Forum, £40-£23.50
21: Dispatch, Bush Hall, £17.50
21: Summer Camp, Scala, £9.50
21-22: Wu Lyf, Heaven, £12.50
22: Katzen Jammer, Scala, £tbc
22: The Shins, Forum, £20 Find out more
22: Charlie Simpson, Koko, £15
23: Enter Shikari, Hammersmith Apollo, £22.50
23-25: JLS, O2 Arena, £99-£25 Find out more
24: The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc
24: Rock Choir Concert, Indigo2, £100-£12.50
24: David Sylvian, Royal Albert Hall, £37.50-£35
24: JLS + Olly Murs + Rizzle Kicks, O2 Arena (for BBC Sport Relief), £tbc Find out more
24: Kenny Thomas, Jazz Cafe, £17.50
24: Nero, Brixton Academy, £17.50
25: Feist + M Ward, Royal Albert Hall, £42.50-£20 Find out more
25: Korn, Brixton Academy, £32 Find out more
25: The Waterboys, Hammersmith Apollo, £35, £29.50
26: Drake, The O2, £39.50-£37.50
26-27: Wale, Xoyo, £12.50
26-29: Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three, Bush Hall, £13.50
27: Subsonica, Koko, £20
28: Black Stone Cherry, Forum, £18.50
28: Memoryhouse, Cargo, £10
28: Touche Amore, Xoyo, £11
29: Matt Cardle, Hammersmith Apollo, £28
29: Craig Finn, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, £15 NEW
29: Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Sraws, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £10 NEW
29: Odd Future (Wolf Gang Kill Them All), Brixton Academy, £19.50
29: Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three, Bush Hall, £13.50
29: The Straits, Indigo2, £45-£10
29: Tower of Power, Koko, £25
30: Rosane Cash, Union Chapel, £tbc
30: The Rifles, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
30: The Twang, Islington Academy, £15
31: Infa Riot, Garage, £15
31: The Rifles, Troxy, £tbc
31: The X-Factor Live, O2 Arena, £32.50


APRIL:
1: Bowling For Soup (acoustic), Koko, £34.50-£14.50 Find out more
1: The X-Factor Live, The O2, £32.50
2: You Me At Six + Kids in Glass Houses + Mayday Parade + The Skints, Brixton Academy, £20
3: Lee Fields & The Expressions, Islington Assembly Hall, £17.50
3: Low, Royal Festival Hall, £22.50-£15
3: Shearwater, Scala, £12.50
4: Dark Dark Dark, Bush Hall, £12
4: Deer Tick, The Garage, £12
4: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Clapham Grand, £tbc
4: The Milk, Scala, £tbc
4: Other Lives, Village Underground, £14 Album review
4: UFO, Forum, £21
4: Alex Winston, Xoyo, £tbc Find out more
4-5: Christy Moore/Declan Sinnott, Royal Festival Hall, £35-£25
4-5: Primus, Royal Albert Hall, £37.50
5: Chris Rea, Hammersmith Apollo, £35
April 9: Surfjan Stevens + Bryce Dessner + Nico Muhly, Barbican Centre, £30-£20
6: Cast, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £22.50 Find out more
7: Above and Beyond, Brixton Academy, £20
7: Michael Gira, Cafe Oto, £tbc
7: McFly, Hammersmith Apollo, £27.50 Find out more
8: Cher Lloyd, Indigo2, £17
10: Orbital, Royal Albert Hall, £41-£27.50 Find out more
11: Chick Corea/Gary Burton, Barbican Centre, £37.50-£20
11: L’Arc-en-Ciel, Indigo2, £tbc
11: Snoop Dogg + Chipmunk + The Airplane Boys + Yasmin, Hammersmith Apollo, £35
12: Andrew W.K., Electric Ballroom, £tbc Find out more
12: Daughter, Islington Assembly Hall, £tbc
13: Amadou + Mariam, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
13: Frank Turner’s Friday The 13th, Wembley Arena, £tbc
13: JAGERMEISTER MUSIC TOUR: Skindred + Therapy?, Brixton Academy, £tbc
13: Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls with Billy Bragg, Wembley Arena, £20
14: Angels & Airwaves, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £22.50-£17.50
14: Rock Sound Impericon Exposure Tour, Islington Academy, £12 Find out more
16-17: Noah & The Whale, Royal Albert Hall, £22.50-£16
17: Nneka, Scala, £16
17: Twin Atlantic, Koko, £13.50 Find out more
17-18: Il Divo, Royal Albert Hall, £85-£35
19: Patti Austin, Islington Assembly Hall, £tbc
19: Ceu + Currumin, Koko, £19-£17
19: Major Lazer + The Toddla T Sound, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £16
19: Ian Prowse, Borderline, £12 NEW
19: Sea of Bees, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, £10 NEW
19: Si Cranstoun, Jazz Cafe, £17.50
19: Steps, O2 Arena, £40 Find out more
20: Dave Alvin And The Guilt Ones, Jazz Cafe, £18.50
20: Mad Professor, 229, £tbc
20: Meshuggah, Electric Ballroom, £17.50
20: Mouse on Mars, Village Underground, £15.50 NEW
20: The Puppini Sisters, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20-£17
20: Scott Matthews, Islington Assembly Hall, £17.50
21: Adnan Sami, Wembley Arena, £70-£25
21: JLS, O2 Arena, £tbc
21: WAR CHILD: Leftfield + Booka Shade + Laurent Garnier + James Zabiela + MANDY + Jemmy + Tempo Tantrum + Deerstalker, Brixton Academy, £29.50
22: Dhamaka 2012, The O2, £55-£25
22: Michael W Smith/Steven Curtis Chapman, Hammersmith Apollo, £37.50/£24.50 NEW
23: Ryan Adams, London Palladium, £38.50-£28.50 Find out more
24: Clock Opera, Scala, £9
24: Delilah, Koko, £11
24: Futures, Xoyo, £9.50 NEW
25: Graham Coxon, Forum, £17.50
25: Charlene Soraia, Union Chapel, £12
25: FSBASCH: Belinda O’Hooley/Heidi Tidow + Lucy Ward, Cecil Sharp House, £12
25: Garrett Klahn, Islington Academy, £15
25: The Magnetic Fields, Royal Festival Hall, £25-£20
25: Of Montreal, Koko, £14.50
25: One Night Only, The Garage, £12.50
25: The Unthanks + Johnny Kearney And Lucy Farrell, The Tabernacle, £20
25-28: Dwele, Jazz Cafe, £22.50
26: The Cockney Rejects, Koko, £17.50
26: FSBASCH: Cara Dillon, Cecil Sharp House, £18
26: The Martin Harley Band, Borderline, £14.50
26-29: SUNDANCE LONDON, O2 Arena, £tbc
27: Camille, Barbican Centre, £28-£18
27: Example + Wretch 32, O2 Arena, £25 Find out more
27: Simone Felice, Bush Hall, £15
27-29: Foster The People, Brixton Academy, £15 Find out more
27: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson plays Thick As A Brick, Hammersmith Apollo, £32.50, £25
28: Bombay Bicycle Club, Alexandra Palace, £20 Find out more l Album review
28: Miles Kane, Forum, £15 Find out more l Album review
28: New Kids On The Block + Backstreet Boys, O2 Arena, £55-£40
28: The Osmonds, Hammersmith Apollo, £37.50-£30
28: Placebo, Indigo2, sold out
30: Ryan Adams, London Palladium, £38.50-£28.50 Find out more
30: Thrice, Forum, sold out


MAY:
1: Simple Plan, Forum, £16
2: Dry The River, Electric Ballroom, £11.50
2: New Order, Brixton Academy, £tbc NEW Find out more
2: The Rapture, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
3: Anathema, Koko, £18.50
3: Blood Red Shoes, Heaven, £12 NEW
3: Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Jazz Cafe, £22.50
3: Dan Mangan, Bush Hall, £10
3: Tinariwen + Jose Gonzalez, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £27.50
4: Imelda May, Royal Albert Hall, £40-£29.50
4: Lostprophets, Brixton Academy, £25 Find out more
4: Candi Staton, Islington Academy, £32.50-£25
4: Don Williams, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc
4-6: CAMDEN CRAWL: Death in Vegas, Various Camden venues, £62.50 (early bird) Find out more
5: Professor Green, Brixton Academy, £tbc
6: Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince Billy, Union Chapel, £19.50 NEW
9: Grimes, Xoyo, £9 NEW
9: Wretch 32, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
10: The Subways, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
10-11: Happy Mondays + Inspiral Carpets, Brixton Academy, £tbc NEW Find out more
12: Amon Tobin, Brixton Academy, £28.50
12: Scooter, Forum, £20 NEW
13: Morten Harket, Indigo2, £35-£25
13: Zakopower, Forum, £25
14: Yelawolf, Electric Ballroom, £14.50
15: Albert Hammond, Union Chapel, £25
15: Barry Manilow, O2 Arena, £tbc Find out more
15: Midnight Youth, Borderline, £15
15: Steven Wilson, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, sold out
16: Delain + Trillium, Koko, £15
16: Fairport Convention, Borderline, £24
18: Dr Feelgood + Eddie And The Hot Rods, Islington Assembly Hall, £17.50
18: Mystery Jets, Brixton Academy, £15
19: FSBASCH: Dizraeli + Chris Wood, Cecil Sharp House, £14
23: Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc
23: The Lady: An Homage to Sandy Denny, Barbican Hall, £15-£25 NEW
23-24: Westlife, O2 Arena, £44 Find out more
24: Judas Priest, Hammersmith Apollo, £38.50-£37.50 NEW
24: Mac Miller, Forum, £16.50 NEW
25: The Horrors, Brixton Academy, £17.50
25: Glenn Hughes + Fish, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
25: IBYM: Slayer perform Reign in Blood + Sleep + Melvins, Alexandra Palace, £39
26: Buzzcocks: Back To Front, Brixton Academy, £25
26: IBYM: Mogwai + Mudhoney + Codeine, Alexandra Palace, £59
27: IBYM: Guided By Voices + Yuck + more, Alexandra Palace, £59
27: Roddy Woomble, Borderline, £15 NEW


JUNE:
1: Peter Hook And The Light, Islington Academy, £22.50
1: Bob Geldof, Islington Assembly Hall, £25
1: David Guetta + Nervo + more, Alexandra Palace, £36.50
1-2 & 4: Coldplay, Emirates Stadium, sold out Find out more
3: APPLE CART FESTIVAL: Noah And The Whale + Billy Bragg + Marcus Foster, Victoria Park, £tbc Find out more
3: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hammersmith Apollo, £40
4: The Hackensaw Boys, Borderline, £12.50 NEW
7: Westlife, O2 Arena, £44-£38.50
8: Charlatans play Tellin’ Stories, Hammersmith Apollo, £29.50 Find out more
8: The Maccabees, Alexandra Palace, £20 Find out more
8-9: Simon Amstell, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
8-9: Blink-182, O2 Arena, £40.25 (re-scheduled) Find out more
8-10: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL: Metallica (Sat), Donington Park, £tbc Find out more l Extra names added
9: Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra, Union Chapel, £tbc NEW
15: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
15: LOVEBOX WEEKENDER:, Victoria Park, £tbc
16: Jaga Jazzist/Britten Sinfonia + Lars Horntveth, Barbican Centre, £22.50-£15
18: The Cranberries, Hammersmith Apollo, £35 NEW
20: Tom Petty, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc Find out more
21: An Evening With Bernie Marsden, Jazz Cafe, £16.50
21: Boyce Avenue, Hammersmith Apollo, £22.50
21: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Caro Emerald, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
22: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Katie Melua, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
23: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
23: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Knebworth Park, £tbc
22-24: ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL: Tom Petty (Fri) + Bruce Springsteen + more tbc, Isle of Wight, £tbc Find out more l Tom Petty
23-24: RADIO 1’S HACKNEY WEEKEND: Tinie Tempah + Florence + The Machine + Leona Lewis + Plan B + more, Hackney Marshes, FREE
25-July 7: Dr Lee, London Coliseum, £125-£15
28 & 29-July 1: The Stone Roses, Heaton Park, Manchester sold out Find out more


JULY ONWARDS
July 8: WIRELESS 2012: Rihanna + Calvin Harris + Jessie J + more acts tbc, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more l Jessie J added
July 9: Marc Almond, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £35-£19.50
July 14: HARD ROCK CALLING: Bruce Springsteen, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
July 17: Madonna, Hyde Park, £125-£70 NEW Find out more
July 25-26: Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony, Barbican Centre, £85-£25
August 18-19: V FESTIVAL, Hylands Park Chelmsford, £175
August 31: END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL:, Larmer Tree Gardens, £150 (w/e)
September 1-9: The Dean Rodney Singers, Southbank Centre, £tbc
September 29: Kult, The Forum, £25
October 10: Kate Melua, Hammersmith Apollo, £37.50 NEW Find out more
October 13: The Magnets, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15-£20
October 15-16: Johnny Hallyday, Royal Albert Hall, £65-£35
October 28: Level 42, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£30
November 1: Ryan Adams, Cadogan Hall, sold out
November 14: Andrea Bocelli, O2 Arena, £120-£45 Find out more
November 26: The Overtones, Hammersmith Apollo, £35-£19.50
November 28: Ben Howard, Brixton Academy, £tbc NEW Find out more l Album review
December 4: Peter Andre, O2 Arena, £30-£27.50 Find out more
December 4-9: Green Day present American Idiot, Hammersmith Apollo, £39.50-£22.50 Find out more
December 6: Jeff Wayne’s ‘The War of the Worlds’, Wembley Arena, £68.75-£48.35
December 10: Azari And III + Azealia Banks + Crystal Pepsi, Koko, £16.50
December 15: Jeff Wayne’s ‘The War of the Worlds’, O2 Arena, £62.50-£42.50