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This is the Gig Guide listing.

MAY:
22: The Temper Trap, Koko, £16.50
21: Malcolm Middleton, Cargo, £14.50
22: Brendan Benson, Scala, £15
22: The Skatalites, Islington Assembly Hall, £27.50-£23.50
22: Krystle Warren, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £15
22: Riz MC, Ballyhoo, £tbc
22: White Denim, Forum, £tbc
22: Anna Ternheim, Bush Hall, £14
23: Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc
23: Michael Kiwanuka, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £14 Find out more
23: The Lady: An Homage to Sandy Denny, Barbican Hall, £15-£25
23: The Magnetic North, Wilton’s Music Hall, £12.50
23: Beth Rowley, Lexington, £12
23: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Koko, £12
23: Van Dyke Parks, Barbican Centre, £25-£15
23-24: Westlife, O2 Arena, £44 Find out more
24: Martin Creed, Lexington, £10
24: Duke Special, Union Chapel, £15
24: The Enemy, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £16.50 Find out more
24: Boo Hewerdine And Brooks Williams, Borderline, £10
24: Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra/Gregory Porter Difford, Fairfield Halls, £32.50, £30.50
24: Eddie Jobson/John Wetton, Under The Bridge, £38 NEW
24: Jack L, Floridita, £20-£10 NEW
24: Judas Priest, Hammersmith Apollo, £38.50-£37.50
24: Mac Miller, Forum, £16.50
24: Say Anything, Xoyo, £12.50
25: The Caught By The River Variety Show, Southbank Centre, £tbc
25: Gaz Coombes, Bush Hall, £12.50
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
25: Paul Kalkbrenner, Forum, £17.50
25: Derek Nash/Sax Appeal Big Band, Chickenshed, £13
25: The Soft Moon, Xoyo, £13.50
26: Buzzcocks: Back To Front, Brixton Academy, £25
26: Hue And Cry, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25.80
26: IBYM: Mogwai + Mudhoney + Codeine, Alexandra Palace, £59
26: SCUM, Bishopsgate Institute, £8.50
26: David Silvestri + Lombroso, Garage, £tbc
27: IBYM: Guided By Voices + Yuck + more, Alexandra Palace, £59
27: Roddy Woomble, Borderline, £15
27: Suzy Bogguss, Bush Hall, £22.50
28: Big Star Third, Barbican Centre, £25-£15.50
28: Girls, Forum, £15
28: Saint Etienne, Palladium, £tbc
28: Smoke Fairies, Tabernacle, £12
29: James Yorkston And The Athletes + Seamus Forgerty, Cecil Sharp House, £14.50
29: Kyla La Grange, Village Underground, £10
29: Limp Bizkit, Brixton Academy, £29.50
29: Mull Historical Society, Dingwalls, £tbc
29: Pure Love, Scala, £tbc
29: Speedometer, Floridita, £10
29: Kathryn Williams, Union Chapel, £19.50
30: Kassidy, 100 Club, £tbc Album review
30: Diego Torres, Koko, £25
30: Willy Mason, The Tabernacle, £12
31: Alt-J, Corsica Studios, £9
31: Belleruche, Scala, £14
31-June 1: Guns N Roses, O2 Arena, £50-£45 Find out more
31: The Parlor Mob, Garage, £11
31: Miike Snow + Niki And The Dove + Alex Metric, Brixton Academy, £16 Find out more


JUNE:
1: French Montana, Indigo2, £35, £25
1: Peter Hook And The Light, Islington Academy, £22.50
1: Bob Geldof, Islington Assembly Hall, £25
1: Meek Mill, Indigo2, £35-£25
1: Bob Mould + Cloud Nothings, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25
1: Gary Numan + Officers, The Forum, £28
1-2: Norah Jones, Royal Festival Hall, £tbc Find out more
1-2: David Guetta + Nervo + more, Alexandra Palace, £36.50
2: Birdy Nam Nam, Forum, £15
2: Neal Casal, Borderline, £16.50
2: Cursive, Cargo, £12.50
2: FIELD DAY: Beirut + Liars + Hudson Mohwake + Franz Ferdinand + The Vaccines + Spector + Metronomy, Victoria Park, £tbc
2: Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra, Islington Assembly Hall, £19.50
2-3: THE MAGIC OF DISNEY CONCERT, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
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: Garland Jeffries, Jazz Cafe, £17.50
3: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hammersmith Apollo, £40
4: Avicii, O2 Arena, £tbc
4: David Thomas Broughton, Cecil Sharp House, £12.50
4: The Hackensaw Boys, Borderline, £12.50
5: Asap Rocky + Star Slinger, Electric Ballroom, sold out
5: Cypress Hill, Forum, £25 Find out more
5: Hooray For Earth, Xoyo, £tbc
5: KAS: Skindred, Garage, £15
5: KAS: Arcane Roots, Barfly, £10
5-6: The Offspring play Ignition, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £27.50 Find out more
5-7: Tenacious D, Brixton Academy, £35 Find out more
6: Citizen Cope, Koko, £17.50 (re-scheduled date)
6: Friends, Dingwalls, £12 NEW
6: KAS: Architects, Barfly, £10
6: Peaking Lights, Xoyo, £10
6: The Pretty Things, Cabbage Patch, £12
6: Slash, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc Find out more
7: 2:54, Scala, £10
7: Gavin Harrison And O5Ric With Tony Levin, Islington Academy, £15
7: Westlife, O2 Arena, £44-£38.50
7: Jim White, Union Chapel, £tbc
7-8: EPMD, Jazz Cafe, £tbc
8: Charlatans play Tellin’ Stories, Hammersmith Apollo, £29.50 Find out more
8: Daedelus + Dorian Concept + Cooly G + Braiden, Hidden, £12-£8
8: Richard Hawley, Forum, sold out
8: The Maccabees + British Sea Power + Baxter Dury, Alexandra Palace, £20 Find out more
8: Maximo Park, Heaven, sold out
8: Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Borderline, £16.50
8-9: Simon Amstell, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
8-9: Blink-182, O2 Arena, £40.25 (re-scheduled) Find out more
8-9: Keane, Brixton Academy, £28.50 Find out more
8-10: DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL: Metallica (Sat), Donington Park, £tbc Find out more l Extra names added
9: CAPITAL FM SUMMERTIME BALL: Coldplay + Katy Perry + Justin Bieber + Jessie J + more, Wembley Stadium, £tbc Find out more
9: Jim Bob + Lupen Crook, Borderline, £12
9: Johnny Parry Chamber Orchestra, Union Chapel, £tbc
9: Jim Penfold & The Hollywood Killers, 100 Club, £tbc
11: The Gaslight Anthem, Koko, sold out
12: Citizens, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen, £8
12: Liars, Xoyo, £12.50
12: The Walkmen, Village Underground, £20
13: DaM-Funk + Kwes, Xoyo, £12
13: Hot Chip, Heaven, £tbc
13-14: Terry Reid, Jazz Cafe, £23.50
14: A FREEDOM RALLY CELEBRATION IN MEMORY OF JOHN LENNON: Beatnik Youth Orchestra + more, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
14: The Deviants + Sonja Kristina’s Acid Folk + more, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17.50
14: Future of The Left, Xoyo, £10
14: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Liza Minnelli, Hampton Court Palace, £105, £75 NEW
14: Gregry Porter, Bloomsbury Theatre, £26.50
14: Justin Townes Earle, Koko, £13
15: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
15-17: LOVEBOX WEEKENDER: Hot Chip + Emeli Sande + Friendly Fires + Lana Del Rey + Grace Jones (Sun headline) + more, Victoria Park, £tbc First acts announced l Lana Del Rey added l Grace Jones to close
16: Gonjasufi, Village Underground, £12.50
16: Jaga Jazzist/Britten Sinfonia + Lars Horntveth, Barbican Centre, £22.50-£15
16: Jazzanova + The Herbaliser, Koko, £17.50
16: NOFX, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20
16: Andrew Roachford, Jazz Cafe, £20
17: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Van Morrison, Hampton Court Palace, £67.50, £57.50 NEW
18: Chris Cornell presents Songbook, London Palladium, £35, £27.50 Find out more l Album review
18: The Cranberries, Hammersmith Apollo, £35
19: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Squeeze, Hampton Court Palace, £50, £45 NEW
19-20: Cold Specks, Hoxton Hall, £12.50
20: Tom Baxter, The Lexington, £15
20: Best Coast + Spectrals, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
20: Godsmack, Forum, £tbc
20: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: James Morrison, Hampton Court Palace, £55, £45 NEW
20: Off! + Trash Talk, Garage, £16
20: Tom Petty, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc Find out more
20: Jack Savoretti, Bush Hall, £15
21: An Evening With Bernie Marsden, Jazz Cafe, £16.50
21: Bloc Party, Koko, sold out
21: Boyce Avenue, Hammersmith Apollo, £22.50
21: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Caro Emerald, Hampton Court Palace, £tbc Find out more
21: Jessica Hoop, Bush Hall, £12
21: Ben Kweller, Electric Ballroom, £tbc Album review
21: Natty, Scala, £11
21: Carrie Underwood, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£22.50 Find out more
21: Tnght, Village Underground, £15.50 NEW
21: Jack White + First Aid Kit, Brixton Academy, £36, £30
22: Big Daddy Kane + Biz Markie, Forum, £22.50 NEW
22: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Katie Melua, Hampton Court Palace, £50, £45 Find out more
22: Sun Araw/M Geddes Gengras/The Congos, Village Underground, £20
22: The Ting Tings, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15 Find out more
22: Jack White, Hammersmith Apollo, sold out
23: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Hampton Court Palace, £75, £60 Find out more
23: Paul Heaton’s 50/50 Tour, Pelton Arms, sold out
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: Van Dyke Parks, Barbican Centre, £25-£15 NEW
23-24: CRYSTAL PALACE GARDEN PARTY:, Crystal Palace Park, £tbc
23-24: RADIO 1’S HACKNEY WEEKEND: Tinie Tempah + Florence + The Machine + Leona Lewis + Plan B + more, Hackney Marshes, FREE
24: HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL: John Barrowman, Hampton Court Palace, £55, £45 NEW
24: Tangerine Dream, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £45
25-July 7: Dr Lee, London Coliseum, £125-£15
26: Best Coast, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
26: BLUESFEST: Robert Cray Band, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £27.5o Find out more
26: BLUESFEST: John Hiatt, Ritz, £tbc Find out more
26: The Pierces, Union Chapel, £19.50 Find out more
26: The View, Koko, £16
26-27: Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons, Royal Albert Hall, £85-£45
27: BLUESFEST: Eric Bibb, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc Find out more
27: BLUESFEST: Erykah Badu, Hammersmith Apollo, £55-£27.50
27: Alanis Morrisette, Brixton Academy, £37.50 Find out more
27: Real Estate, Electric Ballroom, £13.50
27-28: Macy Gray, Jazz Cafe, £30
28 & 29-July 1: The Stone Roses, Heaton Park, Manchester sold out Find out more
28: BLUESFEST: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, HMV Ritz, £tbc Find out more
28: Macy Gray, Jazz Cafe, £tbc
28: Nick Lowe, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £30-£20
29: Anchorsong, Xoyo, £12
29: BLUESFEST: JJ Grey & Mofro, 100 Club, £tbc Find out more
29: BLUESFEST: Van Morrison, Hammersmith Apollo, £110-£45 Find out more
29: BLUESFEST: Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc Find out more
29: The Commodores, Indigo2, £50-£25
29: The Family Stone, Jazz Cafe, £23.50
June 29-July 1: BACK2BLACK FESTIVAL: Macy Gray + Roots Manuva + Amadou and Mariam + Hugh Masekela + Gilberto Gil + more, Old Billingsgate, East London £tbc Find out more
29-July 1: HOP FARM FESTIVAL: Bob Dylan (Fri) + Peter Gabriel (Sat) + Suede (Sun), Paddock Wood, Kent, £150 Find out more
30: BLUESFEST: Brand New Heavies, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £50-£25 Find out more
30: BLUESFEST: George Benson, The Bridgewater Hall, £tbc Find out more
30: BLUESFEST: Charles Bradley, Under The Bridge, £18.50 Find out more
30: BLUESFEST: Ronnie Wood & Friends, Hammersmith Apollo, £75-£35 Find out more
30: The Cinematic Orchestra, Barbican Centre, £35-£24.50
30: HIGH DEFINITION FESTIVAL: Pendulum + Ms Dynamite + Sub Focus + more, Forest Farm, Essex, £tbc Find out more


JULY
1: BLUESFEST: Hugh Laurie, The Lowry, £tbc Find out more
1: BLUESFEST: Tom Jones, Hammersmith Apollo, £75-£35 Find out more
1: Garbage, Brixton Academy, £29.50
2: BLUESFEST: Hugh Laurie, Hammersmith Apollo, £40-£35 Find out more
2: Randy Crawford And The Joe Sample Trio, Under The Bridge, £37.50 NEW
2: Evidence, Jazz Cafe, £16.50 NEW
2: Regina Spektor, Royal Albert Hall, £40-£35
2: Fred Wesley & The New JBs, 229, £22.50
3: Adrenaline Mob, Koko, £18.50
3: BLUESFEST: Gov’t Mule, HMV Ritz, £tbc Find out more
3: KEW THE MUSIC: Status Quo + The Straits, Kew Gardens, £46-£38.50
3: The Sonics, Forum, £25
3: The Tallest Man on Earth, Hackney Empire, £20
4: BLUESFEST: Gov’t Mule, Under The Bridge, £23 Find out more
4: BLUESFEST: Ian Siegal, Islington Academy, £tbc Find out more
4: Hilltop Hoods, Electric Ballroom, £16.50
4: KEW THE MUSIC: M People + Chic and Nile Rodgers, Kew Gardens, £43-£33.50
4: Twin Shadow, Dingwalls (Lock 17), £12.50 NEW
4: The Wailers, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £28.50-£19.50
5: BLUESFEST: Matt Schofield Trio, Band On The Wall, £tbc Find out more
5: Die Antwoord, Forum, £15 NEW
5: KEW THE MUSIC: Pink Martini + Tim Minchin, Kew Gardens, £43-£35.50 NEW
5: Paul Heaton’s The 8th, Barbican Centre, £28-£18
5: The Gossip, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17
5: Marilyn Manson + Lacuna Coil, Brixton Academy, £30
5: Christian Scott, Jazz Cafe, £17.50
6: BLUESFEST: Mick Taylor, Under The Bridge, £15 Find out more
4: BLUESFEST: Ian Siegal, The Met, £tbc Find out more
6: KEW THE MUSIC: James Morrison, Kew Gardens, £47-£39.50
6: WIRELESS: Deadmau5 + Maverick Sabre + more, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
6: Wolfmother + Turbowolf, Indigo2, £22.50
6-8: T IN THE PARK: The Stone Roses + Snow Patrol + Kasabian + more, Balado, £tbc Find out more
7: Laura Marling, Royal Albert Hall, £45-£22.50 Find out more
7: KEW THE MUSIC: Will Young + Nerina Pallot, Kew Gardens, £47-£39.50
7: KPM All Stars, Islington Academy, £25
7: SUMMER SERIES: Tim Minchin, Somerset House, £27.50 Find out more
7: WIRELESS 2012: Drake + Nicki Minaj + more, Hyde Park, £49.50 Find out more
8: Faith No More, Hammersmith Apollo, £33.50 Find out more
8: KEW THE MUSIC: Gipsy Kings + Los Lobos, Kew Gardens, £43-£35.50
8: SUMMER SERIES: Katy B, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
8: WIRELESS 2012: Rihanna + Calvin Harris + Jessie J + more acts tbc, Hyde Park, £52.50 Find out more l Jessie J added
9: Marc Almond, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £35-£19.50
9: Kimya Dawson, Bush Hall, £12
9: Incubus, Brixton Academy, £29.50 Find out more
9-10: SUMMER SERIES: Jill Scott, Somerset House, £37.50 Find out more
11: Hanni El Khatib, Birthdays, £tbc
11: HIT FACTORY LIVE: Steps + Rick Astley + Jason Donovan + Bananarama + Dead Or Alive + 2 Unlimited + Sonia + Sinitta, Hyde Park, £48.50 Find out more
11: SUMMER SERIES: The Temper Trap, Somerset House, £27.50 Find out more
11-12: Queen + Adam Lambert, Hammersmith Apollo, £75-£65 Find out more
11-13: Betty Wright, Jazz Cafe, £30
12: Darryl Hall, Shepherd’s Bish Empire, £62
12: Of Monsters And Men, Scala, £11.50
12: Robert Plant presents The Sensational Space Shifters, Forum, £45, £40 Find out more
12: SUMMER SERIES: Anna Calvi, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
13: Alejandro Escovedo, Borderline, £tbc
13: Fourplay, Islington Assembly Hall, £30, £25
13: HARD ROCK CALLING: Soundgarden + Iggy & The Stooges + Cold Chisel, Hyde Park, £50 Find out more l Mars Volta for second stage
13: SUMMER SERIES: The Enemy, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
14: HARD ROCK CALLING: Bruce Springsteen + Tom Morello, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more l Tom Morello added
14: Sham 69, Electric Brixton, £20
14: SUMMER SERIES: DJ Abrantee Presents Afrobeats, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
14: Swing Out Sister, Islington Assembly Hall, £30, £25
15: HARD ROCK CALLING: Paul Simon + Alison Krauss & Union Station, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
15: Neneh Cherry And The Thing, Village Underground, £15.50
15: SUMMER SERIES: Tindersticks, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
16: Lady Antebellum, Hammersmith Apollo, £30
16: Lianne La Havas, London Village Underground, £tbc
16: SUMMER SERIES: M83, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
16-20: Cameo, Jazz Cafe, £32.50
17: Madonna + LMFAO + Martin Solveig, Hyde Park, £125-£70 Find out more
17-18: SUMMER SERIES: Paloma Faith, Somerset House, £25 Find out more
18: Mike & The Mechanics, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £30
18: North Mississippi Allstars Duo, Borderline, £tbc
18-19: Dr John, Under The Bridge, £30
19: Atlas Sound, Scala, £12.50
19: Wanda Jackson, Islington Assembly Hall, £24.50, £19.50
19-22: LONDON FOLK FEST, The Bedford, from £50 (for 3 days)
21: Damage, Jazz Cafe, £10
21: Billy Ocean, Under The Bridge, £27.50 NEW
21: ROM: Scissor Sisters + Naturally 7 + Jazz At Lincoln Center + Roberto Fonseca + Caribbean Soul, Tower of London, FREE
21: ROM: Kronos Quartet + Asif Ali Khan, Battersea Park, FREE NEW
21: ROM: Ben L’Oncle Soul + The Brazz Brothers + Amira + Big Gay Sing, Trafalgar Square, FREE NEW
21: ROM: Baaba Maal + Angelique Kidjo + King Sunny Ade + The Invisible + Sckou Keita Quintet, London Pleasure Gardens, FREE NEW
21: ROM: Black Arm Band + 9bach + Frank Yamma, Old Royal Naval College, FREE NEW
21: ROM: Penguin Cafe + Mariza, Somerset House, FREE NEW
22: ROM: Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra + Saxophone Massive + Beverley Knight, Somerset House, FREE NEW (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
22: ROM: Carlinhos Brown + Aurelio Martinez, Tower of London, FREE NEW (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
22: ROM: Kronos Quartet + Zakir Hussain + Transglobal Underground + Arun Ghosh + Kyham Allami, Battersea Park, FREE NEW (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
22: ROM: Matthew Herbert Big Band + Kathryn Tickell + Ludovico Einaudi + La Chiva Gantiva + Budapest Bar, Trafalgar Square, FREE NEW (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
22: ROM: Noisettes + Staff Benda Billili + Muntu Valdo + Hugh Masekela, London Pleasure Gardens, FREE NEW (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
22: ROM: Black Arm Band + The Barons of Tang + Arthur Jeffes + Green Fire Islands, Old Royal Naval College, FREE (tickets must be booked through Ticketmaster)
25: Blink 182, Brixton Academy, £35 NEW Find out more
25: Lera Lynn, Bush Hall, £12.50
25-26: Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony, Barbican Centre, £85-£25
26: Frankie Rose, Xoyo, £12
27: BT LONDON LIVE OPENING CEREMONY CELEBRATION CONCERT: Snow Patrol + Duran Duran + Stereophonics + Paolo Nutini, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
27: Casiokids, Barfly, £9
28: BT LONDON LIVE: Tom Jones, Hyde Park, FREE NEW Find out more
28: George Benson, Royal Albert Hall, £70-£37.50
29: The Bootleg Beatles, Dingwalls, £tbc
30: Eddie Vedder, Hammersmith Apollo, £50-£45 Find out more


AUGUST
1-12: ANTONY’S MELTDOWN: First acts announced, Southbank Centre, £tbc Find out more
4: Eastern Electrics, Central London, £40
4: Fat Freddy’s Drop, Forum, £29.50
8: Xavier Rudd, Koko, £20
9: Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Jazz Cafe, £15
11: PiL, Forum, £27.50
12: OLYMPICS BEST OF BRITISH CONCERT: Blur + New Order + The Specials, Hyde Park, £55 Find out more
14: Grant Lee Buffalo, The Forum, £17.50
15: Jessie Ware, Plan B, £10
17: Shed Seven, Islington Academy, £17.50 NEW Find out more
18-19: V FESTIVAL, Hylands Park Chelmsford, £175
24-26: READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL: Foo Fighters + Kasabian + The Cure + more, Little John’s farm & Leeds’ Bramham Park, £197.50 Find out more
25: SW4: Chase & Status, Clapham Common, £tbc Find out more
26: Jason Robert Brown, Apollo Theatre, £tbc Find out more
26: SW4: Skrillex, Clapham Common, £tbc Find out more
28: The Whitest Boy Alive, The Coronet, £25
30: Bush, Koko, £27.50 NEW
31: END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL:, Larmer Tree Gardens, £150 (w/e)
31: UNDERAGE FESTIVAL: Maverick Sabre + Pulled Apart By Horses + Spector + more, Shoreditch Park, £19.50 First acts announced


SEPTEMBER:
1: The 1-2-3-4 FESTIVAL:, Shoreditch Park, £20
1: iTUNES FESTIVAL: Usher, Roundhouse, £tbc NEW Find out more
1-9: The Dean Rodney Singers, Southbank Centre, £tbc
2: Bruce Cockburn, Bush Hall, £20
2: Summer Rites, Shoreditch Park, £10-£15
4: Grandaddy, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20
4: Glen Hansard, Union Chapel, £17.50
5: Deer Tick, Scala, £13 Album review
5-6: Grimes, Heaven, £9
6-9: BESTIVAL: New Order + Sigur Ros + Friendly Fires + more, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight, £tbc Find out more
7: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds + The Kooks + Graham Coxon, Wembley Arena, £59.50-£35
8: iTUNES FESTIVAL: Jack White, Roundhouse, £tbc NEW Find out more
8: Leonard Cohen, Hop Farm, Kent, £tbc Find out more
8: King Khan And The Shrines, The Garage, £12.50
8: PROMS IN THE PARK: Kylie Minogue with BBC Concert Orchestra + Il Divo + Alfie Boe, Hyde Park, £tbc Find out more
8-9: Lady Gaga + The Darkness, Twickenham Stadium, £70 Find out more
September 10: Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Clapham Grand, £25 (re-scheduled from April 4)
10: iTUNES FESTIVAL: Norah Jones, Roundhouse, £tbc NEW Find out more
11: Birdy, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
12: Declan O’Rourke, Leicester Square Theatre, £tbc
13: Patti Smith & Her Band, Troxy, £27.50
14: Beirut, Hammersmith Apollo, £20
15: Nigel Kennedy, Royal Festival Hall, £tbc
15: Plaid + Eskmo + Illum Sphere, Koko, £15.50 NEW
15: The Voice UK Live, The O2, £35
16: The Cult + The Mission + Killing Joke, Wembley Arena, £37.50
16: Plainsong, Union Chapel, £tbc
18: Calexico, Forum, £20
19: The Futureheads, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £18.50, £16.50
20: iTUNES FESTIVAL: One Direction, Roundhouse, £tbc NEW Find out more
21: Joe Brooks, Islington Academy, £12.50
21: Simone Felice, Union Chapel, £tbc Find out more
21: Flying Colours, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £28.50
24: Darren Hayes, Indigo2, £tbc Find out more
26: Gravenhurst, Cecil Sharp House, £12.50
28-29: David Sedaris, Cadogan Hall, £tbc
29: Kult, The Forum, £25
29: Then Jericho, Islington Academy, £22.50
30: David Sedaris, Cadogan Hall, £tbc


OCTOBER:
1: Nickelback, O2 Arena, £39.50 Find out more
2: fun, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15 Find out more
3: Dappy, Hammersmith Apollo, £90-£18.50
3: Richard Hawley, Brixton Academy, £tbc
4: Ray Davies, Royal Albert Hall, £32.50 NEW Find out more
4: Sbtrkt, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
6: Maverick Sabre, Brixton Academy, £18.50 Find out more l Album review
7: Jane Birkin sings Serge Gainsbourg, Cadogan Hall, £tbc
7: Andy McKee, Union Chapel, £tbc
8: Nickelback, Wembley Arena, £39.50
8: Sharon Van Etten, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
8-9: Radiohead, O2 Arena, £tbc Find out more
9: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
9: Chris Isaak, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc Find out more l Album review
10: Flux Pavilion, Koko, £14.50 NEW
10: Kate Melua, Hammersmith Apollo, £37.50 Find out more
11: The Skints, Scala, £10
12: Azealia Banks, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15
12: DOOM, Forum, £28.50
13: Jaguar Skills, Forum, £15
13: Seth Lakeman, Cadogan Hall, £21 Album review
13: The Magnets, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £15-£20
13-17: Ed Sheeran, Hammersmith Apollo, £24
15-16: Johnny Hallyday, Royal Albert Hall, £65-£35
17: Baxter Dury, Scala, £11
17: Field Music, Electric Ballroom, £12.50
17: Young Guns, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £13.5
18: Blood Red Shoes, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £13.50 Find out more l Album review
18: Portico Quartet, Roundhouse, £16 Album review
20: Chilly Gonzales With The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, £20-£15
20: Kelly Clarkson, Wembley Arena, £35 Find out more
22: Newton Faulkner, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc NEW Find out more
22: Jennifer Lopez, O2 Arena, £tbc NEW Find out more
22: Pokey LaFarge And The South City Three, Koko, £15
24: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Koko, £tbc Find out more l Album review
25: Aled Jones, Union Chapel, £tbc Find out more
26: Dead Can Change, Royal Albert, sold out
26: Reverend & The Makers, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
26: The Silver Seas, Islington Assembly Hall, £18.50
26: Sparks, Barbican, £tbc
27: The Mutton Birds, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £20
28: Level 42, Royal Albert Hall, £35-£30
28: Lionel Richie, O2 Arena, £65-£40 Find out more
30: Efterklang, Barbican Centre, £22.50-£15
31: The Polyphonic Spree, Forum, £22.50
31-November 1: Django Django, Halfway to Heaven, £12
31: Wednesday 13, Koko, £16


NOVEMBER:
1: Ryan Adams, Cadogan Hall, sold out
1: The Walkmen, Forum, £17.50
2: Beach House, Roundhouse, £16
2: Four Tet + Hessie Audio + Floating Points + more, Brixton Academy, sold out
3: Heaven 17, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc
3: Oscar D’Leon, Roundhouse, £tbc
5: Kaas Chante Piaf: Patricia Kaas performs the songs of Edith Piaf, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc
5: Spiritualized, Roundhouse, £23.50 Find out more
6: The Civil Wars, Roundhouse, £tbc
6: Melanie C, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £17.50
7: Bellowhead, Roundhouse, £tbc
7: Kamelot, The Forum, £21
8: M83, Brixton Academy, £22.50
8: Ian McNabb, Dingwalls, £tbc
9: Mark Kozelek, Union Chapel, £20
9: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Salif Keita, Royal Festival Hall, £30-£10
9: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song, Barbican Centre, £35-£10
10: Carter: The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Brixton Academy, £tbc
10: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Melody Gardot, Barbican Centre, £27.50-£10
10: VANS WARPED TOUR: Lostprophets + Bring Me The Horizon + New Found Glory + Less Than Jake + more, Alexandra Palace, £40 NEW
10-11: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Lucinda Williams, Royal Festival Hall, £tbc
11: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: John McLaughlin, Barbican Centre, £35-£10
12: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Bill Frisell, Queen Elizabeth Hall, £27.50-£10
13: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Jan Garbarek Group, Royal Festival Hall, £35-£10
13: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Shabaka Hutchings And BBC Concert Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth Hall, £15, £12
14: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Brad Mehidau, Barbican Centre, £30-£10
14: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Sarah Jane Morris, Purcell Room, £20, £10
14-15: Andrea Bocelli, O2 Arena, £120-£45 Find out more
15: Fatoumata Diawara, Village Underground, £14
15: Steel Panther, Hammersmith Apollo, £19.50 Find out more l Album review
16: Beth Hart, Forum, £22.50
16: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: PacoDe Lucia, Royal Festival Hall, £50-£10
16: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Sonny Rollins, Barbican Centre, £75-£10
16: Nouvelle Vague performs Dawn of Innocence, Hammersmith Apollo, £22.50, £18.50
16: Nine Below Zero, Islington Assembly Hall, £17.50
16: Rizzle Kicks, Brixton Academy, £17.50
17: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade, Barbican Centre, £50-£10
17: Motorhead, Brixton Academy, £34
18: LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: John Surman, Queen Elizabeth Hall, £17.50-£10
18: Rufus Wainwright, Hammersmith Apollo, £tbc
23: Feeder, Brixton Academy, £23 Find out more l Album review
23: Julian Ovenden, Union Chapel, £27.50
24: Levellers + Citizen Fish, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £25
26: The Human League, Royal Albert Hall, £45-£35
26: The Overtones, Hammersmith Apollo, £35-£19.50
28: Baloji, Village Underground, £14
28-30: Ben Howard, Brixton Academy, £tbc Find out more l Album review
29: The Milk, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £12.50
30: Adam Ant, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £28.50
30: Alex Cornish, Bush Hall, £10
30: David Essex, Indigo2, £35-£20
30: Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, £55-£37


DECEMBER:
1: Europe, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc Find out more
1: Jason Mraz, O2 Arena, £32 Find out more
1: Skunk Anansie, Brixton Academy, £25
4: Peter Andre, O2 Arena, £30-£27.50 Find out more
4: Ben Folds Five, Brixton Academy, £37.50 NEW
4-9: Green Day present American Idiot, Hammersmith Apollo, £39.50-£22.50 Find out more
6: Jeff Wayne’s ‘The War of the Worlds’, Wembley Arena, £68.75-£48.35
10: Azari And III + Azealia Banks + Crystal Pepsi, Koko, £16.50
12: Squeeze, Forum, £tbc Find out more
13: Squeeze, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, £tbc Find out more
14: The Hives, Roundhouse, £18.50 NEW Find out more
14: Orbital, Brixton Academy, £30
14: Squeeze, Indigo2, £tbc Find out more
15: The Damned, Roundhouse, £20
15: Jeff Wayne’s ‘The War of the Worlds’, O2 Arena, £62.50-£42.56


INTO 2013:
January 26: The Animals/Steve Cropper, Islington Assembly Hall, £30, £25 NEW
February 7: Laura Marling, Westminster Central Hall, sold out
February 22-24: One Direction, O2 Arena, £tbc Find out more
March 7: Ron Sexsmith, Royal Albert Hall, £tbc
March 9: Jessie J, O2 Arena, £33.50-£25 NEW Find out more
March 10: Olly Murs, Wembley Arena, £59.50
March 29: Olly Murs, O2 Arena, £tbc
April 1-2 & 4-5: One Direction, O2 Arena, £tbc
April 4: Diversity, O2 Arena, £tbc
April 8-9: Alfie Boe, Royal Albert Hall, £139-£25 Read our interview