Gig Reviews

 Feral beauty: Wild Beasts in Portsmouth
Feral beauty: Wild Beasts in Portsmouth
Returning to Portsmouth for the first date of their UK tour from the relative paradises of Australia and the US, Wild Beasts, like this city's struggling football team, must have felt a slight sinking feeling.
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The Ticket Trout: I've reeled in some more deals
Some great festival tickets to get in a flap about...
Richard Hawley and Jonsi for Latitude Festival
Ex-Pulp singer-songwriter and Sigur Ros star join bill
First Global Gathering acts revealed in online game
Judge Jules and more to play. Warning - spoiler inside!
Ocean Colour Scene to headline Wickerman Festival
The Undertones, The Futureheads and more - buy tickets!
The Unthanks confirmed for Wood Festival 2010
Peggy Sue also set to join Frank Turner at Oxford event
2000 Trees Festival unveils early entry evening bands
The Brute Chorus, Six Nation State and more
BLOC Weekend 2010: Rated!
Butlins, Minehead - 12-14 March
Hammerfest 2010: Rated!
Pontin's Holiday Centre, Prestatyn - 11-13 March
Big Day Out (AUS) 2010
Sydney Showground, Australia
Well, blow me down! Rich Bryan on the return of Bearded Theory
'Don't forget a beard, a tent and a razor!'
South West More - SW4's Danny Newman on expanding the festival
'The big question has to be "why we didn't join the days sooner?"'
The Big One: Altitude Festival 2010
Meribel, France - 20-26 March
Outcast to Outkast: the rise of hip hop at UK festivals
We look at how rap is finally being accepted at summer bashes
Are aging headliners limiting festivals' musical progression?
Matt Miles asks if we should be out with the old, in with the new...
The Big One: Hammerfest 2010
Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales - 11-13 March
Introducing... The Ticket Trout!
He's been trawling the net for the best ticket deals!
Is grunge set for a revival at festivals this summer?
We send writer Jamie Skey down memory lane to find out

 A Place To Bury Strangers @ Camden Barfly
A Place To Bury Strangers @ Camden Barfly
The fact that free gigs are free can be one of their downfalls. People will attend simply because of the price tag rather than their particular interest in the music. Luckily tonight's gig avoids falling fowl of this, writes SG Parson.
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 Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
It's difficult to avoid using the word 'supergroup' but this is exactly what Them Crooked Vultures are - either that or Dave Grohl's wet dream come alive, writes Kerry Mason.
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 Arctic Monkeys @ Wembley Arena
Arctic Monkeys @ Wembley Arena
"It's the intensity of the songs that shines through like a bank of halogen; the addicted legions are taking hit after hit and beg mercifully for more during noticeably lengthy breaks between songs", writes Neil Stone
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 Green Day @ Wembley Arena
Green Day @ Wembley Arena
"This is not a fucking tea party, this is Green Day in London!" incites a wild-eyed and clearly energised Billy Joe midway through 'Holiday'...
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 Bloc Party @ Plymouth Pavilions
Bloc Party @ Plymouth Pavilions
With an extended break in the pipeline, Kerry Mason checks out Bloc Party at Plymouth Pavilions before it's too late...
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 Doves @ BBC Electric Proms
United Kingdom Doves @ BBC Electric Proms
Doves performance with the London Bulgarian choir for the BBC Electric Proms erupts as a stunning cultural hybrid of indie rock merged with traditional folklore, writes Samantha Merrydrew.
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 Shirley Bassey @ BBC Electric Proms
United Kingdom Shirley Bassey @ BBC Electric Proms
Wales' number one diva, Shirley Bassey, shows her experience, but not her age, as she makes being a showstopper look effortless writes SG Parson.
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 Smokey Robinson @ BBC Electric Proms
United Kingdom Smokey Robinson @ BBC Electric Proms
It's the 50th anniversary of Motown records, and Smokey Robinson is grooving in an old Camden train shed before a love-struck audience. Kae Karadelis reviews whilst pinching herself.
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 Dizzee Rascal @ BBC Electric Proms
United Kingdom Dizzee Rascal @ BBC Electric Proms
Occurring on a cold, autumnal night at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, BBC Electric Proms mark the changing season for many music lovers.
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 Fatboy Slim @ Oxjam Music Festival
Fatboy Slim @ Oxjam Music Festival
With Fatboy Slim, Basement Jaxx and Stereo MCs on the bill, the latest Oxjam gig could've been in an Ibiza superclub. Instead we sent Daniel Fahey to a tiny Oxfam store in Tooting...
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 Florence And The Machine @ Leeds Academy
Florence And The Machine @ Leeds Academy
We sent Carl Puttnam to Leeds Academy for a performance by the Mercury prize's odds-on favourite Florence and The Machine...
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 Passion Pit @ Vibe Club, London
Passion Pit @ Vibe Club, London
One of Virtual Festivals' picks of 2009, Passion Pit, played Levi's OnesToWatch Revue last week, Dean Samways finds out how they got on...
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