Jack Bruce: Just how much history can you cram into one little intro block about the great Jack Bruce? Whether you spent breathless months coming down from the Cream reunion concerts or were lucky enough to catch his more recent Celtic Connections Gerry Rafferty tribute show or his date with Phil Manzanera (mind you'd have to live in Cuba to have seen that one), or you're just looking forward to his Spectrum Road dates in the USA this summer there's plenty to get excited about, not least for us UK dwellers as Jack and his Big Blues Band will be appearing at...

Mar 6, 7, & 8 London Ronnie Scotts
Mar 18, 19 Milton Keynes Stables
Mar 20 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Mar 22 Bath Komedia
Mar 23 Cardiff St. Davids Hall
Mar 24 Warrington Parr Hall
Mar 25 Buxton Opera House
Mar 26 York Opera House
Mar 28 Salisbury City Hall
Mar 29 Birmingham Town Hall
Mar 30 Holmfirth Picturedrome
Mar 31 Newcastle on Tyne Theatre

Pop Will East Itself : Replacing the rather busy Clint Mansell (Mansell is currently much in demand scoring films like The Fountain, The Wrestler and Black Swan.) with Gaye Bykers On Acid's Mary Byker long term PWEI-er Graham Crabb take their New Noise Designed by a Sadist album out for walkies.

Mar 13 Swansea Sin City
Mar 14 Wrexham Central Station & Yales
Mar 15 Reading Sub89
Mar 16 Wolverhampton Slade Rooms
Mar 17 Durham Live Lounge
Mar 19 York Duchess
Mar 20 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Mar 21 Nottingham The Rescue Rooms
Mar 22 Bristol The Fleece
Mar 23 London Electric Ballroom

The Stranglers: We could say that the stranglers haven't really been the same band since Hugh Cornwell buggered off but Jean-Jacques Burnel has been known to give a hefty cuff to upstart journo's before now so we won't.

Mar 01 Leeds O2
Mar 03 Glasgow O2
Mar 05 Liverpool O2 Academy
Mar 06 Nottingham Rock City
Mar 08 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Mar 09 London Roundhouse
Mar 10 Birmingham O2 Academy
Mar 12 Oxford O2 Academy
Mar 13 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
Mar 15 Lincoln Engine Shed
Mar 16 Brighton Dome
Mar 17 Bristol O2 Academy
Mar 18 Leamington Spa Assembly
Mar 20 Guildford G-Live
Mar 22 Newcastle O2 Academy
Mar 23 Sheffield O2 Academy
Mar 24 Manchester Academy

Gilbert O'Sullivan: Best known for his 1970s hits 'Alone Again (Naturally)', 'Clair' and 'Get Down' - music magazine Record Mirror actually voted him the No. 1 UK male singer of 1972 - Sullivan has nonetheless continued to write, record and tour ever since (aside from an extended hiatus when he sued his management company for loss of earnings, and won £7 million in 1982). He recently signed on the dotted line with legacy label Hypertension, a record company that also handles Leo Sayer and Chris DeBurgh.

Mar 17 Torquay Princess Theatre
Mar 19 Guildford G Live
Mar 20 Dartford Orchard Theatre
Mar 22 Bristol Colston Hall
Mar 24 Llandudno Venue Cymru
Mar 25 Birmingham Town Hall
Mar 27 Basingstoke The Anvil
Mar 28 Buxton Opera House
Mar 29 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Mar 31 St. Albans The Alban Arena
Apr 03 Peterborough The Cresset
Apr 04 York Grand Opera House
Apr 07 Bradford St. Georges Hall
Apr 13 Derby Assembly Rooms
Apr 15 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Killing Joke: Let's be honest if you're gonna bother going out to see Killing Joke you really want to see Jaz Coleman, Geordie, Youth and Big Paul, so you will be delighted to learn that's exactly who you will be watching on their upcoming tour in support of brand new material.

Mar 04 Exeter Lemon Grove
Mar 05 Bristol Academy
Mar 06 Norwich Waterfront
Mar 08 London Roundhouse
Mar 09 Sheffield Corporation
Mar 10 Manchester Academy
Mar 12 Glasgow ABC
Mar 13 Newcastle Academy
Mar 14 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Mar 16 Portsmouth Pyramids
Mar 17 Oxford Academy

Ian Anderson Band:



Ian Anderson and band will take to the road in April 2012 for a 19 date UK tour commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Jethro Tull’s 1972 prog rock classic Thick As A Brick, playing the album, as is currently rather popular, in its entirety with, we are told a ‘theatrical production with video, additional musicians and a troupe of dancing elephants. (Hmmm....) .

Apr 14 Perth Concert Hall
Apr 15 Glasgow Theatre Royal
Apr 17 Newcastle City Hall
Apr 18 Liverpool Philharmonic
Apr 19 Sheffield City Hall
Apr 20 Blackburn St George's Hall
Apr 21 Harrogate Royal Hall
Apr 22 Manchester Opera House
Apr 24 Derby Assembly Rooms
Apr 25 Ipswich Regent Theatre
Apr 27 London Hammersmith Apollo
Apr 28 Bristol Colston Hall
Apr 29 High Wycombe The Swan Theatre
Apr 30 Birmingham Symphony Hall
May 02 Oxford Apollo
May 03 Reading Hexagon
May 04 Guildford G Live
May 05 Cardiff St David's Hall
May 06 Southampton Guildhall

Ryan Adams : The hugely contary but undoubtedly talented ex Whiskeytown-er, after a prolonged break comes back all guns blazing with Ashes & Fire and you can catch him at the following places...

Apr 19 Dublin OlympiaTheatre
Apr 20 Belfast Waterfront Hall Auditorium & Studio
Apr 22 Gateshead The Sage
Apr 23 London Palladium
Apr 25 Nottingham The Royal Centre
Apr 26 GlasgowRoyal Concert Hall
Apr 27 Sheffield City Hall & Memorial Hall
Apr 30 London Palladium