Rod Stewart: No longer a mod - if indeed he ever was - Stewarts career off into lounge and MOR territory doesn't seem to have left him short of fans as he hits the UK in support of his latest album Soulbook.

July 14 Edinburgh Castle
July 15 Edinburgh Castle
July 17 Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
July 23 Glasgow SECC
July 24 Glasgow SECC

Jackie Leven: With a new album, Gothic Road, due in April the highly prolific and hideously underrated ex-Doll By Doll frontman tours all over the UK, and we strongly suggest you go and see him...

Aug 12 Hebden Bridge Trades Clubd
Aug 29 Southsea Folk Festival
Oct 16 Exeter The Phoenix
Oct 27 South Shields Customs House @ the Studio
Nov 22 Ullapool The Argyll Hotel
Nov 24 Inverness Hootnanny
Nov 26 Kelso The Scottish Borders The Black Swan
Dec 03 London The Union Chapel

Zappa Plays Zappa: If, like us, you occasionally awake feeling that the world really is a less exciting place since the passing of Frank Zappa (of course this could just be us, but we don't think so) then you will be delighted to discover that Frank's son Dweezil and Co. can be found wrapping themselves around the tortuous likes of 'Peaches en Regalia´ and `Willy the Pimp at the following venues. Needless to say these folks can play (have a quick peek at their website here for some video evidence of the chops on offer), and are well worth dragging your creaking bones out for the night.

July 21 Cambridge Corn Exchange
July 22 Brighton Centre
July 23 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
July 25 Liverpool Summer Pops
July 26 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
July 27 Gateshead The Sage

Barenaked Ladies: We reckon the BNL's are 'sardonic songwriters par excellence' (you can read our David Davies chat with the band’s Jim Creeggan here) and you can catch the chaps at the following venues throughout September

Oct 09 Bristol Colston Hall
Oct 10 Birmingham 02
Oct 11 Southampton Guildhall
Oct 13 Brighton Dome
Oct 14 Nottingham Rock City
Oct 15 London Hammersmith Apollo
Oct 17 Leeds O2
Oct 18 Manchester Apollo
Oct 19 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Oct 21 Newcastle O2
Oct 22 Edinburgh Picture House
Oct 24 Glasgow O2

Level 42: Jazz funk pop and slippity slappity bass types Level 42 do the 30th Anniversary, erm, jive up and down the UK giving us 'Lessons In Love' whilst advising against 'Running In The Family'.

Oct 03 Manchester Apollo
Oct 04 Aberdeen Music Hall
Oct 05 Glasgow O2
Oct 06 Gateshead Sage
Oct 08 Liverpool Philharmonic
Oct 09 Oxford New Theatre
Oct 10 Birmingham Symphony Hall
Oct 11 St. Albans Arena
Oct 13 Bristol Colston Hall
Oct 14 Bournmouth Pavillion Theatre
Oct 15 Portsmouth Guildhall
Oct 17 Croydon Fairfields Hall
Oct 18 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Oct 19 Eastbourne Congress
Oct 20 Margate Winter Gardens
Oct 22 London Indigo 2
Oct 23 London Indigo 2
Oct 24 Southend Cliffs Pavillion
Oct 25 Ipswich Regents Theatre

Bryan Adams: The author of the most annoying song of all time (voted for in the office this lunch time) 'Everything I Do' Adams nonetheless apparently is a rather impressive live prospect and you can always go to the tiolet when the Robin Hood theme kicks in...

Oct 13 Bradfor St. Georges Hall
Oct 14 Stoke Victoria Hall
Oct 15 Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
Oct 16 Ipswich Regents Theatre
Oct 17 Salford Lowry
Oct 18 Gateshead Sage
Oct 19 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Jeff Beck: Whether or not you agree with many here that Jeff Beck is not only the finest guitarist of his generation but also the finest to pass through the ranks of the Yardbirds there can be no argument that he is a very special performer indeed and you would be stark staring mad to miss one of his very rare tours.

Oct 15 Bournemouth International Centre
Oct 16 Brighton Centre
Oct 17 Birmingham Symphony Hall
Oct 20 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Oct 21 Manchester Apollo
Oct 22 Sheffield City Hall
Oct 24 Bristol Colston Hall
Oct 25 Cardiff St David's Hall
Oct 26 London Royal Albert Hall