Concert tickets

NIGHT + DAY: The XX + more

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The enigmatic and artfully moody electronic pop soundscapers host three events in beautifully unique surroundings to present their favourite artists (and menus) to take you

Laura Marling

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For 16 nights – no, your eyes do not deceive you – the elegant folk songstress will be performing songs from her new raw, back-to-acoustic-basics album 'Once I Was An Eagle'

Hard Rock Calling

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, Kasabian, Paul Weller, The Black Crowes, Alabama Shakes, Miles Kane, Kodaline, The Cribs, Klaxons, Tribes, Dark Horses, Twin Forks,

Glastonbury

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Arctic Monkeys, The Rolling Stones, Mumford And Sons, Dizzee Rascal, Primal Scream, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Vampire Weekend, Elvis Costello, Portishead, Chase And

The Killers

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Brandon Flowers and his Las Vegas cohorts return after various solo outings with their fourth album, 'Battle Born'. The record is a return to 'Sam's Town'-era rock bombast,

AlunaGeorge

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Fast-rising London duo Aluna Francis and George Reid present their woozy and warm post-dubstep and futuristic soul-pop. Thanks to a canny collaboration with bass

Patti Smith

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The rock 'n' roll poetess and inspirational punk is back with her band.

The Late Late Show

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A classy late-night jazz spot on the main stage at Ronnie's, featuring a jam session with a top UK house band each night.

Folk In A Box

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• Free

If you spot someone in tears in the Spitalfields Market area between June 18 and 21, chances are they'll have just experienced Folk in a Box. A one-on-one folk gig that takes

Robbie Williams + Olly Murs

The Take That reunion crasher headlines two big gigs. With a full arsenal of stadium-swelling hits which we don't even need to list (oh, all right: 'Angels', 'Millennium',

MELTDOWN: Bo Ningen

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London-based psych rockers BN draw on the Japanese freak-out legacy of Flower Travellin' Band and play hard, psychedelic rock with febrile energy. They'll be making lots of

Surfer Blood

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Shiny, happy American indie dudes play shiny, happy American indie songs. That means classic ’60s West Coast riffs, with a massive injection of power-popping melodic joy, all

Eden Sessions

The xx, Sigur Ros, Kaiser Chiefs, Jessie J, Eddie Izzard. More acts TBA. If partying in a vast Cornish eco-park to big-name bands sounds like fun, hoof it down to the Eden

BeatBOXPARK

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A short but sweet afternoon of UK beatboxing champs on the upper deck of Shoreditch's Boxpark. Dead Poet and Peterborough-based English teacher Mark Grist, whose slaying of

MELTDOWN: Peaches

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Thrillingly vulgar Canadian Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) delivers her notoriously provocative brand of porno-rap, coupled with jerky, cheapo groovebox beats, for Yoko Ono's