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Your guide to the best gigs and festivals in London, plus book tickets
Slick Rick: 'I remember Benny Hill, liver with rice and only three TV channels'
Having grown up in '70s London, the revered rapper returns for the first time in a lifetime. Read on, or the cat gets it…
What's the deal with... Yussef Kamaal?
Our guide to South-east London’s own Yussef Dayes and Kamaal Williams and their breakbeat-bebop influences
The 100 best party songs
Having a party and not sure what music to play? We've got you covered with the 100 best party songs of all time.
Leonard Cohen's legacy in five songs
Sublime songwriter and lyricist Leonard Cohen has died aged 82
Chase & Status: 'Chart positions don’t matter'
Arena-crushing bass bosses Chase & Status talk 'D&B' and... free schools
Discover live music in London
Rock concerts in London
From huge upcoming rock concerts to indie gigs, here’s how to get your rock ’n’ roll fix in London
Hip hop concerts in London
Hear the best of hip hop live in London with our guide to the city’s upcoming hip hop concerts
Punk and metal concerts in London
Feel the force of punk and metal live in London at one of these upcoming concerts and events
Reggae concerts in London
See reggae live in London with our full guide to upcoming reggae concerts and events – irie!
Hot tickets
Bear's Den
Fast-rising beardy Londoners play wistful folk-pop at a big Brixton show
Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics
The scene-shaping DJ teams up with a 60-piece orchestra to bring Ibiza to The O2
Justin Bieber
The Biebs is back in town for a huge run of dates at The O2 next year
Just announced!
Get ’em while they're hot: here's our regular list of the capital's latest top tickets
Meltdown festival
Tickets for David Byrne’s Southbank Centre festival go on sale on Friday morning
The best gigs in London this week
Ellie Goulding
She's a big star nowadays, but Goulding still has a fragile, personal side to her music that sets her apart from other chart-pop performers. She does her...
Cara Dillon
Traditional and rootsy Irish singer Dillon (formerly a member of folk-pop group Equation) possesses a terrific voice, clear as a mountain stream, and her...
Chance The Rapper
Young Chicago MC Chancelor Bennett shot to the front of the new rap pack a few years ago with his awesome second mixtape 'Acid Rap' – one of our...
Jimmy Eat World
Arizona's premier commercial emo-core combo offer their usual catchy mix of upbeat pop-punk and alt rock balladry.
The Skatalites
The deaths of drummer Lloyd Knibb in 2011 and and bassist Lloyd Brevett in 2012 have left saxophonist Lester Sterling as the last founding member of this...
Omar Souleyman
Though a firm favourite of more leftfield festivals and audiences, Omar Souleyman is as accessible as hummus. The Syrian singer never fails to galvanise a...
The latest music news
This photographer has captured classic reggae record sleeves in their original London locations
London isn't the capital of reggae – that’s Kingston (not upon Thames). But thanks to its colonial ties and a history of Caribbean immigration, our drizzly...
The ten best gigs this week that you can actually get tickets for
Another week, another crop of ace London gigs. Out of everything that isn’t sold out, here’s our top ten – just click on the red headers to read more. ...
Eleven Leonard Cohen lyrics on death and ageing
Leonard Cohen was one of the world's greatest lyricists and one of the key themes throughout his long career was death and ageing. Lets honour the...
Leonard Cohen's legacy in five songs
A poet first and foremost, Leonard Cohen never shied away from tackling sex, death and religion head-on. As the sad news spreads of the Canadian...
The best upcoming gigs in London
The best classical music in London
BBC Proms 2016: what's on
Not sure what to see at this year's BBC Proms? Here are our Prom highlights for 2016
Why every Londoner should go to the Proms
Five extremely good reasons to Prom this year – no Union Jack headgear necessary
This month's best classical concerts
Discover the best classical music events to see in the capital
A beginners' guide to the BBC Proms
How do I buy tickets? When should I clap? And what the hell is a Prommer? We answer all these questions and more
Playlists by Time Out’s music experts
The 100 best party songs
Plug in your biggest speakers and party hard with our playlist of guaranteed floorfillers
Relaxing music: the ultimate playlist
Relaxing music doesn't necessarily mean aural wallpaper. Plug in to our three-hour playist for meditation, sleep, study or general chilling
The 50 best sad songs
Misery can be delicious too. Here are 50 super-sad songs to prove it
The 100 best London songs
London calling! This is the sound of the city, distilled into a hundred songs
The 50 best ’90s songs
From Britpop to hip hop and R&B to riot grrrl, we’ve picked the 50 best songs of the 1990s
