Wembley Arena

Journey + Whitesnake

Categories, Pop and rock

Journey's current singer Arnel Pineda was famously discovered by the band on YouTube, and while he does a fine job, he can't come close to Steve Perry's honey-throated belt. But hey, 'Don't Stop Believin'', people. Airbrushed '70s rock troopers (still...

Santana

Categories, Pop and rock

Legendary Woodstock-rocking Latin virtuoso psychedelicist Carlos Santana is commonly accepted as one of the greatest guitarists of all time by people who care about that sort of thing. His last album 'Shape Shifter' is 13 tracks long and purely instrumental...

Smashing Pumpkins + Ash

Alternative rock, Grunge

Billy Corgan and his new troupe of Pumpkins continue their successful return. Of course they'll play all the grunge/power pop hits, as well as the newer 'Oceania' material.

Cirque du Soleil: Alegría

Performance, Things to do

The mighty Canadian contemporary circus company brings one of its early shows, 1994's 'Alegría', to London. Meaning 'happiness' or 'joy' in Spanish, 'Alegría' features a 55-strong cast of clowns, acrobats, aerialists, fire-knife dancers, musicians and...

Alegría

West End, Circuses, Experimental theatre

Cirque du Soleil are churning out shows these days with a rather depressing regularity, but this one is a tried and tested show (a “classic” in the company's PR-speak) that has been seen by more than 10 million people. It stops in at two London arenas,...

Peter Pan, the Never Ending Story

West End, Musicals

X Factor survivor and professional Iceland mum Stacey Solomon is to play the fairy Tinkerbell in this no-holds-barred musical extravaganza based on the perennial tale of the boy who never grew up. Musical director Matt Dunkley - the man behind the scores...

Paramore

Emo

Fronted by the charismatic, flame-haired spitfire Hayley Williams and her impressive lungs, this Tennesse four-piece bring their hard-riffing emo-pop to London. After their last album the line-up acrimoniously lost the Farro brothers, Josh (guitar) and...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Alter Bridge

Categories, Pop and rock

Featuring three quarters of Creed plus Myles Kennedy (known for fronting Slash's current band), Alter Bridge make metal-tending hard rock with a faint grungey aftertaste.

John Mayer

Classic rock, Singer-songwriter

As suits his square-jawed, all-American good looks, Mayer pumps out easy classic rock for the freeway. It's authentic and soulful – even more so on his rootsy 2012 album 'Born and Raised' – and has won him a shedload of awards and mega sales across the...

Sigur Rós

Categories, Pop and rock

• Critics' choice

Distinguished by the astonishing, crystalline voice of frontman Jónsi Birgisson, the Icelandic post-rockers play from their new album 'Kveikur'. It's their second full-length release in two years, and showcases a heavier, crunchier take on the band's...

Bill Medley + Gary Puckett And The Union Gap + Still Drifting + The Foundations

Vintage and oldies, Soul

The surviving half of The Righteous Brothers plays in the UK – apparently for the first time in his 50-year singing career. Medley has nine albums' worth of solo material to sing, but the real question is how he'll be performing 'Unchained Melody', 'You've...

Avenged Sevenfold

Metal, Alternative rock, Punk and hardcore

Headbangers of the UK, rejoice! A7X are back for the first time since 2011. The reason: a new album, as yet untitled, that apparently injects classic blues rock grooves into their wide-ranging mix of metal, hardcore and balls-out rock. It'll be out later...

Within Temptation

Categories, Pop and rock

Thanks in part to enduring support by Kerrang! and Metal Hammer, this Dutch symphonic metal band have achieved storming success over here. Their last album, 'The Unforgiving', (2011) easily broke the Top 40, and its follow-up is due this year. They've...

Jack Whitehall Gets Around

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

There’s no stopping headline-grabbing wunderkind Jack Whitehall. He’s already achieved more in his first quarter-century than most comics could accomplish in a lifetime. Now he can add ‘arena filler’ to his CV, with the announcement of a Wembley date....

Russell Howard – Wonderbox

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Currently on his biggest ever tour – the much-hyped 'Wonderbox' tour – childlike comedy superstar Russell Howard settles in at the Royal Albert Hall for four nights, plus a night each at Wembley and the O2. The former 'Mock The Week' regular is one of...

Lee Evans – Monsters

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent, Physical comedy

Frantic, rubber-faced comic Lee Evans brings his biggest tour to date, Monster, to the O2 and Wembley arenas. His last show, Roadrunner, was the fastest-selling comedy tour at the time, with 227,424 tickets sold in just one day. This time he's upping...

Lee Evans – Monsters

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent, Physical comedy

Frantic, rubber-faced comic Lee Evans brings his biggest tour to date, Monster, to the O2 and Wembley arenas. His last show, Roadrunner, was the fastest-selling comedy tour at the time, with 227,424 tickets sold in just one day. This time he's upping...

Lee Evans – Monsters

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent, Physical comedy

Frantic, rubber-faced comic Lee Evans brings his biggest tour to date, Monster, to the O2 and Wembley arenas. His last show, Roadrunner, was the fastest-selling comedy tour at the time, with 227,424 tickets sold in just one day. This time he's upping...

Lee Evans – Monsters

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent, Physical comedy

Frantic, rubber-faced comic Lee Evans brings his biggest tour to date, Monster, to the O2 and Wembley arenas. His last show, Roadrunner, was the fastest-selling comedy tour at the time, with 227,424 tickets sold in just one day. This time he's upping...