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What is 'following'?Built in the 1920s as a cinema at a cost of £250,000, Brixton Academy is London's most credible major rock venue. Although it's echoey when half-full, the 5,000-capacity space is popular because the raked standing area gives good sightlines. Pop acts such as Goldfrapp occasionally feature, but programming favours metal, indie and alt-rock. As one of the capital's largest non-stadium venues, Brixton Academy played its part in rock history - it hosted the Sex Pistols reunion gigs in September 2007, Leftfield broke the venue's decibel record in 1996 bringing showers of dust and plaster down around them, and The Smiths played their last ever gig here in December 1986.
Atlanta's metalcore quartet - awarded the title 'Best Band On The Planet' by Kerrang! - grind out more impressively c...
The seventh annual Valentine schmaltz-fest features '80s crooner Freddie Jackson delivering soul ballads in the headl...
A prodigious producer at the tender age of 24, Sonny 'Skrillex' Moore has expanded from his US west coast roots in ba...
Bespectacled, long-haired, emo-ish and enormous. Skrillex may only be barely out of his teenhood but he is absolutely...
A prodigious producer at the tender age of 24, Sonny 'Skrillex' Moore has expanded from his US west coast roots in ba...
Bespectacled, long-haired, emo-ish and enormous. Skrillex may only be barely out of his teenhood but he is absolutely...
Undeniably catchy and rapidly rising Liverpudlian neo-Britpoppers headline, no doubt giving their breakthrough second...
Mexican duo who play a slinky, enjoyable, AOR-tinged take on flamenco (and used to play in a thrash-metal act), tour...
Yes, if it's Febraury, it must be the NME tour. This year, the grizzled magazine veteran presents Jospeh Mount's winn...
Oasis songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher tops a testosterone-packed bill with Kasabian and The Vaccines, plus an...
Drum 'n' bass producer Nick Douwma headlines this celebration of UK bass culture as Sub Focus, known for the rush-the...
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Dubstep production duo Nero have aped the success of their label managers Chase & Status thus far, going stratospheri...
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The Bakersfield, CA nu-metal figureheads lumber into town for their first big UK tour in four years with more po-face...
Ultra hyped ten-piece teen Cali rap collective Odd Future play their biggest London date under the alias of OFWGKTA. ...
Surrey punk-pop quintet - whose cover of Lady GaGa's 'Poker Face' is a live fave - continue to plug their recent albu...
Their last party here was a total sell-out and they've done it once more as D&B titans Hospital Records return to occ...
Trio of trance producers who have undertaken big remixes for Madonna, Britney and (ahem) Dario G over the years turn ...
Trio of trance producers who have undertaken big remixes for Madonna, Britney and (ahem) Dario G over the years turn ...
The Hartnoll brothers and masters of ambient techno return after they split five years ago to pursue other projects. ...
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Upbeat, atmospheric, synth-addled indie-pop that's super groovesome from the LA band, over to promote their debut alb...
Upbeat, atmospheric, synth-addled indie-pop that's super groovesome from the LA band, over to promote their debut alb...
Upbeat, atmospheric, synth-addled indie-pop that's super groovesome from the LA band, over to promote their debut alb...

Manchester legends return to the live circuit, now Hooky-free - hardly surprising, given that last year the bassist b...

Manchester legends return to the live circuit, now Hooky-free - hardly surprising, given that last year the bassist b...
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The formerly fright-wigged, black-clad Horrors gang surprised - and impressed - everyone with their terrific experime...
Returning with an interesting concept for how to present the many different formations of a band, the Mancunian punk-...
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If you're in London you can check out Brixton 02 Academy, which recently hosted Weezer. Check out an exclusive drumming video from that gig here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB5lLcwZK1E
I love this venue - it's possibly the best in London for music. Thanks to the sloping floor you get a good view from wherever you are.
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