Plan B

Florence and the Machine head for an arena near you, plus more gigs on sale this Friday.

Watch an exceptional line up of acts for free at inconic Oxford Street venue.

Sun-at-last-Sunday news. Heavy on the unveiling and the protesting.

Looks as if Manchester and Birmingham are about to get a bit closer: high speed rail gets the thumbs up. Ken is looking at rent capping as an electoral carrot. There was a stabbing in Homerton yesterday. Property prices in the Olympic boroughs are soaring. …

Slow Club at Stag and Dagger 2008. Our favourite one-day, multi-venue, all-access festival, Stag and Dagger, returns this weekend. This year, in addition to the London date in Shoreditch, Stag & Dagger will also make stops in Leeds and Glasgow. While in the East End, …

Student Showcases – let’s face it, they’re normally reasonably boring. However, this Friday sees a student showcase with a difference as the Westminster Centre for Commercial Music (WCCM) launches with a star-studded showcase at Brick Lane’s 93 Feet East. WCCM can lay claim to numerous …

Last week we mentioned the drop in garden birds within the capital, this week we have an increase to report. The grey heron is apparently thriving in London, with a record 32 pairs nesting in Battersea Park. Ecologist Valerie Selby elaborates on why this is …

And so the names start to fall into place, although the placing of names to places won’t fully be in place until the day. Between now and then you’ll just have to hope fortune smiles on you and the walks are short, the drinks shorter. …

Don’t get us wrong, we like Brixton for a trendy night out. We love our Bug Bars and our Plan B’s all jostling to serve up foreign beers as an undernourished deejay spins Nancy Sinatra on the decks. But the nights are getting longer and …

We love new bands down here in the Londonist Music dungeon, so far this year we’ve brought you The Sways, The Delta Blues, Eighteenth Day Of May, and Kaibosh, amongst others and there’ll be plenty more to come. But no one loves new bands quite …