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This year’s Wireless festival kicks off in style on Thursday for their third year in the centre of the capital at Hyde Park. Four days of quality music from big bands you know and love, and plenty of bands you won’t know but can grow …

As the festival season kicks off into full swing, the range of “normal” bands playing the capital starts to dwindle as they recover from their Download and Isle of Wight sized hangovers and prepare for a Wireless one this weekend. First up, on Monday night, …

The first proper weekend of the festival season is upon us, with many people jetting off to Download or Isle of Wight. However, for those of you stuck in the city this weekend, there are still lots of musical events you can feast your ears …

As bands start to warm up for the festival season, London gets a series of one-off special “warm up” gigs before the bands start to disappear off around the country to various muddy fields. The first of these warm up shows come early next week, …

There’s a late addition to our ticket alert this week with the news that The White Stripes will be playing a special one off show in South East London next week. With their new single “Icky Thump” about to hit the charts on Sunday, the …

Tickets are going on sale at the moment for a lot of the Autumn gigs, so be sure to get your diaries out for this little collection of gems to catch soon. Everyone loves the Manic Street Preachers, and they’ve just announced a new full …

Would you like to see the Queen gagged and blindfolded? If monarchy muzzling is one’s thing, one should really get oneself to Barbican Art Gallery. There, in homage to Liz’s Silver Jubilee and the 30th anniversary of the Sex Pistols’ romp down the river playing …

Londonist’s second-favourite weekend of the year is almost upon us. Open Garden Squares, this Saturday and Sunday, sees 160 of London’s private and not-so-private gardens opening to the public. The event is once again sponsored by Loire Valley Wines, who will be offering their wares …

Aloooha London! This weekend will see the third annual London Luau, three days of ‘bands, DJs, drinking, eating and dancing’ with a ‘tropical Tiki theme.’ This year’s Luau commences on Friday with an art show opening at Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery followed by drinks …

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week’s “Segway Mom” and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It’s not West Side Story, but about as close as they’ll get. They’re also still waiting on some …