To be honest the rain and coldness is kind of making us not want to go to gigs at the moment, preferring instead to wrap ourselves up warmly at home. But if we did, this is what we'd be bouncing at. Monday: The biggie tomorrow is of course Led Zep at the O2, but you've more chance of meeting Santa than getting tickets for that. So instead, forget the dinosaurs and try something new......

Whilst the Sex Pistols and The Verve were hawking their wares for the proper reviewers, Londonist was hightailing it down to the Empire for an early start. Since The Broken Family Band cashed in the cool Cambridge climes for our dirty old town, we can now legitimately claim them as our favourite London band (no doubt to howls of protest from the other Londonist writers and possibly the guys themselves). TBFB (for all you......

First Take That did it. Then The Verve. Finally, the Spice Girls have announced that they’re doing it too. No, we’re not talking about kicking band members out. We’re talking about reforming and cashing in to do a massive tour. Now, one more great 90’s band has announced that they’re doing it too. Shed Seven. Yup, those York lads who were loved by everyone and chucked out some quality Britpop that was usually overlooked. Such......

Reasonably quiet week, with a lot of the big gigs and tours already on sale this week. Tickets for Editors UK jaunt went on sale earlier today, with two dates at Brixton Academy on Monday and Tuesday 8th and 9th October. Pink plays Brixton Academy on Wednesday 15th August for a step down from her usual arena shows. Calvin Harris is bringing his disco show to the Astoria on Tuesday November 13th as part of......

Somewhere up North the South is rising. It's Friday just gone in Camden's Barfly and a decent sized crowd is happily bopping along to the infectious Lynryd Skynryd / Little Feat boogie pickings of London's The Delta Blues. The guys are on fine form tonight, enjoying their stage time together. Chief picker Dan Clark and singer Andy Gyves take turns deciding which song to play next; when Dan breaks a string he calls a......