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167 songs spread across 19 core albums recorded between 1974 and 2012. The span of genres ranges from hard blues rock through to majestic progressive, electronica, and synth-heavy, and back to modern heavy rock. Often impossible to categorise, Rush have forged their own pa...

Based in a North London shopping mall, the O2 Islington Academy is a small, no-frills venue with some super-friendly staff. Tonight it is hosting the Outstanding Tour, in support of the Japanese band Lovebites‘ fifth and most adventurous studio album, Outstanding Power, r...

There are comeback gigs, and there is Through Storms And Stars: An Evening with Voyager. After illness forced Voyager off the road at the height of their Eurovision-fuelled rise, the Australian Prog Metallers return with a heartfelt, theatrical and thunderously joyous London show at the Islington Assembly Hall.

Built as a cloth hall and dating back to 1779, there are few finer settings for a gig in the UK than The Piece Hall in Halifax. The Grade I listed venue, which was reopened after a multi-million-pound investment in 2017, sees an eclectic range of shows during summer 2026. Tonight, it’s the turn of Swedes

A summer programme celebrating David Bowie at Lightroom in King’s Cross will feature live performances, pitch-black album listening sessions, an outdoor concert and a book launch exploring the artist’s record collection.

The events run alongside David Bowie: You’re Not Alone, Lightroom’s immersive production built around landmark Bowie performances....