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NME Awards Tour
Feb 11, O2 Academy Brixton, SW9 (0844 477 2000, o2academybrixton.co.uk)
Bloc Party return with a new line-up to take top billing on this year’s collection of the music mag’s favourite bands. They’ll be accompanied by fuzz-rockers Drenge, cheeky teenager Rat Boy and Mancunian rapper Bugzy Malone.
Adam Lambert
April 14, Eventim Apollo, W6 (0844 249 1000, eventimapollo.com)
Now better known as Freddie Mercury’s replacement in Queen than an American Idol success story, Glambert brings his more electronic solo material to town.
Jeff Lynne’s ELO
April 20-22, O2 Arena, SE10 (0844 824 4824, the02.co.uk)
The symphonic pop maestro has just put out his first album since 2001, so understandably there’ll be great demand to see him perform new songs and classics in concert.
Lethal Bizzle
April 29, Koko, NW1 (0870 432 5527, koko.uk.com)
Hardworking grime rapper, who for a while was making more money from his “Dench” T-shirts than his music, now back making great pop tunes.
Take That
July 9, British Summer Time Hyde Park, W1 (08448 24 48 24, bst-hydepark.com)
The first outdoor show of London’s summer has already been announced, and it’s those masters of the big spaces, Take That.
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