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• THE CHARLATANS Astoria 18th October, onsale 9:30am

• THE POGUES Sixth Annual Christmas Tour finishes with gigs at BRIXTON ACADEMY on 18th and 19th December. That link will magically start working at 10am when the tickets go onsale.

• GOGOL BORDELLO, multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side, are at the Roundhouse, 18th December. 9am kickoff for that one.

• CARDINALS, featuring RYAN ADAMS (the band formerly known as "Ryan Adams and the Cardinals") are at Brixton on 20th November. Ryan Adams rates "hot baths and comic books" third on the list of Top 10 Things I Think About When the World is Caving In

• THE SCRIPT play Shepherd's Bush on 2nd December.

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We've had a few calls asking if this was postponed, and have now checked with the promoter: the BLOODCLOT! gig that we've listed as 31st August is going ahead on (surprise) the 31st August. The humoral coagulation is proceeding as planned.

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THE FRATELLIS - Jon, Barry and Mince - have been described as "the missing link between T Rex and The Libertines". Get them at the ROUNDHOUSE 14th and 15th December - tickets on sale already.

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SLIPKNOT released their new album All Hope Is Gone last week. Drummer Joey Jordison: "It's going to be heavier than 'Vol. 3...' but just as weird and as experimental."

They also have new live dates: tickets for their 1st and 2nd Dec Hammersmith gigs go on sale Wednesday morning. Support acts are MACHINE HEAD & CHILDREN OF BODOM, and word is that "the support billing is huge on this", so expect decent sets from them.

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NE-YO , with special guest TAIO CRUZ, is at Hammersmith Apollo on 22 September. On sale from 9:30 Friday

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That day, specifically, being 29th September. SIOUXSIE, now without Banshees (and without surname either, it looks like) plays at KOKO. On sale Friday 9am.

The event promoters tell us she's on stage at 8.15pm prompt.

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