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Due to public demand we are introducing this new section to enable you to plan ahead. Coming Soon will give basic live music listings over the next couple of months after the current month. Full listings with details of music genres will of course appear in the monthly listings later. Please don’t forget to have a look at Festival Focus for lineups right through to the end of September! This section will be constantly updated throughout each month, so keep coming back!


BASINGSTOKE, THE ANVIL
MAY 2005:

Thu 5 - Red Hot Rhythm & Blues - The Manfreds + Paul Young
Fri 6 - Thank You For The Music
Sat 7 - Basingstoke Area Youth Orchestras and Choirs
Tue 10 - The Knot Garden (opera)
Wed 11 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Thu 12 - Fiddles on Fire
Sat 14 - The Fairey FP (Music) Band
Sun15 - John Martyn
Tue 17 - The Backbeat Beatles
Wed 18 - Cinderella
Thu 19 - London Mozart Players
Fri 20 - Bellydance Superstars & The Desert Roses
Sat 21- Rockin' On Heaven's Door
Tue 24 - Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Thu 26 - Paul Brady
Fri 27 - Spirit of the Dance
Fri 27 - English Acoustic Collective
Sat 28 - Spirit of the Dance
Sat 28 - Daby Touré

JUNE
Thu 2 - Ghulam Ali
Thu 9 - The Counterfeit Stones
Thu 9 - Kathleen Willison Trio
Sat 11 - Broadway Showstoppers
Sun 12 - Taj Mahal
Fri 17 - Roger Whittaker
Sat 18 - Lisa Jane School of Dance
Tue 21 - Robert Cray
Thu 23 - Suzanne Vega
Fri 24 - Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony Orchestra & Basingstoke Wind Youth Orchestra
Sat 25 - Kelly Hopkins Theatre Arts
Tue 28 & Wed 29 - Basingstoke Primary Schools Music
Thu 30 - Flavio by Handel - Early Opera Company


BOURNEMOUTH PAVILION
MAY

Mon 2 - Sat 7 - Fame - The Musical
Sun 8 - Pack Up Your Troubles
Mon 9 - Sat 14 - High Society - Musical
Sun 15 - Piano Recital
Mon 16 -The Backbeat Beatles
Mon 30 - Russian Spectacular

JUNE
Sat 4 - Stars In Their Eyes
Tue 6 - Sat 11 - Me & My Girl
Sun 12 - Voulez Vous
Sat 18 - Michael Ball
Sun 19 - Piano Recital
Tue 20 - G4
Thu 22 - Robert Cray Band


FAREHAM, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
MAY

Sat 14 – Ola Onabule
Thu 19 – Danu
Sat 21 – Rebecca Carrington – Me & My Cello
Wed 25 – Dave Kelly & Christine Collister
Sat 28 – Hazel O’Connor & Cormac de Barra & guests

JUNE
Fri 3 & Sat 4 - Hatstand Opera present Graffiti Opera
Sat 4 - Opera Can be Murder
Sat 11 - Drop the Box
Sat 25 - Uiscedwr


FAREHAM, FERNEHAM HALL
MAY

Sun 1 at 1pm & 4pm - Absolute Earth Wind and Fire
Tue 3 - Centre Stage presents Magic Of The Movies
Sat 14 at 6.30pm - Songs in the life of Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow
Wed 18 - Tony Jacobs & The Creamcracker Jazz Band
Fri 20 - Havant Chamber Orchestra
Sat 21 - Richard Digance
Wed 25 & Thu 26 - The Best Blues Brothers Show in the World - Ever

JUNE
Sat 4 - A Night At The Musicals
Wed 8 - Ken Colyer New Orleans Jazz Band
Sun 26 - 2.30pm - Organ Concert: The Longhorn Trio
Tue 28 - One Night of Queen
Thu 30 - Voice of the Heart: The Carpenters


NEW MILTON, FOREST ARTS CENTRE
MAY

Sat 7 - Guy Davis
Fri 13 - ABB Blues Band
Sat 14 - Rebecca Carrington - Me & My Cello

JUNE
Sat 4 – Doudou Cissoko from Senegal
Fri 10 – Drop The Box
Fri 17 – Abdelkader Saadoun – The Algerian King & band
Fri 24 – Uiscedwr – Folk
Sat 25 – A Night at the Gaumont – musical revue


POOLE, MR KYPS
MAY 2005:

Sun 1 - Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
Thu 5 - Ezio + Ten To Never
Fri 6 - The Rat Pack
Sat 7 - Eugene Hideaway Bridges - Live DVD Recording Show
Wed 11 - Rockin The Joint
Thu 12 - Larry Miller
Fri 13 - Fairport Convention
Sat 14 - Toxic Twins - Aerosmith Tribute
Sun 15 - JK as Robbie Williams
Thu 19 - By Jovi (Bon Jovi Tribute)
Fri 20 - The Agency
Sat 21 - RU40 (UB40 Tribute) + Rat Race
Sun 22 - David O’ List (from The Nice)
Thu 26 - The Eddie Martin Band

JUNE
Wed 1 - Rockin The Joint
Thu 2 - Climax Blues Band
Fri 3 - The Great Pretender
Sat 4 - The Great Pretender
Wed 8 - Adam Bomb + Cold Earth
Sat 11 - Stipe - REM Tribute
Sat 17 - Beach Boys Inc
Wed 22 - Rockin’ The Joint
Sat 25 - Perfect Alibi


PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
MAY 2005:

Tue 3 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Wed 11 - Donovan - Beat Cafe
Sat 14 - Milton Glee Club Spring Concert
Thu 19 - Rock Challenge Junior Final
Fri 20 - Rock Challenge Open Final
Sat 21 - Rock Challenge Premier Final
Tue 24 - Girls Aloud - SOLD OUT!
Sun 29 - Russian Spectacular
Tue 31 - Brian McFadden

JUNE
Tue 7 - 2.30pm - We'll Meet Again - A Celebration of Wartime Entertainment
Tue 21 - Basement Jaxx
Wed 22 - Michael Ball
Thu 23 - G4
Mon 27- Spirit of the Dance


PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
MAY 2005:

Wed 4 - The Futureheads
Sun 8 - Thirteen Senses
Fri 27 - Fightstar
Sun 29 - Supergrass


PORTSMOUTH, WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
MAY 2005:

Sun 1 - The Toasters
Mon 9 - The Killd
Tue 10 - Allister + Hidden In Plain View + Halifax + I Am The Avalanche
Thu 12 - Black (Colin Vearncombe & Band)
Sun 15 - Acoustic Ladyland
Tue 17 - Tivium + 3 Inches of Blood + Still Remains
Wed 18 - Death From Above 1979
Mon 23 - 'A'
Tue 24 - Queen Adrena
Wed 25 - Tsunami Bomb + Hopesfall + Name Taken
Fri 27 - Who’s Who - Who tribute

JUNE
Wed 1 - Underoath + Support
Sun 5 – The Magic Band - Captain Beefheart's Legendary Backing Band
Mon 6 – Strapping Young Lad
Sat 11 - On The Edge of Jazz
Fri 17 – The Bog Rolling Stones
Sun 26 – Perfect Alibi


SALISBURY CITY HALL
MAY

Sun 1 - Spirit of the Dance
Wed 4 - Call Up The Groups
Sat 7 - The Central Band of The Royal Air Force
Wed 11 - Sat 14 - Songs of the Silver Screen
Wed 18 - We’ll Meet Again
Thu 19 - The Drifters
Fri 20 - John Martyn
Fi 27 - China National Beijing Opera Theatre
Sat 28 - Laurie Anderson - The End of the Moon
Sun 29 - Amjad Ali Khan - Master of the Sarod

JUNE
Wed 1 – Mercan Dede & Susheela Raman – Eastern Rhythms
Fri 3 – The Golden Age of Broadway


SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
MAY

Thu 5 - Roger Chapman & The Shortlist
Fri 6 - Rufus Stone
Sat 7 - Bog Rolling Stones
Wed 11 - Green Dayz (tribute)
Thu 12 - Soft Machine Legacy
Fri 13 - Joe Louis Walker
Sat 14 - Newcastle Brown Comedy Club
Mon 16 - Vic Chesnutt
Thu 19 - Dirty DC
Fri 20 - T-Rextasy
Sat 21 - The Silver Beatles
Mon 23 - Casbah Club
Tue 24 - Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue)
Wed 25 - Chumbawamba
Thu 26 - Who’s Who
Fri 27 - Jefferson Family Galactic Party
Sat 28 - The Men They Couldn’t Hang
Tue 31 - Ian Hunter & The American Rant Band (Mott The Hoople)

JUNE
Wed 1 - Alabama 3
Thu 2 - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Fri 3 - Los Pacaminos
Sat 4 - Revive
Fri 10 - RU40 (UB 40 tribute)
Sat 11 - Rufus Stone
Wed 15 - Ozric Tentacles
Thu 16 - Juicy Lucy
Fri 17 - Aynsley Lister Band
Thu 23 - Angela Brown & The Mighty 45s
Fri 24 - La Vida Santana
Sat 25 - Snowy White
Mon 27 - Taj Mahal
Wed 29 - Hayseed Dixie


SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
MAY

Tue 10 - Julian Marley
Wed 11 - Tea Dance
Thu 12 - Elvis - An American Trilogy
Sat 14 - 40th Anniversary Concert: Southampton Youth Orchestra

JUNE
Fri 10 – Ben Folds


SOUTHAMPTON, TURNER SIMS CONCERT HALL
MAY

Thu 5 - Jian Wang
Fri 6 - Shaman Voices
Mon 9 - MIichael Finnisy (piano)
Tue 10 - Enrico Rava
Sun 15 - Jazzmanix
Tue 17 - London Mozart Players Chamber Ensemble
Thu 19 - June Tabor & musicians with Martin Simpson
Sat, 21 - John Scott Whiteley
Mon 23 - Franke Piano Quintet
Sat 28 - Southampton Sinfonietta

JUNE
Sun 5 - Southampton Pops Inc
Sat 11 - Southampton University Symphony Orchestra
Sun 12 - Southampton University Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Sat 18 - Southampton Youth Sinfonietta
Sat 25 - City of Southampton Albion Band


WINCHESTER RAILWAY INN
MAY

Sun 1- Green-ish Day + But me no buts
Tue 3 - The Zico Chain + Innogen + Hipshott
Wed 4 - Distilled Mind + Feral Mundane + A Decade of Silence + Five Finger Discount
Thu 5 - Peter Bruntnell
Fri 6 - Alternative Karaoke
Sat 7 - Mindzai
Wed 11- Kalimoto + Televised Anti Fiction + Swedish Student + One Man Rescue
Thu 12 - Smother + Serotonin + Chaser + Windows & Squares
Fri 13 - Winchester Folk Festival presents..
Sat 14 - The Bully Cats
Sun 15 - The Resentments
Wed 18 - Enthalpy
Thu 19 - Angels Fight The City + Feral Mundane + Electric Koolaid + Meta Pop
Fri 20 - Ghost Of Kings + The Undefined + Jonny Arbuckles Hairdresser
Sat 21 - Blissfields festival presents.CHRIS TT + Idesyne + Skuba
Thu 26 - Thomas Truax + Ben Burrows
Fri 27 - Alternative Carpark + Karn 8 + Islander + Loopy
Sat 28 - Cherry Hinton (ex Easyworld) + The Pink Flamingo DJs + Scarlet Soho + Dewy Albino

JUNE
Thu - The Engine Room presents Belasco
Sun 4 - The Permanent Thought Collective + TheThe Limes
Thu 9 - The Engine Room presents Dive Dive
Fri 10 - Alternative Karaoke


WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
MAY

Sun 5 - Juan Martin
Tue 7 - Spirit of the 40s
Fri 10 - Tue14 - La Vie Parisienne
Mon 13 - Wed 15 - Winchester Folk Festival
Sun 22 - West End & Broadway
Fri 27- The Special Magic of Louis Armstrong
Sat 28 - Dr Bunhead

JUNE
Tue 7- Sat 11- Summer Holiday
Fri 17 - Tommy Emmanuel
Sat 18 - Winnall Rock You!
Sat 25 - Danny Bhoy
Tue 28 - StaceyKent & Her Musicians


WINCHESTER TOWER ARTS CENTRE
MAY

Wed 4 - The Lost Moon
Thu 5 - Midge Ure
Thu 12 - Talon - The Best of Eagles
Tue 17 - Black Cat Blues Club presents The Ian Siegal Band
Fri 20 - Colvin Quarmby
Mon 23 - A Slight Ache and The Lover
Fri 27 - John Otway Big Band

JUNE
Wed 1 - The Animals & friends
Fri 10 - Julie Matthews Trio
Thu 16 - Vin Garbutt
Tue 21 - Black Cat Blues Club presents The Spikedrivers
Fri 24 - Jacqui Dankworth
Thu 30 - T-Rextasy


YEOVIL – OCTAGON THEATRE
MAY

Sun 8 - Dennis Locorriere
Thu 12 - Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
Fri 13 - All That Jazz: Mark Rattray
Sat 14 - Yeovil Town Band
Tue 24 - We'll Gather Lilacs: Jayne May-Sysum
Thu 26 - Think Floyd
Fri 27 - Mad About the Musicals
Sat 28 - A String Of Pearls
Mon 30 - That'll Be The Day
Tue 31 - Spirit Of The Dance: Spirit Of The Dance, Ireland's Three
Tenors

JUNE
Wed 1 - Russian Spectacular
Thu 2 - Stig of the Dump: Image Musical Theatre Company
Tue 14 Jun - Sat 18 Disco Crazee - Or Love Is In The Flares
Tue 21 Jun - Sat 25 - Annie: Yeovil Show Company
Sun 26 - Thank You For The Music: Bee Gees Magic, Abba Magic


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