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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!


ANDOVER, THE LIGHTS
MAY

Fri 8 – Pop Goes The 80s
Mon 11 – Acoustic Night in The Arena
Thu 14 – Lark Rise Band
Fri 15 – In Dreams
Tue 19 – Sat 23 – The King And I
Thu 28 – Joe Stilgoe
Fri 29 – The Animals & Friends


BASINGSTOKE, THE ANVIL
MAY

Tue 5 – Philharmonia Orchestra, Sarah Chang
Thu 7 – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Fri 8 – The Dutch Swing College Band
Thu 14 – Otis Gibbs
Tue 19 – Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Thu 21 – Wine Women & Song
Fri 22 – 10cc
Wed 27 – Jools Holland & Dave Edmunds
Thu 28 – The Counterfeit Stones
Fri 29 – Ethan Lewis Maltby’s Noise Ensemble


BOURNEMOUTH BIC
MAY

Wed 6 – Chris De Burgh
Fri 15 & Sat 16 – Symphonic Queen
Mon 18 – Counting Crows
Fri 22 – Rhydian


BOURNEMOUTH, PAVILION THEATRE

MAY

To Sat 2 – Oklahoma!
Sun 3 – Sun 24 – That’ll Be The Day
Wed 6 – Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Tue 12 – Only Men Aloud!
Wed 13 – Sat 16 – Thriller Live
Tue 19 – Sat 23 – Cinderella On Ice
Thu 28 – John Barrowman
Sat 30 – 10cc
Sun 31 - Turandot


CHRISTCHURCH, THOMAS TRIPP LATE & LIVE
MAY

Fri 1 – Crosscut Saw
Sat 2 – U-Rythmix
Thu 7 – Giggles Comedy Club
Fri 8 – Jak The Lad
Sat 9 – Pure Purple
Fri 15 – Storm
Sat 16 – Boot Led Zepplin
Fri 22 – Mothers Ruin
Sat 23 – TBC
Fri 29 – Catalyst
Sat 30 - Wellalive


EASTLEIGH, CONCORDE CLUB
MAY

Fri 1 – Afrodisiac
Sun 3 – TBC
Wed 6 – Dutch Swing College Band
Sun 10 – TBC
Wed 13 – Fruteland Jackson & The Bob Hall Band
Sun 17 – Sussex Jazz Kings
Wed 20 – Clare Teale & Her Musicians
Sun 24 – TBC
Wed 27 – TBC
Sun 31 - TBC


FAREHAM, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
Sat 2 – Guy Tortora

Sat 9 – Chris While & Joe Broughton
Fri 15 – Lau
Fri 22 – Indigo Pilots
Sat 23 – Gigspanner
Fri 29 – Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies


FAREHAM, FERNEHAM HALL

MAY

To Sat 2 – The Gondoliers
Fri 15 – Cream of Clapton
Sat 16 – Havant Chamber Orchestra
Thu 21 – Masters of the Musical
Tue 26 – Kaleidoscope School of Dance


POOLE, MR KYPs
MAY

Fri 1 – Suspiciously Elvis
Sat 2 - Bee Gees Fever
Fri 8 – Definitely Mightbe + The Police Force
Sat 9 – Connie Lush
Sun 10 – Galahad + Threshold
Tue 12 – Imelda May + Black Bart
Wed 13 – Imelda May + Rockin’ The Joint
Fri 15 – Roxy Magic
Sat 16 – Drunk In Public
Mon 19 – Class of 09 – College Rocks 4
Tue 19 – Breed 77 + Susperia
Wed 20 – Derrin Nauendort Band + Pete Christie
Thu 21 – The Alibi + Jim Cre
Fri 22 – UK Subs + Demonic Upchucks + Damnation Alley
Sat 23 – Whole Lotta Led
Sun 24 – Willie & The Bandits
Fri 29 – Never The Bride + Nick Tatham
Sat 30 – Wilko Johnson + The Worried Men
Sun 31 - Magenta


PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
MAY

Tue 5 – Rhydian
Sun 24 – John Barrowman


PORTSMOUTH WEDGEWOOD ROOMS

MAY

Fri 1 – Wedge Comedy Club
Sun 3 – The Sunshine Underground + Boy Crisis + Exit Calm
Tue 5 – Fightstar + In Case Of Fire + Laruso
Wed 6 – Cancer Bats + The Plight + SSS
Thu 7 – Lisa Hannigan
Fri 8 – From Manchester With Love – The Smyths + Re:Order
Wed 13 – Future of the Left
Thu 14 – NME Radar Tour – La Roux + Heartbreak + The Magistrates
Fri 15 – The Jam DRC + Split Sixty
Sat 16 – Hipshaker – The Small Fakers
Thu 21 – Twisted Wheel + Detroit Social Club
Fri 22 – Wedge Comedy Club
Wed 27 – Cobra Starship
Thu 28 – Kristin Hersh + Christopher Rees
Sat 30 – We The Kings


SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE
MAY

Sat 2 – Sarum Orchestra
Sun 3 – Big Band Brunch – Chris Holmes Big Band
Fri 8 – Evolution
Sun 17 – Girls Only Jazz Band
Mon 25 – Tashi Lhunpo Monks
Wed 27 – Django a la Creole
Thu 28 – Andy Sheppard & Kuljit Bhamra


SALISBURY CITY HALL

MAY

Sun 3 – 10cc
Fri 8 – Solid Gold Country Legends
Sun 10 – Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Thu 14 – That’ll Be The Day
Sat 16 – Salisbury Rotary Club Concert
Sun 17 – Back In Time
Mon 25 – Morrissey


SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
MAY

Fri 1 – No Jacket Required
Sat 2 – The Bon Jovi Experience
Sun 3 – Al Stewart
Tue 5 – Glenn Tilbrook
Thu 7 – Roger Chapman & The Short List
Sat 9 – T-Rextasy
Tue 12 – Nick Lowe & His Band + Ron Sexsmith
Wed 13 – Mica Paris
Sat 16 – Andy McKee + Johnny Dickinson + Tony McManus
Sat 23 – Greenish Day
Mon 25 – Bens Brother
Thu 28 – Mostly Autumn
Sun 31 – John Waite Band


SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL

MAY

Sun 3 – Organ Concert – Nicholas Martin
Mon 4 – Doves
Sun 17 – In The Flesh – Pink Floyd Sound & Light Spectacular
Mon 18 – Maximo Park
Sat 23 – George Thorogood


SOUTHAMPTON, THE JOINERS

MAY

Sun 3 – Rolo Tomassi + Grammatics + Pulled Apart By Horses
Mon 4 – Pharahos + Scholars
Tue 5 – Dan Black
Wed 6 – Blaze Bayley + Kaleb + Typheous + My Endeavour + Voodoo Vegas
Thu 7 – S.C.U.M.
Fri 8 – Seizure
Sat 9 – The Limits + The Scandles + The Frontiers
Sun 10 – Dan Reed
Mon 11 – Sunny Day Sets Fire + The Glad Rags + I See Sparks + Penny Arcade
Mon 18 – One Eskimo + All Thieves + Hymns & Poems
Thu 21 – Brokencyde + Kill Paradise + The Synthetic Season


SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE

MAY

To Sat 2 – High School Musical
Sun 3 – Jane McDonald
Tue 12 – Sat 16 – Fame The Musical
Mon 25 – Sat 30 – Dreamboats & Petticoats


SOUTHAMPTON, TALKING HEADS

MAY

Fri 1 – Today’s Eden + The Rebs + Idiot3 + Wise Children + Jazica
Sat 2 – Private hire
Tue 5 – Heads Up! Presents…
Wed 6 – Classics of Love
Fri 8 – Lunatopia
Sun 10 – 999
Wed 13 – Heads Up! Presents…
Fri 29 – The Members
Sat 30 – Sonic Boom Six


SOUTHAMPTON, TURNER SIMS CONCERT HALL

MAY

Tue 5 – Trio Parnassus
Mon 11 – Free Lunchtime Concert
Tue 12 – Appalachian Spring – City of London Sinfonia
Mon 18 – Free Lunchtime Concert
Tue 19 – Global Rhythms III – Ancient Future
Sun 31 – Southampton University Sinfonietta


WINCHESTER, RAILWAY INN
MAY

Watch this space!


WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL

MAY

Fri 1 & Sat 2 – The Mikado


WINCHESTER TOWER ARTS CENTRE

MAY

Wed 13 – I Am Kloot
Thu 14 – The Beat
Sat 15 – The Floyd Effect
Wed 20 – Keith James & Rick Foot – The Songs of Nick Drake
Sat 23 – Richard Digance
Sun 24 – UK Subs
Thu 28 – Wilko Johnson
Fri 29 – U2UK


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PAM TILLIS, THE ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE – TUESDAY APRIL 28
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CHRIS WOOD, QUAY ARTS CENTRE, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT – SUNDAY APRIL 26
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