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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
APRIL
Sun 6 – The Kokoro Ensemble
Sat 12 – Whole Lotta Led
Thu 17 – Katzenjammer
Thu 24 – Martin Simpson
Fri 25 – Jazz Piano Legends with Craig Milverton

MAY
Thu 1 – The Cavern Beatles
Sat 3 – Sing-A-Longa-Joseph
Thu 8 – Richard Digance
Thu 15 – Sat 17 – Thoroughly Modern Millie
Wed 23 – Magic of The 80s
Thu 24- T-Rextasy

BASINGSTOKE, THE ANVIL
APRIL
Sun 6 – Americas Evening – Basingstoke Choral Society
Sat 12 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Sun 13 – Foster & Allen
In The Forge – Chris Difford & Boo Hewerdine
Wed 16 – Mavis Staples & Jhelisa
Thu 17 – Jethro Tull
In The Forge – Lucy Porter
Fri 18 – London Mozart Players
Thu 24 – La Traviata
Fri 25 – Madama Butterfly
Sat 26 – Buena Vista Social Club members
Tue 29 – Hal Ketchum
Wed 30 – Recapturing The Banjo

MAY
Fri 2 – Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Wed 7 – Razumovsky Ensemble
Sat 8 – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Fri 9 – Thriller Live
Sun 25 – Christian Zimerman
Wed 28 – Philharmonia Orchestra

BOURNEMOUTH BIC
APRIL
Wed 2 & Thu 3 – Lazytown – Live!
Fri 4 – Sun 6 – Daniel O’Donnell
Sun 13 – Jose Gonzalez
Wed 16 – Jethro Tull
Sun 20 – The Fron Male Voice Choir
Mon 21 – Sugababes
Tue 22 – Australian Pink Floyd

MAY
Sat 10 & Sun 11 – Girls Aloud

CHRISTCHURCH, THOMAS TRIPP LATE & LIVE
APRIL
Thu 3 – Funk Soul Brothers
Fri 4 – Pronghorn
Sat 5 – Juicy Lucy
Thu 10 – The Blues Pack
Fri 11 – Crosscut Saw
Sat 12 – The Small Fakers + Bird Jaguar
Fri 18 – The Baddest Blues Band
Sat 19 – Willie & The Bandits + The Wishbones + Luke & Howler
Fri 25 – Derrin Nauendorf
Sat 26 – The Bog Rolling Stones

MAY
Fri 2 – The Secrets
Sat 3 – Bon Jovi Experience
Thu 8 – Mick Pini Band
Sat 10 – Stray + Permanent Vacation
Fri 16 – ROADS
Sat 17 – Big Boy Bloater & His South Side Stompers + Hullabalues
Fri 23 – Loose Chippings
Sat 24 – Ola Onabule
Fri 30 – Lady Winwood’s Maggot

EASTLEIGH, CONCORDE CLUB
APRIL
Wed 2 – Ben Waters Boogie Band
Sun 6 – Excelsior Vintage Jazz Band
Wed 9 – Humphrey Lyttelton & His Band
Sun 13 – Sussex Jazz Kings
Wed 16 – Eriko Isihara with Colin Oxley & Dave Chamberlain
Sun 20 – Black Bottom Stompers
Wed 23 – Dutch Swing College Band
Sun 27 – Frog Island Jazz Band
Wed 30 – Scott Hamilton, Tommy Whittle & John Pearce Trio

MAY
Sun 4 – John Maddocks Jazzmen
Wed 7 – Kyle Eastwood Band
Sun 11 – New Orleans Heat
Wed 14 – John Dankworth & Friends
Sun 18 – Cuff Billett’s New Europa Jazz Band
Wed 21 - TBC
Sun 25 – Gambit Jazzmen
Wed 28 – TBC

FAREHAM, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE
APRIL
Thu 3 – Katzenjammer
Sat 5 – Singing Sous Chefs

MAY
Watch this space!

FAREHAM, FERNEHAM HALL
APRIL
Thu 3 – Live & Unsigned Grand Final
Sat 5 – Sat 12 – Fareham Stage Dance Festival
Wed 16 – Sat 19 – Gosport Gang Show

MAY
Thu 29 – Sat 31 – Kiss Me Kate – Stage One Youth Theatre

NEW MILTON, FOREST ARTS CENTRE
APRIL
Fri 4 – Martin Harley Band
Sat 19 – Tipitina

MAY
Watch this space!

POOLE, MR KYPs
APRIL
Thu 3 – Curiosity – Dan Le Sac v Scroobious Pip
Fri 4 – Definitely Mightbe + The Police Force
Sat 5 – No Jacket Required
Sun 6 – Comedy Night
Wed 9 – Rockin’ The Joint
Thu 10 – Pete Christie & Friends
Fri 11 – Rollin’ Stoned + Stuart O’Connor
Sat 12 – Phat Funk
Thu 17 – Danny Bryant’s Red Eye Band
Fri 18 – Us4/U2
Sat 19 – Legend – Bob Marley Tribute
Sun 20 – Magenta
Wed 23 – Keith James plays Nick Drake
Thu 24 – Perico
Fri 25 – Suspiciously Elvis
Sat 26 – Terry Nash as Meatloaf
Sun 27 – Focus

MAY
Fri 2 – Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band
Sun 4 – Comedy Night
Fri 9 – The Jamm
Sat 10 – Ruby Turner
Wed 14 – Rockin’ The Joint
Fri 16 – The Bowie Experience
Sun 18 – The Martin Harley Band
Wed 28 – Ian Parker Band + Dani Wild
Sat 31 – Mentallica

PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
APRIL
Tue 8 – Australian Pink Floyd Show
Fri 11 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Fri 18 – John Barrowman
Wed 30 – Sugababes

MAY
Sat 24 – Prom Praise
Tue 27 – The Pigeon Detectives
Thu 29 – One Night With Elvis – Lee ‘Memphis’ King

PORTSMOUTH, WEDGEWOOD ROOMS
APRIL
Wed 2 – The Sword
Thu 3 – City & Colour
Sun 6 & Mon 7 – Noel Cabangon
Wed 9 – Dashboard Confessional
Thu 10 – Every Time I Die + Drop Dead Gorgeous + Support
Fri 11 – Dirty DC + Big Linda
Sun 13 – The Velvet Hearts + Bemis + Sarah Saville
Tue 15 – Low + Support
Wed 16 – 65 Days of Static + Support
Thu 17 – I Am Kloot + Support
Wed 23 – Forward Russia! + Support
Thu 24 – Nizlopi + Support
Fri 25 – The Kills + Support
Sat 26 – The Automatic
Sun 27 – Andy Parsons – Comedy

MAY
Thu 1 – Lethal Bizzle + Support
Fri 16 – The Smyths
Sun 25 – Joe Lean & The Jin Jan Jong

SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE
APRIL
Wed 2 – 2 Hard 2 Breathe – Contemporary dance
Fri 4 – Dreadzone
Sat 5 – Eminor Pop Academy
Fri 18 – Grevity & Levity: Shift – Dance

MAY
Watch this space!

SALISBURY CITY HALL
APRIL
Wed 9 – Sleeping Beauty – A Musical Medley
Fri 11 – The Counterfeit Stones
Sat 12 – Call Up The Groups – Barron Knights, Tremeloes etc
Tue 15 – Jethro Tull 40th Anniversary Tour
Thu 17 – Show Of Hands
Sat 19 – The Scottish Tattoo 2008
Tue 22 – Guajiro Mirabal, Cachaite Lopez, Manuel Galban & Aguaje Ramos
Thu 24 – The Big Ballet
Fri 25 – Seth Lakeman

MAY
Wed 7 – Sat 10 – The Pirates of Penzance
Mon 12 – Glitz Blitz & 70s Hitz – Showaddywaddy, The Sweet etc
Wed 14 – Beyond The Barricade
Thu 15 – All Our Yesterdays
Fri 16 – That’ll Be The Day
Sat 17 – Rick Wakeman’s Grumpy Old Picture Show

SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
APRIL
Wed 2 – Dreadzone
Fri 4 – Robbing Williams
Sat 5 - Revive
Tue 8 – The Subways – SOLD OUT!
Thu 10 – The Hamsters
Fri 11 – Rufus Stone
Sat 12 – TCB Band – Elvis’s original musicians
Thu 17 – Wishbone Ash
Fri 18 – Ruby Turner
Sat 19 – Bog Rolling Stones
Sun 20 – Al Kooper
Thu 24 – Stage 4 Comedy
Fri 25 – RU40
Sun 27 – John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett

MAY
Thu 1 – The Buzzcocks
Fri 2 – Johnny Winter
Sat 3 – Smerin’s Anti Social Club
Fri 16 – The Bluetones
Sun 18 – Julie Felix
Wed 21 – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Thu 22 – Comedy Night

SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
APRIL
Fri 4 – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Mon 7 – KT Tunstall
Tue 8 – Good Charlotte
Sat 12 – The Power of Dance
Mon 14 – Angels & Airwaves
Tue 22 – We Are Scientists
Mon 28 – The Wombats

MAY
Sat 3 – Adele
Wed 7 – Pendulum
Fri 16 – The Charlatans

SOUTHAMPTON, THE JOINERS
APRIL
Tue 1 – Amy Can Flyy + Casio Kid + Lights Go Blue + Canada Water
Wed 2 – Youthmovies
Thu 3 – Enjoy Destroy + Support
Sat 5 – Akala
Sun 6 – Octavia Sperati + Support
Mon 7 – Young Heart Attack + In So Far + The Bluescreen of Death
Tue 8 – Envy & Other Sins + Support
Wed 9 – Slaves To Gravity + Support
Thu 10 – Kumiss + Support
Fri 11 – Finger Monster + Support
Sat 12 – Somahigh + Support
Sun 13 – Fandangle + Pancake Eating Freaks
Mon 14 – Fei Comodo
Tue 15 – Year Long Disaster + Support
Sat 19 – The Plymouths + Cosmo Jarvis + Media Circus + Catapult
Sun 20 – Ben’s Brother
Mon 21 – Tygers of Pan Tang + Voodoo Six
Thu 24 – Rachel Unthank & The Winterset
Fri 25 – Son Of Dave
Sat 26 – Rival Joustas + Open Room
Sat 26 – Slagsmalsklubben
Sun 27 – Fresh Legs + Mes Memoirs

MAY
Thu 1 – Fearne + Max Raptor + Hopeless Attendance
Fri 2 – Angus & Julia Stone + Support
Thu 8 – Underground Heroes + Support
Fri 9 – Terrathorn + Nephwrack
Sat 10 – Black Couch + They Went To Portugal + The Warm + Virtue
Mon 12 – Captain Phoenix + Support
Fri 16 – The Whip + Support
Sat 17 – Lahayna + Support
Mon 19 – Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer + Pickled Dick
Thu 22 – BigD & The Kid’s Table + Sonic Boom Six + Random Hand
Sat 24 – The Reason + Support

SOUTHAMPTON MAYFLOWER THEATRE
APRIL
To Sat 5 – Dancing In The Streets
Mon 7 – Sat 12 – South Pacific
Mon 21 – Sat 26 – Half A Sixpence
Mon 28 – May 10 – High School Musical

MAY
To Sat 10 – High School Musical
Tue 13 – Sat 17 – Nutcracker!
Sun 25 – Thriller Live
Fri 30 – Sun June 1 – Lazy Town Live

SOUTHAMPTON, TALKING HEADS
APRIL
Tue 1 – Solent City Jazzmen
Fri 4 – Snake Oil Band
Sun 6 – Candle Club Showcase
Fri 11 – The Hiwatts
Sun 13 – Charity Showcase
Fri 18 – The Flying Alexanders
Sat 19 – The Young Brothers
Fri 25 – Clubskulls
Wed 30 – Jurassic Mark Presents…

MAY
Thu 1 – Ejector Seat Presents…

SOUTHAMPTON, TURNER SIMS CONCERT HALL
APRIL
Tue 15 – Sarod & Sitar Duet Recital
Thu 17 – Barry Douglas – Pianist
Fri 18 – The Ipanemas
Sun 20 – The Wizard, The Ratcatcher & The Wicked Queen
Thu 24 – John Surman & Howard Moody – Jazz
Sun 27 – Xuefei Yang – Chinese Guitarist

MAY
Thu 1 – Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap
Tue 6 – Leslie Howard
Thu 8 – Juan Martin Flamenco Ensemble
Sun 11 – Flook
Thu 15 – Mendelssohn’s Octet
Sat 17 – Jason Moran
Sun 18 – Tcha Limberger’s Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
Thu 22 – Kate Royal & Christine Rice

WINCHESTER, RAILWAY INN
APRIL
Fri 4 – Captain Phoenix + Better Than Smack
Fri 11 – Owne Tromans + James McNiff
Fri 18 – The Mentalists
Tue 22 – Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express
Thu 24 – Frank Turner
Sat 26 – Scarlet Soho

MAY
Watch this space!

WINCHESTER THEATRE ROYAL
APRIL
Tue 29 & Wed 30 – The Sorcerer – Winchester Operatic Society

MAY
To Sat 2 – The Sorcerer
Tue 27 – Sat 31 – Danny Champion Of The World

WINCHESTER, TOWER ARTS CENTRE
APRIL
Fri 4 – The Singing Sous Chefs
Thu 10 – Limehouse Lizzy
Sun 13 – Phil Beer
Wed 16 – Georgie Fame & Sons – SOLD OUT!
Thu 17 – Otway Big Band – SOLD OUT!

MAY
Watch this space!

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MARTIN STEPHENSON, ASHCROFT ARTS CENTRE,
FAREHAM.
MARCH 29


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