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Purcell Room
Friday 26 March 2010
The voice of Faroe Islander Teitur Lassen has the ability to warm the coldest of hearts.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 27 March 2010 - Sunday 28 March 2010
'Hilarious, funny and filthily rude' (Daily Telegraph), Britain's top female comedy trio are 25 years old.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Monday 29 March 2010
A celebration of soul. Combining a live band with 500 voices, this show is not to be missed!
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 8 April 2010
Hosted and curated by Nihal from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Asian Network, this event marks the first time three of the biggest names in UK Bhangra - H-Dhami, Jaz Dhami and Juggy D - perform together on one stage with a full live band.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Saturday 10 April 2010
One ticket buys you a brilliant mini festival line-up of the most innovative artists from UK and India, with live bands and film soundtrack performances, VJs, DJs, spoken word, comedy and one-off collaborations across the whole of Queen Elizabeth Hall, including the Foyers and Purcell Room.
Royal Festival Hall
Stereo MCs V The Bays + The Herbaliser
Friday 16 April 2010
One of the UK's most iconic bands, and with Mercury nominations, Brit awards and million-selling albums behind them, the Stereo MCs return to their hometown to open Ether in an event that takes over The Clore Ballroom and foyers of Royal Festival Hall.
Purcell Room
Saturday 17 April 2010
Taking cues from Edgard Varèse's complete recorded work, British electronic artist par excellence Robin Rimbaud - aka Scanner - presents his new score for John S. Robertson's silent film version of Stevenson's classic horror story.
Royal Festival Hall
Monday 19 April 2010
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio performs a night of deep noise and features Lou Reed on processed and unprocessed guitars, Ulrich Krieger on tenor sax and live-electronics, and Sarth Calhoun on continuum and live processing.
Royal Festival Hall
Tuesday 20 April 2010 - Saturday 24 April 2010
Due to overwhelming public demand a second gig has now been added on Saturday 24 April.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Broadcast + Micachu & the Shapes + Oliver Coates
Wednesday 21 April 2010
Acclaimed for their unique brand of atmospheric melodies and textured electronics, Broadcast are one of the UK's great innovative bands - beguiling and brilliant.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Thursday 22 April 2010
The genre-trashing, visually spectacular Chrome Hoof perform in Queen Elizabeth Hall with support from tropical rockers Zun Zun Egui, before LA art-noise band HEALTH and superstar DJ Andrew Weatherall play in The Front Room
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 23 April 2010
Acclaimed film director and video artist Chris Cunningham has created some of the most iconic music videos of recent years from Bjork's 'All is Full of Love' to Aphex Twin's 'Windowlicker'.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
To Rococo Rot + Gudrun Gut & AGF + Vladislav Delay + Thomas Fehlmann
Friday 23 April 2010
A cocktail of rare appearances, album debuts and special collaborations coming from the centre of Berlin's underground music scene, headlined by minimalist-rock trio To Rococo Rot, who perform tracks from their much-awaited new album Speculation.
Royal Festival Hall
Glen Campbell: Greatest Hits and More!
Monday 10 May 2010
Glen Campbell's smooth fusion of country music mannerisms and pop melodies made him one of the most popular country musicians of the late 1960s and 1970s and helped him sell 40 million records worldwide.
Royal Festival Hall
Tuesday 11 May 2010 - Wednesday 12 May 2010
Joanna Newsom returns to Southbank Centre in support of her new album Have One On Me (Drag City).
Royal Festival Hall
Friday 14 May 2010
Since his album Veneer reached the UK Top Ten Jose Gonzalez has experienced record-breaking international success, a shower of awards and acclaim for his latest album In Our Nature.
Purcell Room
Trinity Guildhall: Guitar Syllabus Presentation and Orchestra for Everyone
Saturday 15 May 2010
An open invitation to guitarists of all levels to find out more about Trinity Guildhall exams and to take part in the UK's largest guitar ensemble.
Level 3 Function Room
Acoustic Echoes with Richard Perkins
Saturday 15 May 2010
This fun and intensive workshop looks at the acoustic guitar as an accompaniment to the voice, focusing on acoustic artists such as Jose Gonzalez, Jeff Buckley, David Gray and Fleet Foxes.
Level 3 Function Room
Jimi Hendrix with Lick Library
Sunday 16 May 2010
Forty years since his death, this workshop explores the unique elements to Hendrix's style that remain unsurpassed to this day.
Sunley Pavilion
Sunday 16 May 2010
Come and see Rockschool's James Uings reveal the top ten guitar riffs of all time in this exciting, interactive workshop session.