WILDFLOWERS ON TOUR WITH TOM ODELL! EP ‘WILD AMONG THE FLOWERS’ OUT NOW!

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Following on from their tremendously well received shows supporting the legendary Robert Plant in early September, Wildflowers, are proud to announce they will be supporting Tom Odell on his sold out UK headline tour this coming

autumn. Tom has personally picked the band (Plant also personally picked them to tour with him) to accompany him on his 16-date tour across the country. “We are so excited to be supporting someone whose musicianship we really

admire” says Siddy “He is a true singer-songwriter; incredible pianist and we really rate his lyrics (I rarely like anyone’s lyrics post 1999, but you can tell he’s got some old influences like Dylan and Leonard Cohen). It’s pretty awesome that we are

doing the full tour with him and we’re really looking forward to spending time with Tom and the other support acts. It’s very flattering that he loves our songs, and we are so appreciative for this opportunity”.

Wildflowers are a 4-piece band with a great vocal harmony sound that began in April 2012. Put together by Siddy Bennett the 22-year-old former Bristol, and now Brighton-based, lead singer and chief songwriter. The band’s line-up

includes Siddy’s sister Kit Bennett on vocals, accordion and Hammond Organ, James Ashbury, Siddy’s long-term co-writer on vocals, guitars, mandolin and banjo, and Kendal Sant on vocals, harmonica and acoustic guitar. Although Siddy fronts

the band, all four members have great voices, producing a sound that is at once beautiful and exciting.

Growing up in several West Country towns and also in France, Siddy and Kit were raised as nomads, always on the move, living on boats, farms, in caravans and even on protest camps - the Bennett sisters have been strongly influenced both musically and morally by their bohemian upbringing, and this is apparent in the carefree, Indie Folk-Rock sound that is

Wildflowers.

Siddy quotes Alanis Morrisette as a huge influence as well as The Eagles and Patsy Cline. But together Siddy and James’ are emerging as a brilliant song-writing team that is lyrically original and musically gifted. On this subject Siddy says…

“I don’t think anyone sings about heartbreak like Patsy and The Eagles, From the age of 7, I was addicted to their soulful deliverance, then at 10, Kit leant me the Jagged Little Pill album and I was hooked. I knew the album word for word. I

truly believe her lyrics on that album have shaped me as a songwriter and as a person. “Girl Power” wasn’t the Spice Girls for me when I was a kid, it was Alanis”.

A recent review called Wildflowers “The bastard children of Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles”. Wildflowers songs are filled with great lyrics, tempo’s and harmonies, with a hint of the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter scene of the late 60’s.

Catch Wildflowers on tour at the following shows. The bands debut EP “Wild Among The Flowers” is out now and is available from ITunes and via their website - www.wildflowersband.co.uk.

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SEXY singer Siddy Ben-nett didn’t have a nor-mal upbringing — herparents weren’t evenbothered if she went toschool.In fact the budding youngmusician, right — who frontsup-and-coming band Wild-flowers — was even encour-aged to stay at home andplay her guitar.Her parents raised her as anomad, so she rarely got thechance to lay down roots and goto classes.She explained: “It was mad, wewere always on the move.“Even now I get bored of placesas I’m so used to moving around.“I went to about 17 schools bythe time I was 15 — we didFrance, but it was mostly aroundthe West Country.“My parents are quite bohemian.My dad is a jazz musician so he’dtravel around. They never had aset job — if there was work, we’dgo. Lots of the themes in mysongs are about that.

Trapped“Music was the only thing myparents enforced, we had to dopiano. If we didn’t want to go toschool it wasn’t a problem but wehad to keep up with our music.”The unorthodox strategy hascome up trumps.Siddy’s music looks set to cap-ture a huge audience — with LedZeppelin frontman Robert Plantalready on board.The 22-year-old said: “I couldn’tbelieve it, it’s taken me three daysto come back down to earth.“He liked our stuff and got intouch with this agent to say,‘Get them to support me’.“He’s only playing twovenues in the UK thisyear and we’re the sup-port act for both.“I had a solo band inBristol for a few years.“Then I moved to Lon-don to take this seri-ously and we built theband around me. Iknew I’d be trappedin Bristol, althoughit’s a good city.“But you have tobring the com-panies and the man-agers to yourmusic — there

wasn’t any of that in Bris-tol and things had gone abit stale.”Right now, the bandhave got their EP WildAmong The Flowers out.It’s part of thebuild-up to their debutalbum, which will beout next year.

And its stylehas led to Siddybeing dubbedthe punk DollyParton, left. She

said: “Some people know howgreat a songwriter she is, but lotsof people under-rate her. She’sgot so many amazing songs. Inher lyrics, she’s always got a biglove of nature.“She did a song called Wildflow-ers, about growing up somewhereand wanting to move on — it’s allabout feeling trapped.“I heard it and burst out crying,I just loved the lyrics. That’s whywe’ve called the band after it.”Wildflowers are also on the roadsupporting chart-topper Tom

Odell on his tour — they hit Glas-gow’s O2 Academy on October 16.Siddy added: “I’ve never steppedon big stages like that. I’ve hardlyeven been to gigs in places likethat. We want to build up theaudience first as you don’t wantto save all your best songs for analbum that doesn’t do well or peo-ple don’t know about.“So we really want to build upthe fanbase — these songs are myheart and soul.”Q For more info on the group, check outwildflowersband.co.uk

FROM the ashes of Ninetiesindie also-rans The Crockettssinger Davey MacManusformed The Crimea anddespite working to set up anorphanage in Johannesburg,he has somehow found timefor their third – and final, he’sannounced the band aresplitting – album.

Inhabiting the melancholicarena as The National’s MattBerninger of The National butwith more plaintive vocals, hislyrics tell heart-broken tales ofthwarted loveand ambition.

Across the22 tracks thereis sense of des-olation andloss, nowheremore so thanon the spectralLast Plane OutOf Saigon. JS

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RAUCOUS, sharp — andliable to provoke a riotevery time they play,Palma Violets’ debutalbum on legendarylabel Rough Trade is oneof the most anticipatedof the year. Here,JACQUI SWIFT chats tofrontmen Samuel Fryerand Chilli Jesson.IT’S been quite a year for you,what have been the highlights?CJ: Glastonbury felt prettyseismic for us — I was the onlyone in the band who’d evenbeen before so everyone elsewas on another planet.With us, there’s a sense ofsomething building. It’s totallyexciting with an element of theunpredictable and chaotic.We want to inject some pas-sion into guitar music becauseaside from a few decent bandslike Tame Impala and Pond,it’s a barren wasteland.How does it feel to be com-pared to The Libertines, TheClash and The Strokes?SF: The Strokes and The Lib-ertines were both pretty good,they had the right idea, but wewant a better legacy thanthey’ve ended up with. It’s abit like walking a tightrope.It’s difficult to stay on andremain relevant. Somehow TheClash managed it better thanthose other bands have doneand that’s what we want.What about the comparisons toCarl and Pete?SF: I don’t think we’re likePete and Carl. They hated eachother, which is why they brokeup. With us there’s more love— and no smack.

CJ: We are a different era.You can’t recreate that indiescene from ten years ago.You only formed in 2011. Do youbelieve fate or talent has playedthe biggest part in your story?SF: When I bumped intoChilli we had a meeting ofminds. We hated everythingthat was going on in Londonbecause it all seemed fake.We thought we could do itourselves so we put on thesegigs at 180, a rehearsal spacein Lambeth and invited our sis-ters along. They then invitedtheir friends, who invited theirfriends and before we knew itwe had a scene of about 50drunk teenagers. Then GeoffTravis from Rough Tradewalked in.Tell us about your album 180?SF: We didn’t want some-thing watered down. We gotpaired with loads of producersin the early days, who told ushow they wanted us to soundand play.But we knew what wewanted — passion, anger, sad-ness, love, regret, hatred andinteresting guitar chords.We just wanted it to seemcompletely fresh compared toall the other s**t around.How did you team up with Pulp’sSteve Mackey?SF: That’s the brilliance ofbeing on Rough Trade. Prettymuch everyone there has eitherbeen in a band or are manag-ing one. They know everyoneworth knowing in the musicbusiness.Tell us about your track Best ofFriends?CJ: It’s like (the Bacharach/David classic) Walk On By orJust My Imagination by TheTemptations to me. It’s con-cerned with growing up andnot getting what you want.

SF: As soon as we start it Ifeel it welling up inside. Peo-ple say it sounds like TheClash but, to me, it’s like TheTroggs — dirty, mean rock ‘n’roll. It’s more 60s than any-thing else we’ve done.What was it like touring withMiles Kane, Peace and DjangoDjango?CJ: We thought we weregoing to hate it but everyonewas so friendly that we wereswept along with it.How have America and the restof Europe taken to you?SF: America is like anotherplanet. Basically what happensis you leave to go over there atfive in the morning, you land,get a burger, get taken to somefestival where loads of peoplegive you free booze, baseballcaps and cocktails, you get putin a trailer, you look outsideand realise you’re next to Lind-say Lohan, then you end up ina golf cart driving to the stagepast Damon Albarn to get tothe stage where someone tellsyou you’re playing to 3,000 peo-ple. Suddenly you think ‘Whatthe hell is going on here?’ Soit’s quite odd but I like it. It’saddictive but knackering.CJ: I don’t know how theytake to us. Everyone we speakto seems cool, but when yousee all the s**t on TV and getan idea of how big the place isit does blow your mind. Howdo you escape when you get oneach other’s nerves?SF: We’ve got a band sub-scription to Goal! Magazine sothat keeps us busy on tour.When we get bored we just gooff, get wasted and meet newpeople, so it doesn’t become aproblem. I don’t think we’veever had a serious argument.

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WE are more than halfwaythrough the festival season,but there’s one worth stickingin the diary — one right at theend.Loopallu takes place inUllapool, Wester Ross, onSeptember 20/21.Announced so far is TheEnemy and Roddy Woomble.For more information go toloopallu.co.uk

UNHAPPY events often bringout the best in songwriters.

Texan country legend Clark,known for L.A. Freeway andDesperados Waiting For ATrain, returns with thispoignant love letter in song tohis wife Susanna (also asinger), who died last year.

The title track centres on afrayed Polaroid taken aftershe stormed out of theirhouse 40 years ago. It servesas a touching tribute to thelove of his life without beingtoo sentimen-tal.

Elsewhere,his weatheredvocals areframed bylovely waltzesand under-stated folkTHE CRIMEAarrangementsSquareMoonto prove thatthis particularFROM the ashes of Ninetiesveteran hasindie also-rans The Crockettsstill got it. singer Davey MacManusSCindie also-rans The Crockettssinger Davey MacManus

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SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD popmaverick Lorde is churning outsome superb stuff.Her hot new single TennisCourt is a bigger smash thanan Andy Murray forehandwinner.It shot to No1 back home inNew Zealand and now it’scoming out here.Watch the video and listen toit at facebook.com/lordemusic

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SEXY singer Siddy Ben-nett didn’t have a nor-mal upbringing — herparents weren’t evenbothered if she went toschool.In fact the budding youngmusician, right — who frontsup-and-coming band Wild-flowers — was even encour-aged to stay at home andplay her guitar.Her parents raised her as anomad, so she rarely got thechance to lay down roots and goto classes.She explained: “It was mad, wewere always on the move.“Even now I get bored of placesas I’m so used to moving around.“I went to about 17 schools bythe time I was 15 — we didFrance, but it was mostly aroundthe West Country.“My parents are quite bohemian.My dad is a jazz musician so he’dtravel around. They never had aset job — if there was work, we’dgo. Lots of the themes in mysongs are about that.

Trapped“Music was the only thing myparents enforced, we had to dopiano. If we didn’t want to go toschool it wasn’t a problem but wehad to keep up with our music.”The unorthodox strategy hascome up trumps.Siddy’s music looks set to cap-ture a huge audience — with LedZeppelin frontman Robert Plantalready on board.The 22-year-old said: “I couldn’tbelieve it, it’s taken me three daysto come back down to earth.“He liked our stuff and got intouch with this agent to say,‘Get them to support me’.“He’s only playing twovenues in the UK thisyear and we’re the sup-port act for both.“I had a solo band inBristol for a few years.“Then I moved to Lon-don to take this seri-ously and we built theband around me. Iknew I’d be trappedin Bristol, althoughit’s a good city.“But you have tobring the com-panies and the man-agers to yourmusic — there

wasn’t any of that in Bris-tol and things had gone abit stale.”Right now, the bandhave got their EP WildAmong The Flowers out.It’s part of thebuild-up to their debutalbum, which will beout next year.

And its stylehas led to Siddybeing dubbedthe punk DollyParton, left. She

said: “Some people know howgreat a songwriter she is, but lotsof people under-rate her. She’sgot so many amazing songs. Inher lyrics, she’s always got a biglove of nature.“She did a song called Wildflow-ers, about growing up somewhereand wanting to move on — it’s allabout feeling trapped.“I heard it and burst out crying,I just loved the lyrics. That’s whywe’ve called the band after it.”Wildflowers are also on the roadsupporting chart-topper Tom

Odell on his tour — they hit Glas-gow’s O2 Academy on October 16.Siddy added: “I’ve never steppedon big stages like that. I’ve hardlyeven been to gigs in places likethat. We want to build up theaudience first as you don’t wantto save all your best songs for analbum that doesn’t do well or peo-ple don’t know about.“So we really want to build upthe fanbase — these songs are myheart and soul.”Q For more info on the group, check outwildflowersband.co.uk

FROM the ashes of Ninetiesindie also-rans The Crockettssinger Davey MacManusformed The Crimea anddespite working to set up anorphanage in Johannesburg,he has somehow found timefor their third – and final, he’sannounced the band aresplitting – album.

Inhabiting the melancholicarena as The National’s MattBerninger of The National butwith more plaintive vocals, hislyrics tell heart-broken tales ofthwarted loveand ambition.

Across the22 tracks thereis sense of des-olation andloss, nowheremore so thanon the spectralLast Plane OutOf Saigon. JS

GUY CLARKMy Favourite PictureOf You

ByCHRIS

SWEENEY

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RAUCOUS, sharp — andliable to provoke a riotevery time they play,Palma Violets’ debutalbum on legendarylabel Rough Trade is oneof the most anticipatedof the year. Here,JACQUI SWIFT chats tofrontmen Samuel Fryerand Chilli Jesson.IT’S been quite a year for you,what have been the highlights?CJ: Glastonbury felt prettyseismic for us — I was the onlyone in the band who’d evenbeen before so everyone elsewas on another planet.With us, there’s a sense ofsomething building. It’s totallyexciting with an element of theunpredictable and chaotic.We want to inject some pas-sion into guitar music becauseaside from a few decent bandslike Tame Impala and Pond,it’s a barren wasteland.How does it feel to be com-pared to The Libertines, TheClash and The Strokes?SF: The Strokes and The Lib-ertines were both pretty good,they had the right idea, but wewant a better legacy thanthey’ve ended up with. It’s abit like walking a tightrope.It’s difficult to stay on andremain relevant. Somehow TheClash managed it better thanthose other bands have doneand that’s what we want.What about the comparisons toCarl and Pete?SF: I don’t think we’re likePete and Carl. They hated eachother, which is why they brokeup. With us there’s more love— and no smack.

CJ: We are a different era.You can’t recreate that indiescene from ten years ago.You only formed in 2011. Do youbelieve fate or talent has playedthe biggest part in your story?SF: When I bumped intoChilli we had a meeting ofminds. We hated everythingthat was going on in Londonbecause it all seemed fake.We thought we could do itourselves so we put on thesegigs at 180, a rehearsal spacein Lambeth and invited our sis-ters along. They then invitedtheir friends, who invited theirfriends and before we knew itwe had a scene of about 50drunk teenagers. Then GeoffTravis from Rough Tradewalked in.Tell us about your album 180?SF: We didn’t want some-thing watered down. We gotpaired with loads of producersin the early days, who told ushow they wanted us to soundand play.But we knew what wewanted — passion, anger, sad-ness, love, regret, hatred andinteresting guitar chords.We just wanted it to seemcompletely fresh compared toall the other s**t around.How did you team up with Pulp’sSteve Mackey?SF: That’s the brilliance ofbeing on Rough Trade. Prettymuch everyone there has eitherbeen in a band or are manag-ing one. They know everyoneworth knowing in the musicbusiness.Tell us about your track Best ofFriends?CJ: It’s like (the Bacharach/David classic) Walk On By orJust My Imagination by TheTemptations to me. It’s con-cerned with growing up andnot getting what you want.

SF: As soon as we start it Ifeel it welling up inside. Peo-ple say it sounds like TheClash but, to me, it’s like TheTroggs — dirty, mean rock ‘n’roll. It’s more 60s than any-thing else we’ve done.What was it like touring withMiles Kane, Peace and DjangoDjango?CJ: We thought we weregoing to hate it but everyonewas so friendly that we wereswept along with it.How have America and the restof Europe taken to you?SF: America is like anotherplanet. Basically what happensis you leave to go over there atfive in the morning, you land,get a burger, get taken to somefestival where loads of peoplegive you free booze, baseballcaps and cocktails, you get putin a trailer, you look outsideand realise you’re next to Lind-say Lohan, then you end up ina golf cart driving to the stagepast Damon Albarn to get tothe stage where someone tellsyou you’re playing to 3,000 peo-ple. Suddenly you think ‘Whatthe hell is going on here?’ Soit’s quite odd but I like it. It’saddictive but knackering.CJ: I don’t know how theytake to us. Everyone we speakto seems cool, but when yousee all the s**t on TV and getan idea of how big the place isit does blow your mind. Howdo you escape when you get oneach other’s nerves?SF: We’ve got a band sub-scription to Goal! Magazine sothat keeps us busy on tour.When we get bored we just gooff, get wasted and meet newpeople, so it doesn’t become aproblem. I don’t think we’veever had a serious argument.

MARTIN SIMPSONVagrant Stanzas

WE are more than halfwaythrough the festival season,but there’s one worth stickingin the diary — one right at theend.Loopallu takes place inUllapool, Wester Ross, onSeptember 20/21.Announced so far is TheEnemy and Roddy Woomble.For more information go toloopallu.co.uk

UNHAPPY events often bringout the best in songwriters.

Texan country legend Clark,known for L.A. Freeway andDesperados Waiting For ATrain, returns with thispoignant love letter in song tohis wife Susanna (also asinger), who died last year.

The title track centres on afrayed Polaroid taken aftershe stormed out of theirhouse 40 years ago. It servesas a touching tribute to thelove of his life without beingtoo sentimen-tal.

Elsewhere,his weatheredvocals areframed bylovely waltzesand under-stated folkTHE CRIMEAarrangementsSquareMoonto prove thatthis particularFROM the ashes of Ninetiesveteran hasindie also-rans The Crockettsstill got it. singer Davey MacManusSCindie also-rans The Crockettssinger Davey MacManus

one2see

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD popmaverick Lorde is churning outsome superb stuff.Her hot new single TennisCourt is a bigger smash thanan Andy Murray forehandwinner.It shot to No1 back home inNew Zealand and now it’scoming out here.Watch the video and listen toit at facebook.com/lordemusic

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Download of the weekNAME: WildflowersFROM: Brightonvia BristolINFLUENCES:The White Stripesand Patsy ClinePROFILE: Formedin April 2012 by21-year-old singer-songwriter SiddyBennett, Wildflowersare set to releasetheir debut EP onMonday, June 24.Wild Among The Flowers sees the band fuse punkfolk with contemporary rock and roll – with a dashof country in there too.The band is based around Siddy and her sister Kiton backing vocals, accordion and Hammond organ,plus long-time co-writer, guitarist and mandolin playerJames Ashbury and rhythm guitarist Ben Johnsen.The four-piece have just completed their first UKtour, which included appearances at the Dot-To-DotFestival in Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham.TRACK: JeremiahWEBSITE: wildflowersband.co.ukSOUNDCLOUD: soundcloud.com/wildflowersmusicFACEBOOK: facebook.com/wildflowershqYOUTUBE: youtube.com/wildflowershqEMAIL: info@wildflowersband.co.ukNEXT GIG: Wildflowers play The Ancient Mariner, inRutland Road, Hove, on Saturday, June 22, from7pm, and The Hope, in Queen’s Road, Brighton, onThursday, July 4.n Want more music by local artists?Visit theargus.co.uk/downloads

HThe Moody Blues, Brighton Centre, King’s Road,Friday, June 21, £39.50, 08448 471515HRon Sexsmith, St George’s Church, St George’sRoad, Brighton, Friday, June 21, 7pm, £18, 01273606312HAll Tomorrow’s Parties curated by Deerhunter,Pontins Camber Sands, Friday, June 21, to Sunday,June 23, £180 per person, www.atpfestival.comHElvis Costello, Brighton Centre, King’s Road,Saturday, June 22, 7pm, from £37.50, 0844 8471515HThe Pitmen Painters, Theatre Royal Brighton, NewRoad, Monday, June 24, to Saturday, June 29, 7.45pm,2.30pm matinees Thurs and Sat, from £10, 08448717650HPiL, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street,Thursday, June 27, 7pm, £25, 01273 709709HRelative Values, Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road,Monday, July 1, to Saturday, July 6, 7.45pm, 2.30pmmatinees Thurs and Sat, from £15, 0844 8717650HStrictly Confidential, Brighton Centre, King’s Road,Monday, July 1, to Wednesday, July 3, 7.30pm, 2.30pmWed matinee, from £19.50, 0844 8471515HLove Supreme Jazz Festival, Glynde Place, Glynde,Friday, July 5, to Sunday, July 7, £100/£50 for all threedays, £50/£30 per day, www.lovesupremefestival.comHTubular Bells For Two, Theatre Royal Brighton, NewRoad, Monday, July 8, 7.30pm, from £19, 0844 8717650HAmanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra,Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Saturday,July 13, 6.30pm, £17.50, 01273 673311HHenry The VI Trilogy, Theatre Royal Brighton,New Road, Wednesday, July 17, to Saturday, July 20,various times, from £15, 0844 8717650HLevellers, St Bartholomews Church, Ann Street,Brighton, Friday, July 19, £21.50, www.seetickets.comHPeter Andre, Victoria Park, Haywards Heath, Friday,July 19, from £25, 01444 800045HGentlemen Of The Road Stopover with MumfordAnd Sons, Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines andMystery Jets, Convent Fields, Lewes, Friday, July 19,and Saturday, July 20, £75, £20 camping,www.gentlemenoftheroad.com

HSoul Sister, Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road,Monday, July 22, to Saturday, July 27, 7.45pm, 2.30pmmatinees on Thurs and Sat, from £10, 0844 8717650HRegina Spektor, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, Monday,July 29, 7pm, £25, 01424 229111HBird Song, Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road,Monday, July 29, to Saturday, August 3, 7.45pm,2.30pm matinees on Thurs and Sat, from £10,0844 8717650H9 To 5 The Musical, Theatre Royal Brighton, NewRoad, Monday, August 5, to Saturday, August 10,7.45pm, 2.30pm matinees Thurs and Sat, from £15,0844 8717650HPriscilla Queen Of The Desert, Congress Theatre,Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Monday, August 12, toSaturday, August 17, 7.30pm, 2.30pm matinees,from £15, 01323 412000HDisney Live! Mickey’s Rockin’ Roadshow, BrightonCentre, King’s Road, Tuesday, August 13, andWednesday, August 14, 10.30am and 1.30pm,from £18, 0844 8471515HArdal O’Hanlon, Theatre Royal Brighton, New Road,Sunday, September 15, 8pm, from £19, 0844 8717650HBen E King, Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton,Friday, September 20, 7pm, £24.50, 01273 673311HThe Duckworth Lewis Method, St George’s Church,St George’s Road, Brighton, Friday, September 20,7pm, £22.50, 01273 606312HJoe Bonamassa, Brighton Centre, King’s Road,Saturday, September 28, 7pm, from £35, 0844 8471515HThe Seekers, Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Tuesday,October 1, from £44, 0844 8471515HLawson, Brighton Centre, King’s Road, October 4,6pm, from £19, 0844 8471515HDaniel O’Donnell, Congress Theatre, Carlisle Road,Eastbourne, Wednesday, October 16, 7.30pm,£37.50, 01323 412000HRussell Brand – Messiah Complex, BrightonCentre, King’s Road, October 18, Doors 6pm,£27.50, call 0844 8471515HNights On Broadway, Brighton Centre, King’s Road,Sunday, October 20, £45, 0844 8471515HAlison Moyet, Brighton Dome Concert Hall, ChurchStreet, Monday, October 21, from £25, 01273 709709

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THE DARKNESSConcorde 2, Madeira Drive,Brighton, December 7THE East Anglian rockerssettled their differences with lastyear’s third album Hot Cakes andtoured the US with Lady Gaga.Fans lapped it up so the four-piece,led by Justin Hawkins, are back onthe road with their Intimate Outreachtour to celebrate the tenth anniversaryof the release of big-selling debutalbum, Permission To Land.The idea is to play lesser-knowntowns and venues, with Holmfirth,Dorking, Salisbury and Prestonbooked in alongside Brighton’sConcorde 2.Doors 7pm. £TBC. Tickets on sale9am today from 01273 673311.

RENTBrighton Centre, King’s Road, November 23ATOMIC KITTEN and Big Reunion starNatasha Hamilton and ITV Superstar runner-upRory Taylor lead a West End cast and live bandfor a 20th anniversary concert of Broadwaymusical, Rent.After a sell-out run in April, this new productionof the Tony Award-winning show is backfor its final tour – including a date at theBrighton Centre.Penned by Jonathan Larson, Renttransposes the classic Puccini opera LaBohème to 1980s East Village New York.The show follows a year in the life of agroup of friends, struggling to make it in theBig Apple under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.Doors 6pm, from £22.50. Call 0844 8471515.

THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHODSt George’s Church, St George’sRoad, Brighton, September 20THE ASHES are soon to be battledagain, so it’s the perfect time for thecricket-loving musicians behind theDuckworth Lewis Method to announcea new record is on its way.Led by The Divine Comedy’s NeilHannon, the man who penned NationalExpress (the anthem for twee travellerseverywhere), The DLM follow-up theirIvor Novello-nominated eponymousdebut from 2009 with Sticky Wickets.Hannon is Lewis, while his Irishcompatriot Thomas Walsh is Duckworth.And Duckworth Lewis are the duo whoinvented the cricketing formulato solve rain-effected games.7.30pm, £22.50. Call 01273 606312.

JAGWAR MAThe Haunt, PoolValley, Brighton,October 22THE young Aussieduo have tapped intoeverything from thebaggy Balearic beatsof Madchester circa1990 to the US WestCoast of the 1960s,with some PetSound-era BrianWilson-esquemelodies.These are all to befound on the debutHowlin’, whose powerhas apparently gotthe Gallagher brotherstalking about the beauty of music again (nicely in time for a 20th anniversarycash-in of Definitely Maybe next year?).To support their debut album, which was released last Monday, the Aussieshave booked a five-date dash across the UK in the autumn.7.30pm, £11. Call 01273 606312.

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