POP / Gig Guide
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Your support makes all the difference.ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
The unbearded one. He sings from Brutal Youth (WEA). The Attractions consist of Steve Nieve (keyboards), Bruce Thomas (bass) and Pete Thomas (drums).
Tue, Wed, Thur 7 July London Royal Albert Hall
DIANA ROSS
Big bucks soul affair from the Motown mama.
Fri, Sat Sun London Wembley Arena; Tue, Wed Glasgow SECC
MUTHAS DAY OUT
Mutant Arkansanians. White rap over garage rock, with the excuse of all the band members being under 20.
Tonight Nottingham Rock City
WET WET WET
Popped in and stayed. AOR.
Sat Staffordshire Alton Towers
PELE
Scouse guitar band with violin, live album on the way: A-Live-A-Live-O.
Fri Chester Gateway Theatre
EDDI READER
Sweet but strong-voiced singer-songwriter, far better than in her Fairground Attraction days.
Sun Liverpool Everyman Theatre; Mon Manchester Royal Exchange; Tue Newcastle Playhouse
SHED 7
Not NWONW, honest] More like Northern attitude pop.
Wed London Camden Underworld
ELECTRAFIXION
Bunnymen Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant's new band. For fans only.
Fri Liverpool Lomax; Sat Sheffield Leadmill; Mon Glasgow King Tut's; Wed Birminghsm Edward's No 8
STAKKA BO
Swedish Acid Jazz/ska-man, with his 10-piece band.
Tonight London Subterania
CARLEEN ANDERSON
Another dinky girl with a massive voice, Anderson was the sound of the Young Disciples until she went solo and brought out True Spirit (Virgin). Lyrically, all the usual Soul platitudes, but what a beautiful sound.
Tue Manchester Ritz; Wed Leicester De Montfort Uni
COUNTRY, FOLK, JAZZ & WORLD
MUSIC
HERBIE HANCOCK BAND
Show us yer Quadras, Herbie, show us yer Korg. The keyboard genius is here for the first time since the mid-Eighties. Never mind the nerdy devotion to technology, the spark that Miles Davis spotted in him as a 20-year- old is still there. The band members are: Vernon Black (guitars), Will Griffin (keyboards), Darrell Smith (keyboards), Bennie Maupin (sax), Lazzaro Galarraga (percussion), Bill Summers (percussion), Terry Lyn Carrington (drums). They also play the Phoenix Festival in Stratford on Sunday 17 July.
Sat London Clapham Grand; Sun London Forum
PHILIP GLASS
La Belle et la Bete, Jean Cocteau's film reprinted and uncut on the screen; the French scripts sung with English subtitles; and Glass's repetitive arpeggio runs. Live. It's a new art form.
Sat, Sun London Royal Festival Hall
FAPY LAFERTIN
Remarkable Dutch gypsy guitarist inspired by Django Reinhardt. Playing with the quartet Le Jazz.
Sun London Jackson's Lane Arts Centre
BERT JANSCH
Ex-Pentangle acoustic guitarist from Scotland who helped spark the English folk revival in the Sixties. Donovan and Dylan made a bit more money, but he's probably happier.
Sun London Islington Union Chapel
GRIMSBY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Shut your eyes and you could well be in New Orleans. 17 acts over two and a half days on one site, including the Leo Solomon Trio, The Dutch Swing College Band, Marilyn Middleton Pollock with Little M's Chicago Hoods, George Melly and John Chilton's Feetwarmers, Emanon, Roy Ayers Ubiquity, and Arturo Sandoval and his Latin Combo.
Fri-Sun Grimsby Weelsby Rd King George V Stadium (info 0472 342422)
OUMOU SANGARE/ 4 ETOILES
Cool African double bill. The '4 Stars' are a soukous band from Congo/Zaire. Oumou is a Malian woman who reworks her country's traditional music of the Wassaoulou Hunters, heavy on the harp. You'll love it.
Fri London Forum
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