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Greatest hits tour - which means cartoon ideas (mainly of love) from a band who've headbanged a bit too much.
Tonight Manchester Apollo; Fri Newcastle City Hall; Sat Edinburgh Playhouse
WORLD WITHOUT WALLS
Somerset-based techno act, very New (sic) Age. Just wait until they start going on about crop circles.
Tonight London Heaven
HOUSE OF PAIN
Hammy, overrated 'Irish' American rappers who threw Consolidated off their tour because they dissed America on Independence Day. Incoherent values, no class, and one-hit wonders.
Sat Wolverhampton Civic Hall; Sun Newcastle Riverside; Mon Leeds Town And Country Club; Tue Nottingham Rock City
SULTANS OF PING
Fri London The Garage
TERRY HALL
Former Specials, Colourfield etc singer. By turns sour and sentimental, he sticks up for songs with emotion and rhyme in them. Plus Billy Rain.
Wed London Islington Garage (Upstairs)
GIL SCOTT HERON
Never mind all that on telly - all you need to know about the first lunar landing is contained in Gil's song 'Whitey's on the Moon'. About due for a renaissance in the U S too. Funky bongoes. Faux lads will be interested to hear that his dad was a professional footballer.
Tonight, Fri London Jazz Cafe
BELA FLECK & THE FLECK STONES
American rhythm act fusing jazz, funk and folk. Check out the five-string banjo.
Mon London Jazz Cafe
THE CLOUDS
Quality Aussie indie-guitar band.
Fri London Mean Fiddler
NOTTINGHAM HEINEKEN FESTIVAL
Stiff Little Fingers, Sunscreem and Cud play at this free four-day event.
Thur-Sun Nottingham Wollaton Park (info on 0891 222459)
TOOL
Agressive U S rock band, indie following.
Tonight London Shepherds Bush Empire; Mon Nottingham Rock City; Tue Newcastle Riverside; Wed Glasgow Garage
THE ISLEY BROTHERS
Former Motown giants run through their hits. Plus the multi-talented Angela Winbush.
Tonight Norwich Theatre Royal; Fri, Sat London Festival Hall
GENE
Tonight Leeds Duchess; Fri Birmingham Jug Of Ale; Sun Southampton Joiners
VIC CHESTNUTT
Superb singer-songwriter.
Mon London Queen Elizabeth Hall; Tue Sheffield Leadmill; Wed Hull Adelphi
THE GRID
Electronic wizardry from newly converted Cajun boys.
Wed London LA2
FOLK, JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC
WOMAD
The annual world-music binge has discovered a new concept this year - entertainment. As the Viva South Africa show proved last week, people are just too lazy to put up with foreignness all the time.
Fri Flora Purim & Fourth World legendary singing star from Brazil together with Airto Morelli. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart Arabic and African rhythms from the chart-topping former tube driver. Cheb Mami Algeria's answer to George Michael.
Sat Lucky Dube South African reggae superstar fuses Zulu pop with soca and roots. Apache Indian chart-topping, yet very articulate Asian pop star. Transglobal Underground Global beats and rhythms for clubland.
Sun Boukman Eksperyans Banned in their native Island of Haiti, voodoo meets dance floor. Gil Scott Heron The godfather of rap. Gary Clail's on U Sound Controversial rap / reggae artists.
Rivermead, Reading (0734 591591) By road: from the M4 take junctions 10,11, or 12. By rail: Direct services from Paddington to Reading BR (every half an hour - journey time 20 minutes) the West Country, the Midlands and North of England.
THE AMERICAN SOUTH FESTIVAL
The legendary BB King plus Canray Fontenot and others.
Starts this week London South Bank Centre
ELI RYAN
Six-piece latin jazz with a touch of blues.
Tonight Manchester PJ Bells
IVOR GAME
You're in Paul Simon country now. Excellent 29-year-old English singer-songwriter.
Sat London Covent Garden Bunjies
CHEB MAMI
Algerian Rai updated with rock guitars and dance / pop percussion. Worth catching the Crown Prince.
Tonight London Barbican Centre
GNAWA
The decendants of Black African Sudanese slaves recount their hardships through lila - a musical ceremony.
Sun London Subterania
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