MUSIC Beautiful South pair return to Belfast
Limelight 1, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast & Nerve Centre, Londonderry Tomorrow and Sunday, 7pm
Paul Heaton is back in Belfast along with former Beautiful South bandmate Jacqui Abbott.
Their new album, Crooked Calypso, explores familiar territory, featuring a mix of songs with an acerbic bite and a bit of politics thrown in for good measure.
Visit ticketmaster.ie for details. Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Sunday, 7.30pm
Following the break-up of Westlife in 2011, singer Shane Filan decided to go it alone, embarking on a solo career that kicked off with the release of his top 10 debut album You & Me.
Currently promoting his new album, Love Always, Filan returns to Belfast on Sunday to perform a mix of old and new material. His new album contains the kind of slow-moving ballads and love songs Westlife were famous for. Matt Gresham supports.
For details, visit waterfront. co.uk/what-s-on/all-events/ shane-filan-love-always. The US rock trio, who took their name from Marlon Brando’s biker gang in The Wild Ones, play a gig in Belfast next week.
They have been a bit quiet these past few years while recording a new album, Wrong Creatures, which is due for release next year. In the meantime, the band is touring Europe and the UK, with a date in Belfast next Tuesday.
Visit ticketmaster.ie for details. Voodoo, Fountain Street, Belfast Thursday, 8pm
The Scots singer-songwriter returns to Belfast to promote his fourth solo album, The Deluder, released last month.
He is perhaps best known as the frontman of indie trio Idlewild, who achieved two UK top 10 albums and a dozen top 40 singles. Since 2010, Woomble has been concentrating on his solo career.
For details, visit openhousefestival.ticketsolve.com/ shows/873570870.
Patric Baird