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SPEAR OF DESTINY are playing Birmingham’s Hare and Hounds as part of their One Eyed Jacks @ 35 tour.

Thirty-five years after releasing the One Eyed Jacks album Kirk Brandon and the current line up of SOD featuring Craig Adams (The Mission / Sisters Of Mercy), Adrian Portas (New Model Army), and Phil Martini (Wayward Sons) were given the opportunity to re-record it.

The recording has been released on CD, vinyl and download in time for the September 19 show.

RED RUM CLUB will round off their breakthrough year with a string of UK live dates including a stop at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on September 29. The Liverpool six-piece released debut album Matador to critical acclaim and performed tent-tipping sets at the likes of Glastonbury, and Isle Of Wight festivals.

JAMES BLUNT, above, best known for his song You’re Beautiful, is to play Arena Birmingham on... Valentine’s Day. The chart-topping single was featured on James’ debut album, Back to Bedlam, in 2004. He releases his sixth studio album, Once Upon A Mind, on October 25.

Scottish rock group BIFFY CLYRO has announced a standalone show in Birmingham. Following on from a string of summer dates, they’ll perform a special Jack Daniels Presents gig at Digbeth Arena on Thursday, October 17. Tickets, priced from £30, include a complimentary drink from a Jack Daniels cocktail bar.

AMBER RUN will be making a headline appearance at Birmingham’s O2 Academy on October 6 to showcase new album Philophobia. The East Midlands indie rock trio are promising a haunting and soul-searching listen.

To Kill A King frontman RALPH PELLEYMOUNTER will bringing his acclaimed solo venture Dead Debutante’s Ball to Birmingham’s Cuban Embassy on October 9. The record was praised by The Independent as “beautifully arranged, with instrumentation built on fuzzy electric guitar and yearning violins”.