MUSIC — ROCK AND POP
RAG ’N’ BONE MAN
BRIGHTON’S tattooed soul star Rag’n’Bone Man is ready to hit the road. With his diverse new album Life By Misadventure set to top the charts today, he plays Kenwood House, London, on June 25. Further summer shows will be followed by an extensive autumn tour, which starts on October 17 at the Brighton Centre and finishes at London’s Eventim Apollo on November 6 (ragnboneman.com).
JAMES BLUNT
THE You’re Beautiful hitmaker (pictured) will be the first singer to play a full-capacity show at the Royal Albert Hall since March 2020 when he takes to the famous stage on July 6. Blunt’s acoustic 2019 album the emotional Once Upon A Mind, a record that should feature prominently at the Royal Albert
Hall gig and dates in Bournemouth and Tunbridge Wells (jamesblunt.com).
LATITUDE FESTIVAL
THIS year’s festival season has been decimated by the pandemic, but a handful of highprofile summer regulars remain. Among these are the unashamedly middle-class Latitude Festival, in the grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, between July 22 and 25. This year’s headliners are Bastille, Snow Patrol and the talented Stockholm sister act First Aid Kit (latitudefestival.com).
HAMPTON COURT PALACE FESTIVAL
THE multi-evening event is being staged in August, with Van Morrison opening proceedings against the stunning backdrop of Henry VIII’s Tudor Palace on the 13th. Other headliners include Tom Jones, who plays on August 21, 23 and 24 and might slip in tunes from his excellent new album, Surrounded By Time (hampton courtpalacefestival.com).
EAGLES
THE American veterans will be checking in at the Hotel California, one of the best-selling albums of all time, when they play two nights at Wembley Stadium on August 28 and 29. Longstanding members Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit will be joined on stage by Vince Gill and Deacon Frey (the son of late Eagle Glenn Frey) (livenation.
DUA LIPA
THE queen of this year’s BRITs finally gets to play last year’s all-conquering Future Nostalgia album live when she starts a UK tour at the M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, on September 10 (dualipa.com).
ALANIS MORISETTE
DUBBED the queen of the confessional, the Canadian singer recently released her ninth album, Such Pretty Forks In The Road, but fans can also expect to hear old favourites such as Hand In My Pocket when she starts a tour at the Utilita Arena, Birmingham, on October 18, (livenation.co.uk).