The Week Ahead with The Brit Awards, Brits Week and War Child with The 1975, Biffy Clyro etc, plus Elbow, X Factor Live, Rod Stewart, Kaiser Chiefs, Michael Kiwanuka and more

Also from Monday 20th Feb 2017: The Divine Comedy, White Lies, Basement Jaxx, Joe, Tinchy Stryder, Wild Beasts, The Blockheads, Wednesday 13, The Dears, Bonobo, Fenech-Soler, Jez Kerr, Count Arthur Strong, Sean Lock, Whitney - Queen Of The Night and more

All prices are exclusive of booking fees and correct at the time of publication. Line-ups for festivals subject to last-minute changes. Click on the images for more details and to buy tickets (subject to availability)

This week:

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Elbow in London, Dublin, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Plymouth, Newport, Edinburgh and many more from 26th February, priced from £39.50. Last few tickets	X Factor Live in London, Nottingham, Birmingham, Liverpool, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Sheffield and many more from 23rd February, priced £20. Last few tickets	The Brit Awards with Little Mix, Emeli Sandé, The 1975, Robbie Williams, Bruno Mars, Skepta in London on 22nd February	Rod Stewart 'From Gasoline Alley to Another Country Hits [rescheduled from November]' in London from 26th February
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The 1975 with War Child in London, Belfast and Dublin from 21st February, priced £33	Basement Jaxx with War Child in London on 21st February	Biffy Clyro in London on 20th February for War Child	Rick Astley with War Child in London, Manchester, Halifax, Oxford, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and many more from 23rd February, priced £36.50. Last few tickets

Kaiser Chiefs in London, Llandudno, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Plymouth, Brighton, Manchester and more from 22nd February, priced from £29.50. Last few tickets	De La Soul in London, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and more from 22nd February, priced from £23. Last few tickets	White Lies in London, Newcastle, Sheffield, Oxford, Cardiff, Leicester, Portsmouth and more from 23rd February, priced from £20	Sum 41 in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Bristol, Nottingham and more from 24th February, priced from £22.50. Last few tickets. Last tour was 5 years ago
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Michael Kiwanuka in London, Manchester, Gateshead, Glasgow, Bristol and Cambridge from 21st February, priced from £17.50. Last few tickets	The Divine Comedy in London, Manchester, Dublin and Glasgow from 21st February, priced £45. Last few tickets	Joe 'Joe and Ashanti' with Ashanti in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester from 24th February, priced from £32.50. Last few tickets	Tinchy Stryder in Blackburn and Milton Keynes from 24th February, priced from £13
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Teenage Fanclub in London on 26th February, priced £20	Wild Beasts with War Child in London on 24th February	The Blockheads in London, Wolverhampton, Carlisle, Leeds, Stockton-on-Tees, Stroud, Frome and more from 24th February, priced from £15. Last few tickets	The Christians in Godalming, Northampton, Renfrewshire, Hull, Derby, Basingstoke, Rotherham and more from 25th February, priced from £17

The Wedding Present in London, Guildford, Reading, Hull, Stockton-on-Tees, Glasgow, Newcastle and more from 22nd February, priced from £16. Last few tickets	Wednesday 13 in London, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester, Wolverhampton and more from 22nd February, priced from £12.50	Nine Below Zero in Derby, Wolverhampton, Godalming, Oxford, St. Helens, Edinburgh, Newcastle and more from 24th February, priced from £15	Fenech-Soler in London, Brighton, Norwich, Bristol, Manchester and Nottingham from 24th February, priced from £12.50

Bonobo in London, Dublin, Leeds, Manchester, Gateshead and Sussex from 25th February, priced from £22.50. Last few tickets	Drive-By Truckers in London, Glasgow, Dublin, Manchester, Clifton and Brighton from 27th February, priced £22. Last tour was 3 years ago	VNV Nation in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Norwich and Manchester from 20th February, priced from £18. Last tour was 3 years ago	King Champion Sounds in London, Hastings, Brighton, Newcastle and Fallowfield from 27th February, priced from £5
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The Dears in London, Cardiff, Bristol and Leeds from 24th February, priced from £13. Last tour was 6 years ago	Idan Raichel in London from 26th February. Last tour was 3 years ago	Postmodern Jukebox in London, Bournemouth, Cambridge, Brighton, Manchester, Belfast, Dublin and many more from 27th February, priced from £25	Ferocious Dog in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Brighton, Southampton, Cardiff and more from 24th February, priced from £12
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VANT in London, Nottingham, Leeds, Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Sheffield and more from 24th February, priced £11	Tragedy - A Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees in London, Manchester, Carlisle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Wolverhampton and more from 24th February, priced from £10. Last few tickets	Kojo Funds in London, Nottingham, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Norwich, Birmingham and more from 26th February, priced from £10	Jez Kerr in Newcastle on 25th February, priced £8

Dreamboats and Petticoats in Aylesbury, Manchester, Southport, Stoke, York, Blackpool, Birmingham and more from 20th February. Last tour was 3 years ago	Babe - The Sheep Pig in London, Keswick, Chesterfield, Newbury, High Wycombe, Worthing, Bournemouth and many more from 20th February, priced from £16. Last tour was 7 years ago	Count Arthur Strong in London, Durham, Harrogate, Nottingham, Doncaster, Salford, Shrewsbury and many more from 22nd February, priced from £17.50. Last few tickets	The Miser in London from 21st February. Last tour was 4 years ago

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow from 22nd February, priced £27.75	The Wedding Singer with Ray Quinn in Sunderland, Dublin, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and more from 21st February	Whitney - Queen Of The Night in London, Woking, Stockport, Southport, Bristol, Sunderland, Whitley Bay and more from 23rd February, priced from £23	Sean Lock 'Keep It Light' in London, Southend, Birmingham, Ipswich, Cambridge, Inverness, Edinburgh and many more from 23rd February, priced from £23. Last few tickets
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Ricky Gervais 'Humanity' in Bristol, York, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Bournemouth and Belfast from 21st February, priced from £30 - very limited spaces	Andrew Lawrence 'The Hate Speech Tour' with Leicester Comedy Festival in London, Leicester, Salford and Southampton from 21st February, priced from £8	The Cuban Brothers in Barnstaple, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Southampton from 25th February, priced from £10	Circus Wonderland in Sussex and Brighton from 21st February, priced £7.70

Paul Pledger

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