The Week Ahead with Orbital, Lily Allen, MGMT, Paul Carrack, Skepta, Reel Big Fish, Kate Rusby, Frank Turner, various Pantos and more

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Line-ups for festivals subject to last-minute changes.

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Lily Allen 'No Shame Tour' in London, Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester from 11th December, priced from £37.50. Last few tickets	Orbital in London, Bristol, Sheffield, Cambridge and Manchester from 15th December, priced from £25. Last few tickets	MGMT in London, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester from 13th December, priced from £26.50. Last few tickets	Paul Carrack in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, York, Gateshead, Perth and many more from 16th December, priced from £34.50
Skepta in London on 12th and 13th December, priced £35 - limited ticket spaces	Aled Jones in London, Coventry, Llandudno, Blackpool, Northampton, Southend, Eastbourne and many more from 17th December, priced £25	Reel Big Fish in Birmingham, Oxford and Bournemouth from 12th December	Kate Rusby in Birmingham, York and Stockport from 13th December, priced £28
Alexander O'Neal in London, Reading, Cardiff, Southampton, Norwich, Brentwood, Newcastle and more from 11th December, priced from £22.50	Frank Turner 'Jubilee Club Xmas Party featuring Frank Turner (DJ)' plus 2019 shows in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Bournemouth and Cardiff from 15th December, priced from £5	Uriah Heep with Von Hertzen Brothers in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham and Hull from 12th December, priced from £30. Last tour was 4 years ago	Jason Donovan with Revolution [Kimberly Wyatt/ Adam Garcia], Carrie Hope Fletcher, Newton Faulkner, Nathan James in Bournemouth, Redruth, Whitley Bay, Whitby and Morecambe from 13th December, priced from £26
Nathan Carter in London, Westmeath, Tipperary, Kilkenny, County Louth, Clare, Castlebar and many more from 12th December, priced from £27.50	King King 'Xmas Rock & Blues Party' in London, Lincoln, Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff, Bournemouth, Brighton and more from 16th December, priced from £20	The Rifles in London, Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh from 11th December, priced from £17.50	Bill Ryder-Jones in London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Gateshead, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bristol and more from 13th December, priced from £15
Hipsway in Lanarkshire, Dundee, Argyllshire, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh from 12th December, priced £25	The Searchers in Lowdham, Morecambe, Stockport, Wrexham, Bolton, Whitley Bay and East Riding of Yorkshire from 14th December, priced from £22.50	Jane McDonald in Leeds, Stoke, Torquay, Blackpool and Salford from 15th December	Kingdom Of Madness in London, Sheffield, Flintshire, York, Manchester and Pontypridd from 15th December, priced from £20
The Twang 'Official Tour Warm-up Party!' in London, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow from 14th December, priced £20	Bury Tomorrow in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester from 11th December, priced from £16	Villagers in London, Belfast, Galway, Manchester and Newcastle from 10th December, priced from £19.50	Dream State in London, Swansea, Bristol, Plymouth, Southampton, Reading, Tunbridge Wells and many more from 15th December, priced from £10
Hot 8 Brass Band in London, Whitstable, Southampton, Newcastle, Kings Heath, Leeds, Cardiff and more from 13th December, priced from £16	Skinny Lister in London, Brighton, Norwich, Southampton, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds and more from 12th December, priced from £15	Carols by Candlelight in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Hull and Birmingham from 12th December, priced from £12	Liela Moss in London, Brighton, Cambridge, Leicester, Chester, Kings Heath, Bristol and more from 12th December, priced from £12
Queen Zee in London, Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Brighton, Glasgow, Newcastle and more from 13th December, priced from £7	Cattle and Cane in Cardiff, Northern Quarter, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Moseley, York and Gateshead from 14th December, priced from £8	Discharge 'Discharge, Spunk Volcano & the Eruptions and Born to Destruct' with Born To Destruct in Wakefield, Stoke, Nottingham, Leicester, Manchester and Huddersfield from 16th December, priced from £11	Solstafir in Bristol, Kings Heath, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin from 17th December, priced from £15.50
Wolfsbane in London, Sheffield, Flintshire, Derby, Glasgow and Kidderminster from 13th December, priced from £12	David Ford 'David Ford Presents Milk and Cookies 2018' in London, Newton Abbot, Shipley and Leamington Spa from 16th December, priced from £14	John Bramwell 'An Evening with John Bramwell' in Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow from 14th December, priced from £12	Blurt in London and Stroud from 14th December, priced £12
Dirt Box Disco with Hard Skin in Leeds, Nottingham, Glasgow, Wakefield, Corby and Newcastle from 15th December, priced from £11	Green Haze in London, Swansea, Cardiff, Wolverhampton, York and Merthyr Tydfil from 14th December, priced from £10	Greywind in London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester, Bridgwater and Southampton from 11th December, priced from £6	Jim Causley in London, Maidstone, Exeter and Brighton from 13th December, priced from £11
Fangclub in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin from 10th December, priced from £7.50	Julie Felix in London, Blackburn and Durham from 10th December, priced from £12.50	Natalie McCool in Northern Quarter, Liverpool and Leeds from 10th December, priced from £5	Dave Ellis in London and Buckinghamshire from 10th December, priced from £9.90
Jimmy Carr in London, Castlebar, Limerick, Kerry, Peterborough, Leamington Spa, Clacton and many more from 13th December, priced from £22.50	Al Murray 'Al Murray Presents the Twelve Days of Christmas' in London, Glasgow, Surbiton, Sevenoaks, Chelmsford, Wrexham, Warwick and many more from 11th December, priced from £15. Last few tickets	Whose Line Is It Anyway? LIVE with Colin Mochrie, Josie Lawrence, Charles Esten, Greg Proops in London from 15th December	Sam Simmons 'Away in a Stranger' in London from 10th December
Rumpelstiltskin [Windmill Theatre Company] in London and Southampton from 13th December, priced £9.90	Rocky Horror Show in London, Brighton, Manchester, Sunderland, Milton Keynes, Torquay, Woking and many more from 13th December	Dick Whittington in Folkestone, Southampton, Colwyn Bay, Scunthorpe and Whitley Bay from 11th December, priced £14. Last few tickets	The Hound of the Baskervilles [Drayton Arms] in London from 11th December, priced from £10
Treasure Island [Sandi Toksvig] in Leicester from 13th December, priced £25	Victoria Station in London from 13th December. Last tour was 7 years ago	Santa Claus and the Magical Christmas Journey in London from 12th December	Elf - A Christmas Spectacular in Cardiff, Birmingham and Nottingham from 14th December
World Darts Championship in London from 13th December, priced from £31. Last few tickets	Seán McGowan in London, Southampton, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester and many more from 15th December, priced from £8	Home Nations Series - Snooker in Glasgow from 10th December, priced £10	Desperate Journalist in London, Coventry, Kings Heath, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol, Nottingham and more from 11th December, priced from £10