The Week Ahead with: The Strokes, Erykah Badu, A Certain Ratio, Heaven 17

Posted: last week

Also from Monday, 5th October: Richard Marx, Alice Cooper, Boyzlife, John Cooper Clarke, The Reytons, Mercury Rev, Mica Paris, Transvision Vamp, Cabaret Voltaire, Justin Hayward, Hue and Cry, Ólafur Arnalds, Antony Szmierek, Dave Pearce, Digitalism, Derren Brown, Professor Brian Cox, Romesh Ranganathan, Mike Bubbins, Rosie Holt, and more

This week's #VenueOfTheWeek is The Garage, with NateWantsToBattle, Pub Choir, Kris Barras Band, Yonaka, and Dutch Criminal Record playing the Glasgow venue from 5th October

The Strokes Reality Awaits Touring from 6th October with Fat White Family and Alex Cameron	Erykah Badu IMEHO - An Intimate Experience with Erykah Badu London Blue Note residency from 10th October	A Certain Ratio Touring from 7th October	Heaven 17 Touring from 8th October
Richard Marx London Palladium residency from 6th October	Alice Cooper Book Tour/ Q-and-A Touring from 11th October	Boyzlife Touring from 8th October	John Cooper Clarke Touring from 7th October
The Reytons Touring from 9th October	Mercury Rev Touring from 10th October	Mica Paris Touring from 9th October	Martin McAloon Touring from 8th October
Transvision Vamp Touring from 6th October	Leo Sayer Can't Stop Loving You Touring from 7th October	Graham Gouldman Touring from 8th October	Cabaret Voltaire Touring from 7th October with Gazelle Twin
The Rezillos Touring from 9th October	The Skints Touring from 7th October	John 5 Touring from 11th October with Dan Byrne	Justin Hayward Touring from 5th October
The Long Ryders Touring from 6th October	Utah Saints Touring from 9th October	Hue and Cry Touring from 9th October	PJ Morton The Maroon 5 keys player is touring from 8th October
The Hoosiers Touring from 6th October	Eddi Reader Touring from 8th October	The Quireboys Touring from 7th October	Brian Jackson Gil Scott-Heron by Brian Jackson and Yasiin Bey London gig on 11th October with Yasiin Bey
What the World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook Touring from 5th October with Rumer, Ed Harcourt and more	Pete and Bas Touring from 8th October	Band of Horses Touring from 7th October	Six60 Touring from 7th October
Buffalo Tom Touring from 6th October	Creeper Touring from 8th October with Starbenders and Calva Louise	David Duchovny Touring from 7th October	Ólafur Arnalds Falling Apart Together London gigs from 6th October
Pet Needs Touring from 7th October	Antony Szmierek Touring from 8th October	Skating Polly Touring from 5th October	Kris Barras Band Touring from 7th October
Girl in the Year Above Touring from 11th October	Boris Pink 20th Anniversary UK Tour, Plus Planning for Burial Touring from 10th October	Black Water County Touring from 7th October	Orville Peck London gig on 6th October
Dave Pearce Touring from 10th October	Digitalism Touring from 9th October	Joy Orbison Bristol gig on 10th October	Girls Don't Sync Touring from 10th October
Derren Brown Only Human London run from 10th October	Professor Brian Cox Emergence World Tour Touring from 7th October	Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds: Live! Touring from 9th October	Michael Palin In the Philippines Touring from 7th October
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - One Part London run from 9th October	Things I Took From The Dark as Told by Reece Shearsmith Touring from 5th October with Reece Shearsmith	Back To The Future The Musical Bristol run from 8th October	Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody London run from 7th October
Romesh Ranganathan Work in Progress Touring from 9th October	Mike Bubbins Ideas Man Touring from 8th October	Rosie Holt The Illegal Aliens Have Landed! Touring from 8th October	Kevin Bloody Wilson Fair Dinkum Funny Touring from 6th October
Kiell Smith-Bynoe Kool Story Bro Touring from 6th October	Catherine Bohart Touring from 7th October	Jack Carroll The Fall Guy Touring from 7th October	Stevie Martin Clout Touring from 7th October