March Live

Thud! I'm back home in Brighton again now so it's time to turn my attention to the forthcoming weeks ahead and see what's happening around the city this month. Quite a bit as it happens... here's my picks of the best live music and events for March:

02/03 - Tonight there's a not-so-secret gig at the Concorde where Bloc Party will be previewing new songs from their forthcoming second album.

04/03 - Sticking with the Concorde it's a return visit from The Wonderstuff who I saw perform there last year. Miles Hunt is still a great frontman and they played quite a number of old favourites on their last visit!

07/03 - All girl indie band The Like are over from Los Angeles for a UK tour stopping off in Brighton for a date at the Komedia. I haven't heard any of their songs as yet but my friend in LA interviewed them recently and it sounds like they're the kind of band I'd like.

08/03 - I'm up in London to catch a rare live appearance by Juliana Hatfield at the Bush Hall. Meanwhile back in Brighton The Delays are playing a rescheduled date at the Concorde.

14/03 - Paddy McGuinness steps out of Peter Kay's shadow for his first solo tour, appearing at the Dome.

15/03 - Brighton based Oom are playing at the Engine Rooms. Singer Debbie has just contributed vocals for one of the tracks on Massive Attack's special edition Collected album - catch her own band ahead of their debut album release in June.

16/03 - Chumbawamba go acoustic for a gig at the Komedia.

18/03 - Also at the Komedia is Cara Dillon, but I'll be up in London for a one day FrightFest event centering around a preview of Eli Roth's Hostel.

20/03 - I'm looking forward to checking out seeing Secret Machines at the Concorde having heard their latest single release.

24/03 - Rescheduled from December after the singer lost his voice, Feeder return to the Brighton Centre.

27/03 - Another rescheduled gig, this time it's The Pipettes playing at the Concorde, whilst along at the Hanbury Ballroom The Blue Aeroplanes come out of retirement to celebrate the reissue of their seminal album Swagger.