London Lives: October

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Fionn Regan

To say that October is going to be a good month for live shows is a slight understatement. A whole host of TLOBF favourites are turning up in the capital city for your entertainment needs. Some choice picks are The Decemberists at the Royal Festival Hall, which could quite possibly be their biggest London show to date, capacity wise.

Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers will be turning up at Koko on the 4th, whether Neko Case will be joining them or not is debatable, but still worth a punt. Speaking of Canadian supergroups, Broken Social Scene return to these shores for a full tour after their mind blowing sell out at Scala earlier in September. They’ll be roaring through tracks from main man Kevin Drew‘s current solo(ish) album “Spirit If..”.

Both Editors and Maximo Park take up residencies at Brixton Academy whilst Mercury Music Prize nominees Bat For Lashes and Fionn Regan play at Koko and Kings College respectively. We’ll see you down the front for Battles on the 11th.

OCTOBER
2 The Decemberists @ Royal Festival Hall
2 Foals @ Scala
3 iLiKETRAiNS @ Scala
4 Colin Hay @ Dingwalls
4 The New Pornographers @ Koko
5 Manu Chao @ Brixton Academy
6 The Happy Mondays @ Brixton Academy
6 Damien Rice @ Wembley Arena
7 Kate Nash @ Bloomsbury Ballroom
8-10 Editors @ Brixton Academy
9 The Go! Team @ Astoria
9 The Thrills @ Koko
10-11 Hadouken! @ Astoria
11 Battles @ Koko
11 The Coral and The Metros @ Roundhouse
11 Turin Brakes @ Forum
11-12 Athlete @ Shepherds Bush Empire
11-12 Maximo Park @ Brixton Academy
13 The Mooney Suzuki @ Islington Academy
16 The Happy Mondays @ Brixton Academy
16 The Maccabees @ Roundhouse
16 Just Jack @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire
17 The Cribs @ Forum
17 The Enemy @ Brixton Academy
17 The Rumble Strips @ Scala
17 The Hoosiers @ King’s College
19 Broken Social Scene @ Koko
21 Ani DiFranco @ Shepherds Bush Empire
22 Les Savy Fav @ Scala
23 LCD Soundsystem @ Brixton Academy
23 Los Campesinos! @ ULU
25-26 Mark Ronson @ Shepherds Bush Empire
26 The Twang @ Brixton Academy
26 Ghosts @ Koko
29 Bat For Lashes @ Koko
30 Idlewild @ Koko
30-31 Rufus Wainwright @ Hammersmith Apollo
30-31 KT Tunstall @ Roundhouse
31 Iron and Wine @ Shepherds Bush Empire
31 Fionn Regan @ King’s College

Buy tickets to any of these shows here.