These are the best gigs to see this week
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With SXSW and The Great Escape officially kicking off festival season in chaotic fashion, and the likes of Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park days away, the big summer of gigs 2023 is well underway.
To help you keep track of the spectacular must-see shows happening around the UK, here are the best gigs to see this week (June 19 – June 26).
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys kicked off their UK tour last week by dusting off fan favourite ‘Mardy Bum’ and from there, the hits kept coming. While last year’s festival run was a celebration of ‘The Car’, this summer’s stadium run is a potent reminder of the fire-power Arctic Monkeys have under the hood.
In a new feature ahead of the tour, NME discussed why Arctic Monkeys’ stadium gigs mark a new golden age for the band, as frontman Alex Turner believes, for the first time in his career, their songs could at least “hang out” in a stadium.
Arctic Monkeys play:
JUNE
25 – Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
The Hives
As well as supporting Arctic Monkeys on those big ol’ stadium shows, The Hives are also playing a string of their own headline shows as they gear up to release their first new studio album in over a decade. ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ is out in August and according to the band, “there’s no maturity or anything like that bullshit, because who the fuck wants mature rock ’n’ roll”.
The Hives play:
JUNE
22 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Pink
Pink brings her ‘Summer Carnival’ of pop hits to Hyde Park this weekend for two shows at London’s Hyde Park. From the riotous ‘Get The Party Started’ through to the snotty ‘So What’, it’s set to be an evening of killer anthems alongside Pink’s elaborate stage show. Support comes from the likes of Sam Ryder, Gayle and Nell Mescal.
Pink plays:
June
24 – Hyde Park, London
25 – Hyde Park, London
Muse
Muse have spent the past two decades building up a reputation for bombastic and theatrical stadium epics and they’re not stopping now. New album ‘Will Of The People’ is basically a Muse Greatest Hits and their live show promises flames, fireworks and a whole load of wailing guitar solos. Royal Blood are set to support in Milton Keynes and Huddersfield while Twin Atlantic will appear in Glasgow.
Muse play:
June
20 – John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield
23 – Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
25 – The National Bowl, Milton Keynes
The Black Keys
While you definitely won’t see The Black Keys at this year’s Glastonbury, the band will be taking to London’s O2 Arena to celebrate last year’s ‘Dropout Boogie’. As well as a night of “raw rock ‘n’ roll,” there’s also the chance the band will air some new material from their collab-heavy, currently-untitled new album, with Noel Gallagher describing his involvement as “fucking amazing”.
The Black Keys play:
June
21 – The O2, London
Harry Styles
Last summer, Harry Styles’ Love On Top stadium tour took over London’s Wembley Stadium for “a powerful, inclusive and celebratory pop carnival” and now he’s back for more, with the ever-exciting Wet Leg in tow. During a European run earlier this year, he dusted off a One Direction classic while a quick glance on social media proves his onstage banter is as wild as ever.
Harry Styles plays:
JUNE
20 – Cardiff, Principality Stadium
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SZA
SZA’s groundbreaking ”star-studded spectacle” of a live show is finally coming to the UK after causing all sorts of headlines in North America.
Pulling heavily from 2022’s long-awaited album ‘SOS‘, this is set to be SZA’s first UK arena tour and her first headline shows in the country since 2017. In the years since, she’s gone on to “inspire a generation of R&B storytellers” and with rumours about her retirement, you’re not going to want to miss this.
SZA plays:
JUNE
21 – Dublin, 3Arena
25 – London, O2 Arena
26 – London, O2 Arena
Pet Shop Boys
Forty years into their career, NME Godlike Geniuses‘ Pet Shop Boys still occupy a unique place in the world of pop and their current Greatest Hits tour is a celebration of them pushing boundaries.
Pet Shop Boys play:
JUNE
19 – 3Arena, Dublin
21 – P&J Live, Aberdeen
23 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool
24 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
26 – Brighton Centre, Brighton
28 – Eden Project, Cornwall
Fans can buy and sell tickets for Pet Shop Boys at global marketplace, viagogo here.
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter has never played a UK headline show before but, ahead of a run around South America supporting Taylor Swift on her ‘Eras’ tour and an appearance at Blackpink’s massive Hyde Park gig, she’s finally set to change that.
Last year’s ‘Emails I Can’t Send’ was a joyous, cathartic record while an expanded edition dove even deeper.
Sabrina Carpenter plays:
JUNE
19 – London, Eventim Apollo
Fans can buy and sell tickets for Sabrina Carpenter at global marketplace, viagogo here.
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