<body><![CDATA[The bad boyos from Newport take their irreverent home-grown hip-hop on the road: Oct 2, Cardiff University, then Reading (3), Oxford (4), Norwich (6), Newcastle (7), Aberdeen (8) and nationwide throughout the month; <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.youknowsit.co.uk">www.youknowsit.co.uk</a>]]></body>
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<title><![CDATA[Mr Scruff]]></title>
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<body><![CDATA[Mister trouser jazz himself shows off his latest musically diverse mix album, Keep It Solid Steel: Oct 1, Brighton, Concorde 2, then Manchester (2), Leeds (4), Southampton (6), Bournemouth (7), London (8) and nationwide during the month; <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.mrscruff.com">www.mrscruff.com</a>]]></body>
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<title><![CDATA[The Magnetic Fields]]></title>
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<body><![CDATA[Stephin Merritt, one of todayΓÇÖs great American songwriters, crosses the pond. His gay love songs are by turns beautiful and bitter: Oct 10, Festival Hall, London, then Edinburgh (26), Cambridge (27), Coventry (29), Manchester (30), Dublin (31); <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.ents24.com">www.ents24.com</a>]]></body>
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<title><![CDATA[James Yorkston and the Athletes]]></title>
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<body><![CDATA[Scottish folkΓÇÖs rising star: Oct 1, Metropolis Lounge, Peterborough, then Cardiff (2), Sheffield (3), Belfast (5), Dublin (6) and nationwide throughout the month; <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.jamesyorkston.co.uk">www.jamesyorkston.co.uk</a>, <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.ents24.com">www.ents24.com</a>]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[The two biggest bands to emerge in the UK this year embark on individual lap-of-honour national tours, so expect sell-out gigs. Place your bets on who will take their places next year: from Oct 11; <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.ents24.com">www.ents24.com</a>]]></body>
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<body><![CDATA[The multitalented, multi-instrumentalist returns with a brilliant new concept album that takes the listener on a tour of his native Michigan: Oct 26, Lock 17, London, then Manchester (28), Edinburgh (30); <a href="asfunction:Tardis.webPageOpen,http://www.seetickets.com">www.seetickets.com</a>]]></body>