London’s gigging calendar is really filling up, and these are some of the best concerts happening in the city throughout April.
🧨Fucked Up (April 1): The Dome – the Canadian double-album punk specialists are back for a raucous night in the north of the city.
🎙️Freddie Gibbs (April 8): Brixton Academy – ‘The Last Rabbit’ tour hits London this month.
🐯Belle and Sebastian (April 8-9): Royal Albert Hall – celebrating 30 years of ‘Tigermilk’ and ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’ with a pair of huge gigs in London.
🪩Craig David (April 9): Hammersmith Apollo – time for us to re-rewind all the way over to the dancefloor.
🔊The Damned (April 11): Wembley Arena – lifee goooess onnn and still The Damned are playing huge shows in the capital.
🎵 Shreya Ghoshal (April 12): The O2 – ‘The Unstoppable Tour’ rolls through London in April, with an all-new immersive concert planned for one of India’s most celebrated singers.
😎 Kim Gordon (April 14): Shepherd’s Bush Empire – former Sonic Youth star follows her new album, PLAY ME, with a London show.
🎸Nothing (April 16 ): MOTH Club – having just released their excellent ‘a short history of decay’ album, Nothing are back in the capital.
🎶 WOMANMAN + Crawford Mac (April 16): The Victoria – new art-rock project from singer-songwriter Lea G, WOMANMAN, crashes down at The Victoria with support from Crawford Mac.
🪑James (April 17): The O2 – sit down, sit down, sit down at the O2 for this James gig.
🎤 Cat Burns (April 19): Brixton Academy – from the Traitors Castle to the big stage at Brixton… what can’t Cat Burns do?
✨Tori Amos (April 21): Royal Albert Hall – an iconic venue is a fitting space for an iconic singer.
🔥The Prodigy (April 24-25): Wembley Arena – time for the liveliest, rowdiest dance show of the year so far.
🤠 Yungblud (April 24): The O2 – Yungblud is all set to play his biggest London show to date this month.
🕺Rick Astley (April 25): The O2 – time to get the truest level of Rick Rolled in real life.
💃 Olivia Dean (April 29-30): The O2 – these are the first two of six nights at the O2 for the ‘Man I Need’ singer, one-upping her last London shows at the Hammersmith Apollo (and then some).