Mega pop diva Rihanna will no doubt live up to the title of her tour, Loud (5-16 Oct, tour begins 02 Arena, SE10, livenation.co.uk) ...
Mesmerising indiester Conor Oberst, aka Bright Eyes, plays a one-off UK date for his forthcoming new album The People's Key (23 Jun, Royal Albert Hall, SW7, royalalberthall.com) ...
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan bring their sparky country-noir to an NME Awards date (15 Feb, O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, W12, ticketweb.co.uk) ...
My Chemical Romance slay the crowds on an arena tour (12-22 Feb, tour begins Wembley Arena, HA9, gigsandtours.com) ...
Epic post-rockers Explosions In The Sky return (17 May, Manchester Academy; 19 May, Roundhouse, NW1, seetickets.com) ...
Get in fast for super-early bird tickets to the Summer Sundae Weekender (12-14 May, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, summersundae.com) ...
Finally, if you go down to the woods next June, you'll find two 80s behemoths on forest tours, Simple Minds (10 Jun-3 Jul, tour begins Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Kent) and Erasure (10 Jun-1 Jul, tour begins Thetford Forest, Suffolk, www.forestry.gov.uk).
