THE BEST IN LONDON: VENUES, DISCO AND PERFORMERS                                                                         By  Maximillien de Lafayette, Music and Arts Editor

12- Status Quo - XS All Areas: Francis and Rick head out to promote their best of and biography, both entitled XS All Areas. 13- The Corrs. 14- The Darkness: Celebrating themselves and their debut album, 'Permission to Land', hysterical rockers The Darkness continue their pursuit of 'A Thing Called Love'. Justin and co. put every leopard-skin pantomime shrieker to shame on this mammoth UK tour. 15- The Moody Blues: The Nights In White Satin hitmakers, who are still Searching For The Lost Chord. 16- Tweenies - Live! - No Sleep 'til Bedtime: Bella, Milo, Fizz, Jake and Doodles, as seen on TV! Playschool's out and bedtime can wait. The Tweenies are back rocking all over the world in their brand new arena gig, No Sleep til Bedtime. More rocking than Robbie, more bopping than Britney, the Tweenies are top of the pops. Their playroom walls glitter with gold and platinum discs, over 1 million fans worldwide have loved their live shows and they have twillions of fans who are always left screaming for more. Performing their chart-busting hits Number 1, Best Friends Forever and Do the Lollipop, classics from their Greatest Hits album the Tweenies, with Doodles, Izzles and surprise Guest Artists, will entertain, amaze and blow you away in their brand new arena show No Sleep til Bedtime with songs you love to join in with. They will perform all of this for you on a brand new guitar-shaped stage. No Sleep til Bedtime is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to party with your favourite TV stars and friends as you've never seen them before, so come on Tweenie Fans! Dress up as pop Princes and Princesses and join in with the fab-a-rooney vibe!

 

17- Wet Wet Wet - Greatest Hits And More Tour: The Scottish pop soul sensations reform to dish up such smashes as 'Goodnight Girl', and the mammoth chart-topper 'Love Is All Around'. And Marti Pellow doesn't look a day older! 18- Will Young: The Pop Idol winner undertakes his first UK solo tour. Expect a bit of crooning and plenty of pop as he performs songs from his album 'Friday's Child'. PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS. Millbay Road, Plymouth, PL1 3LF . Information: 01752 222 200. Booking: 01752 229 922. Situated in the heart of the city, Plymouth Pavilions hosts events of all sizes from large scale rock & pop concerts to ballet, political conferences to children's birthday parties, trade fairs, exhibitions and major sporting events to ice skating and swimming lessons.

Performers: 1- 80s Party: Human League & others:  Eighties electro-pop Kings and Queens play some hits. They're joined by Tony Hadley and Go West, and Limahl. 2- Chris De Burgh: The crooner of 'Lady in Red' and 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' tours to promote his new album 'The Road to Freedom'. 3- Daniel Bedingfield: There's never a dull moment with this chart-topping hitmaker. He wrote his first hit on his bedroom PC, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Whether you're after slushy ballads 'You're Not the One', smooth garage 'Gotta Get Through This' or the manic beats on 'Friday' - it's all here. 4- Deep Purple, Peter Frampton, Thunder: Ian Gillan leads the Smoke On The Water

 

legends, with the former Herd and Humble Pie megastar close behind, and veteran Brit rockers to start the proceedings with a crunch. 5- Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: Expect a jazzy night out with the amiable celeb pianist and host of BBC2's 'Later with Jools Holland'. Backed by his rhythm and blues big band, he is joined as always by special guest vocalists. 6- Katie Melua - The Call Off The Search Tour: The Closest Thing To Crazy hitmaker plugs her debut album, Call Off The Search. 7- Machine Head: Bay Area rockers return to promote their Through The Ashes Of Empires album. 8- Michael Buble: This Canadian crooner, who worships at the altar of Frank, Dino and Sammy, is quietly becoming one of the most succesful male vocalists in the world. More jazzy than Harry Connick Jr and less camp than our Robbie's attempts at swing, he brings his neo-croon to the UK. 9- Shakespeare 4 Kidz - The Tempest: Shakespeare 4 Kidz The Tempest is a mystical, magical, mysterious, musical romantic ocmedy of revenge, a father's love for his daughter and the misuse of power. To be confirmed. 10- The Finn Brothers: The artists formerly known as Crowded House, brothers Neil and Tim.