Live gigs

Joss Stone
The senstational new teenage diva from Devon

Manchester (3 Feb)
London, Scala (4 Feb)
Bristol (5 Feb)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Leather clad trio more than capable of taking them on their own

London, Brixton Academy (6 Feb)
Brighton (7 Feb)
Cambridge (9 Feb)
Southampton (10 Feb)

Travis
Fran and co return with one for the 12 Memories ...

Blackpool (6 Mar)
Manchester (7/8 Mar)
Newcastle (14 Mar)
Birmingham (17 Mar)
Bridlington (18 Mar)
Reading (20 Mar)
Bournemouth (21 Mar)
Cardiff (22 Mar)
Plymouth (24 Mar)
Brighton (25 Mar)
Doncaster (27 Mar)
London, Hammersmith Apollo (28/29 Mar)

N*E*R*D
Pharrell, Chad and co return for a one-off date

Hammersmith, Apollo (17 Feb)

Duran Duran
The Wild Boys follow last year's low key dates with a full arena tour

Nottingham (11 April)
London, Wembley Arena (13/14, 24, 30 April)
Glasgow (15 April)
Manchester (17, 21 April)
Birmingham (18/19, 25 April)
Newcastle (22 April)
Sheffield (27 April)
Cardiff (28 April)

Isle of Wight 2004
This year, the three headliners for the festival are David Bowie, The Who and Stereophonics

Isle of Wight (11-13 June)

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