Autumn music special - live highlights

Jurassic 5 More of that proverbial classic rap, in spades. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 6 Oct.

Babyshambles Will Pete by playing the no-show lottery yet again? Carling Academy, Glasgow, 7 Oct.

Fightstar Kicking the corpse of Busted with Charlie and emo chums. Barrowland, Glasgow, 8 Oct.

James Morrison James Blunt v2.0 swings into singer-songwritery action. Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 8 Oct.

The Long Blondes Brisk indie from the NME favourites. And aren’t those girls stylish? Oran Mor, Glasgow, 10 Oct.

People Under the Stairs The ever-dependable hip hop duo bring back their energetic live show. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 11 Oct.

Milburn Laddish indie from Arctic Monkeys’ Sheffield compadres. QMU, Glasgow, 13 Oct.

Orson Middle of the road Hollywood bunch continue their rise. Barrowland, Glasgow, 13 Oct.

Kooks Pretty indie boys go large for the students. Barrowland, Glasgow, 14 Oct.

The Raconteurs Jack White’s side project now appears to be the day job. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 14 Oct.

Howling Bells Beauteous Aussies may just have invented shoegazer-country. King Tut’s, Glasgow, 15 Oct.

Stiff Little Fingers Irish punks, still with a big following in Scotland. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 15 Oct.

Boy Kill Boy NME New Bands Tour alumni taking another step towards world domination. ABC, Glasgow, 15 Oct; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 16 Oct.

SUNN 0))) Ear-poundingly great exponents of avant-garde drone-doom noise. ABC, Glasgow, 15 Oct.

Camera Obscura One of Scotland’s indie-pop, Lloyd Cole-approved finest. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 16 Oct.

Infadels Wall of Sound’s token indie-rock crowd. ABC, Glasgow, 16 Oct.

Kenny Rogers How can you resist a night with The Gambler? Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 16 & 17 Oct.

Lemonheads The janglesome Evan Dando returns to his lemony roots. ABC, Glasgow, 17 Oct.

AFI Californian hardcore punk quartet, back to appease their acolytes. Barrowland, Glasgow, 18 Oct.

New Order Manchester’s most enduring, and quite possibly finest. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 18 & 19 Oct. SOLD OUT

Big Big World A varied and innovatively programmed line-up of sounds from the four corners of the globe with Beuna Vista Social Club, Mali’s Toumani Biabate, reggae legends The Twinkle Brothers and Iran’s Payvar Enesmble among the guests. Various venues, Glasgow, 21?"28 Oct.

Avenged Sevenfold MTV-approved metal youths with faintly odd pseudonyms. Barrowland, Glasgow, 23 Oct.

Bring me the Horizon Furious old-school thrash-metal from Sheffield. Barfly, Glasgow, 23 Oct; Studio 24, Edinburgh, 24 Oct.

Lily Allen The ska-pop sound of the summer . . . in October! ABC, Glasgow, 23 Oct; Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 25 Oct.

Guillemots Buoyant, Mercury-nominated quirk-pop from the wilds of London. ABC, Glasgow, 24 Oct.

Phoenix Polished French guitar outfits don’t come any better. Arches, Glasgow, 24 Oct.

James Brown Get up, he feels like a hip replacement. Or he should. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 25 Oct.

New York Dolls Exciting reunion from NYC’s original punk rockers. ABC, Glasgow, 26 Oct.

Lambchop Ever dependable alt.country melodies from Kurt Wagner and co. ABC, Glasgow, 28 Oct.

The Paddingtons They would’ve been The Libertines if they weren’t from Hull. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 28 Oct.

The Cooper Temple Clause Even Didz’ defection to Dirty Pretty Things can’t halt the synth-laden fury. King Tut’s, Glasgow, 29 Oct; Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 30 Oct.

Lordi Comedy goth-metal from the Eurovision version of Slipknot. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 30 Oct.

Macabees Wistful, brand new indie-rock from Brighton. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 31 Oct.

Calexico Lovely, Latin-flavoured alt.country from Burns and Convertino. ABC, Glasgow, 1 Nov.

Jet Aussie cock-rockers pick up where they left us hanging. Barrowland, Glasgow, 3 Nov.

Motörhead and Clutch More metal mania from the ever litigious Lemmy and his merry malcontents. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 4 Nov.

Metric Delightful Canadian pop from the Broken Social Scene affiliates. Arches, Glasgow, 5 Nov.

Wolfmother and Forward Russia! Australian Led Zep revivalists and left of centre electro-rockers. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 5 Nov.

Lucinda Williams Grammy-gathering country lady and sometime ‘best songwriter in America’. Barrowland, Glasgow, 6 Nov.

CSS and 1990s Hugely tipped Brazilian girl disco meet Weegie layabouts. ABC, Glasgow, 7 Nov.

Muse Supermassive astronomical action with one of the bands of the year. SECC, Glasgow, 7 Nov.

Rancid Ageing Californian punk types still going strong. Barrowland, Glasgow; Studio 24, Edinburgh, 9 Nov.

The Flaming Lips More delightful high-concept mayhem, and some great tunes. SECC, Glasgow, 10 Nov.

The Hedrons The Glaswegian Ramones? Or the all-girl McFly? King Tut’s, Glasgow.

Hayseed Dixie Imperious bluegrass/rock’n’roll fusion. Get the title pun? Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 12 Nov.

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Recently reformed art/comedy crossover from the days of psychedelia. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 13 Nov.

Ron Sexsmith Canadian singer songwriter and favourite of the stars. Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 13 Nov; Oran Mor, Glasgow, 14 Nov.

Acid Mothers Temple Avant-garde Japanese collective return to rock mightily. Mono, Glasgow, 14 Nov.

Ben Kweller Well-travelled boy wonder and ex-Radish frontman. QMU, Glasgow, 15 Nov.

Primal Scream The ever-calamitous big boys return to show us how it’s done. SECC, Glasgow, 17 Nov.

Gomez Country-rocking ex-students let us hear what they’ve been listening to lately. Barrowland, Glasgow, 18 Nov.

Bullet for my Valentine Welsh metalcore outfit, now coming to the same prominence as others on their scene. Barrowland, Glasgow, 19 Nov; Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 20 Nov.

Nerina Pallot Emerging radio singer and slow-burning success story. ABC, Glasgow, 19 Nov.

J Spaceman Orchestral versions of Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 classics from Jason Pierce. Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 25 Nov.

Tool Hugely influential prog-metallers doing the rounds again. SECC, Glasgow, 25 Nov.

Paul Buchanan Ex-Blue Nile man goes solo, fresh from collaboration with Texas. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 25 & 26 Nov.

Rihanna and The Pussycat Dolls Burlesque blingfest from the sexed-up dance troupe. SECC, Glasgow, 26 Nov.

Thunder More rockin’ old-timers return to grease the boards. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 28 Nov.

DJ Shadow Expect the usual multimedia extravaganza from the peerless Shadow. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 28 Nov.

Richard Ashcroft Kind-hearted balladry from the pen of the sometime Verve mentalist. SECC, Glasgow, 29 Nov.

Lost Prophets Emo-punk behemoths stride the land of eyeliner and purple hair. Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 3 Dec.

The Magic Numbers Hirsute, cheerful types return to make an old ballroom swoon. Barrowland, Glasgow, 3 Dec.

The Charlatans Indestructible almost-Mancs just keep rollin’ on forever. Carling Academy, 4 Dec.

It Bites A reformation gig for the ageing prog rockers. King Tut’s, Glasgow, 5 Dec.

New Found Glory Pop-punk from the land of all things hardcore, California. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 5 Dec.

Kasabian The people’s choice, at least while Oasis’ hiatus continues. SECC, Glasgow, 7 Dec.

Basement Jaxx Disco-samba-bollywood-electro specialists, if there is such a thing. SECC, Glasgow, 8 Dec.

Buzzcocks Punk legends, and possibly a good Christmas gift for older relatives. ABC, Glasgow, 8 Dec.

Dragonforce Crazed and somewhat humorous power metal lot. Barrowland, Glasgow, 9 Dec.

Human League Back in vogue with electro kids and nostalgia buffs. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 9 Dec.

Madeline Peyroux The lady they call the new Billie Holiday. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 9 Dec.

Bjorn Again Abba goes with Chrimbo like turkey and Cliff, apparently. Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 10 Dec.

Tenacious D Jack and Kyle finally get an arena to play ?" expect shitloads of big-budget fun. SECC, Glasgow, 11 Dec.

The Pogues ‘Fairytale of New York’ might get a play, just possibly. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 11 & 12 Dec.

Madness A new entrant to the familiar roster of seasonal nostalgia. SECC, Glasgow, 12 Dec.

Paolo Nutini Much-hyped Paisley boy undertakes a one-city mini-tour. Barrowland, Glasgow, 14 Dec; Carling Academy, Glasgow, 15 Dec.

The Roots Seminal hip hop/jazz-funk outfit from the States. Carling Academy, Glasgow, 17 Dec.

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