Hitlisted, "Aberdeen"

Back again for year three, this hip young festival spreads its wings to a new city for Margins Aberdeen. Set over two weekends, confirmed acts so far include Robert Newman, FOUND, Alasdair Gray, Christopher Brookmyre, Janice Galloway and more for six days of music, books and debate.

The legendary Mancunian punk poet, who is a spiritual godfather to the likes of Mike Skinner and Plan B hauls his insatiable laconic wit on tour.

You may have caught him on one of his increasingly regular TV appearances, so here's a chance to catch the distinctively voiced Cockney in the flesh.

Square a quartet and you get a hexadectuplet (a group with 16 members), but it's enough to play four quartets to get the picture. Martin Suckling's Postcard #4 is followed by works by two masters who, despite many differences, formed one of the warmest friendships in 20th century music: Shostakovich's String Quartet No 2…