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May 2008

What's On: May 2008
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Thursday 1 May

• A Simple Twist of Bob (Cremorne, Bob Dylan tribute)
• David Essex (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• DIY SHEFFIELD: (Grapes)
• Macbeth (Boardwalk, £8, 8pm) [...more...]
• Scutty Neighbours (The Dove and Rainbow)
• Teddy Thompson (Memorial Hall)
• THE THURSDAY SHOW: (The Green Room)
• THE WEEKEND NEVER DIES: Soulwax + LadyHawke (Academy)
• Twisted Wheel + Union City + The Underclass (Plug)
• (acoustic night) (Cobden View)
• (open mic) (Bagshawe Arms)

Friday 2 May

• Electric Zoo (Riverside Café Bar)
• Mybe (Boardwalk)
• Nick and Kat (New Barrack Tavern)
• RED BRICKS: (Cremorne)
• Soman + Modulate (Corporation)
• Son of Dave (Plug)
• The Brute Chorus + The Chartists (Leadmill)
• The Theories (Grapes)

Saturday 3 May

• Corsano-Flower Duo (The Heeley Institute)
• Don't Trust Keith (Grapes)
• Fade 2 Black (New Barrack Tavern)
• Grey Cooper (Riverside Café Bar)
• Lethal Bizzle + Bashy + Yezza + Vex One (Plug)
• Lights + Liz Green (Bar Abbey)
• Lightspeed Champion (Leadmill)
• Methodist Centre (Shakespeare Inn)
• Nimmo Brothers (Boardwalk)
• Steve E Nix & the Cute Lepers (Casbah)
• (Live Ska) (Cremorne)

Sunday 4 May

• AMERICANA NIGHT: Bob Collum + The Listeners (Grapes)
• Bjork (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Hillsborough Hotel)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Kelham Island Tavern)
• John Bishop (Memorial Hall)
• River Rats (Bath Hotel)
• STAND TALL BANK HOLIDAY ALL-DAYER: Crystal Teet Heart + Brenda (Casbah)
• Unknown Sheffield Bluesmen (The Dove and Rainbow)
• WIGGED OUT: The Ironweed Project (tbc) + Sarah Jay + Middlewood Sessions (tbc) + Doc Brown (and the DeLoreans of SOund) + Capote + Geoff Walsh + Ian Britt + The Miracle Suite (Forum, FREE, 3pm-1am) [...more...]
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)

Monday 5 May

• ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF NO-FI BEATS: (The Green Room)
• Anthasysum (The Dove and Rainbow)
• FOLK NIGHT: (New Barrack Tavern)
• Gosper + tbc (Runaway Girl, £1, 8pm-1am)
• (Late Nite Open Jam) (Casbah, Bring Instruments!)
• (open mic) (Birley Hotel)

Tuesday 6 May

• Daniel Kitson (Memorial Hall)
• Jason and the Scorchers (CA2S Academy 2)
• Parkway Drive + Bury Your Dead + Suicide Silence + Shaped by Fate (Corporation)
• Tarka Dawn + Andrew Oxley (Grapes)
• The Black Lips + Weekend at Bukowskis (Plug)
• (acoustic night) (The Green Room)
• (live music) (The Dove and Rainbow)

Wednesday 7 May

• 7 Black Tentacles + EjectorSeat + Redroom (Corporation)
• Annihilation Time + The Plight + Cold Ones + Power Corrupts + The Diehards (Casbah)
• Billy Martin Jr (Bath Hotel)
• BROKEN STRINGS: (The Green Room)
• Chris Murphy and Boxer Genius (Grapes)
• Hadouken! (Academy)
• PEACE IN THE PARK FUNDRAISER: Kill the Captains + Mojo and the Beatniks (Upstairs)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)
• (live jazz) (Lescar)

Thursday 8 May

• Buena Vista Social Club (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Downslide (Grapes)
• Fighting with Wire + Actionier + Sub Nova (Corporation)
• Innes Sibun (Boardwalk)
• Seventh Son + Malevolance (The Dove and Rainbow)
• String Trios from Manchester Camerata (Sheffield City Hall, Ballroom, 5.45pm)
• Tim Vine (Memorial Hall)
• Time Again + The Arguments (Casbah)
• (acoustic night) (Cobden View)
• (open mic) (Bagshawe Arms)

Friday 9 May

• Bon Jovi Experience (Boardwalk)
• Firegarden + Forming Meteors (Grapes)
• Justine Andrews (Bagshawe Arms)
• Lazarus Blackstar + Gloomy Sunday + Black Sun + They Are Cowards + Berserkowitz (Casbah)
• Nyaaa + Joolz Denby + Dyonsis + Novus (Corporation)
• Pluck (Riverside Café Bar)
• Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• The Frank White Band (New Barrack Tavern)
• Tom Rodwell (Cremorne)
• Will Saul (Cellar 35, £5, 10pm)

Saturday 10 May

• Ghengis Tron + Nachtmystium + Rolo Tomassi (Corporation)
• GIVE IT A NAME 2008: 30 Seconds to Mars + Paramore (Sheffield Arena)
• Green Mac (New Barrack Tavern)
• Grey Cooper Love Party (Sanctuary)
• Jethro Tull (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Johnny Dowd (Boardwalk)
• Nat Johnson + Stereo Horizon (Grapes)
• Shrine of the Monkey (Riverside Café Bar)
• The Delays (Leadmill)
• The Holloways (Foundry)
• (Free Gig!) (Casbah)

Sunday 11 May

• Duplex Blues (The Dove and Rainbow)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Hillsborough Hotel)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Kelham Island Tavern)
• GIVE IT A NAME 2008: 30 Seconds to Mars + Paramore (Sheffield Arena)
• Jimi Jamison (Boardwalk)
• ONCE A MONTH: LittleLostDavid + Dan Whitehouse & Wickerman + Fisherman (Dulo)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)

Monday 12 May

• Magnum (Academy)
• Naisian + Khuda (Grapes)
• One Night Only (Leadmill)
• Raising Autumn (The Dove and Rainbow)
• The Bluetones (CA2S Academy 2)
• (Late Nite Open Jam) (Casbah, Bring Instruments!)
• (open mic) (Birley Hotel)

Tuesday 13 May

• City Sleeps + Sign (Corporation)
• Her Name is Calla + Maybeshewil (Grapes)
• Rachael Unthank & the Winterset (Boardwalk)
• Tom Baxter (Memorial Hall)
• TUESDAY CLUB: DJ Yoda's Magic Cinema Show + Dels (live) (Sheffield University)

Wednesday 14 May

• Iron and Wine (Leadmill)
• The Hinges (Grapes)
• The Waifs (Memorial Hall)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)
• (live jazz) (Lescar)

Thursday 15 May

• Dara O'Briain (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Epic (The Dove and Rainbow)
• FUZZ CLUB: Matt and Kim (Sheffield University)
• Horse the Band + Rolo Tomassi (Corporation)
• King Creosote (Boardwalk, acoustic set)
• REAL PROMO PRESENTS: (Grapes)
• The Teenagers + The Wombats (Academy)
• (acoustic night) (Cobden View)
• (open mic) (Bagshawe Arms)

Friday 16 May

• Buddhist Punk (Grapes)
• Eyeball (Riverside Café Bar)
• Gwyneth Herbert (Boardwalk)
• KING MOJO PRESENTS: Mojo and the Beatniks + Gaia + Troubadours (Red House)
• PHILADELPHIA BEER & BLUES FESTIVAL 2008: John Gomm + Hummingbirds Blues Band (George IV)
• Shayne Ward (Sheffield Arena)
• The Call (New Barrack Tavern)
• The Prodigy (Plug)
• Trionys + Teun Verbruggen Duo + The Other Orchestra (Abbeydale)
• Unhellig + Faq + Überbyte (Corporation)

Saturday 17 May

• House of Lords + Silverjet (Corporation)
• Joe Lean and Jing Jang Jong (Leadmill)
• Phil Marshall (Sanctuary)
• PHILADELPHIA BEER & BLUES FESTIVAL 2008: Tom Rodwell + Willie Brown's Rhythm Method + Sneakin Suspicion + Andrew Oxley (George IV)
• Poppa Chubby (Boardwalk)
• Robin Hoare Band (New Barrack Tavern)
• Simon Amstell (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Soul Gestapo (Grapes)
• Thomas Marx (Bagshawe Arms)
• Whole Lotta Led (CA2S Academy 2)
• Willy Brown (Riverside Café Bar)
• (Free Gig!) (Casbah)

Sunday 18 May

• Andy McKee (Boardwalk)
• Eliza Carthy (Memorial Hall)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Hillsborough Hotel)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Kelham Island Tavern)
• GIVE IT A NAME 2008: Four Year Strong + Meg and Dia + Mayday Parade + The Colour Fred (Leadmill)
• Hummingbirds Blues Band (Bath Hotel)
• Wednesday 13 + Sign + Exoterik (Corporation)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)

Monday 19 May

• Charlie Barker + The Tom Stuckey Band (Grapes)
• Dirty Pretty Things (Leadmill)
• Spiritualized + Sian Alice Group (Plug)
• Today is the Day + Complete Failure + Jucifer + Four Question Marks (Corporation)
• (Late Nite Open Jam) (Casbah, Bring Instruments!)
• (open mic) (Birley Hotel)

Tuesday 20 May

• Cancer Bats + Johnny Truant + Hexes (Corporation)
• Noah and the Whale + Soko (Plug)
• Stephen Dale Petit (Boardwalk)
• The Black Angels (Leadmill)
• TUESDAY CLUB: DJ Marky & Stamina MC (Sheffield University, 3hr set!)
• (DIY Sheffield) (Grapes)

Wednesday 21 May

• Broken Social Scene (Leadmill)
• Girls Aloud (Sheffield Arena)
• Strawbs Electric (Boardwalk)
• The Pigeon Detectives (Academy)
• The Silver Tree Club + The Hopper Ward (Grapes)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)
• (live jazz) (Lescar)

Thursday 22 May

• Crime in Stereo + The Legacy (Corporation)
• Elvis on Tour (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• FUZZ CLUB: Animal Kingdom + Rotary Ten (Sheffield University)
• Jason Ringenberg (Casbah)
• L. Ron Hubbard (Grapes)
• Robben Ford (Boardwalk)
• Saul Williams (Plug)
• The Most Serene Republic + Ruby Suns + Vigilante Wing (Leadmill)
• (acoustic night) (Cobden View)
• (open mic) (Bagshawe Arms)

Friday 23 May

• BANDISH (Sheffield City Hall, Ballroom, 5.45pm)
• Billy Martin Jr (Riverside Café Bar)
• FUSION: Ben Ottewell + Buddy + Little Gem (Foundry, £12adv)
• Kickback (Broadfield)
• Muffin Men (Boardwalk)
• Skindred (Corporation)
• The Charlatans + The Lines (Academy)
• The Chartists (Grapes)
• The Osmonds (Sheffield Arena)
• Thriller Live (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Ting Tings (Leadmill)
• Willie Brown's Rhythm Method (New Barrack Tavern)
• (Free Gig!) (Casbah)

Saturday 24 May

• 3 Daft Monkeys + Left Hand Drive (venue, £6, 8pm)
• Feeder (Leadmill)
• Greg Griffin [Proud Mary] + The Good Die Young + Phil Marshall (Sanctuary)
• Milburn (Academy)
• Panzer AG [ft. Andy Laplegua (Combichrist)] + Deviant UK (Corporation)
• Punish Yourself + support (Boardwalk, £8, 8pm) [...more...]
• River Rats (New Barrack Tavern)
• Stir Crazy (Riverside Café Bar)
• The Subways + In Case Of Fire (Foundry, £11adv)
• Thriller Live (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Tom Rodwell (Grapes)

Sunday 25 May

• Crooked Soil (The Dove and Rainbow)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Hillsborough Hotel)
• FOLK NIGHT: (Kelham Island Tavern)
• JAZZ IN THE BATH: (Bath Hotel)
• Robin Trower & Aynsley Lister (Boardwalk)
• The Futureheads (Leadmill)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)

Monday 26 May

• Haze (The Dove and Rainbow)
• The Rushes (Leadmill)
• (Late Nite Open Jam) (Casbah, Bring Instruments!)
• (open mic) (Birley Hotel)

Tuesday 27 May

• Duffy (Leadmill)
• Jezebel (Boardwalk)
• Robots in Disguise + Daggers (CA2S Academy 2)
• The Janskys + The New Root + The Caparos (Grapes)
• TUESDAY CLUB: DJ Derek (Sheffield University)

Wednesday 28 May

• Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer + Pickled Dick (Corporation)
• (Can U Jam?) (Malin Bridge Inn)
• (live jazz) (Lescar)

Thursday 29 May

• Alvin Youngblood Hart (Boardwalk)
• FUZZ CLUB: Ida Maria (Sheffield University)
• Halle & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Nekroerako + Hand Of Grief (Grapes)
• The GTs (The Dove and Rainbow)
• (acoustic night) (Cobden View)
• (open mic) (Bagshawe Arms)

Friday 30 May

• Betty Black (Riverside Café Bar)
• Kids in Glass Houses (Leadmill)
• ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN (Sheffield City Hall, Irwin Mitchell Oval Hall)
• Peacekeepers + Plush N' Plastix (Grapes)
• Scarlet Soho (Corporation)
• Shaun T Hunter (New Barrack Tavern)
• The Unforgiven (Broadfield)
• (Free Gig!) (Casbah)

Saturday 31 May

• Bad Company (Corporation)
• CHARITY FUN DAY: Live music in aid of Amy's Retreat (Cobden View, all day)
• Dead Like Harry (Frog and Parrot)
• Heard it thru the GRAPESVINE: (Grapes)
• No Fixed Abode (Sanctuary)
• Robin Hoare (Riverside Café Bar)
• Sgt Wilko (New Barrack Tavern)
• The Jamm (Boardwalk, trib.)
• The Rascals (Leadmill)