She might be supporting the megastarry Katy Perry on the Euro arena leg of her world tour next year, but Charli XCX is stealthily becoming a pop heavyweight in her own right. The singer steps out solo on an eight-date UK tour in March (24 Mar-2 Apr, tour starts Concorde 2, Brighton) …
Swedish rap prodigy Yung Lean has announced a one-off London date: he’ll play a show with his Sad Boys crew in the spring (23 Feb, Barbican Hall, EC2) …
Animal Collective constituent Panda Bear will also spend a night in the capital as part of a whistestop European tour (4 Mar, Electric Brixton, SW2) …
Two down, three to go: after waving off band member Jason Orange in September, slowly diminishing mums’ favourites Take That will be taking to the road as a trio for the first time next year, playing 22 shows across seven arenas, with X Factor alumni Ella Henderson in tow for the duration (28 Apr-9 Jun, tour starts SSE Hydro, Glasgow) …
Finally, recently reunited dance-rock duo Death From Above 1979 will take their matured – but still thundering – sound on a six-date tour (20-26 Feb, tour starts The Academy, Dublin).
