Tuareg guitar hero Moctar showcased why he is at the heart of desert blues’ western popularisation.

The hotly-tipped Liverpudlians lit up Camden on Friday.

The French collective bid ‘au revoir’ to their UK tour with a further trip down the rabbit hole of imaginative cover versions.

The London prodigy has entered the conversation for album of the year in many circles, and her big, bold Brixton performance justified it.

Rhythmic musicianship and magnetic mysticism made the jazz quartet’s show in Leeds almost trance-inducing.

The soulful ex-Hackney resident returns to East London with love, in a candid acoustic performance.

Finding their momentum after several lineup changes, the Exeter band summon their soft side without shying away from the grit.

A band member down, Enter Shikari still concocted a rave of euphoric scale at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse having been delayed for a year.

At the peak of their powers now, Sleaford Mods’ energy and endurance was mesmerising as they brought their biggest tour to date to a close in Brighton, spitting Tory-targeted vitriol with plenty of profanity.

Gracious, commanding, and imperious, the final show from Kelly Lee Owens’ UK tour was well worth the six month wait proving the techno-pop producer is no run-of-the-mill performer.