This week's gig listings
Your guide to the latest gigs happening in and around Newbury
Thursday, November 24:
Reading Hexagon – The Magic of Motown (8pm, £23.50)
Swindon Beehive - The Bill Smarme Christmas Special (8.30pm)
O2 Academy, Oxford – Alabama 3 (7pm, £18)
O2 Academy 2, Oxford – - Matt Schofield (doors 7pm, £15)
The Vic, Swindon - Ben Marwood + Gaz Brookfield + Oxygen Thief + Marky Thatcher (8pm, £3)
George Inn, Andover - Attention Thieves + The Afterparty + A Tale Of Two Cities + These Days (7.30pm)
The Joiners, Southampton – Textures (7.30pm, £8.50)
The Joiners, Southampton – Hackman (10pm, £5)
Friday, November 25:
Beenham Club, Beenham - The Energy Band (9pm, free entry)
Reading Hexagon - Joe McElderry
O2 Academy, Oxford – Ocean Colour Scene + The Establishment (doors 6.30pm, £24.50)
O2 Academy, Oxford – Bedlam + Rusko + Flux Pavillion + 16 Bit + The Prototypes (£14, 11pm)
The Vic, Swindon - Iron On maiden (with Dennis Stratton) 8pm, £10adv, £12 door
Danebury Hotel, Andover – Torn Off Strips (9pm)
The Joiners, Southampton – The Vibrators + Vice Squad (7.30pm, £9)
Saturday, November 26:
Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury – JT Nero & Allison Russell (plus Amelia Curran) 8pm, £9 adv, £11 door
Beenham Club – The Energy Band (9pm)
The Red House, Newbury – Father ‘n' Son (8.30pm until late)
O2 Academy 2, Oxford – Skeletor + Malefice + Taste My Eyes + Dedlok + Risen In Black + Vera Grace (doors 6.30pm, £7)
12 Bar, Swindon – Nudy Bronque + The Fixed (8pm, £3 adv, £4 door)
The Joiners, Southampton – The Dwarves (7.30pm, £10)
Sunday, November 27:
Swindon Beehive – The Sittin Tenants (3pm)
The Vic, Swindon – open mic night (8pm, free entry)
The Joiners, Southampton – Morning Parade (7.30pm, £7)
Lardicake, Andover – acoustic jam evening (8.30pm)
Purple Turtle, Reading – Absolute Filth #2 (doors 2pm until 1am)
Monday, November 28:
Swindon Beehive – The Mess Session (8.30pm)
The Earley Retreat, Reading – Vine Messiah + Silvatone (8pm until 11.45pm)
Tuesday, November 29:
The Vic, Swindon - Dan Baird And Homemade Sin + County Line (8pm, £10adv, £12 door)
The Joiners, Southampton – Dutch Uncles (7.30pm, £6)
Wednesday, November 30:
Compton Swan, Compton – Matt Backer (8pm, free entry)
Swindon Beehive – Claude Bourbon (8.30pm)
Sub89, Reading – Ash (£16.50, tickets: http://www.sub89.com, http://www.seetickets.com, Urban Piercings, Reading 0118 950 2414)
The Vic, Swindon - The Racket + Crash & The Bandicoots (8pm, free entry)
The Joiners, Southampton – Wolfsbane (7.30pm, £10)
George Inn, Andover - Crossbreaker + The Long Haul + Doomed From Day One + Scythes (£3, 7.30pm)