Five gigs to book (March 17-23)

David Smyth picks five London gigs to book while you still can
UK debut: Maren Morris
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David Smyth17 March 2017

Anderson Paak

April 16, O2 Forum Kentish Town, NW5 (0844 847 2405, o2forumkentishtown.co.uk)

The Californian rapper and singer has turned a grim back story into a fabulous album, Malibu, and two Grammy nominations.

Bella Union 20

July 13-14, Barbican, EC2 (020 7638 8891, barbican.org.uk)

Two shows marking 20 years of the influential British indie record label, the first featuring oddball Chicago singer-songwriter Ezra Furman, the second with psychedelic veterans Mercury Rev and the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Phoenix

Sept 30, Alexandra Palace, N22 (0870 444 5556, alexandrapalace.com)

The French pop-rock band are as popular as ever, playing this huge London show around the time they should be releasing a sixth album.

J Cole

Oct 15-16, O2 Arena, SE10 (0844 824 4824, the02.co.uk)

The thoughtful, unshowy US rapper released his fourth album at the end of last year, which was also his fourth Billboard number one.

Maren Morris

Nov 15, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W12 (0844 477 2000, o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk)

The Texan country star belatedly comes to London as part of her debut UK tour. She’ll be hoping that her big song, My Church, a Grammy winning platinum hit back home, has also succeeded here by the time she arrives.

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