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Five gigs to book this week (Jan 19-25)

Warming up: James Blake: Steve Gillett/Livepix
Warming up: James Blake: Steve Gillett/Livepix

James Blake

Feb 5, Roundhouse, NW1 (0870 389 1846, roundhouse.org.uk)

The Mercury winning electronic soul man plays what will be a relatively small headline show for him, as he’s warming up to tour the arenas with Kendrick Lamar.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

March 29, Village Underground, EC2 (020 7422 7505, villageunderground.co.uk)

The actress and singer worked with both Paul McCartney and Daft Punk on her latest album and performs her first London concert since 2012 in the spring.

Simian Mobile Disco with Deep Throat Choir

April 4, Barbican, EC2 (020 7638 8891, barbican.org.uk)

Techno duo Simian Mobile Disco are bringing more humanity to their sound on a forthcoming album made in collabration with an all-female choir from Hackney. They’ll be showing off the new songs here.

Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats

April 11-13, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, W12 (0844 477 2000, o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk)

The singer-songwriter who reinvented himself by signing to Stax Records and developing a muscular soul sound is coming back with a second album in his curent guise. That’s out in March, followed by these three London gigs.

U2

Oct 23, O2 Arena, SE10 (0844 824 4824, the02.co.uk)

Having looked backwards on their Joshua Tree tour, the rock giants will be back to playing new songs at the cutting edge of arena production in the autumn, when they draw from their latest album in a new show in the round.