Live streamed gigs of the week ft. Soundtrack Of Our Lives, XS Manchester’s Big Day Out, Glastonbury & more

La Blogotheque continue to give us a daily musical fix with their Stay Away Shows. Every week there are a collection of musicians playing sets live from their homes to ours at 6pm over on the La Blogotheque instagram. There’s always a great mix of new and established artists. This week you can catch Busra Kayikci – a Turkish multi-disciplinary artist on Monday 22 June and later in the week Kristian Matsson aka Tallest Man On Earth will be playing a set on Thursday 25 June. For the full week’s line-up see below…

Mon 22 – Busra Kayikci
Tue 23 – Owen Pallett
Wed 24 – Margo Price
Thur 25 – Tallest Man On Earth
Fri 26 – Kate Davis
Sat 27 – Holly Humberstone
Sun 28 – I Have A Tribe

On Thursday 25 June, you can join a celebration for the film/tv music community with Soundtrack Of Our Lives. Featuring the work of Danny Elfman, Jon Brion, Hans Zimmer and many more – the one-hour pre-recorded special aims to recognise and celebrate the music that has soundtracked some of the greatest moments in film and our own lives. Viewing will be free but donations can be made to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund – helping those in the industry who are struggling due to the current pandemic. Head over to the official site for more information, to view the trailer and for the event at 8pm on Thursday 25 June.

Manchester’s XS radio have something special planned for us this coming weekend. On Saturday 27 June you can join them for their Big Day Out – a virtual pub crawl experience around city centre venues. Kicking off at 3pm at Rain Bar there’ll be a pub quiz, then we hit Bunny Jacksons, The Bay Horse, and Crazy Pedros – which will include live music, sing-alongs and any song requests you may have. At South, Clint Boon will be looking after us until we hit 42s for some of the best indie floor-fillers. If you’re missing the Saturday night pub crawl experience – this ones for you and can be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home. Just tune into 106.1FM from 3pm. For the full day’s events see below..

3pm – Rain Bar (with a special XS pub quiz)
4pm – Bunny Jacksons (featuring live music)
5pm – The Bay Horse (biggest indie sing-alongs)
6pm – Crazy Pedros (the request hour)
7pm – South (Clint Boon)
10pm – 42’s (the best indie floorfillers)

This coming weekend, festival goers and some massive acts were due to descend onto the legendary Worthy Farm in Somerset to celebrate Glastonbury’s 50th anniversary. Alas COVID-19 had other plans and like many other festivals the event had to be cancelled. In its place, the BBC will be broadcasting some classic performances from past artists including Beyonce, Adele, Coldplay, David Bowie and more.

Hosted by Clara Amfo, Edith Bowman, Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne and Mark Radcliffe there will be four days of programming across the BBC – including three 90-minute programmes on BBC Two on Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June. These will feature full performances from Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, The Rolling Stones and more.

Over on BBC Four you can catch some of the most memorable acoustic performances from Glastonbury’s past – including Ed Sheeran, Kano and Patti Smith. You’ll also be able to listen to archive performances on BBC iPlayer, across BBC radio stations and on the BBC Sounds app. Things will kick off at 10pm on Thursday 25 June over on BBC Four. For further times and info head over to the BBC website.