Chris Horkan

To mark 50 years since the Summer of Love, Liverpool welcomes the producer of one of the period’s most influential albums, Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson performs the psychedelic pop masterpiece, as well as rare cuts and other Beach Boys hits, for one of the very last times.

Sheffield’s legendary synthpop group The Human League celebrate their 40th year by headlining the opening night of Liverpool Sound City 2017 – which is itself marking its 10th outing. With seminal electronic band Art of Noise and former Factory Records group A Certain Ratio joining them, Clarence Dock hosts this extra special opening show.

The Stoller Hall opens with a magnificent Opening Weekend showcasing the brilliance and versatility of Manchester’s newest space for music and performance.

The original Manchester Record Store Day all-dayer returns to Soup Kitchen.

To tie in with Record Store Day 2017, and to celebrate the launch of the 9th Soundwave Festival in Croatia, the folks at Eastern Bloc have combined forces with First Word Records to throw down a mother of a party at Stage & Radio.

In commemoration of David Bowie’s recent passing, Seu Jorge performs a special tribute to him while recreating the set to the film A Life Aquatic on stage alongside screens crafted as boat sails that will be displaying images from the film.

Psychedelic DiscoTech, The Big Green Happening, Through the Mill and Astral Elevator are proud to bring you Heaven on Earth in the Halle St Peter’s.

Following his recent Stranger Things mixtape tour, DJ Yoda appears at bluedot festival – this time, turning his attention to the history of gaming.

The surreal setting of bluedot festival seems an apt location for Whyte Horses to make an ultra-rare appearance this summer.

Perhaps the most anticipated performance at this year’s bluedot will come from Orbital, aka brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll, who have reformed following a five-year hiatus.