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Big Gigs! For The East Midlands

GIG TICKER: Boyzone play the N.E.C. next spring... Meat Loaf tour announced.... Steps first tour revealed.... The Smash Hits Tour hits Sheffield....

Hosted by innotts. More detailed guides for each month: To contact us: post email here fax 0115 955 7041 or write to: The Beat, PO Box 222, Nottingham NG1 3HZ ON THE RADIO: Find us across The Midlands!. See here. Hundreds of Indie Links on The Wonderwall. You can hear radio's top gig guide unveiled live AND get a taste of many of these bands during 'The Beat', 6pm-10pm Saturday night on BBC Radios Nottingham, Derby and Lincolnshire with Dean Jackson and The Team. Find your best frequency by clicking here. This page contains details of gigs within the East Midlands area of England, though events worth travelling slightly further afield for are also shown. The guide is updated daily but, if in doubt, it is worth checking that an act is still appearing before you travel. 'Phone numbers for most venues are given here. © Dean Jackson 1998

Sat 28th Nov Jools Holland Sheffield City Hall Sat 28th Nov Sepultura Nottingham Rock City Sat 28th Nov Pulp Hull Arena Mon 30th Nov The Levellers Hull City Hall Tue 1st Dec The Levellers Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Wed 2nd Dec M People Sheffield Arena Wed 2nd Dec Pulp Birmingham NEC Arena Thu 3rd Dec The Corrs Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Thu 3rd Dec Massive Attack Sheffield Arena Fri 4th Dec The Corrs (extra date) Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Fri 4th Dec The Levellers Hanley Victoria Hall Sat 5th Dec James / The Stereophonics NEC Arena Sat 5th Dec The Levellers Doncaster Dome Sun 6th Dec Culture Club / Human League / ABC Birmingham NEC Arena Sun 6th Dec Five / 911 / Billie / Steps / Kavana / Matthew Marsden / Ultra Sheffield Arena Mon 7th Dec Duran Duran Birmingham NEC Arena Tue 8th Dec The Saw Doctors Nottignham Rock City Tue 8th Dec UB40 Hull Arena Wed 9th Dec Status Quo Doncaster Dome Wed 9th Dec Massive Attack Birmingham NEC Arena Wed 9th Dec The Saw Doctors Wolverhampton Civic Hall Thu 10th Dec Culture Club / Human League / ABC Birmingham NEC Arena Thu 10th Dec Manic Street Preachers / Catatonia Sheffield Arena Fri 11th Dec M People Birmingham NEC Arena Fri 11th Dec UB40 Doncaster Dome Sat 12th Dec Culture Club / Human League / ABC Sheffield Arena Sat 12th Dec M People Birmingham NEC Arena Sun 13th Dec The Corrs Birmingham NEC Arena Sun 13th Dec Jools Holland Birmingham NIA Mon 14th Dec M People Birmingham NEC Arena Tue 15th Dec P J Harvey Nottingham Rock City Wed 16th Dec Daniel O'Donnell Sheffield City Hall Wed 16th Dec Duran Duran Sheffield Arena Thu 17th Dec The Levellers Kettering Arena Thu 17th Dec Rod Stewart Birmingham NEC Arena Fri 18th Dec Status Quo Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Fri 18th Dec Squeeze Hull City Hall Fri 18th Dec Manic Street Preachers / Catatonia Birmingham NEC Fri 18th Dec Garbage Doncaster Dome Sat 19th Dec Status Quo Birmingham NEC Arena Mon 21st Dec UB40 Birmingham NEC Arena Tue 22nd Dec The Corrs Birmingham NEC Arena 1999 Tue 12th Jan The Offspring Nottingham Rock City Sun 17th Jan Garbage Birmingham NEC Sat 23rd Jan The Corrs Birmingham NEC Arena Tue 26th Jan Faithless Nottingham Rock City Sun 14th Feb Robbie Williams Sheffield Arena Mon 15th Feb Robbie Williams Sheffield Arena Thu 18th Feb Robbie Williams Hull Arena Mon 22nd Feb Robbie Williams Birmingham NEC Arena Tue 23rd Feb Robbie Williams Birmingham NEC Arena Wed 24th Feb Ian Brown Nottingham Rock City Thu 25th Feb Ian Brown Sheffield Octagon Mon 1st Mar Ian Brown Wolverhampton Civic Hall Tue 2nd Mar Neil Diamond Sheffield Arena Thu 4th Mar Neil Diamond Birmingham NEC Arena Fri 5th Mar Neil Diamond Birmingham NEC Arena Sat 6th Mar Neil Diamond Birmingham NEC Arena Wed 10th Mar Catatonia Derby Assembly Rooms Wed 10th Mar Catatonia Derby Assembly Rooms Thu 11th Mar Catatonia Wolverhampton Civic Hall Fri 12th Mar Catatonia Sheffield Octagon Sun 14th Mar Steps Sheffield City Hall Thu 18th Mar Orbital Sheffield Octagon Sat 20th Mar Steps Leicester De Montfort Hall Mon 22nd Mar Orbital Wolverhampton Civic Hall Tue 23rd Mar Steps Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Tue 23rd Mar Meat Loaf Birmingham NEC Arena Thu 25th Mar Meat Loaf Birmingham NEC Arena Wed 31st Mar Steps Wolverhampton Civic Hall Thu 1st Apr Michael Ball Sheffield City Hall Fri 2nd Apr Michael Ball Birmingham NEC Arena Sat 3rd Apr Michael Ball Nottingham Royal Concert Hall TSat 10th Apr Meat Loaf Sheffield Arena Sat 10th Apr James Last Birmingham NEC Arena Mon 12th Apr James Last Sheffield Arena Tue 13th Apr Beautiful South Birmingham NIA Wed 14th Apr Beautiful South Birmingham NIA Tue 20th Apr All Saints Hull Arena Wed 21st Apr All Saints Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Wed 21st Apr Gary Barlow Sheffield Arena Wed 21st Apr All Saints Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Mon 26th Apr Beautiful South Sheffield Arena Tue 27th Apr Beautiful South Sheffield Arena Tue 27th Apr Gary Barlow Birmingham NEC Arena Wed 28th Apr Beautiful South Sheffield Arena Thu 29th Apr All Saints Wolverhampton Civic Hall Fri 30th Apr Michael Ball Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Wed 26th May Boyzone Birmingham NEC Arena Sun 6th June All Saints Birmingham NEC Arena Sun 6th June Rolling Stones Sheffield Don Valley Stadium Wed 9th June Neil Sedaka Birmingham Symphony Hall Mon 21st June All Saints Sheffield Arena Tue 6th July Celine Dion Sheffield Don Valley Stadium