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Sam Eastgate decamped to his shed in Wales to create last month’s EP, the psych-pop opus
La Fusion. Both will be given an airing during this week-long tour that includes no jungles or
sheds. Michael Cragg

Liam Gallagher
1 to 28 June; tour starts Sheffield
The Little James hitmaker returns to UK arenas to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oasis’s debut
album Definitely Maybe. The next best thing to a reunion will be to see Liam growl through the
record in full, plus some B-sides, to honour “the most important album of the 90s bar none”. MC

Going out: Art

Johnny Vegas and Emma Rodgers
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, to 31 March
Liverpool sculptor Rodgers, whose public commissions include the city’s statue of Cilla Black and a
giant Liver Bird, collaborates with comedian and potter Vegas in a show that entwines their
preoccupations. Both are fascinated by the symbolism of flight, and their work is built around the
myth of doomed birdman Icarus.

John Lyons
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, to 25 August
Strange beings abound in the paintings of this Caribbean British artist and poet whose art and
writing illuminate the folk tales of Trinidad. Expressive brushwork and magic realist colours
enflame his fantastical scenes yet he has a toughness that prevents them drifting off into whimsy.
There are shades of Max Beckmann.