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Going out: Gigs

OMG, it’s OMD. Photograph: Ed Miles

OMD
Tour starts Manchester, 1 to 27 March
In the late 90s, electronic pioneer Stuart Kershaw and Andy McCluskey felt so out of the loop of
what people wanted from them that they helped put together Atomic Kitten. Now, 25 or so years
later, his band OMD have produced a No 2 hit with their 14th album, Bauhaus Staircase.

Chase & Status
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, 1 & 3 March
Enduring drum’n’bass pioneers Saul Milton (Chase) and Will Kennard (Status) had a spectacular
2023, scoring two UK Top 10 singles and a Top 5 album with November’s 2 Ruff, Vol 1. They head
to Manchester with their litany of bangers for two celebratory shows. Michael Cragg

Big Bruckner Weekend
The Glasshouse, Gateshead, 1 to 3 March
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Hallé and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras join the Royal
Northern Sinfonia in celebrating the bicentenary of Anton Bruckner’s birth. There are
performances of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Symphonies, as well as his F minor Mass and
String Quintet. Domingo Hindoyan, Mark Elder, Alpesh Chauhan and Thomas Zehetmair
conduct. Andrew Clements

Jon Lloyd Quartet
606 Club, London, 27 February; Soundcellar, Poole, 29 February
When saxophonist Jon Lloyd emerged on the UK jazz scene three decades back, he was a
formidable free-improviser – nowadays his work is more melodic and compositionally shapely, but
his improv sharpness and cliche-avoidance still distinguish him. Lloyd’s quartet with brilliant
jazz/classical pianist John Law launches new album, Earth Songs. John Fordham

Going out: Art