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4 June 2022

Going Out: Gigs

Grace Jones
Royal Festival Hall, London, 10 June
This year’s Meltdown festival opens with an intimate performance from its curator, otherworldly
pop culture icon Grace Jones. Billed as “Up Close and Orchestral”, it features the I’m Not Perfect
(But I’m Perfect for You) hitmaker performing some of her favourite songs alongside some
previously unheard material.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
O2 Apollo, Manchester, 5 Jun; O2 Academy Brixton, London, 7 & 8 June
With new music on the horizon – their first since 2013 – New York’s art-rock trio, led by the
inimitable Karen O, arrive in the UK for a whistle-stop tour ahead of a summer of festivals. With
four albums under their sweat-stained belts, expect an expansive lesson in artful noise-
making. Michael Cragg

Violet
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, 5 June; Sherman theatre, Cardiff, 8 June; touring to 18 July
Postponed from last year, Music Theatre Wales gives the premiere of Tom Coult’s first opera at the
Aldeburgh festival before touring their production, which is directed by Jude Christian and
conducted by Andrew Gourlay. With a libretto by playwright Alice Birch, Violet is the story of a