So term has started and right about now you're wondering to yourself if Industrial Engineering was really the right course for someone with your pathological fear of aluminium. And if you're not a student you're probably thinking, isn't this the time of year where I should be going out to gigs and seeing all those bands that get written about in the NME? After all, festival season ended literally weeks ago - what are all those bands up to now?

Well, if you're that sort of person (or you just skipped past the intro to this bit) we've got something that may interest you...

It is this:

Ben Sherman presents 'The Big British Sound: Best of the Festivals'

What that means is four gigs in four cities, featuring the likes of Pete & The Pirates, Daggers and Delays, Little Man Tate and Twisted Wheel, The Raveonettes and Liam Fray out of The Courteeners, and DJ sets from The Twang, The Whip, The Horrors and Adam Ficek out of Babyshambles. Excellent news.

Here are the proper details:

4th October 2008               Bucks Student Union
Pete & The Pirates
The Wave Pictures
Tim Ten Yen
The Horrors DJ Set
 
9th October 2008               Manchester Academy
Daggers
Delays
The Answering Machine
The Ruling Class
The Whip DJ Set

18th October                      Birmingham Barfly (Sanctuary)
Little Man Tate
Twisted Wheel
The Dykeenies
New Street Adventure
Computer Club
The Twang DJ Set

25th October 2008               29 Club, London
The Raveonettes
Liam Fray (The Courteeners - exclusive acoustic set)
The Displacements
The Bookhouse Boys
Peggy Sue
Story One
Adam Ficek (Babyshambles) DJ Set

Tickets are priced at Bucks £7.50, Manchester £7.50, Birmingham £8.50, London £12.50 (subject to booking fee) and are available from 0844 576 5483 or buy online at www.livenation.co.uk/bensherman