Guardian Music — Adding to music from Badly Drawn Boy and Saint Etienne, Tim Minchin and Mark Steel join the comedy stage while Max Somerset of The Sorcerer's Apprentice will turn tricks at The Apple Cart Festival (7 Aug, Victoria Park, E3) ...Mawangu Mingiedi's Kono... more info

Scotsman.com — Mark Steel's In Town Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow *** more info

Guardian Music — Orbital spun the decks, punk girls reminisced, MPs wooed women voters and Byron was less bothered about their voteThere's something about Orbital that is inextricably linked with the summer's festival season – in fact, they have just announced... more info

Altsounds — *THEATRE ~ Theatre 503 ~ ~School Of Night ~ ~Mercury Theatre ~ OUTDOOR THEATRE ~ Look Left Look Right ~ Chipping Norton Theatre ~ Mouth-To-Mouth ~ Leonard ~ ~ The Grandees ~ Tangled Feet ~ Box Of Tricks ~ Time Cats ~ The Pantaloons ~ ~ The Dialogue... more info