Music

4 December 2012 to 15 December 2012

HMV Apollo, Hammersmith W6 9QH[map]

Green Day’s explosive, award-winning Broadway rock musical American Idiot.

4 May 2012 to 6 May 2012

Various venues [map]

Three days and nights of live music and entertainment in Camden over the May Bank Holiday weekend. 4-6 May

25 June 2012 to 7 July 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

Blur and Gorrilaz frontman Damon Albarn has written an ambitious stage show that combines accoustic pop with contemporary opera to tell the story of the Elizabethan hero Dr John Dee.

25 February 2012 to 9 March 2012

London Coliseum WC2N 4ES[map]

Following highly successful productions of John Adams’s Nixon in China and Doctor Atomic, ENO presents the London stage premiere of the American composer’s controversial ‘docu-opera’ about the killing of a Jewish-American tourist during the hijacking of a Mediterranean cruise liner by Palestinian militants.

13 July 2012 to 15 July 2012

Hyde Park [map]

See The Boss live in London this summer as Bruce Springsteen headlines Hard Rock Calling. 13.-15 Jul

15 June 2012 to 17 June 2012

Victoria Park E9 7DD[map]

Lovebox returns to Victoria Park for three-days of top music. Line-up to be announced soon. 15-17 Jun

19 February 2012

HMV Apollo, Hammersmith W6 9QH[map]

See former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger strut her stuff live at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo. 19 Feb

31 August 2011 to 20 October 2012

Shaftesbury Theatre WC2H 8DP[map]

Big hair meets big dreams in this rock musical, coming to London after taking Broadway by storm. Until 20 Oct

23 February 2012 to 11 March 2012

Royal Albert Hall SW7 2AP[map]

Don't miss the Royal Albert Hall's brand new production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece, Aida. 23 Feb-11 Mar

27 January 2012 to 13 February 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Mozart's comic opera Così Fan Tutte is brought back to life at the Royal Opera House. Until 13 Feb

21 January 2012 to 29 February 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Don Giovanni returns to the Royal Opera House; a fiery tale of seduction, sin and revenge. 21 Jan-29 Feb

11 February 2012 to 2 March 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Le Nozze di Figaro is the perfect finish to the Royal Opera House's three-part Mozart series. 11 Feb-2 Mar

27 February 2012 to 14 March 2012

Royal Opera House WC2E 9DD[map]

Rusalka has its first ever staging by The Royal Opera in a production new to the Company.

27 February 2010 to 23 September 2012

Lyric Theatre W1D 7ES[map]

See this Michael Jackson musical tribute live in London with spectacular dance routines and special effects. Until Sep 12

3 March 2012

The O2 SE10 0DX[map]

Boyband The Wanted formed in 2009 as the result of a mass audition set up by the same woman who manufactured hit girlgroup The Saturdays. Despite having only one year to gel together and 'write' an album, their debut single All Time Low went straight to Number One in the UK charts, and stayed in the Top 40 for 11 weeks.

6 July 2012 to 8 July 2012

Hyde Park [map]

Rihanna headlines's this year's Wireless festival in Hyde Park. Also on the line-up are Jessie J and Calvin Harris. 6-8 Jul

2 June 2012

Royal Albert Hall SW7 2AP[map]

Famed opera tenor Russell Watson helps celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at London’s Royal Albert Hall. 2 Jun

13 July 2012 to 8 September 2012

Royal Albert Hall SW7 2AP[map]

The greatest classical music festival on earth returns to London's Royal Albert Hall. 13 Jul-8 Sep

1 October 2012 to 31 October 2012

Various venues [map]

Celebrate Black History Month in London with an exciting programme of music, talks, films exhibitions and more. 1-31 Oct