Beans on Toast plays The Garage on March 9

CULT Camden folk artist Beans On Toast is touring again, this time having assembled an all-star band. The prolific musician will be joined by Scottish guitar wizard / folk songsmith Memphis Gerald, honky-tonk artist King Killership, festival poet Bassie Gracie and percussionist Abbi Drum as he plays tracks from his new album The Toothpaste and The Tube (recorded with blues duo Ferris & Sylvester), as well as plenty of old favourites at The Garage on March 9. Each night of the tour, as well as performing with Beans, band members will showcase their own material with a solo supporting set.

• Here’s a night for Iggy Pop fans and general musos alike as Blondie drummer Clem Burke, former Sex Pistol and punk pioneer Glen Matlock and broadcaster, Pet Shop Boys dancer and former The Word presenter Katie Puckrick reform to perform Iggy’s classic Lust For Life album at Islington Academy on March 9. Iggy Pop and David Bowie collaborator Kevin Armstrong, Luis Correira on guitar and touring member of Heaven 17 Florence Sabeva on keyboards complete the band, which will also be revisiting songs from individual band members’ careers with the likes of Blondie, David Bowie and Sex Pistols. Special guest Suzi Ronson, former Bowie stylist and wife of guitar hero Mick Ronson will share stories from her new book Me and Mr Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars, while Fifteen Lions, Maniac Squat and producer Mark Plati and Suzanne Cooke support.

• Striking nu-gen trailblazer Cassyette tours her debut album This World F***ing Sucks – born out of the need to process her grief following the loss of her father – at Scala on March 11.

• Photographer Dennis Morris – also known as the lead singer of reggae funk band Basement 5 – has chronicled the careers of Bob Marley, The Sex Pistols, Public Image Limited, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Simply Red, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marianne Faithfull and many more, his work appearing in publications including Rolling Stone, Time, I-D, Vogue among others. He picks out some of the tracks that have guided him through his career in conversation with DJ and author Bill Brewster at Spiritland King’s Cross on March 12.

• Author Max Décharné, former member of Gallon Drunk and frontman of The Flaming Stars, discusses his new book Teddy Boys: Post War Britain And The First Youth Revolution with Tony Gleed at The Dublin Castle’s Rock ‘n Roll Book Club on March 12. With music from Midnite Crawlers.

• With their vastly contrasting vocals, as joint frontmen, Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball brought the light and shade to 90s band Gomez. They play Islington Assembly Hall on March 13 to mark 25 years of debut album Bring It On and follow-up Liquid Skin. Support from Buddy.

• Trip hop artist Tricky brings his hugely influential 1995 album Maxinquaye – framed as Reincarnated after he started reworking tracks from the original album in 2022 – to the Roundhouse on March 14. He will be performing tracks from the original album, alongside the reincarnated tracks and other music from his catalogue on the night while Fran Lobo supports.

• The Rev Richard Coles – formerly of Bronski Beat and The Communards and in more recent years, presenter, author and recently retired Church of England priest – bring tales from his life, encompassing sex, drugs, pop stardom, religious epiphany; love, a dream job, and the madness of grief to The Shaftesbury Theatre on March 11.

• UK hip-hop heavyweights and High Focus Records bosses The Four Owls – aka Fliptrix, Verb T, BVA and Leaf Dog – play Jazz Café on March 8.

• Composer Anselm McDonnel brings Politics of the Imagination – with influences from dubstep to Balkan rhythms, and featuring rappers from Birmingham’s hip-hop scene – to LSO St Luke’s on March 9.

• Irish soul, funk and pop artist Toucan (aka Conor Clancy) plays The Garage on March 16.

More upcoming gigs

March 8 – Camille O’Sullivan, Union Chapel, Echo & The Bunnymen, Roundhouse, The Blinders + Sounds Mint + Alien Chicks, Scala; Pete Tong & special guests, Koko; Calum Bowie, Lafayette; The Luka State (pictured), Dingwalls; Neon Waltz + China Bears, The Camden Assembly; March 8-9 – The Hold Steady, Electric Ballroom; Jean Carne The Forge; March 9 – Rubella Ballet + Delta Unit + PollyPikPocketz, The Water Rats; Cloudy June, Lafayette; The Jake Leg Jug Band, Green Note; Fairport Convention, Union Chapel; Anjunadeep, Roundhouse; Alestorm + Korpiklaani + Heidevolk, The Forum; Acoustic brunch w/ Whisky Mick, The Camden Assembly; March 10 – Django Reinhardt sessions with Harry Diplock, Green Note; Beat of Brazil: Jards Macalé + Raquel Martins, Jazz Cafe; The Thornhill Collective + Zone + Cal Murphy, The Fiddler’s Elbow; Truckfighters, The Garage; March 11 – Will Downing & Maysa, The Forum; Ethan Lee McCarthy, The Black Heart; Grace Carter, Koko; Restless Road, Lafayette; March 12 – George Sansome and Matt Quinn, The Harrison; Red Rum Club + Bankes Brothers + Delights, Scala; REGALJASON, Cafe Koko; DIIV + bdrmm, The Forum; Sebastian Schub, The Social; March 12-13 – Amaarae, HERE at Outernet; March 13 – Laufey, RoundhouseCOOPS, The Forge; KASTA, Scala; Laufey + Adam Melchor, Roundhouse; March 14 – Shawn James + Evan Bartels, Jazz Cafe; ganavya, St Pancras Old Church; Normandie, Electric Ballroom; Nick Harper, Green Note; Formz, Islington Academy; Inchworm + Sheya Lily + Darcey Salt + The 802, The Camden Club; Grace Petrie, Islington Assembly Hall; March 15 – The Galileo 7 + The Claim, The Forge; Cast + Afflecks Palace, The Forum; Skrapz, Koko; Mic Righteous, Islington Academy; Darci, Lafayette; Crawdaddy! with guest DJs Tina and Brian Lindsay (from The Floorboards Up), The Fiddler’s Elbow; March 15-16 – Tom Odell, Roundhouse; March 16 – Damien Dempsey, Electric Ballroom; Filter, Islington Academy; KillerStar + Emm Gryner, 100 Club; Jo Caley and The Old Dry Skulls, Green Note; Eliza Rose + LOVEFOXY + Lady Passion, Koko; Midland, Islington Assembly Hall; Buster Shuffle + The Meffs, The Underworld; March 16-18 – Pixies + The Pale White, The Forum; March 17 – Sunday Papers Live, ONE Marylebone; Ida Neilsen & The Funk, Jazz Café; Mad Dog McRea + Noble Jacks + Jess Silk + Wilswood Buoys, The Garage; The Wilderness, Water Rats; The Movielife, Islington Academy; Xavier Omar & Elhae, Koko; March 18 – Heather Ferrier Trio, Green Note; March 18-24 – Teenage Cancer Trust gigs, Royal Albert Hall; March 19 – Master Peace Scala; Andy Goodwin, Scala; Raelle, Cafe Koko; Strandz, Lafayette; YONAKA – WelcomeTo My House Tour, KOKO; March 19-20 – Bleachers + KAETO, The Forum; March 20 – Bill Ryder-Jones, Islington Assembly Hall, Dead Poet Society + Ready The Prince, Scala; Sofia Ford + Amelie Jat + Mint + Ditsea Yella, The Dublin Castle; The Korgis, The Forge; Mutual Benefit + Odetta Hartman, St Matthias Church; Sea Girls, Koko; Spider + Safesp8ce & Bukky, The Camden Assembly; March 21 – Potter Payper, Roundhouse; Henry Grace, Jazz Café; Folly Group, Scala; The Silhouettes Project, Koko; Communion New Music Club night ft Ernie + Kat Penkin + Domink Wright + Ben Goldsmith + resident DJs + friends, The Social; March 21-22 – Modern Standards Supergroup, The Forge.