Pop

  • SIMPLE MINDS
  • New Theatre Oxford
  • Tonight
  • Tickets from atgtickets.com

One of the biggest bands of the ’80s return to the New Theatre tonight as part of a 28-date tour to promote their Greatest Hits collection Celebrate. The Glaswegians, who were responsible for six Number One albums play a double-sided set (with an interval and no support) packed with all the hits — from Don’t You (Forget About Me) to Waterfront — and a couple of new ones too.

Urban

  • MAJOR LAZER
  • O2 Academy, Oxford
  • Tonight
  • Tickets £16 from ticketweb.co.uk

Diplo — aka Major Lazer’s Wesley Pentz — continues his mission to bring dancehall to the nation’s dancefloors with this tour in support of new album Free the Universe.

Rock and pop

  • THE PUNT
  • Purple Turtle, The Cellar, The Wheatsheaf, Duke’s Cut, The White Rabbit
  • Wednesday
  • Punt Passes £8 from oxfordmusic.net or pay £5 for individual venues

Annual showcase of up-and-coming talent at city centre venues. Includes sets by Candy Says, Phil McMinn, Listing Ships, Duchess, Death of Hi-Fi and Nairobi. See Soundbites for details. The man behind The Punt, Ronan Munro, talks to the Oxford Mail today - see The Guide.

Rock

  • GAZ COOMBES
  • O2 Academy, Oxford
  • Saturday
  • Tickets £12.50 from ticketweb.com

Former Supergrass frontman plays the latest of the venue’s Upstairs nights with a groove-laced set of sonic experimentalism and good old indie guitar rock. Expect gems from solo album Here Come The Bombs and a couple of singalong favourites. Also up are Vienna Ditto and Salvation Bill.

Dance/ reggae

  • SIR DAVID RODIGAN
  • The Bullingdon
  • Sunday 10pm-3am
  • Tickets £10 from wegottickets.com

Legendary reggae DJ brings his record box to The Bully alongside Oxford’s Sensible Dancehall outfit and Clive White, and Birmingham’s Original Gatecrash DJ crew.

Dance

  • ROZALLA
  • The Junction, Oxford
  • Saturday 9.30pm-2am
  • £6 on the door

Rozalla, the voice behind club smash Everybody’s Free is the big name draw for Saturday’s Chicago...Rocks night of 80s and 90s house, r’n’b and dance tunes from DJs Nathan Swift and Tony Nanton.

Pop

  • LUCY SPRAGGAN
  • O2 Academy, Oxford
  • Tuesday
  • Tickets have sold out

X Factor audience-favourite Lucy Spraggan plays a sold-out show at the O2 Academy. Expect acoustic, folk and hip-hop from the velvet-voiced Yorkshire lass.