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Our Patch OCTOBER 2014 iTunes playlist. Please don’t hold that against the electro soul wonder... 7pm. £33.25 www.eventimapollo.com 14 November l Band of Skulls, Eventim Apollo W6 12 November La Roux rock song. Support from Hamilton Leithauser (of Walkmen fame). 7pm. £22.81 www.02shepherdsbushempire. co.uk Until November 9 l Joan Fontcuberta: Stranger Than Fiction, Science Museum SW7 Mixing fact with fiction and science with art, Joan Fontcuberta (winner of the 2013 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography) uses images to create a reality that is convincing, mischievous and visually compelling.Various times. £7.20 (concs £2.25) www.sciencemuseum.org.uk 12 November l La Roux, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire W12 La Roux (pictured top) makes her eagerly-awaited return to the Empire with the release of her latest album Trouble In Paradise. 7pm. £19.50 www.02shepherdsbushempire. co.uk 13 November Lykke Li 13 November l Lykke Li, Eventim Apollo W6 Swedish indie pop soprano (pictured) brings tunes from her new album, I Never Learn, to London. She’s also found on the final track of the new U2 album now in your Fancy some mountainous riffs, soaring vocals and thunderous drums? If so, the Band of Skulls trio are waiting to go epic in Hammersmith. But with support from Japanese psych rockers Bo Ningen, turn up early and hope Skulls don’t get blown away before they even hit a note. 7.30pm. £23 www.eventimapollo.com are: Jim McCarty (drums), Ben King (lead guitar), Top Topham (rhythm guitar), Andy Mitchell (lead vocals/ harmonica) and David Smale (bass guitar). Support from Some Velvet Morning. 7.30pm. £17.50 www.bushhallmusic.co.uk 26 November l Lily & Madeleine, Bush Hall W12 When the duo come together in ecstatic and seamless ‘blood harmony’ it’s a sound that continues to haunt long after the songs are sung, leaving an electrical charge behind. Lily & Madeleine, however, are equally distinctive as soloists as they are as harmony singers. When they step out individually as vocalists, Lily’s warm, smoky alto is the counterpoint to Madeleine’s crystalline, bell-like soprano. 7.30pm. £12 www.bushhallmusic.co.uk WIN FREE LYRIC TICKETS! PANTO + FATHER CHRISTMAS 15 November Dave Gorman 15 November l Dave Gorman, Eventim Apollo W6 The comedian behind Modern Life Is Goodish, Are You Dave Gorman? and Googlewhack Adventure is back with a new show that promises more of his unique blend of stand-up comedy and visual story-telling as Dave Gorman Gets Straight To The Point*... (*The PowerPoint). 7.30pm. £23 www.eventimapollo.com 21 November l The Yardbirds, Bush Hall W12 The Yardbirds are a classic blues rock band who came out of retirement in 1992 after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their music speaks for itself with hits such as For Your Love, Heart Full of Soul and Shape of Things. The Yardbirds >> The new-look Lyric theatre may not be ready to fully open yet, but the show must go on! Get down and enjoy the annual pantomime and recreation of Raymond Brigg’s classic Father Christmas tale, from 14 November -31 December. This year’s panto production is the timeless Dick Whittington and his Cat – but with a local twist, as the duo travel from W6 to the North Pole! Runs from 22 November-3 January. For times, tickets and more details, visit: www.lyric.co.uk or call 020 8741 6850. HOW TO WIN: >> To be in with a chance of winning a family ticket to Dick Whittington OR one of two pairs of tickets to Father Christmas, just answer this question: Where do Dick and his cat travel to? Send your answer, full name and address and a daytime phone number to: office@hortonandgarton. co.uk Usual rules apply. Closes November 1. Good luck!