Five gigs to see this week (April 22-28)

David Smyth rounds up the best gigs to catch this week
Go with the slow: Kygo
Olav Stubberud
David Smyth22 April 2016

Kygo

April 22-23, O2 Academy Brixton, SW9 (0844 477 2000, o2academybrixton.co.uk)

A key manufacturer of the dance sound of the moment, slowed-down “tropical” house, the Norwegian in the cap plays two nights in London ahead of his debut album in May.

Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall

Until April 24, Albert Hall, SW7 (0845 401 5030, teenagecancertrust.org)

Roger Daltrey’s latest charity line-up ranges from metal band Bring Me the Horizon on April 22 to Pink Floyd man David Gilmour on April 24.

Explosions in the Sky

April 25, Albert Hall, SW7 (0845 401 5045, royalalberthall.com)

Its not often you get to hear Texan post-rock in such a prestigious venue, but this instrumental quartet are proving ever more popular after seven albums.

Mike Posner

April 26, XOYO, EC2 (020 7354 9993, xoyo.co.uk)

The man behind one of the biggest hits of the moment, the recent number one I Took a Pill in Ibiza, takes that and the rest of his imminent new album to a club venue.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

April 27, O2 Arena, SE10 (0844 824 4824, the02.co.uk)

The rapper and producer, famous for their worldwide hit Thrift Shop, air the sounds of their ambitious second album on our biggest stage.

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