Chas And Dave

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Saturday, August 9

THE ROCKNEY rascals return more than 40 years on from writing their first songs together, following two sold-out Brighton shows last year.

Expect to hear the hits including Gertcha, Rabbit, Ain’t No Pleasing You and London Girls.

7pm, £25, 01273 673311

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Saturday, August 9

HAVING already recreated the fuzz guitar-heavy 1980s Postcard sound across two great albums, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart has embraced the same decade’s glossy pop for third collection Days Of Abandon.

Support from Ablebody and Pete Fij & Terry Bickers.

7.30pm, £13, 01273 606312

Easy Star All-Stars

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Tuesday, August 12

MORE than ten years ago international reggae supergroup Easy Star All-Stars created a radical reimagining of Pink Floyd’s work to rank alongside the Scissor Sisters’ disco take on Comfortably Numb.

Dub Side Of The Moon was the first in a series of reggae-ified classic albums ranging from Radiohead’s OK Computer to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

7pm, £17, 01273 673311

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra

Unitarian Church, New Road, Brighton, Sunday, August 10

SOPRANO Katie Thomas is the special guest Sunday’s combination of Mozart and contemporary UK Ivor Novello Award-winning composer Rob Lane.

Sandwiched between the Viennese genius’s 17th String Quartet and Exsultate Jubilate will be Lane’s Evocations For String Quartet and Plath Poems For Soprano, Piano And String Quartet.

5pm, £15/£12, 01273 709709

Speedy Ortiz

The Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Thursday, August 14

HAILING from Massachussetts, the fertile musical ground that gave birth to Pixies and The Lemonheads, indie-rockers Speedy Ortiz began life as a solo project for songwriter Sadie Dupuis.

Their debut album Major Arcana was released last year to critical acclaim from notoriously fussy music blog Pitchfork.

Support from Happyness.

8pm, £9, 01273 606312