G4

Pavilion Theatre, Marine Parade, Worthing, Friday, September 25, 7.30pm, £28.50, 01903 206206

THE X Factor finalists celebrate their first decade together with a reunion concert, featuring special guests Britain's Got Talent finalist, soprano Charlotte Jaconelli and Rock Choir.

Ugly Kid Joe

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, September 25, doors 6.30pm, £15, 01273 673311

CALIFORNIA pop-rockers Ugly Kid Joe broke up in 1997 having enjoyed two massive UK hits with Everything About You and their cover of Cats In The Cradle in the early 1990s. Now they’re back promoting their new crowdfunded album Uglier Than They Used Ta Be.

The Beards

The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Friday, September 25, doors 7pm, £14, 01273 606312

AUSTRALIA’S hirsute rockers have a simple modus operandi – they’re four guys with beards, who love writing and singing songs about beards, and want the world to be full of facial fuzz.

ESG

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Friday, September 25, 7pm, £18, 01273 606312

ANY hip hop fan is already familiar with ESG’s stripped down work – with their instrumental UFO being one of the most sampled tracks in history.

Southdowns Folk Festival

Alexandra Theatre, Regis Centre, Bognor, and Hotham Park, Bognor, Friday, September 25, to Sunday, September 27, various times and prices, www.southdownsfolkfest.co.uk

CRITICALLY acclaimed folk trio Show Of Hands headline Sunday night at the Alexandra Theatre, while Scottish Trad Music Award-winners Breabach top tonight, and Northern Ireland’s Craobh Rua head up tomorrow.

Simpson, Cutting And Kerr

Martlets Hall, Civic Way, Burgess Hill, Saturday, September 26, 8pm, £16/£14, 01444 242888

THE virtuoso trio of folk interpreters Nancy Kerr, Andy Cutting and Martin Simpson explore traditional songs in an intimate acoustic setting.

Scratch

The Brunswick, Holland Road, Hove, Sunday, September 27, 8pm, £11, www.wegottickets.com

LAUNCH of a new gig concept, as four top session musicians meet and play their first show on the same day. On the bill are drummer Sam Kelly, bassist Spy Austin, guitarist Matthew Long and keyboard player Steve Watts.

Squeeze

Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Church Street, Monday, September 28, 7pm, from £34.50, 01273 709709

THE masters of the witty and tender love song Squeeze have reunited to provide a soundtrack to new BBC series From The Cradle To The Grave, with support from the bard of Salford Dr John Cooper Clarke.

John Murry

The Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Monday, September 28, 8pm, £10/£12, 01273 606312

A RARE chance to see the man behind critically acclaimed album The Graceless Age play an intimate show.

Joanne Gruesome

The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Tuesday, September 29, 7pm, £9, 01273 606312

OWNERS of one of the greatest in-joke pun names on the music scene, Cardiff’s Joanna Gruesome mix sweet melodies with brutal feedback not unlike My Bloody Valentine and Dinosaur Jr with a riot grrl punk edge.

PiL

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Tuesday, September 29, 7pm, £26.50, 01424 229111

JOHN Lydon’s other band returns with their tenth studio album What The World Needs Now..., the follow-up to their 2012 reunion collection This Is PiL.

Cast

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Thursday, October 1, 7.30pm, £20, 0845 2938480

FORMING in 1992 after John Power’s other band The La’s disintegrated, Cast enjoyed a series of top ten singles and a platinum album with Mother Nature Calls during the height of Britpop. The band reformed this year to work with original producer John Leckie on new album Troubled Times.

Sweet Baboo

The OId Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Thursday, October 1, 7pm, £10, 01273 201801

STEPHEN Black promotes new album The Boombox Ballads, which sees him explore the notion of what it means to be a singer as opposed to a singer-songwriter.