Live music booking now

Underwhelmed with the festival bills this year? Could be because Finland's Flow has been slyly snapping up the best talent – Frank Ocean, Hudson Hohawke and Bobby Womack are the latest additions to a ridiculous bill. Tickets are on sale to UK buyers (8-12 Aug, Suvilahti, Helsinki) … In contrast, the Cribs, Clock Opera and Spector are new Camden Crawl announcements. Yaaaay? (4-6 May) … The rejuvenated Maccabees join in with student fest Beach Break Live (14-18 Jun, Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire) … Theatrically bellowing over any snark we could come up with, Rufus Wainwright bags the Sunday lunchtime slot at Latitude (12-15 Jul, Henham Park, Southwold) … Dexys, Ghostpoet and Slow Club will be having a Lounge On The Farm (6-8 Jul, Merton Farm, Canterbury) … Finally, after inadvertently killing this year's Sonisphere festival, the Queen/boy from American Idol hybrid will be seeing if they can at least drum up the numbers to justify a couple of nights at Hammersmith Apollo (11-12 Jul).