They're accompanied on some dates by Travis the Glaswegian coming things created in their image and on others by their
They're accompanied on some dates by Travis, the Glaswegian coming things created in their image, and on others by their floaty chums The Verve.If you prefer guitar rock emanating from darker corners, Radiohead have just kicked off a short tour in the wake of the rich and enigmatic OK Computer. If not, the Burnage Boot Boys are right up your street, knocking over dustbins, ringing doorbells and running away and generally having a bit of a shout. OASIS set off on tour last night, but, if you're clutching a ticket for one of their shows, you'll already know that, and if you aren't .. there's not much you can do about it You're probably sick of Be Here Now, anyway. Two of Miles Davis's most famous alumni, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, play the Barbican on 13 Oct (0171 638 8891), while another, guitarist John McClaughlin - together with Zakir Hussain - tours for the Contemporary Music Network from 24-27 Sept (RFH, 0171 960 4242) and yet another, pianist Joe Zawinul, plays Blackheath Concert Halls on 19 Oct (0181 463 0100). And the brilliant Paco Pena Flamenco Company returns to the Peacock from 18-22 Nov.THE BIG event of the autumn calendar is the Oris London Jazz Festival (various venues, 7-16 Nov, 0171 405 5974) which includes the great Coltrane quartet pianist McCoy Tyner, the off-the-wall Art Ensemble of Chicago, guitarists Larry Coryell and Bireli Lagrene, Nikki Yeoh's Infinitum, New York pianist Fred Hersch and the famous piano-phobic Ornette Coleman in a duo with German pianist Joachim Kuhn, among a host of other attractions.At Ronnie Scott's another ex-Coltrane sideman, drummer Elvin Jones, takes up residence for two weeks from 22 Sept (0171 439 0747). It's not often that ballet comes with a health warning, but David Bintley's bloody Edward II, based on the play by Marlowe and given its British premiere by Birmingham Royal Ballet, promises very strong stuff indeed (Hippodrome, 0121 622 7486, from 9 Oct).From abroad, expectations are high for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (Peacock, 14-18 Oct, 0171 314 8800; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 21-25 Oct, 0131 529 6000) which brings two triple bills and a classic Giselle. The equally imaginative Christopher Gable has redrawn the landscape of Giselle as a striking drama of betrayal and revenge under a military dictatorship (Sheffield Lyceum, 0114 276 9922, from 29 Sept, then touring).
Still, there is Sylvie Guillem opening Romeo & Juliet (24 Sept), and the delicious Viviana Durante in Giselle (6 Oct) She replaces Bussell in The Sleeping Beauty (from 13 Oct). (All at Labatt's Apollo, W6, 0171 416 6082).Following the stupendous success of his "male" Swan Lake, Matthew Bourne unveils his reworking of Prokofiev's Cinderella (Piccadilly, W1, 0171 369 1734, opens 7 Oct), again starring Adam Cooper. But the campaign has been left high and dry with the news that star-attraction Bussell has withdrawn from the start of the new season owing to injury. Another seasonal show: the Turner Prize contenders - this year, Cornelia Parker, Christine Borland, Angela Bullock and Gillian Wearing - exhibit at the Tate (from 29 Oct)."FOLLOW Darcey", said the posters, beckoning ballet lovers to the Royal Ballet's less-than-gorgeous temporary venue in Hammersmith.
Contemporary British painting of all sorts will be in the John Moores Liverpool exhibition (Walker Art Gallery, 0151 478 4614, 6 Nov).From 28 Oct, the Royal College of Art (0171 960 4242) examines anatomical drawing through the ages in "The Quick and the Dead" - fortuitously contrasted with the first Christmas exhibition (from 13 Nov), the RA's "Victorian Fairy Painting", for fairies have no anatomy and cannot be dissected. And on 17 Dec, Pavarotti wrings his hankie out for Verdi's Requiem at the South Bank.AFTER THE Royal Academy's publicity-led show of younger-to-middle- aged British artists, "Sensation", a showcase display of work bought by the advertising mogul Charles Saatchi (18 Sept, 0171 494 5615), the autumn art season has a steadier look when the Hayward examines the fortunes of 20th-century still-life in "Objects of Desire", with paintings and sculptures from Cubism to the present day (9 Oct to Jan 1998, 0171 928 3144).Then the Tate, from 16 Oct, examines the legacy of Rossetti and Watts in "The Age of Symbolism" (0181 887 8000). On 8 Oct, Nigel Kennedy plays the Elgar Violin Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall (0171 960 4242). On 14 Oct, Paul McCartney's first symphony has its premiere, by the LSO, at the Albert Hall (0171 589 8212). They might also like Vaughan Williams's Pilgrim's Progress, playing at the Barbican on 20 Oct as the highlight of a grand VW series under Richard Hickox (0171 638 8891, from 2 Oct).Alongside Vaughan Williams, there are series devoted to Prokofiev, from the LPO (South Bank, 0171 960 4242, from 25 Nov), Schumann (John Eliot Gardiner at the Barbican, from 3 Oct), and the young Scot James MacMillan (South Bank, from 2 Oct).As for glamour, there are three big glitter-dates.
Collectors of obscurity can indulge themselves at Wexford from 16 Oct with Mercadante's Elena da Feltre, Dargomimizhsky's Rusalka, and Respighi's La Fiamma (00 353 532 2144). The only thing that doesn't move is the ROH booking number: 0171 304 4000.Other opera highlights should be ENO's new Janacek, From the House of the Dead, conducted by their incoming music director Paul Daniel (Coliseum, WC2, from 20 Oct, 0171 632 8300), and Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle conducted by Simon Rattle (Birmingham Symphony Hall, 0121 212 3333, 23 & 25 Sept), with John Tomlinson in the title role. Others to look forward to include Temptress Moon (15) from Chen Kaige, Welcome to Sarajevo (15) from Michael Winterbottom, The Winter Guest from Alan Rickman (with Emma Thompson and her mother Phyllida Law), and a pair of novelties: actor-turned-director Gary Oldman's Nil By Mouth (18) and director-turned actress Sally Potter's The Tango Lesson (PG).More seasonally, the re-release of a bright new print of It's a Wonderful Life (U; 5 Dec) will prove a welcome distraction from the dreadful prospect of Mortal Kombat 2, Free Willy 3, Home Alone 3, and Spice: the Movie, a whole brace of potential Christmas turkeys.BETWEEN NOW and Christmas you can expect the Royal Opera to cause chaos, confusion and the odd marital breakdown as it jumps from venue to venue leaving trails of lonely opera-goers to predictable recriminations ("I know you said outside the theatre, but WHICH bloody theatre?").So take careful note that its new Deborah Warner production of Britten's Turn of the Screw, starring Ian Bostridge, opens at the Barbican on 2 Oct; its revived Otello is at the Albert Hall from 17 Nov; and its first ever production of Britten's Paul Bunyan (virtuoso libretto by Auden) opens at Snape Maltings (Suffolk) on 5 Dec, transferring to London's Shaftesbury Theatre on 10 Dec. it blows away the competition," whooped the LA Times).Newer directing talents include Alain Berliner, whose Ma Vie en Rose (15) was a hit at last month's Edinburgh Festival, and Julian Richards, whose pagan horror Darklands promises to do for post-industrial Wales what The Wicker Man did for the Hebrides (NFT premiere: 24 Oct).