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FRANK SKINNER 29TH NOVEMBER @ HAMMERSMITH APOLLO

Frank's back live at Hammersmith Apollo

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• Following on his Live Earth appearance, DAVID GRAY will be making a few stops throughout the UK on his brand new "The World To Me" Tour, including two nights at London's Roundhouse on November 12 & 13. We've got tickets on sale from 9am - don't get left a thousand miles behind.

• THE HIVES "produce punk-influenced garage rock songs and wear matching black and white suits". New album out 15th October, and in town to play the Hammersmith Apollo on 23 November. On sale from 9am.

• 25 years on from their first gig (at The Pindar Of Wakefield pub, trivia freaks take note), THE POGUES are at Brixton Academy, 18th and 19th December.

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If you've bought any tickets today or yesterday you'll have used our new streamlined checkout process already. This should simplify and speed up the buying process, as well as making it easier to get through at busy times. So far we've not had any problems reported, but if you're getting strange messages please let us know (email webmaster at stargreen.com - but please don't send your credit card details that way, it's not secure).

We've introduced it in preparation for 3D Secure (also known as Verified by Visa and Mastercard Securecode), the online equivalent of Chip & Pin. How it works:

• You register your card on the web site of your credit card issuer or bank, and tell them your "personal greeting" and password
• After that, whenever you shop at a participating retailer, you get taken to your card issuer's web site. They show you your personal greeting (to prove it's them) and ask you for your passsword (to prove it's you).

We'll be introducing this first for Maestro card holders, but plan to extend it to all card types in time. Until then, find out more (and how to register) at the appropriate Mastercard or Visa Europe site.

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And this time we're not talking about crowd control for the queues outside the shop. The POLICE play Wembley Arena on Sat 20th October, and MADNESS are at the O2 on Fri 14th December. Tickets on sale here for both events tomorrow (Friday) at 9am.

Also new: KANYE WEST at the O2 ARENA, 22 November.

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ROCK N RIMBAUD FEATURING PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND Saturday 20th October @ Shepherds Bush Empire- Ticket on sale now

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HARD-FI Tuesday 18th December 2007 @ Wembley Arena - Tickets on sale from Friday 14th September

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X-FACTOR LIVE TOUR 2008

• 9th March 2008 @ O2 Arena
• 21st March 2008 @ Wembley Arena

Tickets on sale now!!

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Amon Tobin (Electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat, IDM) is at the Kentish Town Forum on 15th October, tickets from 9am Friday. And if that's not your thing, Spiritualized (spelled with a z, please note) are on sale Monday.

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If you're having trouble purchasing tickets today and you're using a Maestro (formerly Switch) card - our server monitoring suggests that some people might be - please drop us a line. Email webmaster @ stargreen.com, tell us what tickets you were trying to buy, the steps you took, what happened (or didn't happen) and preferably including the exact text of any error messages, and we'll take a look.

Don't send us card details in email, though, that would be bad.

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SEX PISTOLS. Thursday 8th November Brixton Academy

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QUEENS OF THE STONEAGE 26TH NOVEMBER BRIXTON ACADEMY ON SALE FROM FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

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THE CHARLATANS 5TH NOVEMBER SHEPHERD'S BUSH EMPIRE ON SALE FRIDAY 9AM

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SEX PISTOLS EXTRA DATE ON SALE FROM FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER. BRIXTON ACADEMY MONDAY 12TH NOVEMBER

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ARCTIC MONKEYS ON SALE FROM THURSDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER. ALEXANDRA PALACE 8TH AND 9TH DECEMBER.

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KORN TICKETS ON SALE FROM FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER. BRIXTON ACADEMY FRIDAY 25TH JANUARY.

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THE CURE TICKETS ON SALE SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER. THURSDAY 20TH MARCH 2008 AT WEMBLEY ARENA.

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JAMES BLUNT TICKETS ON SALE FROM FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER. HAMMERSMITH APOLLO MONDAY 14TH JANUARY.

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