TONIGHT: Birmingham: Marriott Hotel -

Lupa. Symphony Hall - Copenhagen

Philharmonic Orchestra. Hippodrome -

Music to Watch Girls By. Worcester:

Huntingdon Hall - Fairport Convention.

Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Nitin

Sawhney.

FRIDAY: Stourport: The Angel - Jazz.

Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Steve Ajao Quartet free rush hour jazz. Let There Be Love. Cathedral - Nick Drew free lunchtime recital. MAC - Frankie Gavin. Wolverhampton: Wulfrun Centre - The Drifters. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Stipe. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Warwick University - Skinnyman and Killer

Tomato.

SATURDAY: Kidderminster: Town Hall -

Kidderminster Male Choir and Valentines. Birmingham: NEC Arena - Rod Stewart (and Sunday). CBSO Centre - Hans Koller Big Band. NIA Academy - The Shadows (and Sunday). Symphony Hall - CBSO Choir sing Rachmaninov and Poulenc. Kings Heath: Red Lion - Tannahill Weavers. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Led Zeppelin Convention. Wolverhampton: Little Civic - Mohair. Shrewsbury: St James Church - Borromini Ensemble. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - John Martyn. Norma Winstone. Lye: Windmill - Life in a Tin. Worcester: All

Saints Church - A Celebration of English Music.

SUNDAY: Kidderminster: St Mary's

Church and Town Hall - The Valentines' Pentecost "Songs of Praise". Birmingham: MAC - Eliza Gilkyson. Custard Factory - Found on Sunday. Botanical Gardens - Stone Town Band (afternoon). Telford: Oakengates Theatre - Jimmy Buckley. Lye: Windmill - Infidel. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Abyssinia Infinite.

MONDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - Band showcase night. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Coull Quartet. Lye: Windmill - Raging Angel.

TUESDAY: Stourport: Black Star - Howard Sheldon Trio. Stourbridge: Rock Caf 2000 - 13-17 year-olds disco. Worcester: Swan Theatre - Russian Spectacular with White

Russian Central Band. Dudley: Concert Hall - We'll Meet Again. Birmingham: CBSO Centre - Django Bates and Veryan Weston.l WEDNESDAY: Stourbridge: Rock Caf

2000 - Noise Pollution disco and live band. Birmingham: Symphony Hall - Stephen Kovacevich and CBSO. NIA Academy - Geri Halliwell. MAC - Sheila Stewart. Show of Hands. Coventry: Belgrade Theatre - The Drifters. Worcester: Huntingdon Hall - David Knopfler. Coventry: Warwick Arts Centre - Paul Brady.