Here comes the sun: This summer’s hottest tickets to book now, from festivals to al fresco terraces David Ellis
The grass is greener
Covid has only intensified our love of mud and cider-fuelled sing-alongs. The traditional scramble for festival tickets remains in rude health and, as the endless WhatsApp groups smugly attest for your own sake, mute them, mute them all most of the big names have long sold out, even with line-ups yet to be confirmed. Fortunately, even in a year with nothing on there are still those who have double-booked themselves and spare tickets are popping up. Ticketmaster, SeeTickets and Eventim all offer official fan-to-fan re-sales, with ticket prices capped at face value to scupper scalpers. The Leeds dream lives on.
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After a year of lockdown Solfest has announced its line-up after receiving a cash boost from the Culture Recovery Fund. This boost will see the team welcome acts back on to the stage after its cancellation last year. The confirmed line-up for 2021 is Razorlight, Maximo Park Official and Basement Jaxx, This Is The Kit , DJ Hype, DJ Champion Utah Saints and the Thursday line-up will see Goldie Lookin Chain, Sam and the Womp on stage. A spokesman for the team said: “We have been awarded a second Culture Recovery Fund grant of £75,000 to help the organisation recover and reopen, £175,000 in total.
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Agatha & Poirot: Partners in Crime – ITV, Monday, 9pm
Hosted by Richard E. Grant and his ostentatious scarf, this tribute to Agatha Christie and her most enduring creation is an agreeable time-passer. A galloping galaxy of famous fans including Stephen Fry, Caroline Quentin and Zoe Wannamaker pitch up to explain what Christie’s work means to them, while Grant recounts the main beats of her life as well as her decades-long relationship with the fastidious Belgian sleuth. It unfolds in a strangely comforting world of genteel Torquay tea rooms, opulent steam trains and gallons of deadly poison. It easy to take Christie for granted, but she was obviously a genius. David Suchet is conspicuous by his absence, presumably because he’s said everything he has to say about Poirot.