THE newly reopened Talking Heads hosts a not to be missed show from Southampton’s own Coast tomorrow night.

Having spent time in the Outer Hebrides as young men, Paul Eastham together with his brother Chris Barnes were moved and inspired by the people, the culture and the music, from which the grass roots of Coast emerged.

Coast’s unique sound will take you from the barren lands and shores of North Uist to the cold and bitter hard working docks of their home town. Their potent sound is an amalgamation of their rock and Celtic roots.

They’ve played a host of major festivals in Europe and supported Bryan Adams to an audience of 14,000 in Cologne. Well advanced in the demo stage for their third album, Coast are best seen live. Coast are: Paul Eastham; vocals/keyboards/guitar, Steve Picken; lead and acoustic guitar/vocals, Chris Barnes; percussion/ vocals and Andrej Chernjavskij; drums Haimish Ferguson; bass.

Tickets are £12 on the door.

n SOUTHAMPTON’S longest-serving band will make a return to The Joiners for a one-off gig – 20 years after their last appearance at the intimate venue where they first made their name.

Formed in 1984, eight-piece soul and funk outfit Rufus Stone were regulars at the venue, but their audiences soon outgrew it.

Now they’re back, tomorrow night, for a special show and hope fans new and old will join them once more.

Expect appearances from a host of previous members of the band and special guests during a set which will be a flavour of the Rufus Stone sound over the years.

Enjoy authentic tunes from The Blues Brothers, The Commitments and Tower of Power, as well as the soul greats like Otis Redding, James Brown and Marvin Gaye, plus some of the band’s own material.

Rufus Stone are Malc Eyers (vocals), Anthony Haikney (drums), Solly Read (bass and vocals), Keith Loader (guitar and vocals), Graham Holt (keyboards), Mark Wilkinson (sax and vocals), Ian Luxford (trombone), and Jan Zawada (trumpet).

Tickets are £10 and available now from the Joiners website.

UP until ten years ago, Oli Brown had never picked up a guitar, yet by 2006 (at just 16) he had toured in America twice, opening for Blues royalty such as Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal and shared UK stages with Walter Trout, Paul Jones, Buddy Whittington and even the Godfather of British Blues, John Mayall.

Oli is the most promising Blues man to emerge from Britain in a long time.

Not only a guitar prodigy but also a singer, songwriter and consummate performer.

He’s at The Brook on Sunday. Tickets are available from the Brook website or on the door.

n CHANGED The Way You Kiss Me and Won’t Go Quietly.

That’s just two of the tracks you can expect to hear from UK rapper Example, who performs at Bournemouth International Centre as part of his latest UK tour on Monday.

The hip-hop/house/dubstep star, otherwise known as Elliot Gleave, is supported by Wretch 32 whose track Unorthodox he featured on.