Events This Week in Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes punches well above its size for stadium-scale live music — the National Bowl, built into a former clay pit in 1979, hosted three consecutive sold-out nights from Michael Jackson and has staged Queen, Metallica and Muse over the decades, while Stadium MK has hosted Take That and Rammstein. The Stables in Wavendon, founded by jazz musicians John Dankworth and Cleo Laine in 1970, runs around 400 concerts a year. Whatever the show, TheShowFinder tracks tickets across every major provider so you can compare prices before you buy.