If you like a good night out in the company of a group of imposters, you are in for a marvellous month at MK11, with tribute mobs en masse!
A power-packed trio of trouble starts the month (Nov 1) with Rhyme & Reason 2024 bringing the best in edgy noise courtesy of Beast Decoys (Beastie Boys), Cy-prish Hill and The Machine Rages On.

It’s a Sure Shot for those of you who want to Take The Power Back!

On the ‘other’ stage, the first of the month is Band-E-Oke time – your chance to grab the mic and let your voice boom with the backing of MK11’s house band.

There’s a real Dead Ringer for Love, or at least a dead soundalike for Meatloaf (Nov 2), and Red Hot Chili Peppers UK (Nov 8) will take the MK11 assembly to a Higher Ground and the same evening, Just Radiohead will air tracks from the explosive post-grunge debut of Pablo Honey through to their most recent art-rock album release.

The Retro Electro quintet (Nov 9) will delve deep and deliver a tribute to the 80s with music from artists including Depeche Mode, ABC, Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Bowie and more.

Punk Rock Factory delivers the Stick to the Covers tour (Nov 12), and say, ‘This is going to be 1.21 gigawatts of PRF like you’ve never seen before…When this baby hits 88mph, you’re going to see some serious sh*t.’ Promises, promises…
The UB40 Experience (Nov 15) will take you to the golden age of reggae music – and they are bringing the horn with them!
Nashville at Heart (Nov 21) bring the best in modern country hits to the fore – think Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs, The Zac Brown Band and Keith Urban for references.

Hells Bells will Shake Your Foundations (Nov 22) and leave you Thunderstruck, while 2 Rude (Nov 23) will be a joy for fans of ska and 2 Tone.

If you’ve got an Appetite for Destruction, Guns 2 Roses (Nov 29) will satisfy you, with a two set show of classics from the rock icons.
The same night, but in the bar, house band Francis get busy with the ‘Requests Night Live Jukebox.’
You give ’em the ideas, and they’ll bring the music.

Covers and tributes aren’t the only things to keep you warm during the chill-some month:
Edinburgh’s High Fade (Nov 13) are making a return visit to the venue the week before they issue their highly anticipated debut album, Life’s Too Fast.

Teasing the release, they promise it oozes with the same raw energy that has turned their shows into the stuff of legend.
Laying the album down was more than a bit special too: “We recorded in RAK Studios, with the desk built for the Rolling Stones in ‘76, with the same cigarette burns still on the faders. It instantly had a vibe of raw energy and liveliness to it that matched the way we wanted to record – live,” said Calvin.

The result? A blistering 10-track disc that delivers the same tight, groove-laden funk rock that has seen them accumulate a fanbase of cool; Jack Black, Rage Against the Machine’s Brad Wilk and Cypress Hill are all partial to a bit of High Fade.
Go see ’em and you’ll add your name to that club.

Crash Test Dummies were everywhere in the early 90s, and their Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm track is incredibly evocative of a moment in our time. What a song, and it wasn’t their only hit.

But then towards the end of the same decade they went on hiatus, and that break ended up being an absence of two decades, which was only broken in 2018 when they reunited to toast their most successful elpee, God Shuffled His Feet, on a two week tour.
The overwhelming response they were met with persuaded them to continue.

“Touring again was not something we’d planned on, but surprisingly – at least to me – there are lots of people who many years later, still want to come and hear us,” said lead singer and principle songwriter Brad Roberts, “It’s humbling, being in the confidence of so many people.”

And so the band is back in the UK this month – and they’ll be on MK soil on November 17.

When they are done with these shows, they’ll kickstart the new year by heading down under, and there is a Greatest Hits release planned too, with two new songs set to feature. Ask Santa to bring you some music tokens in readiness of that!

Tickets for all shows can be gotten at mkllkilnfarm.com