The musicians are back indoors after playing the festivals. Instead of sitting on the grass you can hear them from a comfy theatre seat.

With a time machine and a bigger wallet, these are the ones I’d see.

It’s mostly original artists, all-time greats and there’s buckets of nostalgia.

Tell me what you like best in the Member Poll below.

Enjoy!

Yours in Devon,

P.S. Don’t forget there are more entertainment ideas plus loads of other different and unusual things to do on our North Devon and South Devon listings pages.

Sun 19th Oct | James Bond Concert Spectacular | Queens Theatre Barnstaple | £34

Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and more performed by top orchestral musicians and compered by actress Caroline Bliss, a former Miss Moneypenny.

Wed 22nd Oct | HM Band of the Royal Marines | Exmouth Pavilions | £15

Stirring patriotic anthems and marches from the Royal Navy.

Sat 25th Oct | The Best of Williams & Zimmer | Theatre Royal Plymouth | £31

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra plays mega Hollwood film theme tunes Batman Begins, Star Wars, Gladiator and loads of others you’ll definitely know.

Sun 26th Oct | Rick Wakeman - Six Wives + King Arthur | Princess Theatre Torquay | £52

Back to the 70s! The prog-rock king of keyboards performs from his top albums and Yes hits.

Thur 30th Oct | Wet Wet Wet | Princess Theatre, Torquay | £43.50

No Marti Pellow, but plenty of feel good oldies.

Sun 2nd Nov | James Bond Concert Spectacular | Princess Theatre Torquay | £36.95

Wed 5th Nov | Bastille | Plymouth Pavilions | £58.43

A second night has been booked after the first sold out, as the indie pop band celebrates 15 years.

Fri 7th Nov | The Jersey Beats – Oh What a Nite! | Barnfield Theatre Exeter | £30.50

Vocal quartet tribute to crooner Franki Valli.

Thu 13th Nov | The Stylistics | Princess Theatre Torquay | £43.25

Silky rhythmn and blues from Philadephia including You Make Me Feel Brand New.

Fri 14th Nov | The Jersey Beats – Oh What a Nite! | Landmark Theatre Ilfracombe | £32

Sun 30th Nov | The Skids | Marjons University Plymouth | £27.80

Richard Jobson fronts nostalgic refrains of Masquerade, The Saints are Coming and Into The Valley.

Sun 30th Nov | Fisherman’s Friends | Plymouth Pavilions | £34.49

Old and new songs from the Cornish shantymen celebrating 30 years on world stages.

Sun 7th Dec | Christmas with the Tenors Unlimited | Landmark Theatre Ilfracombe | £27

Wed 17th Dec | HM Band of the Royal Marines | Exmouth Pavilions | £15

MEMBER POLL

Last week’s result: “Are you a stargazer?” (3,247 subscribers).

• Yes 70%

• No 30%

Chris said: "Love looking at the stars, wish I knew about them.”

Devon Curiosities #78: The Devil’s Stone, Shebbear

A giant boulder sits in a North Devon village and nobody knows how it got there.

Every November 5th when everyone else is watching fireworks and burning Guys, Shebbear folk are performing an important rock ritual.

For this is the Devil’s Stone, six feet long and four feet wide, weighing about a ton, and they have to turn it or bad things will happen!

THE LEGEND: The stone was dropped by St Michael on the Devil and needs to be turned each year to flush him out from underneath. Otherwise, the crops will fail.

TODAY: Obviously this is a great excuse to have a party. Something different from what everyone else is doing.

• Morris dancers turn up, the church bells are rung out of sync for fun, and there’s food and drink at the nearby Devil’s Stone Inn across the square.

What’s odd? There’s another similar and even bigger stone just up the road. That one seems benign but nothing the likes of either of them can be found anywhere in North Devon.

Exact location

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