Hardly out of the papers this week out on the town with new girlfriend Sophie Dahl, Jamie Cullum gets back to work tonight at the Forum for a so-called "electro" gig with brother Ben, singer Mark Murphy and drum and bass star Roni Size. In the autumn he's out on the road again playing piano in a back to front formation with his bassist Geoff Gascoyne who leads the band plus Cullum bassist Seb De Krom and guests.

Dates for the tour are: RNCM, Manchester (14 November), Wilde Theatre, Berks (15 Nov), Turner Sims, Southampton (16 Nov), St Georges Bristol (18 Nov), Stables, Wavendon (19 Nov), Sage, Gateshead (20 Nov), Leeds College of Music (21 Nov), Assembly Rooms, Derby (22 Nov) and Cadogan Hall, London (23 Nov).