6 Music Live

6 Music Live returns to BBC Maida Vale, with a live performance from Johnny Marr. The former Smiths guitarist and one of the most influential musicians of the past thirty years has played with acts such as Electronic, The Cribs and Modest Mouse. He has now struck out alone and is performing for 6 Music in the week his second solo album, Playland, is released.

Five years after the release of her two million selling self-titled debut album, La Roux bring their magnificent brand of electro pop to listeners. Championed early on by 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, La Roux's second album, Trouble in Paradise, was released to rave reviews earlier in the summer. Singer Elly Jackson plays tracks from that alongside classics from the debut.

Now over thirty years into a career during which the Manchester band has sold over 12 million albums worldwide, James released their first album in six years earlier in 2014, the acclaimed La Petite Mort. Their session is a celebratory performance featuring of music old and new material.