Blur Prepare for Britpop nostalgia to reach fever pitch as the reformed quartet hit London for two nights of park life, with support from the likes of Vampire Weekend, Foals and Amadou & Mariam. Hyde Park, London (www.blur.co.uk), 2-3 July
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Mariinsky Ballet The St Petersburg company present four programmes, featuring old warhorses Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty alongside a triple-bill Homage to Balanchine. Royal Opera House, London (www.roh.org), 3-15 Aug
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BBC Proms From Andriessen to Xenakis, the BBC Proms remains the world’s biggest music festival. Highlights this year include a weekend celebrating the 10th birthday of the BBC New Generation Artists scheme. Various venues, London (www.bbc.co.uk/ proms), 17 July-12 Sep
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‘Desperate Romantics’ Spicy six-part series on the lives of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who scandalised 19th-century London. BBC4, 14 July
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