Hot Ticket of the Month: A Phestive Phantomime @ Stereo, 16+17 Dec

In case you hadn’t heard, The Phantom Band have good taste and ambition in spades and this month they threaten to outdo themselves with the unveiling of their inaugural meta-panto/unfuckinmissable two-night super-gig: A Phestive Phantomime. Art/performance collective 85A will be on hand to provide visual stimulation with further contribuions expected from artists and Phanto co-conspirators Torsten Lauschmann and Rachel Maclean (director of their tripped out video for Everybody Knows It's True).

The event will be book-ended by performances from The Phantom Band themselves, along with three-man apocalypse Holy Mountain, DJ Pabs Debussy (Franz Ferdinand) and Phantom DJs/karaoke on the 16th, followed by Take a Worm for a Walk Week and DJ Bobby Cleaver + Friends on the 17th. Fans of the late, great Uncle John and Whitelock can also look forward to appearances from Tut Vu Vu on the first night and Jacob Yates And The Pearly Gate Lockpickers on the second. In the words of The Phantoms themselves: expect bedlam. Visit www.phantomime.co.uk for info on tickets and more special guests as they are announced.

Video: The Phantom Band interview and live session at T in the Park 2011