Across
- 5. Raised platform for performers (5)
- 7. Mollys age in 2021 (12)
- 8. Words sung rather than spoken (6)
- 9. Written reminder, kept brief (4)
- 12. Performers appearing together on stage (6)
- 14. Bright bird seen by rivers, fishing (10)
- 15. Melody or track performed live (4)
- 16. Passes granting entry to the show (7)
- 20. Moment when something hidden becomes clear (6)
- 22. Information uncovered at the end (7)
- 23. Audience gathered together (5)
- 25. Hint pointing toward an answer (4)
- 26. Vocalist’s essential piece of kit (10)
- 27. Gift, or something happening now (7)
- 28. Completed response to a clue (6)
Down
- 1. Live music event — loud, energetic affair (7)
- 2. Brain teaser designed to challenge (6)
- 3. Indoor performance space (5)
- 4. Spring month, short but significant (3)
- 5. Something unexpected, revealed at the end (8)
- 6. Planned occasion, not improvised (5)
- 10. Year that lies ahead, numerically speaking (10)
- 11. Feathered creature, definition at its simplest (4)
- 13. Irish place name lending its title to a song (8)
- 17. Puzzle pastime requiring patience and persistence (9)
- 18. Something concealed until solved (6)
- 19. Group playing together live (4)
- 21. Northern city with music, crowds and a famous arena (10)
- 22. Sound created by instruments together (5)
- 24. Place where artists perform (5)