CityLife

Pop-loving Gary has worked for Manchester Evening News for several years - at least one of them practically sober. Some may argue that for him, 'career' is a verb. His reputation for picking out 'the next big thing' in music is second to none. Who else, for instance, would have predicted that Veto Silver and V would be the huge, multi-million selling stadium acts they are today? Something of a fan of high-culture, Gary can be found sipping on whisky with a pipe in hand quoting Wilde (Kim, not Oscar) and enjoys writing in the third person "because he feels it brings him closer to his all-time idol, Craig David".