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TAKE That are hitting the road next summer for a string of stadium dates around the UK - and we have tickets to give away.

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Win front row Jools Holland tickets

MUCH-LOVED pianist Jools Holland will return to Manchester this weekend - and we have front row tickets to give away.

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Win Roisin Murphy tickets

WE have two pairs of tickets to give away to see Roisin Murphy, formerly of Moloko, at Manchester Academy on November 28.

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Win Little Boots tickets

We have two pairs of tickets up for grabs to see dance-pop act Little Boots at The Deaf Institute on Wednesday, November 26.

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Win Rex The Dog tickets

ELECTRO-funk kid Rex The Dog is on the road with his new LP and we have three pairs of tickets to give away to see him in action.

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Win tickets to see Levellers

WE have four pairs of tickets to give away to see Levellers at Manchester Academy on December 6.

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Reviews

F***ed Up

THE reason experimental hardcore Canadians F***ed Up, after years of underground notoriety, are in the process of heading towards the mainstream is easy to spot – their singer Pink Eyes. Read more…

James Yorkston

"THIS gig could easily become one big joke," laughs James Yorkston during the first performance of his new tour in support of ‘When The Haar Rolls In’. Read more…

Paul Weller

LET your hero’s haircut follow you into middle age and you run the risk of looking like a 1983 copy of NME that‘s been read in the bath. Read more…

Youthmovies

YOUTHMOVIES are an enigma. Although they’ve never quite nailed it on record, the plummy Oxford quintet are rarely less than immense in the live arena, awkward riffs somehow weaving and ricocheting into each other.... Read more…

Less Than Jake

HOURS before tonight’s headliner’s take to the stage, the Academy is already brimming with an excitable crowd, itching to have a good time. Read more…

The Feeling

IF The Feeling's pleasures were any guiltier, the venues they'd perform in would have barbed wire and gun turrets on the perimeter. Read more…

Kanye West

MAY as well be up front - I love Kanye West. Not as much as Kanye West loves Kanye West but I do love him. I don't know if it's the fact he wears an Argyle sweater better than any other college dropout, that his arrogance is near unparalled and yet his mascot of choice remains a giant teddy bear or jus... Read more…

Santogold

“WHO loves the Wu-Tang?!” shouts the tiny woman in shades after an electrifying blast of RZA and Co. rings out across the arena. Near silence. It seems, on a rainy Monday in Manchester, Santogold is faced with the very definition of a tough crowd. Read more…
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John Martyn

IT'S safe to say that John Martyn is still very much at the top of his game despite his ailing health providing a setback to touring over the last few years. On Sunday night John played Grace and Danger from start to finish to a sell-out crowd at Salford's Lowry. Throughout the s... Read more…

Its A Buffalo

INDIVIDUALITY comes across all wrong with some local bands, they’re either individually pained in their attempts to be original or they are straight up, individually, awful. Read more…

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