Entertainment

There are some who say that rock ‘n’ roll is dead. At the Eagle Inn in Salford, Ablaze told us something different.

The Frog and Bucket’s annual amateur comedy competition was won by a Lithuanian national on Monday night as Evaldas Karosas claimed the World Series Final by fighting off eight other finalists from Salford to Taiwan.

Marillion with Friends from the Orchestra electrified Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with the third gig of their tour celebrating forty years together as a band.

Manchester has a history of musicians whose skill became overshadowed by their ego. It seems barely a day goes by without some petty new controversy from the Gallaghers or fresh outrage from Morrissey.

We preview the film Busby – about the past great Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.

Is anyone ever really gone? Denis Côte poses this question with his adaption of Laurence Olivier’s (no, not that one) novel, a glacially paced gaze at a community’s grief following an untimely death.

Since the late noughties, there has been an increasing number of people turning to ‘pods’ as their number one destination for football discourse.

The comedy club that uncovered stand-up legend John Bishop will hold its annual competition’s final on Monday.

Based on Stephen King’s 2013 novel and billed as ‘the next chapter in The Shining story’, Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep meets the adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) almost 40 years after the events of the first film.

Have you ever woken from an especially interesting dream, gone to recount the details to someone only to find it suddenly seems incomprehensible in your head?

A Manchester choir for people dealing with mental health problems will sing at the Royal Variety Performance alongside Emeli Sande next month.