As I made my way out of the Apollo on Wednesday evening, the delighted guy walking in front of me declared to his friend that ‘I am gonna buy a ticket for the arena tour when I get home’.

Lucy Rose’s gig last night was certainly one to remember, including a subdued encore amid a musical hypnosis, followed by a win for authenticity, friendship and loaves of bread.

If all of Spector’s songs are, essentially, cries of existential angst from frontman Fred MacPherson, they are more fun than most.

As the London four-piece come to Manchester to play Gorilla on Saturday, MM spoke to frontman Fred MacPherson, who says that although the band comes from London they’re happy to be get outside of the capital for a UK-tour.

Viral internet sensation Walk Off the Earth will be playing the Manchester Academy on Friday October 2 in what promises to be an exciting new spectacle for the YouTube generation.

Get ready for a real feel-good show at the Manchester Academy on October 2 as Canadian internet sensation Walk Off The Earth play their first show in the city.

MM chat to the members of the Manchester metal band Found From Within about their inspirations, ambitions and rising internet fame.

Twin Atlantic will be stopping off in Manchester to play at the Albert Hall, as a part of their biggest headline tour ever in the UK, on May 5.

MM caught up with supergroup McBusted to talk about boobs, teen crushes and touring before they’re Most Excellent Adventure Tour brings them to the Manchester Arena on Saturday March 21 and Sunday 22.

Placebo’s Manchester O2 Apollo set-list of oldies-but-goodies like Infra-Red and Every You Every Me and soon-to-be classics from their 2013 album Loud Like Love was never going to disappoint.

Arguably the biggest cult band in the UK, brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman have racked up an army of die-hard fans over the years and after a two year hiatus the long-haired lads have returned to Manchester to play a sold-out gig at The Ritz.