‘Our finest moment’: Inspiral Carpets join forces with poet and punk muse John Cooper Clarke for upcoming album
The band have been busy recording and mixing their first studio album in 20 years with original vocalist Stephen Holt.
Summer of Lev: Levenshulme festival raises cash for homeless charity in memory of lost friend
Summer of Lev will be embracing the festival atmosphere and raising funds for homeless charity, coffee4craig.
Britain’s new folk hope? Singer Blair Dunlop carries torch on from father of Fairport Convention fame
Blair Dunlop has returned two years on with his edgier album House of Jacks.
Theatre review: Avenue Q @ The Palace Theatre, Manchester
The laugh-a-minute show last trod the boards in London back in 2010 but now it’s back for a UK tour.
Theatre review: Annie Get Your Gun @ Opera House, Manchester
Jason Donovan stars in Annie Get Your Gun
Rhythm of the night: Northern Quarter After Dark promises to ‘wow’ with After Hours festival
Mancunians will be getting ready for a night of nocturnal partying and festival atmosphere as the city celebrates the best of its culture in the Northern Quarter with the Manchester After Hours event.
Born to busk: Let Her Go star Passenger performs show at Manchester Cathedral to help homeless Big Issue vendors
Talented singer-songwriter Passenger performed an impromptu busking set in Manchester to raise the profile of the Big Issue magazine and its homeless vendors.
Manchester to Vienna direct: 8,000 holiday-makers grab their lederhosen to yodel with new Jet2 route
Mancunians will soon be jetting off to Vienna in their droves courtesy of direct flights from Jet2.
Simon says: X Factor back in Manchester as Cowell returns for Emirates Old Trafford audition
Manchester crooners will be handed the chance to wipe the scowl off Simon Cowell’s face at this weekend’s X Factor auditions at Emirates Old Trafford.
Vintage DJs’ Manchester home ransacked as brazen burglars swipe records worth thousands while they sleep
Hundreds of vintage records, electronic music equipment and their car was taken
MM’s top five…penguins on World Penguin Day
MM’s top five Penguins on World Penguin Day.