Mozza was on top form, both harmonically and politically, from his first swish of the microphone cable to his last.

Renowned for their energetic and extravagant live performances, the Devon rockers arrived on stage to a rapturous applause from the crowed and ripped through their back catalogue.

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.

If the shadows under their eyes confessed to a long journey, their music remained uplifting and wonderfully melodic – Simon and Garfunkel-esque, alternating between the synth-pop rock of singles.

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.

The college decided to call off Mr Atzmon’s gig earlier this week due to threats to student safety by the North West Friends of Israel who were claiming the jazz musician was anti-Semitic.

Damon Albarn, FKA twigs and Björk are just some of the stars announced in a stellar line-up for the July’s 2015 Manchester International Festival.

A controversial jazz musician branded ‘anti-Semitic’ by a protest group has had his concert at The Royal Northern College of Music​ cancelled due to pressure from Manchester’s Jewish community.

Manchester comedy veteran Smug Roberts is getting into ‘Rocky training mode’ ahead of a mammoth 24-hour gig marathon across the North West for Comic Relief tomorrow.

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.

The band, made up of Ellie, Joel, Joff and Theo, announced the release date of their debut album, ‘My Love is Cool’ yesterday and MM caught up with the four twenty something’s to talk life on the road, drunken nights out in Manchester and Miley Cyrus.