Comedy veteran and Phoenix Nights actor Smug Roberts is appealing to mosques and churches to open their doors and host him as part of his Red Nose Day ’20-20’ tour next weekend.

Leeds-based indie rock group The Dunwell’s were raring to show Manchester what they’re made of at the second show of their latest UK tour and the boys did not disappoint.

The Godfather, King, veteran — Wiley’s musical appellations are deeply ingrained in the UK grime scene, but it was uncertain whether his Manchester performance was going to live up to his reputation.

The weekend event moved to the site in 2012 to accommodate increasing numbers, and the City Council are working in conjunction with organisers to ensure problems from previous years aren’t repeated.

The 30-year-old singer songwriter married her childhood sweetheart, Sam Burrows, last August in Greece and dedicated the track Sweetest Song to her beau.

World-renowned pop sensation Jessie J delivers a flawless performance to her Manchester fans at the historic O2 Apollo

The January blues have well and truly kicked in and we’re all looking for the remedy – be it at the bottom of the cookie jar or in the next pint.

A teenager is fighting for his life after falling 12ft inside the Ritz in Manchester on Sunday night. He fell from the balcony onto a concrete floor at the Whitworth Street West venue in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A mother who had to be restrained after biting a paramedic at a One Direction gig in Manchester has avoided jail.

Bolton-born comedian Peter Kay is set to bring his hit TV series Phoenix Nights to the stage next year, in aid of Comic Relief.

Manchester rockers The Courteeners sold out their 20,000 capacity Heaton Park summer gig in just one hour this morning.