Manchester band The Courteeners are coming home for a huge outdoor homecoming gig at Heaton Park next summer

MM talks to Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine about drugs, gay anthems and Christmas in Manchester ahead of their gig at Gorilla.

Pop star Paul Heaton brings holiday cheer to two of the city’s charities, Compassion and Porch Boxes, with special benefit gig Hope for Christmas at Manchester Academy 2

The four lads viewed a weekend gig at the Deaf Institute as a team goal – and their confident performance on Saturday night was surely one of their most accomplished to date.

On Friday night, 10 weeks into the Warehouse Project’s 2014 season, American producer and superstar DJ MK was back in the city to play another huge sell-out gig

Beardyman, who first rose to fame with his comical and crazy beatboxing skills nearly 10 years ago, has evolved into an artist who knows what he wants and isn’t afraid to make it happen.

The War on Drugs sold out Manchester’s The Ritz on their tour for latest LP Lost in the Dream.

Paolo Nutini’s last stop on a blockbuster UK tour, which has already seen Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, London, Belfast, Dublin and Birmingham all embrace the Glaswegian’s enigmatic charm.

The Levellers are performing at the Manchester Academy

Swedish indie-electro duo, The Knife, took to the stage at Academy One last night in a crazy orgy of electric, energetic eccentricity for one of the last performances of their final tour, Shaking the Habitual: Shaken Up.

A blue-haired pair of twins are camping outside Manchester venue The Ritz for 24 hours on the coldest day of the year so far in a desperate bid to get within touching distance of their hero.