Nathan Cunningham, who owns The Low Flying Geese production company, is awaiting confirmation from the BBC on whether they will commission his documentary debut Piccadilly Rats: Live in Moderation – which charts the highs and lows of the band and has been three years in the making.

To find out more about The Refuge exhibition Suffragette City, MM caught up with Shari Denson and Julia Adamson, two of the women behind-the-scenes in Manchester’s music scene featured in the exhibition to hear about the state of the city’s music now, musical promotion in a modern age and their own self-confidence.

Orchestral musicians and singers will join forces on June 1 at The Bridgewater Hall in support for the families of those killed and injured in the Manchester Arena attack last Monday.

The festival, which is organised by founder Dr Jill Adam and award-winning music journalists John Robb and Simon A. Morrison, focuses upon the age-old relationship between music and the written word.

Selway is in the city tomorrow to take part in a special live edition of Elbow frontman Guy Garvey’s BBC 6 Music show, which will be broadcast from Manchester’s stunning Central Library.

Guy will be joined on the programme by Radiohead’s Phil Selway and New Order’s Stephen Morris to discuss the literary influences that have impacted on their work.

Sir Bob Geldof has revealed to MM that this year’s Band Aid song will be his last, while at Asda in Trafford Park yesterday, where he was purchasing the first four copies of the new Band Aid 30 single, Do they know it’s Christmas?

Owners could face fines amounting to tens of thousands or time in jail if council do prosecute