Purple rage: Prince slammed for ‘overpriced gig in boring venue’ at Manchester Academy
Angry fans can expect to pay up to £300 for secret gigs off the black market
Night and Day noise row: Owners face huge fines or prison if council chiefs carry out prosecution threat
Owners could face fines amounting to tens of thousands or time in jail if council do prosecute
Food fight! Manchester’s finest eateries join together for weekly event… Friday never tasted so good
The weekly event will take place at Deansgate’s Upper Campfield Market
Manchester film maker turns to crowdfunding to finance new web series charting high and lows of unsigned band
Craig Quinn needs funding to start his new series focusing on the plight of unsigned band The Lads
Meet the Hip Hop Chip Shop: Manchester chef duo offer Salt-n-Pepa with your chips
The Hip Hop Chip Shop van combines traditional fish and chips with American flavours… and rap
Golden sound: Manchester music students ready to hit all the right notes in BBC Young Brass Award final
Two Royal Northern College of Music students will battle it out in the BBC 2014 Young Brass Award in late March.
Carefully-Planned All-Dayer music festival promises Manchester ‘passion, honesty and escapism’
Carefully-Planned All-Dayer music festival is at Gulliver’s in the Northern Quarter on February 15
Now this is The Voice! Manchester-based burlesque vocal sensation set to wow millions on BBC One show
Kiki DeVille sang Paloma Faith hit Stone Cold Sober
The L word is off limits: MM’s top five… anti-Valentine’s Day things to do in Manchester
For those Mancunians who love to hate love
‘You’re sweating and your equipment gets f*cked’: Twisted Wheel’s Jonny Brown on the joys of a homecoming gig
Band play five nights in city next week
Many hands make light work: RNCM eye world record with 16 Manchester musicians set to play SAME piano
Students from RNCM will play newly composed piece