As Storm Desmond raged outside, a close to capacity o2 Apollo was teaming with jittery teenage girls, undeterred by the gale force winds blasting the North of England.

As I made my way out of the Apollo on Wednesday evening, the delighted guy walking in front of me declared to his friend that ‘I am gonna buy a ticket for the arena tour when I get home’.

James Bay performs at the O2 Apollo in Manchester and aside from his soppy compositions and repetitive choruses, there aren’t many singer-songwriters I’ve seen at close quarters that have fully convinced me that they’re born rockstars.

Before Sam hit the stage, you couldn’t help but digest the fact that you were about possibly hear one of world’s most prolific male voices of recent years, however, the 90-minute show didn’t live up to expectation.

A Manchester pedestrian has been left fighting for his life after a car ploughed into him near the O2 Apollo in Ardwick this morning.

A newlywed couple received the mother of all wedding gifts when Smiths legend Johnny Marr paused his gig at the 02 Apollo in Manchester last week to play them a romantic tribute.

MGMT, despite their critics, are still moving in the right direction