Placebo’s Manchester O2 Apollo set-list of oldies-but-goodies like Infra-Red and Every You Every Me and soon-to-be classics from their 2013 album Loud Like Love was never going to disappoint.

MM’s top five… Rock bands with musical careers spanning more 50 years.

Half-naked and half-drunk, The Orwells took on a feverishly energetic crowd at the Academy on Monday, serving up an impressive performance of their raw and unapologetic blend of rock.

The Levellers are performing at the Manchester Academy

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.

Brighton rockers Royal Blood wake up to parking ticket on their tour bus window following a sell-out show at Manchester’s The Ritz

The Mancunian ensemble, who are best known for their 1989 iconic anthem ‘Sit Down’, have more than 20 UK top 40 singles to their name

Indie rockers Starsailor did just that but frontman James Walsh feels they are much better for it.

A 410 million-year-old arachnid has been brought into the 21st century in a new University of Manchester video.

Up-and-coming Manchester band Sixty Minute Man made the walls shake on Saturday at the Deaf Institute when they wowed the crowd with their original songs.

Festival goers attended the Sale Bicycle Festival with all proceeds going to the charity Simply Cycling, who modify bikes for disabled people.