The Norweigian metallers have fused their country’s native black metal with thrash, punk and classic hard rock to create a sound that is entirely unique and genuinely thrilling

After a red-hot 2012 Roadhouse show as part of their first-ever headline tour, the riff-tastic rockers shrugged of a year’s worth of rust to show off material from their upcoming album

Wildhearts guitarist CJ talks to MM before controversial Britrock legends play Manchester Academy date of new tour

Manchester grunge fans were treated to Therapy? and their 1994 album Troublegum at Academy 2.

MM goes Manic for Street Preachers’ new material at Manchester Apollo.

Review of Kodaline at Manchester Academy

The concert was Ellen & The Escapades’s first live show since August 2013

MM tests whether Straight Lines can keep pressing ahead at their Sound Control gig.

Singer-songwriter Dan Whitehouse chats to MM following gig at Manchester’s Castle Hotel

The Lumineers’ vocalist and cellist Neyla Pekarek takes stock

Elton John plays Leigh Sports Village on June 21