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ELBOW To Headline Kendal Calling 2015Manchester indie old-boys will be joined by Snoop Dogg, The Vaccines and Kaiser Chiefs in the Lake District
PARKLIFE: Fatboy Slim, Mark Ronson & NAS To HeadlineDisclosure, Rudimental, Grace Jones and Wu Tang Clan will also play this year's Heaton Park festival (6-7 June)
REVIEW: BBC Phil, Beethoven, Liszt, Saint-SaënsJonathan Payne finds perfect balance in a strong programme
McBusted: "The Beatles Wouldn't Play Our Songs"L'Oréal Blackett wonders if this may be the Smash Hits article she never got to write
REVIEW: Sir Thomas Allen & Joseph Middleton, RNCMJonathan Payne on a fantastic opening concert at one of the city's finest venues
Badly Drawn Boy Plays TramBradley Lengden catches a one-off acoustic performance on the daily commute
INTERVIEW: Adio Marchant | Bipolar SunshineAdam Keyworth catches up with Adio at the Bose Urban Conductor gig outside Great Northern
International Pianist To Make UK DebutAdam Gyorgy will make his debut performance in Manchester at RNCM on Wednesday 15 October
John Grant Reviewed, MediaCityUK, OctoberJonathan Payne and a magical combination with the BBC Phil
Morrissey Reveals Cancer Scare'If I die, then I die,' says the former Smiths frontman
REVIEW: Peter Hook and The Light, The RitzAdam Keyworth on a mammoth 30-song three-set performance by one of Manchester's most iconic musicians
Boy George And BBC Phil ReviewedJonathan Payne joins in the fun
MyMCR: Rae Morris, Singer/Songwriter21-year-old Blackpool-born rising pop starlet reveals MCR favourites
LISTEN: Halle Does Smiths, Pistols, Dylan, Oasis And Take…Orchestra records special arrangement celebrating Radisson hotel's tenth birthay
JP Cooper: The Forrest Gump Of SoulL'Oréal Blackett gets to know the Middleton soul man as he signs to a major record label
Kendal Calling 2014 ReviewedDavid Boyd finds the whole better than the sum of the parts
BBC Philharmonic Presents 2014 Line-Up RevealedCulture Club, Clean Bandit and Jarvis Cocker to perform alongside 90-piece orchestra
Jilly's Rockworld Set For Musical RevivalLegendary music hang-out to be transformed into £1m facility
The Saturdays' Rochelle Talks To ConfidentialThe five-piece girl group celebrate seven years together, a greatest hits album and a new tour 
RNCM Meets IWMN For WWI CommemorationMusic students to create living installation in three-day project to mark 100 years since the First World War
Parklife 2014: Review & GalleryL'Oréal Blackett and Niamh Spence brave the rain and the mud for the Heaton Park festival
Parklife's Afterlife 2014Last few tickets remain for the festival's official afterparties
Hallé’s New MCR Season: 2014-15Great choral masterpieces and all six Shostakovich concertos
Manchester Camerata Season FinaleNeil Sowerby on the climax and a shock departure
Katy Perry Pristmatic Tour, ReviewedL'Oréal Blackett discovers the epicentre of all things girl as the Prismatic tour comes to the Phones 4U arena From Body Confidential.
The Fall, Manchester Cathedral, ReviewedMark E. Smith borders on the incoherent at the first Cathedral performance
Second Breath: ENB One Off Night At IWMNRussell Maliphant and a packed night of entertainment
Camerata’s Deconstructed Carmen At The Albert HallNeil Sowerby relishes some bizarre Bizet in iconic venue
Fin de Siècle: The Voice of Europe, RNCM, ReviewedEmma Marlowe takes a walk along the Seine to the Royal Exchange
Last Days Of The Twisted Wheel ClubJames Graham records the last dance before the recent demolition
Record Store Day 2014: PreviewManchester gears up to take part in the global vinyl event on Saturday 19 April
Strauss’s Voice Series Culminates In…A special Swedish soprano and the BBC Phil wow Neil Sowerby
6 Music Festival: Friday ReviewedConfidential spends Friday at the BBC radio station's debut festival at Victoria Warehouse
Bipolar Sunshine InterviewedNiamh Spence talks Manchester music with the ex-Kid British musician
Matt and Phred's ReviewedL'Oréal Blackett keeps the red wine flowing and gets a jazz and blues education
Camerata Excel In MetamorphosenNeil Sowerby is gripped by Strauss's late masterpiece
BBC 6 Music Festival, Victoria Warehouse: PreviewDamon Albarn, Franz Ferdinand and John Cooper Clarke to appear at Trafford event
Sir Mark Elder InterviewedHallé Maestro shares future plans with Neil Sowerby
Interview with Sways Records’ Naked (On Drugs)A chat with Manchester's most intriguing non-Manchester band
Sways Records: Indie Venue Week, Soup Kitchen, ReviewedSways Records provide a glimpse into Manchester's musical future.Latest Rants
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