Entertainment

The MTV Europe Music Awards come to the UK this weekend as the superstars of music head to The SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

It might have been freezing cold outside in Manchester last night but inside The Ritz, The Wailers brought a ray of Kingston sunshine to the city.

In what’s set to be one of the Warehouse Project’s stand-out shows of the season, James Blake headlines Saturday’s Store Street club night with a live set as part of the 1-800-Dinosaur trio.

Paolo Nutini’s last stop on a blockbuster UK tour, which has already seen Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, London, Belfast, Dublin and Birmingham all embrace the Glaswegian’s enigmatic charm.

The Levellers are performing at the Manchester Academy

Swedish indie-electro duo, The Knife, took to the stage at Academy One last night in a crazy orgy of electric, energetic eccentricity for one of the last performances of their final tour, Shaking the Habitual: Shaken Up.

A self-crowned champion of teenage girl’s hearts, ex-My Chemical Romance front-man, Gerard Way, kicked off his solo tour at the atmospheric Ritz last night.

Set in a single room on a hot Mississippi day, Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a startlingly realistic and gripping piece that has captured audiences for decades.

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.

Manchester’s Vevo Halloween party: Labrinth, Ella Eyre, Rixton and Gorgon City reveal their musical influences and dream collaborations at Victoria Warehouse at the weekend.

Wayne Rooney performed an impromptu tune with pop sensation Ed Sheeran in the Sir Ralph Abercrombie pub following his gig at Manchester’s Phones 4u arena last week.