Manchester crooners will be handed the chance to wipe the scowl off Simon Cowell’s face at this weekend’s X Factor auditions at Emirates Old Trafford.
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – the duo who sang side by side for Beautiful South hits such as Perfect 10 – have reunited for an album and tour.
Justin also featured in the Phoenix Nights spin-off, Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere and the Ken Loach film, Looking for Eric
Band’s charity cover of Don Fardon’s George Best-inspired 70s hit Belfast Boy will be backed by the band’s own ode to the football hero Georgie (The Brightest Star)
Footballing mega-stars including Brazilian starlet Neymar, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Andrés Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo and Chelsea’s David Luiz and Eden Hazard all feature in the ad.
Performing tracks from all of their previous albums and EPs, this was the first time that Lucero had performed in Manchester since releasing their Texas & Tennessee EP last year.
Graeme Clark, bassist and song writer for the band Wet Wet Wet talks to MM about reinventing himself ahead of his solo career.
Luke Hupton has written, directed and produced 27 Memory Lane, a ‘whimsical but dark northern fairy-tale’, thanks to backing from Kickstarter and Mark Dunnett, song-writer for the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Crumpsall’s Codie Hayward is crowned Miss Manchester 2014 in a glitzy Palace Hotel do.
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher teases an Oasis reunion amid fresh Glastonbury rumours.
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
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