London newcomers Palace well and truly rocked the North with a compelling performance in the heart of the Northern Quarter at Soup Kitchen last night.

Ahead of British singer songwriter Lucy Rose’s show at Manchester Academy on Monday, the 26-year-old from Warwickshire chatted to MM about her new album, refugees and Jeremy Corbyn.

Rushing past hoards of teenagers adorned in Fall Out Boy merch and through the doors of the Manchester Arena, it occurred to me that playing support for these pop punk veterans was no mean feat.

Metric used a plethora of digital tools to let Manchester know that the fusion of man and machine, if done right, can put on an incredible show.

A new social networking site that ‘connects musicians’ has landed in Manchester to attract talented artists to the stage in front of A&R scouts in a ‘genuine grass roots musical experience’.

The Smiths guitarist’s unleashed a scathing attack on the Prime Minister at the first of his two homecoming gigs last night – and MM has the footage.

Matt Johnson talks relationships, Kim’s foul-mouth and boring bands, ahead of Matt and Kim’s Manchester Arena show.

‘Speed blues, new-wave, punk anarchy’ – that’s what is on the bill when The Strypes take to the stage at the Ritz in Manchester this Saturday.

James Bay performs at the O2 Apollo in Manchester and aside from his soppy compositions and repetitive choruses, there aren’t many singer-songwriters I’ve seen at close quarters that have fully convinced me that they’re born rockstars.

Don’t Miss A Beat is here to recommend five tracks a week. Rather than being a standard ‘five new tracks you must hear’ it will comprise a selection of music that fall into five categories.

Morrissey does not owe his fans anything. Nevertheless, many will be devastated to hear that the singer has announced that he knows it’s over as far as UK gigs are concerned.