A Manchester hair-stylist who runs a David Bowie Facebook page has spoken of his shock at the singer’s death on Sunday.

A show consisting of music banned by the Nazis will be brought home by Manchester-born producer Peter Brathwaite later this month.

Sad and frightening headlines have splashed the front pages of the newspapers in 2015, but a Manchester illustrator is hitting back with a paper celebrating the year’s most cheerful news stories.

Employees and unpaid clients of Elastic Artists face financial uncertainty as the dance music and urban acts booking agency teeters on the brink of administration.

Whether you are a Green Day fan or not, almost everyone has heard of their 2004 album American Idiot, which sold over 15million copies worldwide.

The French electro-swing band surpassed the expectations of even long-term fans as their astounding live performance in Manchester made the Ritz swing.

Meat Wave is an extremely hard band to pin down.

First, a confession: I am a diehard Enya fan. So if you were hoping for a cynical, cocked eyebrow account of this new age album then you will be sadly disappointed.

Blinking into a glare of neon mist​, synth-man Tommy Grace was the first member of Django Django out on stage.

British electropop singer-songwriter Aleksandra Denton , known as Shura, has come out as gay for the first time in an interview with MM ahead of her recent gig and Manchester’s Gorilla.

“It’s good to be home,” Shura yells to a clamouring, packed crowd.