| March |
| 30/03/2006 |  | The Kooks |
| Boys with perms and girls with Alice bands crowd into the Academy 2 for Brighton's newest hopes. more... |
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| March |
| 30/03/2006 | | Corinne Bailey Rae |
| The much-hyped hope for the future of UK soul proves she's more than up to the task at Academy 2. more... |
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| March |
| 29/03/2006 | | Sigur Rós |
| The Icelandic soundscapers produce something utterly remarkable at the Apollo. more... |
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| March |
| 29/03/2006 | | Graham Coxon |
| The jerky tunes and nerdish charm of Graham Coxon wash over the Ritz. more... |
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| March |
| 28/03/2006 | | Too Much Texas |
| Tom Hingley's nostalgia trip turns out to be more than worthwhile at the Witchwood. more... |
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| March |
| 27/03/2006 | | Sugababes |
| The first women of pop come back in black for a sultry, sexy and stunning turn at the Apollo. more... |
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| March |
| 27/03/2006 | | Sugababes |
| The first women of pop come back in black for a sultry, sexy and stunning turn at the Apollo. more... |
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| March |
| 27/03/2006 | | Imogen Heap |
| With little more than a bank of computers for company, Imogen Heap shows her potential at Academy 3. more... |
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| March |
| 24/03/2006 | | Sultans Of Ping FC |
| The Ping celebrate St Patrick's Day at the Academy 2, with help from Mark Radcliffe's Family Mahone. more... |
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| March |
| 23/03/2006 | | The Ordinary Boys |
| Preston and the gang surge into their life less ordinary at the Academy. more... |
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| March |
| 23/03/2006 | | Pitchshifter |
| The heavy glory and weighty sounds of Pitchshifter hit the Academy 2. more... |
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| March |
| 22/03/2006 | | Skin |
| The ever-striking Skin lets rip with all her might at the Academy 3. more... |
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| March |
| 21/03/2006 | | Buzzcocks and Gear |
| The Buzzcocks show their enduring excellence at the Academy 2, with help from young upstarts Gear! more... |
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| March |
| 21/03/2006 | | Pete Doherty |
| Things go from bad to worse as a typically shambolic Doherty makes a mockery of himself at Zumeba. more... |
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| March |
| 21/03/2006 | | The Long Blondes |
| Sheffield's latest exports prove they've got substance to go with their supercool style. more... |
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| March |
| 21/03/2006 | | The Bluetones |
| More than a slight return for the early 90s heroes at the Academy 2. more... |
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| March |
| 20/03/2006 | | Fightstar |
| Charlie Busted's proper band show their rock heart and put his past behind them at the Academy. more... |
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| March |
| 20/03/2006 | | The Buzzcocks |
| One of Manchester's longest serving bands impress at the Academy 2, with help from new upstarts Gear more... |
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| March |
| 20/03/2006 | | The Dead 60s |
| One of the country's most under-appreciated bands continue to impress, with support from The Rifles. more... |
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| March |
| 20/03/2006 | | Live bites! |
| The Buzzcocks show their enduring excellence at the Academy 2, with help from upstarts Gear! more... |
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| March |
| 16/03/2006 | | FictionNonFiction |
| Moco top the bill, with support from The Permissive Society and Lady Luck's Burlesque Beauties! more... |
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| March |
| 16/03/2006 | | The Like |
| The headliners fail to impress, but things are saved by The Adventures of Loki in support! more... |
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| March |
| 16/03/2006 | | Rodrigo y Gabriela |
| Sublime sounds and stunning guitar skills are the order of the day at the Academy 3. more... |
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| March |
| 16/03/2006 | | Moco + The Permissive Society |
| See what happened when Moco and The Permissive Society invaded the Tiger Lounge. more... |
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| March |
| 14/03/2006 | | Dirty Pretty Things |
| Carl Barat lets the music do the talking as his new band makes a thrilling Manc debut at Academy 2. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | King Creosote |
| The sublime and often hilarious King Creosote woo and wow the Night and Day. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | The Wonder Stuff |
| The reinvigorating Stuffies show why the world still wants them at the Academy 2. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | Trivium |
| Pop rockers Trivium fail to ignite the crowd at the Apollo. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | Sara Hawley |
| Sara Hawley goes down a storm in a bowler hat and basque set, with fine support from Alpha Western. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | DOUBLEJO(HN)GREY |
| The band with two Johns scare the diners and delight the crowd at the Hard Rock Cafe. more... |
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| March |
| 13/03/2006 | | Omerta and Other Side of Sound |
| There's differing fortunes at the Night and Day as Omerta impress and Other Side of Sound bemuse. more... |
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| March |
| 01/03/2006 | | Babyshambles |
| Tabloid disaster Pete Doherty gets back to his day job and brings his band to the Academy. more... |
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| March |
| 01/03/2006 | | Pete Doherty |
| After his Babyshambles show, Pete Doherty drops into the Jabez Clegg for some ramshackle solo tunes. more... |
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| March |
| 01/03/2006 | | Louis XIV |
| Platform heels and gloriously intricate glam-blues are the order of the day at the Roadhouse. more... |
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| March |
| 01/03/2006 | | Editors |
| The dark sounds and twisted shapes of Editors drop into the Academy. more... |
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| February |
| 28/02/2006 | | Delays |
| Southampton's finest bring their sweeping guitars and angelic vocals to the Academy 3. more... |
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| February |
| 28/02/2006 | | Louie |
| There's pubescent punk a-plenty with lashings of fresh spit at the Night and Day. more... |
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| February |
| 27/02/2006 | | James Blunt |
| The captain of pop shows just why everyone loves him at the Apollo. more... |
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| February |
| 27/02/2006 | | James Blunt |
| See a gallery of pictures from James Blunt's show at the Apollo. more... |
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| February |
| 27/02/2006 | | Nine Black Alps |
| A mammoth double header at the Academy as Nine Black Alps just about top out The Longcut's support. more... |
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| February |
| 27/02/2006 | | Lou Rhodes |
| The former Lamb frontwoman's homecoming at the Academy 3 fails to impress. more... |
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| February |
| 27/02/2006 | | Folks |
| Despite the hard work of their frontman, Folks fail to hit the highs at Night and Day. more... |
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| February |
| 24/02/2006 | | The Boy Least Likely To |
| The incredibly twee Boy Least Likely To entertain a packed Night and Day. more... |
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| February |
| 24/02/2006 | | The Deadbeats |
| The bluegrass rock and roll of the Deadbeats fills the Academy 3. more... |
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| February |
| 24/02/2006 | | The KBC |
| Electro pop rules as the energy and thrill of The KBC takes over the Music Box. more... |
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| February |
| 24/02/2006 | | Goldie Lookin Chain |
| The Maggot, Mike Balls, Mr Loveeggs, Billy Webb and the rest of the Chain rock the Academy. more... |
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| February |
| 24/02/2006 | | Coldcut |
| The legendary dance duo just about prove that they've still got the tunes at the Academy 2. more... |
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| February |
| 23/02/2006 | | Beth Orton |
| It's coffee tables all round as Beth Orton brings her breezy voice to the Academy. more... |
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| February |
| 22/02/2006 | | The Hellset Orchestra |
| Fiction Non Fiction hosts fun from the Hellset Orchestra, Julian Gaskill and Bane Overlord more... |
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| February |
| 20/02/2006 | | The Go! Team |
| It's a case of Thunder, Lightening, Strike as those Brighton balls of energy play the Academy 2. more... |
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| February |
| 20/02/2006 | | Gabrielles Wish |
| Gabrielles Wish make their comeback at the Late Room with Bobby Peru and Sunday International. more... |
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| February |
| 20/02/2006 | | Liam Frost |
| The great bright hope gets weighed down by his Slowdown Family at the Night and Day. more... |
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| February |
| 20/02/2006 | | Broken Social Scene |
| Too many musical cooks make a massively over-cooked broth of songs at the Academy 2. more... |
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| February |
| 20/02/2006 | | The Darkness |
| The Hawkins boys return with pyrotechnics and smoke machines, though sadly no catsuits, at the Arena more... |
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| February |
| 16/02/2006 | | The Cinematics + HFB |
| Filmic rock and manicly offensive monikers reign at the Night and Day. more... |
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| February |
| 16/02/2006 | | Daywalkers |
| Tonn Piper shows the strength of his rhymes at a somewhat scared Jabez Clegg. more... |
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| February |
| 15/02/2006 | | Jenny Lewis |
| The Rilo Kiley vocalist takes time out of her day job to stun the Academy 3. more... |
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| February |
| 14/02/2006 | | Mew |
| The Scandanavian art-rockers make beautiful music at the Academy 3. more... |
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| February |
| 14/02/2006 | | The All-American Rejects |
| The Rejects return after an extended hiatus for a solid show at the Academy. more... |
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| February |
| 07/02/2006 | | Coheed and Cambria v Thrice |
| A battle of the bands sees the mammoth sounds of Coheed and Cambria edge out Thrice at the Academy more... |
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| February |
| 07/02/2006 | | Think Thrice |
| Thrice's lead singer Dustin Kensrue on the album Vheissu, their fanbase and their new sound. more... |
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| February |
| 07/02/2006 | | Nick Cave |
| The Antipodean dark star provides something awesome at the Bridgewater Hall. more... |
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| February |
| 06/02/2006 | | A tribute to Bryan Glancy |
| A gathering of like-minded people said their farewells to Bryan Glancy in a Central Manchester pub. more... |
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| February |
| 06/02/2006 | | Richard Thompson |
| The bereted troubadour brings his acoutstic guitar and his old mate on double bass to town. more... |
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| February |
| 01/02/2006 | | The Strokes |
| The New Yorkers prove they are still very much in charge at a sweaty, seething Apollo show. more... |
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| January |
| 31/01/2006 | | Regina Spektor |
| The Russian-American songstress delivers an odd and honest show of sheer beauty at the Academy 3. more... |
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| January |
| 31/01/2006 | | Electric Eel Shock |
| Mental metal madness and naked drumming are the order of the day at the Roadhouse. more... |
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| January |
| 30/01/2006 | | Manchester v Cancer |
| A host of Mancunian musical wonders do the city proud at the charity show at the Arena. more... |
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| January |
| 30/01/2006 | | Fall Out Boy |
| Chicago's fastest-rising exports thrill the pants off a baying crowd at the Academy. more... |
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| January |
| 30/01/2006 | | Belle and Sebastian |
| The indie tweeness of Stuart Murdoch's band of freaks and geeks entertains the Ritz. more... |
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| January |
| 27/01/2006 | | Teddy Thompson |
| The son of folk royalty shows his own talents at the Night and Day. more... |
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| January |
| 27/01/2006 | | John Cale |
| It's an odd, yet strangely satisfying performance from the Welsh legend at the Academy. more... |
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| January |
| 27/01/2006 | | Be Your Own Pet |
| It's fun and punk all the way as a flurry of two minute glories hit the Roadhouse. more... |
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| January |
| 26/01/2006 | | Electric Eel Shock |
| Take two shape-throwing guitar abusers and one naked drummer and see what happens! more... |
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| January |
| 23/01/2006 | | The Noisettes |
| The much-hyped trio show their bread-playing skills at the Night and Day! more... |
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| January |
| 23/01/2006 | | Kerrang Tour |
| Welsh rockers Bullet For My Valentine head up the metal showcase at the Academy. more... |
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| January |
| 20/01/2006 | | Nizlopi |
| The folk hip-hop of the fast-rising Nizlopi takes on a sold-out Academy 2. more... |
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| January |
| 20/01/2006 | | The Academy Is... |
| Two of the hottest bands on the planet, The Academy Is... and Panic! At The Disco roll into town. more... |
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| January |
| 19/01/2006 | | Doloroso |
| The faded glamour and cinematic wonder of Doloroso sparks interest at the Roadhouse. more... |
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| January |
| 16/01/2006 | | Test-Icicles |
| The experimental punkateers play it loud and disjointed for the Academy 3. more... |
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| January |
| 13/01/2006 | | Stephen Fretwell |
| The Ritz is packed to the rafters to catch Mr Fretwell’s triumphant return to his adopted hometown. more... |
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| January |
| 11/01/2006 | | JUDGE it! |
| Seen a gig in Manchester? Then you be the JUDGE! more... |
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