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21. Funeral For A Friend (Apollo)
Stockport Express, Thursday 17 May 2007MORBID by name, very much morbid by nature in the worldview of Welsh emo rockers Funeral ForA Friend.
22. Preview: Bryan Adams
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007WITH his mix of bombastic stadium anthems and self-conscious blue collar schtick, Bryan Adams has spent a good 25 years cultivating his persona as Canada's answer to Bruce Springsteen.
23. Preview: Jan Akkerman
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007THERE can't be many guitarists who can play for Ice-T one minute, then BB King the next but Jan Akkerman is a musician of rarefied talent.
24. Preview: Roy Harper
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007EVERY decent folk revival produces a few lost gems and Roy Harper was certainly one who was ripe for rediscovering.
25. Preview: Meatloaf
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007BETTER to think of Meatloaf as less of a rock performer, and more of a major movie franchise in which each instalment gets bigger, more overwrought and expensive but ultimately it's better to stick to the original.
26. Mr Loverman smooches in
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007IF you go along to one of Lionel Ritchie's concert, don't expect to see Cristiano Ronaldo there.
27. Preview: Roger Waters
Stockport Express, Friday 4 May 2007THE forces of charity can unite even the most warring factions but not always in the long term - Pink Floyd being a fine case in point.
28. Preview: Jamie T
Stockport Express, Friday 27 April 2007EVER since Mike Skinner - aka The Streets - struck pop gold, he has left in his wake a succession of young, street-smart, urban Brit hip-hoppers hoping to jump into his slipstream.
29. James make an emotional return to Manchester
Stockport Express, Friday 27 April 2007EVER since the split of James back in 2002, singer Tim Booth has forged a quiet but auspicious career in the acting world.
30. Preview: Brett Anderson
Stockport Express, Friday 27 April 2007IF you've been scanning his recent reviews, Brett Anderson - the serious, mature, contemplative 40-year-old solo artist - hasn't exactly been greeted with open arms by the music press.