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1. Preview: Nine Inch Nails
Stockport Express, Friday 23 February 2007IF goth culture really is back in fashion, then it's appropriate that one of its greatest leaders, Trent Reznor and his band, Nine Inch Nails, mark their comeback this year.
2. Preview: James Morrison
Stockport Express, Friday 23 February 2007THESE are crowded times in the singer-songwriter market but James Morrison has done a fine job of standing out above that crowd - as last week's win at the Brit Awards for Best Male Solo Artist proved.
3. Preview: Dave Matthews Band
Stockport Express, Friday 23 February 2007IT speaks volumes that, whenever Dave Matthews Band make live appearances in the UK, a sizable proportion of the audience will likely be Americans who've made the journey over the water.
4. Preview: The Feeling
Stockport Express, Friday 23 February 2007ROCK 'n' roll, as we all know, is a narcisistic world, full of vanity and obsessed with notions of credibilty and "cool''. It's no wonder then, that Britain took so warmly to The Feeling - a group who, from day one, were brazen in their attempts to tear up the rock star "cool'' rulebook.
5. Preview: Kaiser Chiefs
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007KAISERr Chiefs, perhaps more so than any of their peers, are largely responsible for British guitar leapfrogging from the indie underground ghettos and straight into the mainstream in recent years.
6. Preview: Nelly Furtado
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007NELLY Furtado's mutation from queasy pop kitten to voracious "maneater" was clearly one of those pop chapters that we didn't see coming last year. Although, that said, Furtado (pictured) was a beguiling proposition from day one.
7. Preview: Stephen Fretwell
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007MANCHESTER-based songwriter Stephen Fretwell can count Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, of Batman fame, as one of his biggest fans.
8. Preview: Jarvis Cocker
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007IN a recent interview with a music magazine, former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker opined: "I don't get all the fuss about the Arctic Monkeys. They're being acclaimed for writing about everyday life. It's that obvious. What else is there to write about?"
9. Preview: The Killers
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007WE British love flattery, so it's no wonder that we took to The Killers with such open arms when they first arrived on these shores three years ago.
10. Preview: The Fratellis
Stockport Express, Friday 16 February 2007SOME might say that rock 'n' roll has always been a male-dominated world but in recent times, rock 'n' roll has certainly received an extra dose of the machismo factor.