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1. Happy Sundays
Stockport Express, Friday 29 June 2007HIGH drama. Cartoonish spectacle. Otherwordly music and poetic artistry. These are all things you will see over the coming weeks at Manchester International Festival. But it'd be fair to say two events combine all these great ingredients and more.
2. Good time guy Rod rocks on
Stockport Express, Friday 22 June 2007IT'S EXTREMELY rare these days for pop stars to celebrate the art of drinking alcohol in excessive measure.
3. MUSIC: Andy Williams - Bridgewater Hall, tonight
Stockport Express, Friday 22 June 2007ALONGSIDE Burt Bacharach, there's been no greater recipient from the whole easy listening movement than Andy Williams, and his cool currency has never been higher.
4. George is ready to rock stadium
Stockport Express, Friday 15 June 2007GEORGE Michael must look back on the past 12 months and consider the old saying 'one step forward, two steps back'. There have been record-breaking sell-out tours and a number one greatest hits album, which firmly put him back on the comeback trail.
5. INDIE: The Charlatans, Delamere Forest, Saturday
Stockport Express, Friday 15 June 2007JUST when did things become so efficient in the world of The Charlatans? This weekend, they return to play a much-awaited North West homecoming show at Delamere Forest, buoyed by their awesome appearance at last month's Manchester Versus Cancer concert.
6. ROCK: Motley Crue, Apollo, Tuesday
Stockport Express, Friday 8 June 2007ALTHOUGH Motley Crue are regarded as a rock collective, it's been much easier to mistake them recently as the personal car crash of drummer Tommy Lee.
7. ROCK: Velvet Revolver, Apollo, Monday
Stockport Express, Friday 8 June 2007SOBER clarity is not exactly what you'd expect from a supergroup who comprise former members of Guns 'N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, but that's exactly what Velvet Revolver have come to symbolise.
8. 'I want people to hear my story'
Stockport Express, Friday 8 June 2007WHEN boyband Blue split up four years ago, it was almost as though each member had a mini-contest over who could appear in the strangest place.
9. MUSIC: Gary Moore - Apollo, Saturday
Stockport Express, Friday 1 June 2007IN RECENT years, Gary Moore has become more distinguished for his voice - he has a twice-weekly specialist blues show on the radio station Planet Rock.
10. MUSIC: Burnt to the Ground - Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Sunday
Stockport Express, Friday 1 June 2007ALWAYS trust the Manchester music scene to inject some ripe humour into an impossibly dark situation.