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1. Preview: Chris Isaak
Stockport Express, Thursday 12 April 2007IT'S no real surprise that of all the major Hollywood film roles he's taken, Chris Isaak is invariably typecast - as the wannabe tough guy who actually has a heart of marshmellow.
2. Preview: Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy
Stockport Express, Saturday 21 April 2007OVER the course of 30 years, both Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy have undergone strange conversions from being parent-scaring to parent-friendly rock bands.
3. Preview: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Stockport Express, Thursday 12 April 2007ONE-trick pony- that was one of the most common accusations levelled at Black Rebel Motorcycle Club when they first emerged and even the band themselves could see the point.
4. Preview: James Taylor
Stockport Express, Thursday 12 April 2007AN active campaigner for environmental causes, and occasionally doing guest voices in episodes of The Simpsons 59-year-old James Taylor is very much as mellow as his music these days.
5. Dan's still their man
Stockport Express, Thursday 12 April 2007IT'S pretty easy to see why Daniel O'Donnell and Sir Cliff Richard have become such great showbiz allies of late.
6. Preview: Australian Pink Floyd
Stockport Express, Saturday 21 April 2007THERE'S a hilarious scene from I'm Alan Partridge when the hapless Norwich DJ attempts to recreate a Pink Floyd lightshow for a corporate presentation he is giving.
7. Preview: Maximo Park
Stockport Express, Saturday 21 April 2007ALWAYS confused for being a band who preferred brains to brawn, the truth is that Maximo Park excel at both.
8. 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.
9. The last of a breed?
Stockport Express, Friday 27 April 2007IT'S a strong token of Tony Bennett's magic that he can perform somewhere like Glastonbury Festival - as he famously did four years ago - and still raise the roof (well, in a metaphorical sense, because festivals don't have roofs).
10. 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.