Gig guide

TONIGHT: Altamount Never Say Die — Academy 2; Scouting For Girls — Apollo; Sun Ra Arkestra — Deaf Institute; MGMT — Academy; Monotonix — Club Academy; MedEquip4Kids — Opus; The Boss Hoss — Night and Day.

TOMORROW: Rock The Bells featuring Nas, Mos Def and The Pharcyde — Apollo; Destroyer — Roadhouse; The Rifles — Academy 2; Tony Christie — RNCM; Midterm Break — Music Box; Sneaky Sound System — Club Academy; Fidget — Spektrum; Now Wave presents We Have Band — Deaf Institute.

THURSDAY: Deez Nuts — Music Box; King Kurt — Ruby Lounge; Peter Bruntnell, Michael Weston King — Club Academy; An Evening With My Morning Jacket — Academy 2; Grammatics — Night and Day; Pete Doherty — Ritz; Forever Never — Academy 3.

FRIDAY: Magners Irish Sessions — Irish World Heritage Centre; Sham 69 — Academy 3; Motorhead — Apollo; Limehouse Lizzy — Club Academy; Marillion — Academy; Kora — Academy 2; Solange — Ruby Lounge; Peggy Sue and Friends — Ruby Lounge; Cafe La Belle — 235; The Aftershow — Moho Live; Cocoon — Warehouse Project; Oh My God — Music Box; Bugged Out — Sankeys.

SATURDAY: An Evening With Mike Heron and George Seddon — St Clements Church; Mitch Benn — Dancehouse Theatre; The Alarm — Academy 3; Fat Freddys Drop — Academy; The Addiction — Club Academy; Hey — Academy 2; Cafe La Belle — 235; Keith — Night and Day; Hell is For Heroes — Roadhouse; Goodgreef 8th Birthday — Warehouse Project; Soul Inspired — Moso Moso; Disco Electronica — Sankeys.

SUNDAY: Farewell City — Satans Hollow; Paul Gilbert — Club Academy; Bullet For My Valentine — Apollo; Less Than Jake — Academy; Taio Cruz — Academy 2; John Martyn — Lowry, Salford; Imelda May — Night and Day.

MONDAY: The Feeling — Apollo; Hayley Westernra — Bridgewater Hall; Kanye West — Arena; TV On The Radio — Academy 2; Jackson United — Academy 3; Army of Freshmen — Club Academy; Pete and The Pirates — Ruby Lounge; James Yorkston — Night and Day; Cass McCombs — Deaf Institute.