The Gig Guide

Reporter: Dawn Eckersley
Date published: 05 May 2009


TONIGHT: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band — Night and Day; White Lies — Academy 2; Jeffrey Lewis and The Junkyard — Academy 3; Priscilla Ahn — Ruby Lounge; Heavens Basement — Roadhouse; P&P, Mstrkrft, Popof — Area 51

TOMORROW: Gallows — Academy; NME Radar Tour — Academy 3; The Jessie Rose Trip — Ruby Lounge

THURSDAY: Dead Wasps — Moho Live; The Dead Pets — Star and Garter; Lloyd Cole — Dancehouse Theatre; Fightstar — Academy 3; Sucioperro — Roadhouse; Baked A La Ska Launch Party — Ruby Lounge; M83 — Deaf Institute

FRIDAY: The Broken Family Band — Ruby Lounge; Enrique Iglesias — Arena; Deadmau5 — Academy; One Eskimo — Moho Live; McFly — Apollo; Dreadzone; Incassum — Club Academy; Zombie Zombie — Deaf Institute; Skeletons and The Empty Pockets — Chorlton Irish Club; Religion — Sankeys; DMC Heats — Music Box; Whatever the Weather vs Bass Camp — Moho Live; Carry on with Krafty Kuts — Ruby Lounge

SATURDAY: The Butterfly Effect — Roadhouse; Razorlight — Arena; The Maccabees — Academy 2; Spear of Destiny — Academy 3; Sonic Boom Six — Club Academy; Birthday Party: This City — Ruby Lounge; Al Stewart — Opera House; Bitch: Oliver Giacomotto — Sankeys; Guilty Pleasures — Deaf Institute; Kaluki Allnighter — Area 51

SUNDAY: The Cow vs Cancer Festival — Satans Hollow; Ghostface Killah — Academy 2; Son of Dave — Night and Day; Will and The People — Ruby Lounge

MONDAY: Counting Crows — Arena; Only Men Aloud — Bridgewater Hall; Your Demise — Satans Hollow; The DO — Deaf Institute; Metric — Academy 3; Grails — Ruby Lounge; Rob Da Bank — Moho Live