Gig Guide

TONIGHT - Cage the Elephant — Academy 2; Retribution Gospel Choir — Deaf Institute; Dan Auerbach — Club Academy

TOMORROW - Vital Remains — Music Box; Leon Jackson, Same Difference — Apollo; Chairlift — Ruby Lounge; Andrew Bird — Academy 3; Andy Schofield and Jo McCallum Big Band — Mint Lounge; Melt Banana — Music Box; Little Boots — Club Academy; Mike Bones — Trof; Vagabond — Dry Bar

THURSDAY - Eric Clapton — Arena; Abe Vigoda, The Mae Shi — Deaf Institute; Dinosaur Pile Up, The Temper Trap — Night and Day

FRIDAY - Otis Gibbs — Ruby Lounge; Violens — Roadhouse; Here and Now Tour 2009 — Arena; The View — Academy; Electric Wizard — Academy 3; Bugged Out — Sankeys; The House That Dub Built — Jabez Clegg; Mark Seven — Roadhouse

SATURDAY - The Sunshine Underground — Moho Live; Sonic Boom Under 18s Rock Night — Club Academy; Sorry and The Sinatras — Roadhouse; Girls Aloud — Arena; Classic Manchester 09 — Academy 2; Street Dogs — Academy 3; Twisted Wheel — Academy; Birthday Party: Lowline — Ruby Lounge; Disco Electronica Live — Sankeys

SUNDAY - Naughty Dog — Legends, Lees; Ladyhawke — Club Academy; Girls Aloud — Arena; Johnny Foreigner — Deaf Institute

MONDAY - Wintersleep — Roadhouse; Rainbow Arabia — Deaf Institute; Howard Elliott Payne — Night and Day; Cursive — Academy 3; The Men They Couldn’t Hang — M19