THE GIG GUIDE

Beats

TONIGHT: Deerhunter — Deaf Institute; Great Lake Swimmers — Dulcimer; Stratovarius — Music Box; The Handsome Family — Ruby Lounge; Josh Doyle — Night and Day

TOMORROW: Terror — Music Box; The Blackout — Academy 2; Soundpad presents Ivy Rise — Night and Day; Bell XI — Club Academy; Vivian Girls — Ruby Lounge; Now Wave presents Telepathe — Deaf Institute; Sad Day For Puppets — Chorlton Irish Club

THURSDAY: Star Hipsters — Star and Garter; Future of the Left — Academy 3; The Hours — Moho Live; Revolver vs Up The Racket Silent Disco — Deaf Institute

FRIDAY: Strummercamp — Manchester Rugby Club; Friends of Mine — Chorlton Irish Club; Karima Francis — Night and Day; Wave Machines — Dry Bar; Cobra Starship — Club Academy; The Smiths Indeed — Academy 3; Morrissey — Apollo; Nickelback — Arena; Logan — Club Academy; The Aftershow vs Hungry Pigeon — Moho Live; Ambitious Outsiders Celebrate Morrissey’s Birthday — Ruby Lounge; Steve Angello — Sankeys; Unhappy Birthday — Brickhouse

SATURDAY: Casio Kid — Roadhouse; Nine Black Alps — Urbis; Mistys Big Adventure — Blink; Orphan Boy — Night and Day; Morrissey — Apollo; Maximo Park — Academy; Akron/Family — Ruby Lounge; We The Kings — Academy 3; Talvin Singh, Niladri Kumar — Academy 2; Jean Michel Jarre — Arena; Morrissey Afterparty — Brickhouse; Tribal Sessions — Sankeys

SUNDAY: Eurocultured Street Festival — Space; The Jessie Rose Trip — Mint Lounge; Sonic Boom — Urbis; A Month of Sundays featuring Alasdair Roberts — Dulcimer; Black Lips — Academy 3; Beatin Back the BNP — Academy 2; Blue Man Group — Arena; Melanie — RNCM; A certain Ratio — Deaf Institute; Black Angel — Mint Lounge; Red Light Meets Def Mix — Sankeys; Anti Clockwise — Club V; El Diablo’s Social Club Birthday Party — Deaf Institute

MONDAY: Anathallo — Night and Day; Scott Matthews — Ruby Lounge; The Soft Pack — Deaf Institute