The Gig Guide

Reporter: Dawn Eckersley
Date published: 26 May 2009


Beats

TONIGHT: Wonky Pop featuring Example and Flamboyant Bella — Roadhouse; John Barrowman — Bridgewater Hall; Teitur — Ruby Lounge; Jason Lytle — Academy 3; The Aliens — Deaf Institute; I Heart Hiroshima — Night and Day

TOMORROW: Beyonce — Arena; Shapeshifter, Reemer — Academy 3; An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Of Pump — Night and Day

THURSDAY: Lahannya — Satans Hollow; George Thorogood — Apollo; The Britbus Showcase Tour — Club Academy; Ben’s Brother — Ruby Lounge; The Black Marquee Presents — Night and Day; System — Mint Lounge; Audio Farm: Terry Francis — Moho Live

FRIDAY: Girls Aloud — Arena; Gossip — Club Academy; The Sticks — Academy 3; White Rose Movement — Night and Day; Oh My God — Opus; Lone, Peter Parker, Cycloptic — Deaf Institute; Naughty Panda — Moho Live; Groove Armada — Sankeys; Kotnstadt — Attic

SATURDAY: Phosphorescent — Deaf Institute; The Panics — Roadhouse; Joe Longthorne — Palace Hotel; Lynyrd Skynyrd — Apollo; Adrian Edmundson and The Bad Shepherds — Academy 3; Breathe - The Delicate Sound of Floyd — Ruby Lounge; Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys — Academy 2; The New Devices — Dry Bar; Team Waterpolo — Night and Day; Balkanarama — Club Academy; Sankeys Saturday — Sankeys; Beat Bazaar Bash — Music Box; De Puta Madre — Area 51; Caged Asylum presents Heaven and Hell — Ruby Lounge; Hoya Hoya with Benji B — Roadhouse

SUNDAY: King Kayak — Legends, Lees; Metronomy — Club Academy; Lounge Tunes — Tiger Lounge; Patrick Wolf — Ritz; Tommy Reilly — Ruby Lounge

MONDAY: Florence and The Machine — St Philips Church, Salford; Aborted vs The Acacia Strain — Music Box; The Horrors — Ruby Lounge