GIG GUIDE

TONIGHT: Madness — Apollo; Matt Berry — Moho Live; Ray Davies — Bridgewater Hall

TOMORROW: Paramore — Arena; Here Come The Girls: Lulu, Anastasia, Chaka Khan — Apollo; Michael Schenker Group — Academy 3; Nine53 Xmas Launch Party — Moho Live; Soulwaxmas — Academy; Cassetrio Xmas Party — Ruby Lounge

THURSDAY: Imelda May — Waterside Arts Centre; Babyshambles — Ritz; Fruit Bats — Roadhouse; Howard Marks — Orlandos; Some Other Country — Band on the Wall; Heavens Basement — Academy 3; Beak — Deaf Institute; Misty’s Big Adventure — Club Academy; Audio Farm: Meat Katie — Moho Live

FRIDAY: Doves — Manchester Central; Stephen Fretwell — Band on the Wall; The Futureheads — Moho Live; Depeche Mode — Arena; David Gray — Apollo; Riding The Low — Ruby Lounge; The Sun and The Moon — Academy 3; Figmo, Kranius — Club Academy; The Cinematics — Night and Day; Sasha and Digweed — Warehouse Project; Mavado and Serani — Academy; Party of the Universe — Star and Garter; Religion — Sankeys; Jazzanova: Alex and Claas DJ Set — Band on the Wall; Mark E — Roadhouse

SATURDAY: Lucie Jones — Tokyo Project, Oldham; Amplifier — Academy 3; Christmas Party Night: Soul Brothers — Palace Hotel; Ian Brown — Arena; Public Image Ltd — Academy; Daddysmilk — Club Academy; Detroit Social Club — Ruby Lounge; Haggis Horns, Craig Charles DJ Set — Band on the Wall; The Essential Mix Party — Warehouse Project; Monkey Magic — Brickhouse; Sankeys Xmas Present — Sankeys.

SUNDAY: Skandal featuring The Blockheads — Moho Live; Pet Shop Boys — Arena; Foy Vance — Ruby Lounge; Grammatics — Deaf Institute.

MONDAY: New Education — Moho Live; David Ford — Band on the Wall.