GIG GUIDE

BEATS

All Manchester, unless statedTONIGHT: The Bluetones — Moho Live; Crystal Antlers — Sound Control; Powderfinger — Academy 2; Hudson Mohawke — The Factory; Basia Bulat — Night and Day; Roachford — Deaf Institute; Mark Broom — Mint Lounge

TOMORROW: Young Guns — Roadhouse; Good Shoes — Deaf Institute; Ash — Academy 2; Brandi Carlile — Club Academy; NME Radar Tour — Academy 3; Star Hipsters — Star and Garter; Crippled Back Phoenix — Ruby Lounge

THURSDAY: Thrash and Burn — Club Academy; The Cheek — Moho Live; Arch Enemy — Academy; Kevin Johansen, Liniers — Band on the Wall; Lauren Pritchard — Nexus Art Cafe; The Reasoning — Bury Met; Muzzle — Attic

FRIDAY: The ACS Ball — Manchester Met Student’s Union; Stewart Francis — Dancehouse Theatre; John Smith — Band on the Wall; The Black Knights — Night and Day; Wishbone Ash — Academy 3; Sandi Thom — Club Academy; Chase and Status — Academy; Fools Gold — Ruby Lounge; Rev78 — Roadhouse; James Grant — Bury Met; Kevin Saunderson — Moho Live; DJ Marky — Sankeys; Soul:Ution — Band on the Wall

SATURDAY: Dance Gavin Dance — Roadhouse; Gian Introduces — Academy 3; InMe — Club Academy; With That Knife — Night and Day; Hammerfall — Academy 2; LCD Soundsystem — Academy; Back From The Grave — Satan’s Hollow; Mr Scruff Keep It Unreal — Band on the Wall; Allnighter — Sankeys; Joakim — Roadhouse

SUNDAY: Ben Dallas — Bay Horse; Kaluki — Sankeys; House of Stone Presents — Moho Live; The Second Floor — Night and Day; Vashti Bunyan — RNCM; The Futureheads — Academy 3; The Australian Pink Floyd Show — Arena; The John Bishop Show — Apollo

MONDAY: The High Fallutin, Blue Demon, Luna Vegas, X Ray Cat, Smoking Lucifers, DJ Zombilly Moonshine — Whittles, Oldham; John Fairhurst — Bay Horse; Paul Curreri — Band on the Wall; Wood Pigeon — Deaf Institute; Sennen — Night and Day