GIG GUIDE

BEATS

TONIGHT: Atticus Black Tour — Roadhouse; Chris Helme — Moho Live; Joan Armatrading — Bridgewater Hall; Matt Schofield — Band on the Wall; Deerhunter — Club Academy; Kids in Glass Houses — Academy 2; Foals — Ritz; Wintersleep — Ruby Lounge; Narrows — Star and Garter; Foals DJ Set and After Party — Mint Lounge.

TOMORROW: Rose Elinor Dougall — Ruby Lounge; Beardyman Live — The Factory; Young Knives — Moho Live; Vains of Jenna — Roadhouse; Horse Meat Disco — Purple Pussycat.

THURSDAY: Babysub Indie Club Election Night Special: The Firm, Massive Dynamic — Whittles, Oldham; Hot Club of Cowtown — Club Academy; Neil Cowley Trio — Band on the Wall; Kill Hannah — Academy 3; The Sunshine Underground — Moho Live; Lightspeed Champion — Deaf Institute; Joe Carnall, The Book Club — Ruby Lounge.

FRIDAY: The Slits — Moho Live; Duke Special — St Philips Church, Salford; Cocorosie — Manchester Cathedral; Scouting For Girls — Apollo; Misty’s Big Adventure — Academy 3; Hole — Academy; Jaded, Life Sentence, The Dirty Hearts — Club Academy; Best Coast — Deaf Institute; Vessels — Band on the Wall; Your Twenties — Ruby Lounge; Chuck Prophet, The Mission Express — Bury Met; Boys Noize — Sankeys; Bass Camp vs Exodus — Sound Control.

SATURDAY: Eighth Wave — Roadhouse; Sonic Boom — Club Academy; Joe Longthorne — Palace Hotel; UK Guns n Roses — Academy 2; George Borowski — Academy 3; Show Of Hands — Band on the Wall; Gogol Bordello — Academy; Surfer Blood — Ruby Lounge; Mostly Autumn — Bury Met; Guilty Pleasures — Deaf Institute; Laidback Luke — Sankeys.

SUNDAY: The Big Noise — Sound Control; Deez Nuts — Moho Live; Parachute — Roadhouse; The Temper Trap — Academy; Mr Hudson — Academy 2; Peter Green and Friends — Academy 3; Michael Buble — Arena

MONDAY: Kiss — Arena; The Chariot — Moho Live; Cold Cave — Deaf Institute; New To Q — Sound Control; Harper Simon — Night and Day