GIG GUIDE

BEATS: TONIGHT: The Slackers — Moho Live; La Roux — Academy; The Big Pink — Academy 2; Po’Girl featuring JT Nero — Band on the Wall.

TOMORROW: The UK DMC Championships — Sound Control; The Live Tour — Moho Live; The Books — Deaf Institute; Faust — Ruby Lounge; Jim Bob — Night and Day; Stornoway — Club Academy; Eli Paperboy Reed, The True Loves — Academy 3.
THURSDAY: Mamma Freedom — Moho Live; The Summer Ball — Manchester 235; Grails — Ruby Lounge; Konono No 1 — Club Academy; Sic Alps — Deaf Institute; Snake Davis Band — Band on the Wall.

FRIDAY: Francis Rossi — Academy 2; The May Ball — Palace Hotel; Boyz II Men — Apollo; Dum Dum Girls — Sound Control; A Sunny Day in Glasgow — Islington Mill, Salford; The Anja Barnacott Memorial Foundation — Club Academy; Don McLean — Bridgewater Hall; Indigo — Moho Live; The Wailing Souls — Band on the Wall; Aeroplane DJ Set — Mint Lounge; Jilly’s Rockworld The Final Goodbye — Ritz; Tribal Sessions: John Digweed — Sankeys; King Cosmic Sound System — Band on the Wall.

SATURDAY: The Love Crave — Moho Live; Hauschka, James Blackshaw, Nancy Elizabeth — Band on the Wall; Gotan Project — Apollo; Kings Ov Leon — Academy 3; Fuzzbox — Club Academy; David R Black — Bury Met; White Rabbits — Night and Day; Sinsation — Voodoo Lounge; Disco Electronica: Martin Buttrich — Sankeys; Lowdown and Dirty — Sound Control; Step Up featuring Matthew Halsall — Band on the Wall.

SUNDAY: The Cow vs Cancer Festival — Satan’s Hollow; Dogs — Moho Live; Alabama 3 — Academy 2; Music Beats Mines featuring Benji Boko — Ruby Lounge; Rihanna — Arena.

MONDAY: Jamie Cullum — Bridgewater Hall; The Virgin Marys — Band on the Wall; Sound of Guns — Moho Live; Brain Jonestown Massacre — Academy 3; The Bundles featuring Kimya Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis — Deaf Institute; Frontier Ruckus — Dulcimer; Natty — Ruby Lounge.