GIG GUIDE

Reporter: Dawn Marsden
Date published: 25 May 2010


BEATS: TONIGHT: Sugar Hill Gang — Moho Live; Mark Knopfler — Arena; Louisiana Red, Michael Messer — Band on the Wall; Wax Fang — Sound Control; Villagers — Deaf Institute; Nina Nastasia — St Margarets Church; Orange Ticket Test — Bierkeller; Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute

TOMORROW: Rod Stewart — Arena; Crowded House — Apollo; Goldheart Assembly — Deaf Institute; The Sunshine Underground — Moho Live; Heavy Trash — Academy 3; Heat — Night and Day; Domino Bones — Sound Control; Chiddy Bang — Roadhouse

THURSDAY: Transmission — Moho Live; Dead Meadow — Academy 3; Rod Stewart — Arena; Quasi — Night and Day; Mayer Hawthorne — Ruby Lounge; The Hairy Bikers Big Night Out — Lowry, Salford; Quasi — Deaf Institute; Crowded House — Apollo; Teenage Fanclub — Academy 2; Karen Elson — Night and Day

FRIDAY: Strummercamp Festival — Manchester Rugby Club; Rob Rouse — Dancehouse Theatre; Westlife — Arena; The Hairy Bikers Big Night Out — Lowry; RX Bandits — Academy 3; The Longcut — Roadhouse; The Aftershow — Moho Live; Oh My God — The Zoo; Collective — Venus; Friday Edition — Sankeys

SATURDAY: Strummercamp Saturday — Manchester Rugby Club; Alicia Keys — Arena; The Doors Alive — Ruby Lounge; Son of Dave – Academy 3; KOF — Club Academy; Carney-Ville — Sound Control; Camouflage — Ruby Lounge; Nic Fanciulli, Joris Voorn, Greg Vickers — Sankeys

SUNDAY: Strummercamp Sunday — Manchester Rugby Club; Slayer — Academy; Liam Frost — Band on the Wall; Westlife — Arena; Neal Casal — Ruby Lounge; The Sissy Hits — The Corner; Amoeba to Zebra — Retro Bar; Lee Butler — Antwerp Mansion; Chocolate — Voodoo Lounge; Mark Knight, Dirty Vegas — Sankeys

MONDAY: Dan Reed — Moho Live; Crime in Stereo — Night and Day; Cobra Skulls — Star and Garter