Gig Guide

TONIGHT: Dirty Vegas — Night and Day; Brother — Academy 3; Villagers — Sound Control; Abigail Washburn — Band on the Wall; Holy Ghost — Ruby Lounge; David J Roch — Castle Hotel; Mountains — Islington Mill, Salford; Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute

TOMORROW: John Cleese — Lowry, Salford; Mayday Parade — Academy 2

THURSDAY: Reconnected — Sound Control; Academy Live: The Pyratz, The Strive, Dirty Jack, Barrington Mozart — Academy 3; MC Lars — Ruby Lounge; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble — Band on the Wall; Andrew Jackson Jihad — Night and Day

FRIDAY: Hungry Pigeon — Northern Quarter; The Complete Stone Roses — Moho Live; Hellogoodbye — Sound Control; Clinic — Deaf Institute; The Alarm — Academy 2; Sade — Arena; The Mountain Goats — Academy 3; The Kills — Manchester Methodist Central Hall; The Reads — Night and Day; Swedish House Mafia — Apollo; Bucie: The Princess of House Tour — K2; Soulution — Band on the Wall

SATURDAY: D:Ream — Moho Live; Lowline Album Launch — Sound Control; Kool Keith — Academy 2: Olly Murs — Apollo; Joanne Shaw Taylor — Academy 3; Thee Oh Sees — Deaf Institute; The Full On Mighty Riders — Ruby Lounge; Oneohtrix Point Never — Islington Mill; Legends of the Old School — Sheridan Suite; The Answering Machine, Colorama — Band on the Wall; Caged Asylum — Ruby Lounge; Limbo presents Leon and H2 — Joshua Brooks; The Martinez Brothers — Sankeys

SUNDAY: El Diablo’s Social Club — Islington Mill; Jamie Woon — Academy 2; Abigail Williams — Moho Live; Academy Live: The Watershed, Colombia, Electric Wood, Faraday — Academy 3; Sparrow and The Workshop — Roadhouse; Federation — Sankeys

MONDAY: Dot To Dot Festival — Academy; Emmylou Harris — Bridgewater Hall