Gig Guide
Reporter: Dawn Eckersley
Date published: 16 June 2009
TONIGHT: The Priests — Arena; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre; We Were Promised Jetpacks — Night and Day
TOMORROW: Britney Spears — Arena; Jon Allen — Academy 3; Broken Records — Roadhouse; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre; Sun Araw, Pocahunted — Salford Islington Mill; Zappa Plays Zappa — Bridgewater Hall; Kitsune Maison Tour — Deaf Institute
THURSDAY: Acoustic Lounge: Shot By A Pistol Slug, Leigh Hitch — Castle, Oldham; Acoustic Travelling Circus featuring Denise Morgan, Pete Greenfield, Angus Barclay and Steve Love — Jacksons Pit, Oldham; Babysub Six Month Birthday Bash featuring The Manyanas, The Crash Mats and Pedro Laxx — Whittles, Oldham; The Toadies — Ruby Lounge; Baskery — Academy 3; Britney Spears — Arena; Pet Shop Boys — Apollo; Acoustic Ladyland — Mint Lounge; The Priests — Bridgewater Hall; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre; Jason Isbell — Night and Day
FRIDAY: Uncle Meat, Highway Children, Lost Calm — Castle; Boyzone — Arena; Diana Jones — Academy 3; Aqualung — Club Academy; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre; The Wave Pictures — Deaf Institute
SATURDAY: Kelsey Traynor Band, Chuck Farthing — Castle; Last Man Standing — The Garrett; Boyzone — Arena; Edgar Jones Jones and Free Peace — Academy 3; UFO — Academy 2; The Virgin Marys — Academy 3; Birthday Party: White Belt, Yellow Tag — Ruby Lounge; Bill Bailey — Palace Theatre
SUNDAY: Driving Force — Legends, Lees; Morning Serenades: Jennifer Pike and Martin Roscoe — Bridgewater Hall; The Thermals — Ruby Lounge
MONDAY: Kings of Leon — Arena; A Hawk and A Hacksaw — Ruby Lounge; Air Traffic — Deaf Institute; Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby — Night and Day
