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1. 1. Predictions for 2005

   CityLife, Friday 31 December 2004 AS the Hogmanay chimes start to ring, we dig out the crystal ball and make some key predictions for the year ahead. If you thought this year was exciting, you ain't seen nothing yet...

2. 2. Cirque's new dawn for Nicola

   CityLife, Friday 31 December 2004 THE old cliché has the excited youngster running away to join the circus. But there's nothing clichéd about the brilliant Cirque du Soleil, nor about singer Nicola Dawn's path from Cheadle Hulme to starring with the company in their Saltimbanco show, coming to Manchester in early January.

3. 3. Potter set for July release

   CityLife, Tuesday 21 December 2004 THE sixth Harry Potter book will hit the shops on July 16 next year, it has been announced. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be published simultaneously in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

4. 4. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous (Polydor Records)

   CityLife, Friday 17 December 2004 IT'S only fitting that the year of the Scissor Sisters should draw to a close with news of the orgasmic new single, which will take them into 2005.

5. 5. Smooth operators from the Emerald Isle

   CityLife, Thursday 16 December 2004 NICKY Byrne isn't a big fan of photo shoots. The singer and his Westlife cohorts have just finished getting snapped in a snooker club in north London and Nicky's more than a little relieved. "I don't like them," he says. "They're a bit monotonous. You have to wait while they get the light right and all that."

6. 6. Tony Bennett - The Art of Romance (RPM)

   CityLife, Monday 13 December 2004 THOSE hoping that Tony Bennettés collaboration with Sheffield-based producers The All Seeing Eye (on the playful Jarvis Cocker-penned Walk Like a Panther) might herald a more adventurous dawn in the smooth croonerés long career may be disappointed by his latest collection.

7. 7. Gary to wake us up a-go-go

   CityLife, Monday 13 December 2004 GOOD news reaches the M.E.N. for any Take That fans wondering what the heck happened to lead singer Gary Barlow. For I hear the down-to-earth singer has been busy working on a new musical - Love Shack - which stages its world premiere here in Manchester.

8. 8. Round the Horne….Revisited @ The Lowry

   CityLife, Wednesday 08 December 2004

9. 9. The Judges: Who decided who won what?

   CityLife, Tuesday 07 December 2004 The Judges: Who decided who won what? Find out here.

10. 10. Kasabian coming back

    CityLife, Tuesday 07 December 2004 NOWADAYS, most bands from Manchester sound like theyére from anywhere but here. So ités ironic that one of the biggest success stories of 2004 has been Kasabian, whose every fibre suggests they should have been born Mancunian but are actually from Leicester.

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