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1. 1. Carling 24: The full day

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 31 May 2005 WHAT is it like to spend a whole day and night darting around Manchester watching bands? We poured gallons of Red Bull down Paul Cockerton's throat and challenged him to spend the whole of Saturday taking in the Carling 24 festival.

2. 2. Erase Errata, Klang, Ex-Models @ Roadhouse

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 June 2003 PUNK’S not dead; it’s merely had a sex change, says Paul Cockerton.

3. 3. NME Awards Tour @ Manchester Academy

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 February 2003 TRADITIONALLY the NME tour has introduced little known new acts to a wider audience. This year three of the bands have already established themselves in the mainstream.

4. 4. Asian Dub Foundation @ Academy 2

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 February 2003 ASIAN Dub Foundation's musical and political spirit seems to have strengthened in their two-year absence.

5. 5. Erlend Oye @ Academy 3

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 February 2003 RUMOURS of Erlend Oye performing a shocking musical u-turn prove to be premature.

6. 6. Erlend Oye @ Academy 3

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 February 2003 RUMOURS of Erlend Oye performing a shocking musical u-turn prove to be premature. The singer in acoustic duo Kings of Convenience may have discovered synthesisers and dance beats, but it's not a Damascene conversion to UK garage or Euro trance. In fact, he's progressed naturally from gentle folk-rock to equally pastoral electronica.

7. 7. The Rapture @ Night and Day

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 05 April 2003 NEW YORK, the current undisputed champion of the rock universe, owes a Ridsdale-sized debt of gratitude to 1980s Manchester.

8. 8. Beth Orton @ Academy

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 29 March 2003 To some people Beth Orton is just a tall neo-folk singer nominated for every 'best British female' award going, mainly because there are no credible alternatives.

9. 9. Kinesis and The Beatings @ The Roadhouse

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 October 2002 Kinesis are the Bolton wing of the British rock revival, perfectly engineered for Kerrang! and MTV2.

10. 10. Ladytron, Pink Grease @ Academy 3

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 March 2003 THERE are six men wrestling for our attention like sugar-guzzling toddlers. Between them they boast an Afro haircut, poorly applied make-up, partial nudity, a machine gun-shaped guitar and a saxophone being whipped. Pink Grease clearly missed the diktat that live electronic music mustn't be fun.

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