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1. 31. Encore as Dpercussion is saved!

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 July 2006 MANCHESTER'S flagship free music festival Dpercussion has been saved. The annual extravaganza - which was started in 1997 to show the city's defiance following the IRA bomb - was cancelled last month after sponsors pulled funding worth '40,000.

2. 32. M.E.N. Online's Gigs of the Year

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 December 2006 WELL, to paraphrase, Mr Lennon é another yearés over and new oneés about to begin. And what a year ités been! Take a look back as the M.E.N. Online reviewers pick out their gigs of the year.

3. 33. Kitsch Lorraine set for city

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 March 2006 I'M sitting with the band Lorraine in the bar of Jukes' hotel, shortly before their wholly triumphant (if cruelly sparsely attended) gig at Manchester's Roadhouse. If there's any justice in the world, the drumless trio deserve to become the apple of the nation's iPods. They play two more gigs here in April.

4. 34. More of a wake than a Funeral

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 May 2006 FORMED from the ashes of January Thirst in 2001, it is now the growing army of Funeral For A Friend fans who possess& the insatiable appetite. They play the city again on Saturday.

5. 35. What's to come in 2007?

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 December 2006 IT may be almost over, but 2006 will be a year that we here at CityLife look back on fondly. We got Morrissey back for five nights, George Michael for three and saw Take That's triumphant return at the MEN Arena. James Bond, Borat and Superman packed them in at the cinema, while Sir Ian McKellen dazzled audiences at The Lowry in The Cut.

6. 36. Mercury Music Prize: The nominees

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 July 2006 THESE are the 12 albums vying for this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize.

7. 37. Buzzcocks' anniversary Academy bash

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 November 2006 AFTER a well-received show here in March, Manchester's sizable contribution to the punk rock movement return to the city tonight aiming to kick start December in frenetic fashion.

8. 38. The Willows: Bringing Vegas to Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 March 2006 THE age of cabaret came and went, and with it died the huge clubs. All except one, that is. The Willows Variety Club in Salford celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. Paul Taylor takes a nostalgic look back.

9. 39. Still learning the lessons of Moss Side, 25 years on

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 May 2006 GUS JOHN recalls well the days when landladies with rooms to rent would post notices at their front door proclaiming: "No dogs. No blacks. No Irish".

10. 40. City favourites set for Cohesion festival

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 02 August 2006 PLATT Fields Park is set to host one last summer festival hurrah this September featuring a stellar cast of names including Doves, Elbow and Badly Drawn Boy.

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