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1. 1. 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.

2. 2. Opus is the ultimate night out

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 April 2006 JUST when you thought super clubs were totally passé in Manchester after the sinking of the cruise ship-like Lucid, another opens in the very same venue at The Printworks.

3. 3. Rip-roaring Romp rules

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 February 2006 THERE are certain clubs in this great city of ours that the M.E.N. rarely covers. Some because we couldn't honestly, hand on heart, recommend them to you and some because they're so successful they don't really need any more publicity because they're doing just fine without us. Romp falls into the latter category.

4. 4. Preview: Tangled

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 January 2006 MOST clubs celebrate their birthdays. It's a chance to boost ratings and get people fired up for their night out. Few clubs, however, have the level of fanatical support that means the resident DJs get the chance to celebrate their own birthdays as part of the club's calendar. <BR>

5. 5. Loungs set to show their magic

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 SITTING downstairs in the basement bar of the Piccadilly Gardens Hotel, The Loungs are a 12-legged flurry of excessive hair, rustic clothing and the kind of fluffy-eyed bonhomie that makes the real Magic Numbers look like Nick Cave. They play the city tonight.

6. 6. Why my heart will always be in soul...

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 February 2006 IT was one night in 1976, when she threw open the doors to a ballroom in Wigan, that Carole McCarthy discovered her passion. "I walked into Wigan Casino and it was as if I had found my roots," she recalls

7. 7. Statik is electric!

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 February 2006 LOCAL girl Jenny Harrison has what you might call a driven personality. If there's something she's got her eye on to do chances are she'll be doing it within a few months. Take DJing for example...

8. 8. Some fizzy logic from the king of noodle

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 October 2006 SEVEN years ago I first stumbled across Ross Noble backstage at the now defunct Buzz club in Chorlton. He is back in the city again for a six-night run.

9. 9. Trash and Tramp

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 March 2006 EVER the black sheep of the gay village, Homoelectric returns once again to bring the famous Legends nightclub back into disrepute, where it belongs.

10. 10. Bar review: Mint Lounge

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 September 2006 TWO years ago when Mint Lounge opened its doors in the heart of the Northern Quarter there was a fear running rife amongst the artistic workers of the Quarter that the area synonymous with the underground creative leaning of the city would be usurped by the more mainstream elements of retail and leisure.

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