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1. 1. Predictions for 2005

   Manchester Evening News, 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

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 31 December 2004 THE old clich' has the excited youngster running away to join the circus. But there's nothing clich'd 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. Nintendo DS sells 2 million units

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 December 2004 Nintendo's latest handheld device, the DS, has sold over 2 million units in little over a month, the company has announced.

4. 4. Times change for

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 December 2004

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   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 December 2004

6. 6. Erasure on the up

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 December 2004 ERASURE are heading to Manchester on March 9 and, as ever, the shows will be ostentatious, full of glamour and, no doubt, rollicking good fun. "We're going to do a mix of everything," says Vince. "I don't mind doing the old stuff. Andy gets a bit tired of it but I love it."

7. 7. Boxing Day date for Rowetta

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 December 2004 WHEN Rowetta went out of The X Factor, all the regular viewers were in some weird state of shock.

8. 8. Christmas Classics @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 December 2004 JOHN PRYCE-JONES brought his Halifax Choral Society over the Pennines for last night's concert in the Raymond Gubbay Christmas series, which was one of the most musically ambitious.

9. 9. Chorlton needs you!

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 21 December 2004 FANCY yourself as the next Badly Drawn Boy? Chorlton Arts Festival organisers are on the lookout now for budding performers to take part in next year's event. Singers, actors, artists and film-makers are all wanted for eight days of concerts and performances.

10. 10. Steve beats the odds

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 20 December 2004 IN the last six months Steve Brookstein's life has been turned upside down. He started 2004 as a down-on-his-luck pub singer who was doing gigs for '40 a time, but he ends the year the winner of talent show The X Factor and one of the most famous singers in the country.

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