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1. 1. Homecoming show for Puressence

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 December 2007 CHARTS, schmarts! Who needs Top 40 hits when your fans are like family and your vision is untainted by boardroom decisions? Puressence play Failsworth on Saturday.

2. 2. The Palace Theatre

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 December 2007 POSSESSOR of a long and illustrious history, Oxford Street's Palace Theatre originally opened as the Palace Theatre of Varieties on Whit Monday 1891 and cost its owners the then colossal sum of £40,500.

3. 3. Strictly Alesha to win

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 December 2007 IT'S no surprise that former Strictly Come Dancing champion Darren Gough is backing singer Alesha Dixon to win this year's celebrity dance-off, on BBC1 on Saturday night.

4. 4. Opera House

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 December 2007 BASED on Quay Street just off the city's bustling main thoroughfare of Deansgate, the Manchester Opera House is one of the city's premier venues.

5. 5. MEN Arena

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 December 2007 OPENED in 1995, the M.E.N. Arena (formerly the Nynex Arena) is the country's largest indoor venue, capable of accommodating up to 21,000 people.

6. 6. Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 December 2007 MANCHESTER'S prestigious international concert venue, the Bridgewater Hall, opened in September 1996 and cost a whopping £42m.

7. 7. The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 December 2007 SET in the redeveloped waterside location of Salford Quays, the space-aged Lowry centre opened in April 2000. It houses two theatres of 1,730 and 466 and there is also a restaurant, cafes and bars to relax in either before or after the show. The layout of The Lowry encourages visitors to explore and enjoy the variety of facilities housed within it, throughout the day and evening.

8. 8. Freak show or art?

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 December 2007 HIS work may be ghoulish but anatomical artist Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibition is among the most visited on Earth.

9. 9. New date for Spice Girls

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 December 2007 THE British leg of the Spice Girls comeback tour will end with an extra date at the M.E.N. Arena.

10. 10. Leon stunned by record deal

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 17 December 2007 AN 18-year-old Scotsman is sat in front of dozens of cameras and members of the press, and opposite pop babe Dannii Minogue.

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