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1. 11. Hunt for bands to ape Arctic Monkeys

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 08 February 2006 MANCHESTER record label Fat Northerner Records has landed a '75,000 windfall to help local bands follow in the footsteps of chart-toppers the Arctic Monkeys.

2. 12. Stealing Edinburgh's crown

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 August 2006 EVEN though he actually hails from Edinburgh, Alex Poots is happy that his hometown is already feeling the heat from next year's inaugural Manchester International Festival.

3. 13. Argonauts' a hit and myth affair

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 February 2006 FROM the company who brought the wonderfully entertaining and inventive production World Cup Final 1966 to The Lowry not long ago comes another improbably epic production, Jason And The Argonauts. It runs until Saturday.

4. 14. Reed's Hall of fame

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 September 2006 THE man in charge of the Bridgewater Hall is in raptures about an Italian masterwork. Not something by Vivaldi, Verdi or Puccini, but a 1967 opus by Lambretta. The venue is 10-years-old this week.

5. 15. Rachael's musical mission

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 December 2006 AT present there seems to be a lack of platform for people to have a whinge and a moan about the state of music today, or even the chance to shout and scream about a certain band or artist who are plying their trade in the Manchester region.

6. 16. New team is forced to deal art show blow

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 September 2006 THIS year's Manchester Art Show has been cancelled. Organisers say lack of support, a reduced number of exhibitors and too little time have all contributed to the plug being ungracefully pulled on the event - which had been a regular fixture for the past four years.

7. 17. Simon dashes to rescue of Art Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 October 2006 THE show must go on - which was precisely the attitude of a number of artists when they heard that the Manchester Art Show at G-Mex had been cancelled.

8. 18. False perception, my old China

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 February 2006 HOMAGE or racism? The question posed by a new exhibition from Canadian artist Karen Tam as she looks at the growth of Chinoiserie in the West.

9. 19. 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.

10. 20. Ross Noble @ Opera House

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 October 2006 THE short animations at the beginning of Ross Noble's shows are becoming something of a tradition. The only warm-up Noble requires, the sequence this time featured coloured balls in top hats warning of the dangers of cancerous mice.

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