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1. 21. Five alive for Chiefs and Blunt at Brits

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 January 2006 FORMER British Army captain James Blunt and Leeds rockers the Kaiser Chiefs have bagged five nominations each at the prestigious Brit Awards. Local favourites Oasis, Ian Brown and Shayne Ward& are also up for gongs. Find out more, here.

2. 22. Blowout lays on festive bash

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 December 2006 GOODWILL to all men - especially if those men are electro music-inclined, it seems. For their Yuletide, erm, blowout, local promoters Blowout have enlisted two fine electro ciphers guaranteed to wake us out of our mince pie-induced festive slumber.

3. 23. Prepare to Rourke 'n' roll at cancer benefit

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 January 2006

   EX-SMITHS bassist Andy Rourke scoured his phone book to bring together a Who's Who of Mancunian music for the Manchester Versus Cancer concert on Saturday. Find out more about& the line-up and how to buy tickets, here.

4. 24. Preview: Luvdub

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 March 2006 JOE Splain, on the joys of roots reggae sound system culture. says: "We found out pretty early on that people can't put beer bottles anywhere near the bass bins at Luvdub."

5. 25. 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>

6. 26. Morrissey to headline V Festival

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 February 2006 RADIOHEAD and Morrissey are to headline this year's V Festival, it has been announced. Find out more about the line-up and how to buy tickets, here.

7. 27. What's the craic?

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 08 March 2006 IT'S that time again when the entire nation claims they have Irish ancestry, dons a tall green hat and develops a taste for Guinness. Find out what's on, here.

8. 28. Calypso and carnival through the streets

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 August 2006 THE Caribbean Carnival of Manchester celebrates its third anniversary at Alexandra Park, Moss Side, with the theme this year being "Street Bacchanal".

9. 29. Coldcut @ Academy 2

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 February 2006 COLDCUT have built a reputation for blending styles and beats, politics and hi-tech visual chicanery - and their performance at Academy 2 proved these turntable warriors have lost none of their edge.

10. 30. Sixties singer Freddie dies

    Manchester Evening News, Saturday 20 May 2006 SIXTIES pop star Freddie Garrity has died, it has been announced. Manchester-born Garrity, 69, former lead singer with Freddie and the Dreamers, passed away on Friday in hospital in North Wales, according to his agent.

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