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1. 1. Idols taking on the world

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 December 2003

   THE& nation is in the grip of Pop Idol fever& - but the stakes are about to rise yet again in World Idol. The winners of Pop Idol contests in countries around the globe will go head-to-head in the ultimate sing off. We take a closer look at some of the competitors.

2. 2. Can Michelle make it BIG in pop?

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 December 2003 IN the fickle world of pop, size matters. Girl bands and solo singers alike come in teeny-weeny dress size six or eight and aren't much over five feet tall. Any curvier and you're a marketing manager's nightmare.

3. 3. QuartetFest is on the way

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 05 December 2003 SHOUTING, chanting, whistling and swapping between electronic instruments, maracas and wine glasses, four music students practise making their political statement against the Vietnam War - and at the same time demonstrate that string quartet playing can be music-making with attitude.

4. 4. Jules pips The Darkness to top spot

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 December 2003 CHILDHOOD chums Michael Andrews and Gary Jules were celebrating their surprise chart success, after music fans made them this year's Christmas No 1.

5. 5. Business as usual for The Human League

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 December 2003 "I& HONESTLY think the music industry will be dead in a few years,"& says Phil Oakey, who brings his band The Human League to Manchester on Wednesday, December 17.

6. 6. Kronos Quartet - Vasks: String quartet no. 4 (Nonesuch)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 December 2003 I'VE made no secret of my enthusiasm for the music of this present-day Latvian composer, and the circle of his admirers must be widening appreciably, as there is only just over 30 minutes' music on this CD and yet the US label Nonesuch (part of Warners) have issued it on its own.

7. 7. Blue - Guilty (Innocent)

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 December 2003 BLUE& burst onto the music scene as a breath of fresh air& but& have now& stagnated inside three albums.

8. 8. Simple life on Jim's Mind

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 December 2003 WHAT to do when you're ousted from top of the tree by dance music and grunge? Does life become an endless circuit of 'celebrity' parties and reality TV shows, viz. Tony Hadley? If you're Simple Minds'& Jim Kerr then you'll have other fingers in other pies.

9. 9. Duel personality!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 December 2003 IT will be pistols at dawn when soprano in red Lesley Garrett joins the Hall' for a joint foray into the doom-laden world of Russian opera.

10. 10. Muse @ M.E.N. Arena

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 December 2003 MANY rock bands shy away from big venues, preferring to impress their fans in more intimate surroundings. Not Muse, a band that creates soaring rock ballads about the end of the world.

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