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1. 1. Double delight for opera fans

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 March 2006 TWO of the world's favourite operatic stars are to top the bill at a gala night of classical music in Bolton. Katherine Jenkins and superstar Jose Carreras will perform alongside The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and Huddersfield Choral Society at the Reebok Stadium in June.

2. 2. Bocelli stays true to himself

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 March 2006 WITH 50m record sales under his designer belt, Andrea Bocelli is easily one of the world's most successful singers. He plays here tonight.

3. 3. The Kooks @ Academy 2

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 27 March 2006 BRIGHTON boys The Kooks may be fairly short in the tooth in music industry terms, but they are already masters at working a crowd.

4. 4. Circus comes to town

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 March 2006 SAT in a busy city centre bar and (successfully) attempting to drink their own bodyweights in lager and vodka, new band Dirty Circus are contemplating the pros and cons of life as Manchester's most notorious rock'n'roll hellraisers. They play here tonight.

5. 5. Manchester is Monkey nuts!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 March 2006 MUSIC megastars Gorillaz had Manchester in a frenzy at the end of last year with their series of live gigs - and next year's Manchester International Festival is now looking to a Monkey to do the same. A DVD of the gigs is also set to be released.

6. 6. Hall' - The Wasps (Hall')

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 March 2006 A STRANGE animal, indeed: this recording is a restored version of the comedy by Aristophanes, with extensive music by Vaughan Williams, first presented at Cambridge in 1909.

7. 7. Peter Donohue - Harty (Naxos)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 March 2006 SIR Hamilton Harty wrote some magnificent music, but it is perhaps not insignificant that two of the three pieces on the disc do not exist in published editions.

8. 8. Sean Paul - Temperature (Atlantic Records)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 March 2006 STRANGE how a song called 'Temperature' leaves me cold. Taken from his current gold selling album 'The Trinity', the worldwide ambassador of dancehall attempts to put his brand of music in the spotlight once more.

9. 9. Ketil's on for a tasty jazz brew

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 March 2006 KETIL Bj'rnstad is a unique figure in the Norwegian contemporary arts world. Not only an accomplished composer and pianist, but also an acclaimed and prolific writer of novels, poetry and essays. He plays here on Monday.

10. 10. James star stands up for Easter role

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 March 2006 FORMER James frontman Tim Booth is to play biblical betrayer Judas Iscariot in the BBC's live Easter spectacle, Manchester Passion, re-enacting the last few hours of Jesus' life through the city streets. Find out more about the rest of the cast, here.

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