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1. 1. NME New Music Tour @ Club Academy

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 May 2007 CLUB Academy is a room that makes me feel nervous; there is a man from the NME writing a ‘cool’ review and there are girls in summer dresses talking about gigs and guys in tight jeans with silly hair talking about this electronica remix they heard at some festival in Spain.

2. 2. The Sam I Am – Your Conscience or Mine (Senf Records)

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 May 2007 IN a music world where we’re being swamped with the re-emergence of second albums from the likes of the Kaisers, Killers and Bloc Party it’s easy to forget that there’s a world of unexplored bands out there.

3. 3. Hallé Orchestra @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 May 2007 A MAJOR milestone in the Halle’s contribution to today’s music came with the world premieres of the last five Debussy Preludes, in their orchestrations by Colin Matthews, along with Matthews’ own Postlude to the series (subtitled “M. Croche”) on Sunday night, with Mark Elder at the helm.

4. 4. Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 May 2007 WHEN Vladimir Ashkenazy first made his mark on the musical world just over 50 years ago, it was with his playing of Chopin’s piano music.

5. 5. Rachmaninov at the double

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 May 2007 RACHMANINOV seems to dominate the classical schedules in Manchester this weekend, with a performance of his "All-Night Vigil" tonight by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir.

6. 6. Alfie frontman's Salford session

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 May 2007 WHAT'S it all about Alfie? It's a good question, and even though Alfie split up nearly two years ago, there's still many a Manc music follower who'll shed a mournful tear when they reminisce about the deceased yet still brilliant folk-popsters.

7. 7. Fleshing out the dark side of the Moon

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 May 2007 ONE of the more unexpected Manchester music hits on video website YouTube has been the debut single from rising stars Smith 6079. They play here tonight.

8. 8. Darren Day @ The Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 May 2007 WAS the world really crying out for the songs of Barry Manilow to be re-interpreted by the stellar Darren Day?

9. 9. A ride to remember for Il Divo

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 May 2007 THERE'S barely an Il Divo devotee alive that wouldn't be charmed by Sébastian Izambard's charismatic personality, his dulcet French accent or catwalk model appearance. They play here twice this weekend.

10. 10. How Mark became the king of covers

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 May 2007 EVEN if you don't know Mark Ronson's name, chances are you own one of his white-hot hits for other stars. He plays here tonight.

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