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1. 1. Rip-roaring Romp rules

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 February 2006 THERE are certain clubs in this great city of ours that the M.E.N. rarely covers. Some because we couldn't honestly, hand on heart, recommend them to you and some because they're so successful they don't really need any more publicity because they're doing just fine without us. Romp falls into the latter category.

2. 2. Loungs set to show their magic

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 SITTING downstairs in the basement bar of the Piccadilly Gardens Hotel, The Loungs are a 12-legged flurry of excessive hair, rustic clothing and the kind of fluffy-eyed bonhomie that makes the real Magic Numbers look like Nick Cave. They play the city tonight.

3. 3. Why my heart will always be in soul...

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 February 2006 IT was one night in 1976, when she threw open the doors to a ballroom in Wigan, that Carole McCarthy discovered her passion. "I walked into Wigan Casino and it was as if I had found my roots," she recalls

4. 4. Statik is electric!

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 February 2006 LOCAL girl Jenny Harrison has what you might call a driven personality. If there's something she's got her eye on to do chances are she'll be doing it within a few months. Take DJing for example...

5. 5. Kitchen turns up the heat

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 17 February 2006 "ROCK 'n' roll ain't noise pollution, rock'n'roll ain't gonna die," wrote those dumb (in the good sense) Australian rock messiahs AC/DC back in 1980. Twenty-six years later the sentiments still ring true as Manchester rock fans head down on a weekly basis to MMSU for their weekly fix of riffs of all shapes and sizes.

6. 6. Booze, bans, bankruptcy... I've had a wonderful life

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 February 2006 THE Beatles had Shea Stadium, Jimi Hendrix had Woodstock, but for PJ Proby, the career-defining moment came at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, on January 29, 1965. He appears as part of the The Solid Silver 60's Show in the city on Sunday.

7. 7. Plastic is fantastic

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 WHAT makes the perfect club? Some people like the big production values of places like Ampersand while others crave a seedy basement pumping out twisted disco.

8. 8. Russell enjoying return to limelight

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 RUSSELL Watson is back in the limelight after he recently stepped in to save the day on BBC1's duets singing showdown Just The Two Of Us when Rick Astley quit. Here he talks about his new role, album and being back home.

9. 9. Ben & Rod: Tonight's the Night

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 February 2006 MANCHESTER is the first tour stop-off for the musical spectacular, Tonight's The Night, written by Ben Elton and based on the songs of Rod Stewart that has been wowing them in London for the last few years. It's in town until Saturday.

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