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1. 1. Mr Scruff is still keeping it unreal

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 June 2007 ANDY Scruff has just returned from one of his unlikelier DJ dates - a four-hour session at the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System nestling uneasily amongst the boshing masses of rave. Keep it Unreal's eighth birthday takes place at The Music Box on Saturday night.

2. 2. Free coaching with strings attached!

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 June 2007 THE Danels, the University of Manchester's quartet-in-residence (pictured), repeat this weekend their invitation to amateur music-makers of all hues to get free sessions of coaching and performance.

3. 3. Get ready for the stampede

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 01 June 2007 THE Manchester breed of buffalo is something of a nocturnal creature. It is hairy in appearance, prone to wearing casual denim and can often be seen lurking in the city's underground music haunts surviving on lager and peanuts. Its A Buffalo play here tonight.

4. 4. Joy Division honoured

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 June 2007 JOY Division have been honoured at a top music award ceremony almost 30 years after the death of singer Ian Curtis.

5. 5. Devo @ The Apollo

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 June 2007 IN a normal week, Mark Mothersbaugh runs a music production company called Mutato Muzika.

6. 6. Andy Williams @ Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 24 June 2007 IS there a man, woman or child that couldn't hum you a bar or two of an Andy Williams hit?  I'd wager not: Moon River, Music to Watch Girls By, Can't Get Used to Losing You.

7. 7. Head out for the Country

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 June 2007 PROBLEMS facing any gig promoter attempting to stage a Sunday music matinee - finding a decent venue, offering good hangover cures (for the heavy night before), and most importantly, it's a bloody Sunday AFTERNOON.

8. 8. Fields - Songs For The Fields (Atlantic)

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 June 2007 IF you’ve ever been kept awake at night trying to imagine what acoustic folky legends, Pentangle, would sound like if they’d concentrated less on finger-in-ear traditional British Isles music and looked towards post rock atmospherics instead, then discovering Fields could prove a revelation.

9. 9. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (15)

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 08 June 2007 THE late, great Joe Strummer occupies a very special place in the hearts of a lot of people who care about music and this fond and illuminating film from Julien Temple is about as fitting a tribute as one could hope for.

10. 10. Sinead O’Connor - Theology (Rubyworks)

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 June 2007 TWENTY years after the release of her seminal debut, The Lion and The Cobra, and after being out of the music loop for a good while, Sinead O'Connor returns with Theology.

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