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1. 1. The 2001 news review

   South Manchester Reporter, Friday 28 December 2001 IT has been a great year for South Manchester news - happy, sad and bizarre. The Reporter Aisling takes a look at some of 2001's big stories.

2. 2. Clubland 2001

   CityLife, Friday 28 December 2001 Before we're all dragged, kicking and screaming into 2002, it’s time to look back and attempt to make some sense of it all whether it be the good, the bad, or the downright ugly.

3. 3. The last Electric Chair of 2001

   CityLife, Monday 10 December 2001 Like mince pie overkill, the grating tones of Roy Wood and Noddy Holder and your best intententions of giving up the demon weed being waylaid, December's Electric Chair has become a regular addition to silly season essentials.

4. 4. Interview: Will Young

   CityLife, Friday 13 November 2009 EVER since he publicly rebuked Simon Cowell after he branded his performance on Pop Idol “distinctly average” in 2001, Will Young has transformed himself into one of Britain’s most unlikely pop stars. He talks openly to Gary Ryan.

5. 5. Comedy prospects good for Electric Forecast

   CityLife, Thursday 15 May 2008 THE last time CityLife saw Electric Forecast was in the CityLife Comedian of the Year competition in 2001. The madcap duo return here this weekend.

6. 6. Whoa! Nelly's back

   CityLife, Thursday 24 June 2004 SHE may be British-Columbian by birth but Nelly Furtado was taken to America's collective bosom when her debut album took the US charts by storm in 2001.

7. 7. Blue - Best of (Virgin)

   CityLife, Tuesday 23 November 2004 IN 2001, Anthony, Lee, Simon and Duncan, bounced onto the scene with dance-floor filler All Rise, and have since become the biggest boy band in the UK, filling the void left by Take That and Boyzone.

8. 8. Gum kicks mints into touch

   CityLife, Tuesday 31 January 2006 BOILED mints are falling out of favour as shoppers reach for packets of chewing gum instead, new research suggests. Britons munched on é317 billion worth of gum last year - up 28% since 2001, market analysts Mintel said.

9. 9. Brakes find a new gear

   CityLife, Friday 14 September 2007 THERE was a point - 2001, to be precise - when Turin Brakes appeared to be in Lady Luck's MySpace Top 8. They play Academy 2 tonight.

10. 10. Charles Lloyd and Billy Higgins - Which Way Is East (ECM)

    CityLife, Thursday 19 August 2004 AS the title suggests, this two-CD project made in January 2001 incorporates African and oriental influences, alongside more orthodox duets between saxophone and drums.

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