GIG GUIDE

(All Manchester unless stated)
TONIGHT: Belle and Sebastian — Apollo; Echo and The Bunnymen — Ritz; Ahmed Dickinson Cardenas — Band on the Wall; Godspeed You Black Emperor — Academy; Delorean — Ruby Lounge; Nina Nastasia — Deaf Institute; The Sunshine Underground — Sound Control; Frankie Boyle — Arena; Belle and Sebastian Aftershow Party — Star and Garter; Gold Teeth — Deaf Institute.

TOMORROW: Bullet For My Valentine — Arena; XFM Winter Wonderland: The Wombats, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Futureheads, Mystery Jets, The View, Everything Everything — Academy; The Creepshow — Moho Live; Emarosa — Club Academy; Pendulum — Manchester Central; Roky Erickson — Academy 2; An Audience with Mr Nice — Orlandos; Marner Brown — Dry Bar; Rural Alberta Advantage — Deaf Institute; Ben Howard — Night and Day; P&P: Fake Blood — Sankeys.

THURSDAY: Rangda, Howlin Rain — Islington Mill, Salford; Electric Six — Club Academy; Airbourne — Academy; The Bees — Academy 3; Meat Loaf — Arena; Royce Da 5’9’’ — Mint Lounge; The Boy Least Likely To — Ruby Lounge; Ty Seagall — Deaf Institute; The Nutcracker — Dancehouse Theatre; Josie Long — Night and Day; Chapel Club — St Phillip’s Church, Salford.

FRIDAY: The Courteeners — Arena; Deadmau5 — Manchester Central; Ian Parker Band — Band on the Wall; Skin — Academy 3; The Wedding Present — Academy 2; Moulettes — Ruby Lounge; Dresden — Roadhouse; The Logicals — Academy 3; The Nutcracker — Dancehouse Theatre; Faith Evans — Academy; Wooden Shjips, Frankie Rose, The Outs — St Phillip’s Church, Salford; Mona — Night and Day; The Chapman Family — Moho Live; Cocoon — Warehouse Project; The Courteeners Aftershow Party — Brickhouse; Oh My God — Sankeys.

SATURDAY: The Nutcracker — Dancehouse Theatre; Scissor Sisters, Hurst — Arena; Arcade Fire — Manchester Central; Hawkwind — Academy 2; Saw Doctors — Apollo; The Virgin Marys — Club Academy; Orphan Boy — Night and Day; Guilty Pleasures — Deaf Institute; Funky Sensation featuring Richard Earnshaw — Band on the Wall; Modeselektion — Warehouse Project; Arcade Fire After Party — Brickhouse; Kaluki 2000 and One — Sankeys.

SUNDAY: Electric Duck — Legends, Lees; Rockstar Taste Of Chaos Tour: Disturbed, Papa Roach, Buck Cherry, Halestrom — Manchester Central; You Me At Six — Apollo; Steve Conte and The Crazy Truth — Moho Live; The Orb — Club Academy; Simply Red — Arena; Only Men Aloud — Palace Theatre; Tom Williams and The Boat — Night and Day.

MONDAY: Kings Of Leon — Arena; You Me At Six — Apollo; Asking Alexandria — Academy 3; Everything Everything — RNCM; Idlewild — Academy 3; Jim Jeffries — Comedy Store.