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MAGAZINE 6.0
30 June 2011 / Slade Rooms / Wolverhampton
:: Magazine :: Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls ::
Quite why they have chosen this particular location to premiere new material is anybody's guess, but then Magazine wouldn't be Magazine if Howard Devoto wasn't a bit bonkers, would they?

CALL THE SWEENEY
28 June 2011 / The Octagon / Bolton (mcr)
:: Bolton Octagon Musical Production ::
There’s not a drop of blood in sight though, the violence often inferred; or in the case of Sweeney’s weapon of choice, his cut-throat is represented by the bow of his violin...Bolton's theatre wins again..

GLASTONBURY 2011 - PART TWO
25 June 2011 / Worthy Farm / Shepton Mallet, Somerset
:: The Horrors :: Radiohead :: Elbow :: U2 :: Patrick Wolf :: Janelle Monáe :: Paul Simon :: Eels :: Dengue Fever :: Wu Tang Clan :: BB King :: Beyonce :: Paolo Nutini ::
In which David Edwards manages, possibly for the first time in his MM career, to stay (mostly) on topic with this succinct and no-holds-barred list of who was Worthy and who was not Worthy. Clue: Paolo Nutini fans look away now...

GLASTONBURY 2011 - PART ONE
25 June 2011 / Worthy Farm / Shepton Mallet, Somerset
:: The Jim Jones Revue :: Grouplove :: The Chemical Brothers :: Guillemots :: Morrissey :: Laura Marling :: Those Dancing Days :: Pulp :: Don McLean :: Paul Simon :: Gruff Rhys with Y Niwl :: Narasirato :: Summer Camp :: Emmy The Great :: My First Tooth ::
In the first of our reports from the controversially-headlined mudfest, Aaron Gow manages to see absolutely loads of bands whilst having a few more teenage flashbacks than he'd bargained for...

THIS IS NOT PARKLIFE
11 June 2011 / Various Venues / Manchester
:: The Reveres :: Thomas Tantrum :: Gintis :: Answers On A Postcard ::
A quick tour of Night & Day and Underachievers Please Try Harder penultimate seasonal shindig at Gullivers

WHERE IS TOM VEK ?
13 June 2011 / Ruby Lounge / Manchester
:: Tom Vek ::
Apparently out from hiding, Tom Vek picks up where he left off...and then some

HIGHER THAN THE STARS
10 June 2011 / Sound Control / Manchester
:: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart :: Golden Glow :: Fanzine ::
Wonderful as they are, they're really not the sort of band where you expect a moshpit and crowdsurfing - but this is Manchester, and anything can happen.

A SPACE TRAVELLER COMES HOME
09 June 2011 / Star and Garter / Manchester
:: Coconut Dog Fuck ::
Dave Fielding is all about sound, and his sounds make shapes in the air, just like the lasers that slice through the dry ice around him: we catch up with a local legend who has no intention of milking the nostalgia market.

SUMMER SPECIAL
04 June 2011 / Apollo / Manchester
:: Caribou :: Battles :: Star Slinger :: Pearson Sound ::
Many a Manchester band has said over the years that you know you've really made it when you get to do the Apollo - and the same can be said tonight of Now Wave.

INTRODUCING... BEARD ROCK!
02 June 2011 / Ruby Lounge / Manchester
:: Heat Vs Light :: Trojan Horse :: Saturday Night Gym Club :: Minion TV ::
We investigate a new live club night at Ruby Lounge dedicated to "music and sounds made and enjoyed by people of the hirsute persuasion"...

WE DO LIKE YOU!
01 June 2011 / Night & Day / Manchester
:: Amida :: Lovely Eggs :: The August September ::
Intelligent, incisively observational, genuinely funny, often beautifully surreal and sung in a bold Lancaster accent - what more could you ask for?