MANCHESTER GIGS BELOW !

April 26th, Retro Bar. Frank Turner of MILLION DEAD + The Gabby Young Collective + The Oddness + Michelle Lewis. £5, 7.30pm.

April 27th, Jabez Clegg. 2 rooms of quality live music. MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE + WHISKY CATS + The Moogs + THE AEROPLANES + The Mekkits + Saving Grace + Aurota + The Beauty Shop + Pierre Hall & The Lead Balloons + Aurota. £6.50adv, 7.30pm.

May 1st, Jabez Clegg. BLIP FEST # 1 with WOLF EYES + Taurpis Tula + Mr Fist + Akuma + Double John Grey + Laymar + THE LUCIDA CONSOLE + Chora. £7adv, 4pm.

May 3rd. Jabez Clegg. COMPUTERMAN + Hips Like Cinderella + Bookstore + Bangkok. £5 adv, 7.30pm.

May 4th, Jabez Clegg. 2 rooms of live music. OFRACAS + The Day Glo Carousel + Ollie Robbins + Quincy + Respond + Everyday 50 + Sulphur Sky + The f**kwits. £5, 7.30pm.

May 5th, Academy 3. Jeepster: a tribute to T-REX + FRAME OF MIND + The Sirens + Lukas. £7adv, 7.30pm.

May 6th, Dry Bar (The Vault). Howie Payne ex- THE STANDS + Petty Thief + Emily Cooke. £6.50adv, 7.30pm.

May 6th, Dry Bar. HAPPY DAYS clubnight with The Real Dolls + For Tomorrows. £5, 8pm.

May 7th, Academy 4. The Benz + The Joint + Hawthorns + The Full Girth Explosion. £5adv, 7pm.

May 7th, Retro Bar. Showing Off to Thieves + Breach + Riot Season + Von Kemplin + Ace Day + Hollow Earth Theory. £4, 4pm.

May 9th, Academy 3. YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTE + The Children + Virtuoso + The Tides. £5adv, 7.30pm.

May 10th, Retro Bar. FONY + LEFT SIDE BRAIN + Censa Faye + Dear Superstar + Car Crash Radio. £5adv, 7.30pm.

May 11th, Jabez Clegg. HEY GRAVITY (formerly Mass) + Dirty Little Faces + Sketchline + The Remedy. £5, 7.30pm

May 11th, Jabez Clegg. New Legends. £4, 8pm.

May 12th, Manchester Academy 3. THE DEADBEATS + The Vox + Orphan Boy + The Alpha Western. £5, 7.30pm.

May 13th, Wigan Club Nirvana. RICK WITTER & THE DUKES (ex Shed Seven). £9adv, 7.30pm.

May 13th, Dry Bar. YOUR VEGAS + The Swabian League + The Cut + Onions + Luma. £5, 7.30pm.

May 17th, Jabez Clegg. Silk Street + Chicken Legs Weaver. £4, 7.30pm.

May 18th, Jabez Clegg. 2 rooms of live music 1 entry price. DECORATION + Far From The Dance + SUNSET CINEMA CLUB + The Sessions + The Chase + Knickers + Emily Cook + Dan Drury. £5, 7.30pm.

May 21st, Retro Bar. PEN KNIFE LOVE LIFE + Black Top + Day With Mary + I Admit Defeat + Car Crash Radio. £6adv, 5pm.

May 25th, Jabez Clegg. THE HORROR THE HORROR. £5, 7.30pm.

May 25th, Jabez Clegg (Church Suite). Chris Fry + Freed + Victor Zulus + Dirty Royal. £4, 7.30pm.

May 31st, Retro Bar. BEYOND ALL REASON. £5, 7.30pm.

June 1st, Jabez Clegg. THE REVEREND & THE MAKERS + THE ROMANCE + The Alpha Western + The Special Brew + The Pedestrians + Noble Savage. 2 rooms of quality live music. £5adv, 7.30pm.

June 4th, Retro Bar. Multi Purpose Chemical + Heaven Bleeds + Fixer + Inferno + Strain. £5, 5pm.

June 7th, Roadhouse. VIKING SKULL + GU Medicine + B-Movie Heroes. £6.66adv, 7pm.

June 7th, Retro Bar. Generalissimo. £4, 4pm.

June 8th, Jabez Clegg. MOJAVE 3. £9adv, 7.30pm

June 9th, Dry Bar. CAMERA OBSCURA. £7adv, 7.30pm

June 11th, Club Academy. FRAME OF MIND + Kinky Bosco + Rogue Frequency + The Addiction. £5adv, 7pm.

June 16th, Dry Bar. SWEET & TENDER HOOLIGANS. £6adv, 7.30pm.

June 18th, Club Academy. DEAR SUPERSTAR + Censa Faye + My Spoon + Carpathia. £5adv, 7pm.

June 21st, Retro Bar. Mishkin + Pilot Scheme. £4, 7.30pm.

June 22nd, Jabez Clegg. CIRCULUS + Sundowner. £7adv, 7.30pm.

June 23rd, Manchester Academy 3. ADEQUATE 7 + Pickled Dick + Rhythmic Coughing + Breach. £6.50adv, 7.30pm

June 25th, Academy 4. THREE QUARTERS + Smudge + Your Heart Kills. £5adv, 7pm.

June 29th, Jabez Clegg. Grace + Answers on a Postcard + The Strand Arcade. £4, 7.30pm.

July 8th, Academy 3. HAVEN + The Alpha Western + Frame of Mind. £7adv, 7.30pm

July 16th, Jabez Clegg. SWAP FESTIVAL with DARREN HAYMAN ex HEFNER + The Deadbeats + Frame of Mind (acoustic). £6.50adv, 4pm.

July 26th, Retro Bar. In So Far. £5, 7.30pm.

Oct 6th, Manchester Academy 3. MENDEED + Kingsize Blues + Santorium + I Admit Defeat. £7.50adv, 7.30pm

Oct 11th, Manchester Academy 3. ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE + 3CR + The Hyperjax. £8.50adv, 7.30pm