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11. George is ready to rock stadium
Middleton Guardian, Friday 15 June 2007GEORGE Michael must look back on the past 12 months and consider the old saying 'one step forward, two steps back'. There have been record-breaking sell-out tours and a number one greatest hits album, which firmly put him back on the comeback trail.
12. INDIE: The Charlatans, Delamere Forest, Saturday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 15 June 2007JUST when did things become so efficient in the world of The Charlatans? This weekend, they return to play a much-awaited North West homecoming show at Delamere Forest, buoyed by their awesome appearance at last month's Manchester Versus Cancer concert.
13. 'I want people to hear my story'
Middleton Guardian, Friday 8 June 2007WHEN boyband Blue split up four years ago, it was almost as though each member had a mini-contest over who could appear in the strangest place.
14. ROCK: Velvet Revolver, Apollo, Monday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 8 June 2007SOBER clarity is not exactly what you'd expect from a supergroup who comprise former members of Guns 'N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, but that's exactly what Velvet Revolver have come to symbolise.
15. ROCK: Motley Crue, Apollo, Tuesday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 8 June 2007ALTHOUGH Motley Crue are regarded as a rock collective, it's been much easier to mistake them recently as the personal car crash of drummer Tommy Lee.
16. Dreamgirl diva is all grown up
Middleton Guardian, Friday 1 June 2007WHEN Beyonce Knowles took the starring role in last year's smash movie Dreamgirls, not only did she prove she could act (extremely well), but also that she had a cool, steely sense of humour.
17. MUSIC: Burnt to the Ground - Stevenson Square, Northern Quarter, Sunday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 1 June 2007ALWAYS trust the Manchester music scene to inject some ripe humour into an impossibly dark situation.
18. MUSIC: Gary Moore - Apollo, Saturday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 1 June 2007IN RECENT years, Gary Moore has become more distinguished for his voice - he has a twice-weekly specialist blues show on the radio station Planet Rock.
19. POP: Pet Shop Boys - Apollo, Monday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 25 May 2007IN NEED of some pop Midas touch? Of late the answer to any despairing pop artist's prayers has been the Pet Shop Boys.
20. INDIE: Manic Street Preachers - Apollo, Sunday
Middleton Guardian, Friday 25 May 2007ON PAPER, the Manic Street Preachers have always sounded like a wonderful, electrifying rock 'n' roll proposal: a Welsh working-class rock band who welded the bombast of Guns 'n' Roses with social politics, steely rebellion and a fierce sense of bookish intelligence.