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1. A winner - the X-citing Factor
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007HOW'S this for a phenomenon: ring this number and wait in the queue to buy tickets for a concert that's taking place in three months' time. Nobody yet knows who will be headlining, nor how many acts you'll see.
2. The Dinner Detective: Evuna
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007TAPAS restaurants are springing up everywhere these days. Two have appeared on Deansgate in the past 12 months alone - La Vina near the corner of John Dalton Street and Pesto a few hundred yards further on (if you can call Italian mini-dishes "tapas".)
3. Preview: Mika
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007UNUSUAL, quirky and a wide vocal range are ingredients that create pop phenomenon Mika, who promises a fun performance at Manchester's Academy 2 this Tuesday.
4. Review: The Snow Queen
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007ANYONE who shuns theatreland's children's shows should witness the dark, delightful re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen's epic fairytale, The Snow Queen.
5. Preview: Dave Matthews Band
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007IT speaks volumes that, whenever Dave Matthews Band make live appearances in the UK, a sizable proportion of the audience will likely be Americans who've made the journey over the water.
6. Preview: Fron Male Voice Choir
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007FRON Male Voice Choir is riding the crest of a tidal wave. It's not every day a group of 60 retired builders, policemen, farmers, miners and prison warders from a tiny North Wales coal-mining village top the album charts and have their lives made into a Hollywood film.
7. A Bit About ... John Gordon Sinclair
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007SCOTTISH actor John Gordon Sinclair made his name playing Gregory in the romantic comedy Gregory's Girl in 1981. Since then, the 44-year-old has appeared in many roles on stage and TV and now he plays Leo Bloom in The Producers at Manchester's Palace Theatre.
8. Preview: Opera North
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007OPERA North's winter season comes to The Lowry this week. The highly-regarded, Leeds-based company will perform recitals of three popular operas from Tuesday until Saturday, March 3.
9. City is host to world art
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007ARTISTS from around the world have allowed Manchester to be their home away from home, many ending up here on a permanent basis.
10. Preview: Nine Inch Nails
Middleton Guardian, Friday 23 February 2007IF goth culture really is back in fashion, then it's appropriate that one of its greatest leaders, Trent Reznor and his band, Nine Inch Nails, mark their comeback this year.