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1. MUSIC: Billy Bragg, Bridgewater Hall, Tues 25 Nov
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 19 November 2008HALF songwriter, half social activist, Billy Bragg has campaigned against everything from Thatcherism to the Iraq War in a remarkably enduring 25-year career.
2. Rising young star returns
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 19 November 2008EVEN by its usually OTT standards, this latest series of the X-Factor has been excessively drama-filled.
3. MUSIC: Kanye West, MEN Arena, Mon 17 Nov
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 12 November 2008KANYE West – he’s a world famous rap star, he’s a clothes designer, and now it seems, he’s trying his hand at being an author. Recently, the American singer announced he was going to be publishing his first book.
4. MUSIC: Queen & Paul Rodgers, MEN Arena, 5 Nov
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 29 October 2008JUST what is it about the songs of Queen that attract the karaoke fanatic in just about everyone?
5. MUSIC: Elbow, Apollo, 23 and 30 October
Heywood Advertiser, Tuesday 14 October 2008IT'S been a long time in coming, but the Elbow story is at last shifting from soap opera to fairytale ending.
6. CLUBBING: Dizzee Rascal, Warehouse Project (behind Piccadilly Station), Sat 18 Oct
Heywood Advertiser, Tuesday 14 October 2008DIZZEE Rascal sometimes seems less like a rap artist and more of an advert for young disadvantaged Britain triumphing against the odds.
7. MUSIC: Art Garfunkel, Apollo, Sat 11 Oct
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 8 October 2008AMERICAN singer Art Garfunkel is, of course, most noted for his musical partnership with songwriter Paul Simon, an alliance which produced some of the greatest folk-pop records of the sixties.
8. MUSIC: The Courteeners, The Apollo, Thursday & Friday, Oct 9/10
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 8 October 2008IF YOU'RE a new band seeking publicity, it always helps to have a few famous friends on your side – just ask The Courteeners.
9. Old skool, new look
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 24 September 2008BACK in the late Eighties, the original warehouse parties used to be illicit, often clandestine affairs – secretly arranged happenings in abandoned warehouses where masses of young people would gather and bask in a new clubbing revolution of Acid House culture.
10. MUSIC: Brett Anderson, Royal Northern College of Music, 26 Sep
Heywood Advertiser, Wednesday 24 September 2008SINGER Brett Anderson is clearly a firm believer in acting your age.