There’s something intrinsically hip-hop about a rapper wearing a bright orange sweatshirt, cargo pants and military boots, holding a glass of white wine whilst rapping a nursery rhyme

The heavy metal legends wage a long-awaited war on Manchester

Hannah Brierley reviews up-and-coming Liv Dawson’s appearance at Fallowfield’s Fallow

An ardent fan and an unacclimated neutral review Little Mix’s Manchester show

Tara Bharadia revisits Kanye’s hay-day

Performing tracks from her debut solo album, Fake Sugar, Beth Ditto stole the show with grit and Southern charm

Jack Greeney meets with rising R&B star Mabel McVey before her set at neighbourhood Festival to talk Manchester, play counts, image, and background

Heather Baron-Gracie of budding pop band Pale Waves talks to Alice Berkeley about her aspirations and love for Manchester

Elizabeth Gibson reviews the controversial X Factor rapper’s first ever headline gig

Amy Nguyen reviews naughties pop legends Train’s live show at the Apollo: Anything but a Trainwreck

Loyle Carner returns to Manchester with his new album Yesterday’s Gone

And So I Watch You From Afar do what they do best

Your guide to October’s festivities

Dizzee Rascal puts on a bonkers sweat fest at Academy

It’s Halloween, the spookiest time of year — why not delve into one of the darkest subgenres of hip-hop on this terrifying holiday?

A deeply psychedelic experience which did Pink Floyd justice and then some

The Courteener’s front man comes to Manchester’s Albert Hall this November

In anticipation of the R’n’B legend’s upcoming appearance at Manchester’s Warehouse Project, Yasmin Duggal counts down David’s top 5 tunes

Brooklyn indie rockers Grizzly Bear deliver classic crowd pleasers as well as new hits at Albert Hall

Dan Snaith aka Caribou struggles to find rhythm or rest place on perplexing second album as Daphni