Paramore return to their rock roots with their first studio album in six years, This is Why

You might not fall head over heels in love with The Go-Go’s musical but it’s the perfect show to see this LGBT+ History Month

A deep dive into the latest track, ‘Mayday’, from Irish singer-songwriter and rising star CMAT

George Takei’s Allegiance, which stars Takei alongside Telly Leung, is an imperfect but powerful retelling of Japanese-American internment

Bugsy Malone, a wonderful, riotous production, is at the Opera House as part of its first ever UK tour

The stage musical adaptation of the hit film Bugsy Malone is coming to Manchester Opera House as part of its first ever UK tour

There’s a lot to unpack from The Car – Arctic Monkeys’ seventh LP

The Amazons embarked on their first tour since lockdown, debuting new material and sprinkling in some old favourites

Now on their fifth record, are The 1975 really at their very best?

Manchester’s theatre scene is thriving – from Shakespeare to hit musicals, here’s why you should write for The Mancunion’s Theatre Section.

Jessica Hamilton reviews Identical, the brand-new musical based on Erich Käster’s The Parent Trap – fresh from its world premiere

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Jessica Hamilton review Sister Act at the Palace Theatre, starring Jennifer Saunders, Keala Settle, Lesley Joseph, Clive Rowe MBE, Lizzie Bea, and Sandra Marvin

Adapted by controversial theatre director Emma Rice, Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights plays at the Lowry Theatre

Robert L. Gyorgyi reviews Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)

Pip Carew and Daniel Collins give a detailed analysis of films which pass and fail the bechdel test and examine it’s importance

A review of ’23’, the new project by West London rapper Central Cee.

A playlist of female empowerment anthems compiled by The Mancunion’s Music Section contributors.

Does Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise live up to the success of her much loved previous novel A Little Life?

An all-Northern adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is playing at the Lowry next week

Film editor Benjy Klauber looks back at some of the best, and worst, depictions of university life in British film and TV.