Academy 1,2 &3, Oxford Road, Manchester

Hawkwind, tonight (Friday), 7 30pm (£14)

Ladytron, tonight, 7 30pm (£7.50)

Glassjaw, tomorrow, 7 30pm (£9)

SchoolDisco.com, tomorrow, 7 30pm (£12.50)

The Cranberries, Sunday, 7 30pm (£20)

Ed Harcourt, Sunday, 7 30pm (£10)

Beverley Knight, Monday, 7 30pm (£16)

The International Noise Conspiracy, Monday, 7 30pm (£7.50)

Archenemy, Tuesday, 7 30pm (£8)

Karen Mattheson & James Grant, Wednesday, 7 30pm (£12)

The Hellacopters & The Datsuns, Wednesday, 7 30pm (£11)

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Manic Street Preachers, Tonight, 7 30pm (£19.50)

Blondie & INXS, Sunday, 7 30pm (£28.50)

Madness, Thursday, 7 30pm (£23)

THE ROADHOUSE, Manchester

Faint & Radio 4, Monday, 8pm (£7)

THE WITCHWOOD, Old Street, Ashton Under Lyne

Aynsley Lister, tomorrow, 7 30pm (£5)

The Kennedy Soundtrack, Sunday, 8pm (£5)

George Borowski Band, Wednesday, 7 30pm (£5)