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country star and political activist pays tribute to
his mentor and friend, the late Townes Van Zandt
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SHARON SHANNON - liverpool philharmonic hall
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| | | | |  FLEET FOXES (folk rock) | | | Manchester Apollo | | 60's sounding Seattle folk rockers who's debut album has just re-entered the UK charts at no.3 | | | |
 | Engelbert Humperdinck | | | Manchester Bridgewater Hall | | British crooner who's manly baritone, photogenic, leading-man image, and romantic balladry gave him 60's hits 'Release Me', 'The Last Waltz', 'The Way It Used To Be', 'A Man Without Love' & 'There Goes My Everything' | | also see - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK - liverpool philharmonic hall - 8 sep |
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| | | | | 12th September 2009 | JAY-Z (hip hop) || | | Lancashire County Cricket Club | | Chris Martin's vocals + trade mark catchy piano hooks and heavy guitars = multi-million selling records | | also see - BEYONCE - men arena - 27th may |
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| | | | |  | Ray LaMontagne | | | | Bridgewater Hall Manchester | | With a voice that recalls a huskier, sandpaper version of Van Morrison and Tim Buckley, Ray LaMontagne creates amazing folk, country and soul songs that are intimately earthy, including the hit 'Trouble'. Highly recommended! | |
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| | | | | 18th September 2009 | Elbow | | | Manchester Evening News Arena | | The huge homecoming party from the multi-award winning Bury band with hits 'Grounds for Divorce', 'Asleep In The Back', 'Fallen Angel', 'Forget Myself' & 'One Day Like This'. The band have promised a few surprises for the gig | | also see - ELBOW & THE HALLE - bridgewater hall - 8 & 9 jul | also see - MASSIVE ATTACK - manchester apollo - 26 sep | |
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| | | | | 19th September 2009 | Livewire AC/DC | | | Limehouse Lizzy | | | Manchester Academy 2 | | A night of classic rock with 2 of the leading tribute acts to AC/DC, Thin Lizzy & Manc Irish rocker Phil Lynott | | also see - LIVEWIRE AC/DC & LIMEHOUSE LIZZY - liverpool - 11 sep | |
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| | | | | 21st September 2009 | Peter Doherty | | | Manchester Apollo | | Former Libertines and Babyshambles frontman, celebrity junkie and the ragtag down-n-out slumped across Kate Moss and newspaper gossip pages who had minor solo hit 'Babyshambles' as well as Wolfman's 'For Lovers'. | |
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| | | | |  | Inme | | | Manchester Academy 3 | | Essex metallers with a technical approach to their hit singles 'Crushed Like Fruit', 'Faster The Chase', 'So You Know' & '7 Weeks' | |
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| | | | |  | Florence & The Machine | | | Manchester Academy 1 | | Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Musically their sound is generally referred to as soul inspired indie and has received praise across the British music media | |
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| | | | | 26th & 27th September 2009 | Massive Attack | | | Manchester Apollo | | Bristol trip-hop pioneers who's hypnotic fusion of hip-hop rhythms, soulful melodies and dub grooves resulted in hits 'Teardrop', 'Risingson' & 'Unfinished Sympathy'. They are currently reportedly working with Elbow's Guy Garvey. | | also see - TERRY CALLIER - the lowry - 5 jun | |
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