TONIGHT

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: TAXI, eight-piece band, plus DJs till 3am

Mighty Muldoon's, Accrington: RUBIAN, classic rock, 9pm Alexandra Hotel, Duke's Brow, Blackburn: THE CHEATING HEARTS, rhythm and blues, 9pm

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: PASSION, 9pm to 3am

Wharf at Eanam, Blackburn: HOOCHIE COOCHIE BAND, rhythm and blues, 8.30pm

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne, DUMPY'S RUSTY NUTS, biker rock, £4, 9pm

Manchester Academy: MERCURY REV, £7

SUNDAY

Oliver's Bar, Burnley Mechanics: ECSTATIC, 12.30pm

Liverpool Lomax: SEBADOH, £7

Accrington Town Hall: ROY BAILEY, folk, £6/£7, 7.30pm

MONDAY

Blakey's Cafe Bar, Blackburn: THE GEOFF KELLY QUINTET, £2.50, 8.15pm

WEDNESDAY

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: BUS STOP, '70s sounds, 10pm to 2am

Cafe De Ream, Blackburn: PRE-WASH, '70s sounds

Band On The Wall, Manchester: WAZ, folk rock, £5, 7.30pm

THURSDAY

Band On The Wall, Manchester: THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, £6, 7.30pm

FRIDAY

Ouzledale Foundry Social Club, Barnoldswick: NORTHERN SOUL, 8 till late

Manchester Academy: VISION OF DISORDER, £5

Manchester Arena: GARBAGE, £16

Jazzy Kex, Blackburn: OUTASIGHT, funky DJ sounds till 3am

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: FLIRT, 9pm to 3am

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