TONIGHT

Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne: PIGEON SMITH, GECHO, VOODOO, £3/£4, 7pm

Queen's Hotel, Eastgate, Accrington: DEPOT 9, 7.30pm

Burnley Mechanics: THE DYLAN PROJECT, tribute, £10, 8pm

Madison Park Wine Bar, Rawtenstall: THE PLEASERS, 60s band, 8pm

Mighty Muldoon's, Accrington: FRACTURE, rock

Hawthorns Nightclub, Bolton: AUTOMATIC, £1 to £3, 9.30pm

Manchester Academy: LAMB, £10, 9pm to 2am

Manchester Roadhouse: COMPLETE STONE ROSES, tribute, £7, 8pm

Band On The Wall, Manchester: TOWNSHIP EXPRESS, African sounds, £7.50, 9.30pm

Utopia Discotheque, Blackburn: SEDUCTION, chart and party tunes, 9pm to 3am

SUNDAY

Accrington Town Hall: STEELEYE SPAN, £9/£10

Oliver's Bar, Burnley Mechanics: BLUE MOON, jazz, 12.30pm

Manchester Academy: BETH ORTON, SHACK, £11

MONDAY

Band On The Wall, Manchester: ADORE, plus support, 8.30pm

TUESDAY Burnley Mechanics: MICHAEL ENGLISH, Irish singer, £8/£9, 8pm

Manchester Roadhouse: BRASSY, crossover, £3/£4, 8pm

WEDNESDAY

King George's Hall, Blackburn: DANIEL O'DONNELL, £16/£17.50, 7.30pm

Burnley Mechanics: RALPH McTELL, folk legend, £9/£10, 8pm

Band On The Wall, Manchester: 39PHOENIX, £3.50, 8.30pm

Night And Day Cafe, Manchester: JJ72

Manchester University: THE AUTEURS, £7

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

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

THURSDAY

Malt And Hops, Blackburn: DEPOT 9, 7.30pm

The Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne: DEPON EYE, Burnley rockers

Burnley Mechanics: CHRISTINE COLLISTER, £8/£9, 8pm

Manchester Roadhouse: SALAKO, £4/£5, 8pm Band On The Wall, Manchester: DRUM FM, Africa meets drum'n'bass, £6/£7, 9.30pm

Manchester University: LONGPIGS

FRIDAY

Todmorden Community College: HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT, £6/£7

Burnley Mechanics: GOLDEN EAGLES, tribute, £8/£9, 8pm

Comfort Inn, Burnley: THE ARRIVALS, blues, £4

George Hotel, Accrington: BLUESLINE

Mighty Muldoon's, Accrington: DICKO'S BOOGIE BAND

Gypsy's Tent, Bolton: NIGHT TRAIN, blues, 8pm

Band On The Wall, Manchester: FILA BRAZILIA, future funk, £6.50/£7.50, 9.30pm

Planet K, Manchester: THE ALL SEEING I, acid cabaret

Night And Day Cafe, Manchester: ANGEL TECH

Manchester University: SIX BY SEVEN

Manchester Academy: GARY MOORE, £16

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

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

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