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1. Arena gig will be a total riot
Rochdale Observer, Friday 30 November 2007IN THE not too distant past, indie guitar music was a fairly unambitious place to be – indie bands weren’t at all concerned with selling millions of records, headlining huge stadiums or having milkmen whistling their songs as they walked down the street.
2. Rock 'n' roll's tribute to Tony
Rochdale Observer, Friday 19 October 2007TONY Wilson, as everyone knows, absolutely detested London. He hated it for many, many reasons, but undoubtedly one of the biggest was that London was traditionally seen as the epicentre of the music industry.
3. Friends reunited?
Rochdale Observer, Friday 12 October 2007DON’T you just hate it when legendary rock bands reform, pretend they’re best of friends again, and make out as if everything is all hunky-dory?
4. Clubland hails the Haçienda
Rochdale Observer, Friday 24 August 2007WHEN Haçienda 25 was first announced a few months ago, it was billed as a 'celebration reunion party' to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the seminal Manchester nightclub.
5. Banding together again
Rochdale Observer, Friday 10 August 2007ARCTIC Monkeys scooping up dozens of Brit Awards. Kaiser Chiefs headlining supersized arenas. Could this really be the greatest time for British guitar music ever? Well, things are certainly going well enough for pop critics to call 2007 the best time in British music since the mid-Nineties - in fact, some are even dubbing it 'the NEW Britpop'.
6. Go nuts with the Monkeys
Rochdale Observer, Friday 27 July 2007THEY started out as an 'internet phenomenon' - but it's fair to say that Arctic Monkeys are now a full-on sensation.
7. Is Barbra worth the big bucks?
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 10 July 2007Drama, extravagance, hysteria - all things you might expect from a typical Barbra Streisand concert.
8. Happy Sundays
Rochdale Observer, Friday 29 June 2007HIGH drama. Cartoonish spectacle. Otherwordly music and poetic artistry. These are all things you will see over the coming weeks at Manchester International Festival. But it'd be fair to say two events combine all these great ingredients and more.
9. Good time guy Rod rocks on
Rochdale Observer, Friday 22 June 2007IT'S EXTREMELY rare these days for pop stars to celebrate the art of drinking alcohol in excessive measure.
10. MUSIC: Andy Williams - Bridgewater Hall, tonight
Rochdale Observer, Friday 22 June 2007ALONGSIDE Burt Bacharach, there's been no greater recipient from the whole easy listening movement than Andy Williams, and his cool currency has never been higher.