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The Blue Aeroplanes (Patrick Duff)
19:30 – 23:00, £10The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HE80s rock band formed from the ashes of Art Objects, out on a mini tour for the first time since 2006.
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Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
20:30 – 22:30, From £35Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AAFrankie Valli and his touring mainstays, The Four Seasons, celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first hit, Sherry.
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Glasvegas
19:00 – 22:30, £15The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HEBoom-voiced James Allan and co do their thing, cue glacial guitars, heavyweight lyrics and mass audience singalongs.
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Danzig
19:00 – 22:00, £22.50Manchester Academy, Manchester University Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR25th anniversary tour for heavy metal bunch, led by the Misfits and Samhain founder, Glenn Danzig.
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Daniel Bachman
20:00 – 23:00, £5.00The Castle Hotel, 66 Oldham Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1LEA night of genre-bending, psychedelic Appalachian folk from Daniel Bachman.
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Arcane Corps (The Manic Shine)
20:00 – 23:00, £4Bannermans, 212 Cowgate, Edinburgh, EH1 1NQEdinburgh brutal metal lot, with a heavy twist and a penchant for noisemaking.
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James Walsh (Jack Rowberry)
19:00 – 22:00, £12.50 adv.Electric Circus, 36-39 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DFThe Starsailor frontman plays it solo, his enormous yet fragile vocals all well and in place.
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Hugh Laurie
19:00 – 23:00, From £32.50O2 Apollo, Stockport Road, Manchester, M12 6APHey look, it's Dr House, touring on the run up to his second album, Didn't It Rain, which sees the actor/comic/musician ditch New Orleans but stick with the blues.
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Northern Noise Live (Loom)
19:00 – 02:00, £5Trof Fallowfield, 2A Landcross Road, Manchester, M14 6NAThe Northern Noise series returns with the very, er, noisy grunge four-piece, Loom. Complete with DJ sets til 2am.
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Pet Shop Boys
19:30 – 22:00, £30Manchester Arena, 21 Hunts Bank, Victoria Station, Manchester, M3 1ARPlaying songs from their latest album, Elysium, and other hits from their 20 year career.
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David Thomas Broughton
19:30 – 22:30, £tbcHenry's Cellar, 8 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BJLeeds-residing singer/songwriter pondering the the difficulties of relationships and emotional awkwardness via song.
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Nancy Elizabeth
20:00 – 23:00, £6.50Leaf, 65-67 Bold Street, Liverpool, L1 4EZThe Leaf Label sweetheart hailing from Wigan, out on tour with her deliciously atmospheric folky offerings.
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Smokey Blue Grass
21:00 – 01:00, freeTrof Northern Quarter, 8 Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 1EUAn evening of live music and DJs spanning folk, Americana, rhythm and blues, all washed down with Trof's impressive selection of small batch and house-infused bourbons.
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Jagwar Ma
21:00 – 01:30, £6The Deaf Institute, 135 Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HEOften two-piece, occasional three-piece hailing from Sydney and making alt-indie music you can dance to.
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Die Antwoord
18:30 – 23:00, £16.50The Ritz, Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5NQSouth African zef rap-rave group consisting of Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek.
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Esoteric Records Showcase (Sanguine Hum, Tin Spiritis, Matt Stephens)
19:00 – 22:30, £12.50Band On The Wall, 25 Swan Street, The Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JZA night of modern prog-rock from the esoteric recordings bunch.
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Snakecharmer (Hell to Pay)
19:00 – 22:00, £17.50Manchester Academy, Manchester University Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PRBlues rock six piece, made up of members of various rock band heavyweights, including Whitesnake, Thunder and Heartland.
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Chordless Beaches (Sunset Abbey)
19:00 – 22:00, £6The Cabaret Voltaire, 36-38 Blair Street, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH1 1QREdinburgh-based quintet of the alternative indie-rock variety.
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QABALALA: Brian Wilson's Sandpit Party!
19:00 – 01:00, £4Leith Cricket Club, 1 Leith Links, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 7QRSpecial midsummer's Brian Wilson's Sandpit party featuring performances from Zed Penguin, Numbers Are Futile, Batbike and James Metcalfe plus neo-psyche party jams from resident DJ Ray Gun.
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