LIVE: Fight Like Apes/The Xcerts Vicious as the Apes are you’re gonna love them. In rock terms their performances are primitive, tribal, survivalist brilliance

LIVE: The Script/Bryn Christopher For now, this is only the opening scene of what could easily become a bestseller, while Christopher seems to have an equally bright future

LIVE: My American Heart All in all they put on a very poor performance that left the crowd with an empty feeling, to match the nearly empty venue

LIVE: The Academy Is... A truly fantastic and energetic gig from five very promising young musicians and it is a mystery why this band has not had the same radio success as their peers

LIVE: Beck's Fusions A resurgent and thrilling performance from Massive Attack provides the star quality to make this unique music/arts festival a triumph

LIVE: N*E*R*D*/Chester French Pharrell and Co have proved that they are still one of the best hip hop acts around and that partying with a few Mancunians is always best

LIVE: Gym Class Heroes Not necessarily a bad gig, but by no means anywhere nearly as good as they have been in the past and could easily be in the future

LIVE: Leonard Cohen An incredible evening spent in the rare presence of a true music legend, who gave his all to make it a performance to remember forever