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1. Preview: Derren Brown
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007PREPARE for a mind-blowing experience because Derren Brown (right), the unrivalled high warlock of psychological entertainment, is returning to Manchester.
2. The last of a breed?
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007IT'S a strong token of Tony Bennett's magic that he can perform somewhere like Glastonbury Festival - as he famously did four years ago - and still raise the roof (well, in a metaphorical sense, because festivals don't have roofs).
3. Happy to make us happy
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007TODAY'S "opera stars" like to play on their ordinariness - even some whom have had conservatoire training are marketed as bricklayers (or something similar) who were "discovered" overnight.
4. Preview: Jamie T
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007EVER since Mike Skinner - aka The Streets - struck pop gold, he has left in his wake a succession of young, street-smart, urban Brit hip-hoppers hoping to jump into his slipstream.
5. Preview: Brett Anderson
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007IF you've been scanning his recent reviews, Brett Anderson - the serious, mature, contemplative 40-year-old solo artist - hasn't exactly been greeted with open arms by the music press.
6. Accessorise all areas
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007CREATING a designer look used to be the preserve of the rich, who have the budget for outfits costing thousands, or the famous, who are happy to act as clothes horses for pieces donated by their favourite designers.
7. Getting all wrapped up
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007WHEN artist Lesley Sutton was seeking inspiration for a new exhibition for Sale's Waterside Arts Centre, she had to look no further than the building next door.
8. A Bit About ... Glyn Grain
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007GLYN Grain will be familiar to long-time viewers of Coronation Street as hard-man criminal Fraser Henderson, who had a turbulent relationship with Liz McDonald in 1996.
9. Preview: The Waterboys
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007HIGHLY fitting for a man obsessed with religion and spirituality, the career of Mike Scott and his band The Waterboys has been one long succession of idealistic searches, false dawns and new beginnings.
10. Preview: Music, Space, Reflection
Salford Advertiser, Friday 27 April 2007BILLED as a musical response to the soaring, fragmented architecture of Daniel Libeskind, Simon Bainbridge combines four groups of musicians and surround-sound live electronics in an all-encompassing acoustic experience, conducted by Diego Masson and performed by the London Sinfonietta.