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The huge fight between Tommy Fury and KSI is quickly coming around the corner but there are a few events in the build up to the Saturday night event including today's press conference.

The huge fight between Tommy Fury and KSI is quickly coming around the corner but there are a few events in the build up to the Saturday night event.

Manchester City Council are the latest authority in Greater Manchester to approve the Places for Everyone plan to build 175,000 homes in the wider region over the next two decades.

Owners of an apartment complex have been given permission to sell alcohol from a vending machine - despite concerns from public health it could be used by under 18’s.

Black Grape have announced a run of UK headline shows for later this year – find all the details below.The duo – comprised of Manchester veterans Shaun Ryder and Paul Leveridge (aka Kermit) – are set to hit the road in support of their fourth studio album ‘Orange Head’, which is out on November 3 (pre-order here).Ryder and Kermit will kick off their 2023 UK tour at The Mill in Birmingham on November 23.Further gigs are scheduled at the Albert Hall in Manchester (November 24), the Tramshed in Cardiff (30), the Electric Ballroom in London (December 1) and the Engine Rooms in Southampton (2).Support at the upcoming concerts will come from former Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley and his band The Kar-Pets.

A new bar and restaurant has been given permission to sell booze to punters despite residents’ fears it could turn out like its 'nightmare' predecessor.

PJ Harvey played her first gig in six years in Dublin last night (September 23) – check out the setlist and footage below.The artist started the evening by playing her new album, ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, in full before digging further into her back catalogue, dusting off a few songs she hadn’t played live in some time.Harvey performed ‘Angelene’, from her 1998 LP ‘Is This Desire?’, for the first time since 2012, while ‘The Desperate Kingdom Of Love’, ‘Dress’ and ‘Man-Size’ also got their first live airings for a decade.The artist wrapped up the show with classics ‘Down By The Water’ and ‘To Bring You My Love’ before returning for an encore of ‘C’mon Billy’ and ‘White Chalk’.The setlist for PJ Harvey’s Dublin show is as follows:‘Prayer At The Gate’‘Autumn Term’‘Lwonesome Tonight’‘Seem An I’‘The Nether-edge’‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’‘All Souls’‘A Child’s Question, August’‘I Inside The Old I Dying’‘August’‘A Child’s Question, July’‘A Noiseless Noise’‘The Color Of The Earth’‘The Glorious Land’‘The Words That Maketh Murder’‘Angelene’‘Send His Love To Me’‘The Garden’‘The Desperate Kingdom Of Love’‘Man-Size’‘Dress’‘Down By The Water’‘To Bring You My Love’‘C’mon Billy’‘White Chalk’Harvey is on tour across the UK and Europe until the end of October – you can check out the dates below and purchase tickets here.SEPTEMBER25 – Barrowland, Glasgow26 – Barrowland, Glasgow28 – Roundhouse, London29 – Roundhouse, LondonOCTOBER2 – Albert Hall, Manchester3 – Albert Hall, Manchester6 – Paradiso, Amsterdam7 – Paradiso, Amsterdam9 – Cirque Royal, Brussels10 – Cirque Royal, Brussels12 – Olympia, Paris13 – Olympia, Paris15 – Volkshaus, Zurich16 – Volkshaus, Zurich18 – Velký sál Lucerna, Prague19 – Velký sál Lucerna, Prague21 –

A pub has again been rejected for a licence to sell booze after being banned back in April following a shooting.

The soaring, multi-million pound budgets of two key projects in Manchester city centre have laid bare the economic and specialist trade pressures being faced by organisations both private and public across the country.

A birthday party for up to 400 people has been allowed by Manchester City Council despite the applicant previously holding an event with a false licence.

PJ Harvey has shared new single ‘I Inside The Old I Dying’, as well as announcing details of a 2023 UK and European tour. See dates and ticket details below.The double Mercury Prize winner marked her return back in April with the single ‘A Child’s Question, August’ and news of her 10th album ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying’, the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project‘.Now, Harvey shares another taster of the record with what she described as “delicate and beautiful song eluded us until the very last day in the studio”.“Over the previous five weeks we had tried so many times to capture it and failed, and/but then John [Parish, producer and collaborator] reinvented the feel of the guitar pattern,” she explained.

A huge new ramen and sushi restaurant is set to open off Piccadilly Gardens. Maki & Ramen already has a rash of locations in Scotland, and is now heading to the North West in its first branch south of the border.

Christine & The Queens has shared a new collaboration with 070 Shake – listen to ‘True Love’ below.The French singer-songwriter’s new album ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ is due for release June 9 and will follow-up last year’s ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’.

New Order have announced they’ll be heading out on the road later this year… but they won’t be playing a date in Manchester. The nearest show will be in Leeds in October.

A pub which was banned from serving customers after a huge brawl 'involving a machete and a gun' has had its licence revoked.

It's been another busy few weeks in music across the world as well as in Manchester, with everything from announcements of stadium tours to the struggles of grassroots venues.

The dance anthems pulsating around the old Wesleyan chapel were perhaps more at home in a long since lost Manchester venue. But Orbital's Hacienda infused rave set was no less captivating in the stunning surroundings of the Albert Hall.

Pregnant Gemma Atkinson stepped out with her daughter to support her Strictly Come Dancing partner Gorka Marquez. Gemma, who earlier this month delighted fans with a throwback snap of herself, supported her partner in his show, Firedance Reignited, which kicked off at the New Theatre in Peterborough on February 23. Gemma, 38, and her daughter, Mia Louise, three, attended the performance at the Bridgewater Hall In Manchester on Saturday.

Plans to return Oldham’s iconic 134-year-old Prudential Building to its ‘former splendour’ have been supported unanimously by councillors.

Sparks have shared the title track for their new album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’.The Los Angeles duo – comprising brothers Ron and Russell Mael – also announced that the song, which you can listen to below, will come with a video featuring actress Cate Blanchett at 5pm GMT tomorrow (March 3) here.They said via press release: “We met Cate Blanchett in Paris at the César Awards last year, little knowing that a year later, one of the great actors of our time (and a splendid person!) would graciously consent to lending her bootie-shaking skills to the first video from our new album, ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’. Dreams really do come true.

Gemma Atkinson has given a little cheeky insight into her relationship with Gorka Marquez as he appears to be pining for his pregnant fiancee. The Strictly Come Dancing star is currently away from home as he headed off for work last week leaving Gemma 'riding solo' with their daughter, Mia.