An all-out American star like JoJo Siwa appearing on British reality TV and performing in the heart of Manchester city centre wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card - but what is life if not full of surprises?

Five songs into Loyle Carner’s first night of his Manchester run of gigs, he makes a prediction. “Can’t lie this is feeling like a special one,” he said - and he was right. The first of his three ...

The O2 arena has been announced as the world's most popular music venue for the second year in a row. The 23,000-capacity venue in Greenwich, London sold 2,349,252 tickets over the course of 2009, ...