Music in the North
Johnny James, Managing EditorManchester’s closing out the year – and looking to the new one – with a run of gigs from the country’s best underground exports. Bar Italia return with a sharpened sound, Sorry bring their shape-shifting new record to Gorilla, and the concert halls drift toward full festive mode. New Year’s Eve is already sprouting its usual whirl of all-night parties and electronic blowouts, while further down the line Neil Young looms on the horizon, a rare summer booking worth flagging early.
