Manchester United are interested in Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni but will face competition from rivals Manchester City, according to reports.
01.04.2023 - 08:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We're really in the thick of it now, aren't we?
Venues are well and truly in the first of their two annual three-month gigging seasons, making hay while the sun shines. Nights have started getting shorter, an indication that summer - and festival season - is just around the corner.
And it looks like that festival season isn't around the corner - it's here. We've already had 6Music Festival, and now Fair Play, spread across several Northern Quarter sites, kicks off April, before Sounds from the Other City rounds it off around Chapel Street in Salford.
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In between that, we've got 28 days packed full of musical goodness. Singer songwriters are jetting in from the US to play to Mancs, and we have modern-day indie heroes coming in from even further afield - Australia.
There's also the return synthpop cult favourites, and our usual smattering of new, local acts gracing stages across the city. So, wherever you go - get there early to catch the support - and don't forget your earplugs.
The month will kick off with the return of Fair Play, a festival that takes over the Northern Quarter - and this year that includes the iconic Night & Day Café. The all-dayer describes itself as an 'equal opportunity for all and a communal, collaborative event', featuring a diverse line up that's 'fair and accessible'.
"We welcome musicians that are dubbed as ‘alternative’ in all its multiple forms and house them under one event," the organisers say. Following the sold out success of last year's inaugural event, the festival will take over Gullivers, Night & Day Café, Soup, The Castle, and The Peer Hat.
This year's line up includes
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Britain’s Got Talent is set to return to screens next week for its 16th series, ITV has now announced. The new season of the long-running programme will see Bruno Tonioli as a new judge after he stepped down from Strictly Come Dancing.The 67 year old Italian dancer will join Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell on the popular show panel.Two episodes will air over the April 15-16 weekend with auditions from Salford in Greater Manchester and London. Other contestants have been found through videos entered via WhatsApp and members of the public secretly nominating acts they love.
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