
Check out who'll be where at this weekend's Manchester Merch Market
Tim Burgess' event will feature New Order, Sea Fever, BMX Bandits and more

Tim Burgess' Manchester Merch Market to take over 'The Tunnel Of Love' as Everything Everything and more join list of artists involved
Terry Hall's piano is also set to make an appearance at the event later this month

The Charlatans' Tim Burgess goes viral for awkward call over council tax
"I share inner most ideas, serious homespun philosophy and some great photos of coffee, but it’s this tweet that’s ended up going crackers"

New Order, The Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets and more to host stalls at Manchester Merch Market
The artists themselves will run their own stalls and take part in live performances, on-stage interviews, panels and more

Record Store Day reveal 2025 releases raising money for War Child – with The Cure, Chvrches, Sugababes and more
£1 from every sale will be donated to the non-profit organisation

Tim Burgess announces 2025 Merch Market in Manchester: "No commission – 100 per cent for the bands"
The Charlatans' frontman, who has campaigned against venues taxing merch, will have his own stall and play a headline set at the event – which promises "a whole host of big names and surprises"

Manic Street Preachers add huge UK outdoor gig with The Charlatans and Ash to summer 2025 tour plans
The band are taking 'Critical Thinking' out on the road this spring

The Charlatans to release 'The Only One I Know' vinyl picture disc for Record Store Day 2025
It’ll also feature ‘Imperial 109’ and ‘Everything Changed’

Robert Smith to talk through The Cure's 'Songs Of A Lost World' on Tim's Listening Party
Tune in to hear The Cure icon go deep, track-by-track, on the their latest Number One album

Salford's Lads' Club is "officially saved": "There is a light and it never goes out”
Morrissey, Noel Gallagher, Graham Nash were among the thousands who donated to save the historic venue