The Charlatans are playing dates in the UK in November and December 2006. Support comes from The Longcut

November 2006:
23.11.2006 - Halifax Victoria Hall
24.11.2006 - Leicester De Montfort Hall
25.11.2006 - Cardiff Uni Great Hall
26.11.2006 - Reading Hexagon
28.11.2006 - Lincoln Engine Shed
29.11.2006 - Birmingham Academy
30.11.2006 - Portsmouth Guildhall

December 2006:
02.12.2006 - Middlesbrough Town Hall
03.12.2006 - Sheffield Octagon
04.12.2006 - Glasgow Academy
05.12.2006 - Newcastle Academy
07.12.2006 - Hull City Hall
08.12.2006 - London Brixton Academy
09.12.2006 - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
10.12.2006 - Llandudno Cymru Hall
14.12.2006 - Dublin Ambassador Theatre
15.12.2006 - Belfast Ulster Hall

Steve Lamacq will be playing a new song from The Longcut 'Gravity in Crisis' tonight as part of his show tonight at 9pm on BBC Radio 1

It's the first chance to hear new music from the bands debut album, released this June

If you miss the show, you should be able to use the BBC's listen again feature from tomorrow

Update Wed 22-March

'Gravity In Crisis' 'Last Act' was played 56minutes into Monday night's show. Use the listen again feature (and fast forward to 00:56:26) ...

Stuart from the band wrote on the Longcut forum: "The song that he played was Last Act. He was supposed to play Gravity In Crisis but pressed the wrong button on the CD player. He's apologised and promises to play the right song on next week's show. Hope this clears anything up!"

Update #2
'Gravity In Crisis' was finally played on Lamacq Live on Monday 27th March. Fast forward to around 3h19 into the show on the listen again

Just phoned the Union and got the runtimes for the Manchester Academy 1 show tonight :

(times subject to change)

Polytechnic 7.45pm
The Longcut 8.45pm
Nine Black Alps 9.45pm

The Longcut have now got their own MySpace page where you can stream the following tunes: A Quiet Life, Transition, DVT and a Quiet Life remix

http://www.myspace.com/thelongcut

Someday soon I'll get round to compiling a definitive list of indie bands with MySpace pages....

Class aA - Beyond Entertainment, the album released during 2005 by Akoustik Anarkhy has won the Mancunian Compilation Of The Year in an online poll on the BBC Manchester website.The album features many rising stars (and thewonderwall favourites) such as Autokat, Loose Canon, Harrisons and The Longcut who you'll be hearing plenty of in 2006, and of course the already famous Nine Black Alps

"Beyond Entertainment proves one thing and that is that six years of late nights, kitchen gigs, unstoppable energy, stage invasions and indefatigable belief in a dream have all been worth it. Long may the Anarkhy continue." BBC Manchester

Check out the Akoustik Anarkhy MySpace page for a taster

Meanwhile, our congratulations also go out to Jim Noir who scoops Album and Single of the year, and narrowly misses out on New Band/Artist Of The Year in the BBC Manchester poll

The full list:
Compilation Of The Year: Akoustik Anarkhy - Beyond Entertainment
Mancunian Album of the Year: Jim Noir – Tower of Love
Single of the Year: Jim Noir – My Patch EP
Mancunian Band/Artist Of The Year: Elbow
New Band/Artist of the Year: The Permissive Society
Mancunian Gig of the Year: Gorillaz at the Opera House & Oasis At City Of Manchester Stadium
Mancunian Music Event Of The Year: Gorillaz in the House - Gorillaz residency