My favourite music venue in Manchester is the Apollo. The acoustics are great in there, far better than the Academy or the MEN. It's got a lot of character - it's the kind of place where, when you enter, you can imagine all kinds of famous people having gone there before. At the Apollo, I've been caught in a Lostprophets mosh pit, screamed at Hanson, shed a little tear as the Eels went into "It's A Motherfucker", and rubbed my nipples at The Mighty Boosh. (Gotta love Bob Fossil's School of Dance.)

Conversely, the worst music venue in Manchester is the basement at the Dry Bar. Fuck the joss sticks, can we get a little air-con down there please? It fucking stinks!