This weekend is the armageddon of all weekends for Manchester. Not only will Manchester United and Manchester City be going against each other to win the FA Cup in Wembley, a host of mega-stars will be right here in the city to perform in front of thousands of devoted fans.
This evening, there’s the Arctic Monkeys at Emirates Old Trafford, Elton John at the AO Arena (Saturday night’s alright, as he says) and Coldplay at the Etihad both tonight and tomorrow (no Chris Martin song references for Sunday).
For me, living in Old Trafford right by the cricket ground, I am resigned to the fact that I will be enjoying the dulcet tones of Alex Turner over the weekend. While I’m no diehard fan of the band, I can appreciate that there are certainly worse options when it comes to free balcony entertainment.
