Manchester is a centre for UK and European popular music.

Both Rock and Electronic music are very popular in the city, and you can see live music every night of the week. 

Some cool places to go are;

• Band on the wall
• The Night and Day Cafe
• Manchester Academy
• Matt and Phreds
• The Bridgewater Hall
• The Royal Northern College of Music
• Sankeys Nightclub

Some famous music groups that have come from Manchester include;

• The Bee Gees
• The Smiths
• Simply Red
• The Doves
• Elbow
• Oasis
• New Order
• The Happy Mondays
• The Stone Roses
• Take That

You can read a more exhaustive list here on wikipedia