MUSIC WEEK: NME favourites The Holloways play a free gig tonight with support from Regards, Peter and the Wolf and Tramp Attack as part of Liverpool Music Week in the run up to the MTV awards on Thursday.Alma de Cuba, tonight, free but unticketed – entry is first come, first served. 0151 702 7394.
THEATRE: The Show They Never Gave features the best soundalikes of rock’n’roll legends including Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney up against the real thing – Philadelphia guitarist Charlie Gracie, who returns to the Liverpool stage after more than 50 years. Liverpool Empire, tonight until Saturday, 7.30pm, tickets £8-25. 0844 847 2525.
MUSIC: Former Fairground Attraction lead singer Eddi Reader brings her brand of Scottish pop to the region, ahead of the release of her ninth studio album, Love is the Way.Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead, tonight, 8pm, tickets £20. 0151 647 0752.
