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Bonus Photo of the Day 25th February 2026.

Mike McKeegan, bassist with Irish rockers Therapy?, at Academy3, Manchester, 27th May 2006.
*This was in no way official, I was just a chancer who snuck a small digital compact into a gig by one of my fave bands!*

#Manchester #Academy3 #ManchesterUniversity #Therapy #IrishBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography

A man with close-cropped dark hair, wearing a black shirt and with his elbows and wrists strapped up, playing a black bass guitar and standing, grimacing, behind a microphone on a stand.
Red light floods the background, with a single white light shining upwards behind his left shoulder.
The head of a fan watching the gig is right at the bottom of the frame.

Photo of the Day 25th February 2026.

Wil Thompson, bassist with Mancunian Rockers Sandbox, on stage at Academy 3, Manchester, 1st December 2005.

3 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/2026/02/25/photo-of-the-day-25th-february-2026/

#Manchester #Academy3 #Sandbox #WilThompson #bass #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

A man with mid-length dark hair, wearing a white polo shirt with thin black horizontal stripes and blue jeans, with a green and white label on the top of the left leg.
He is playing a black electric bass guitar, and staring off into the distance to the left of the frame.
A white sheet hangs on the black wall in the background, illuminated by a red light.

Photo of the Day 21st February 2026.

Sean, lead guitarist with Scouse rockers The Idiot Rate, at a gig at Academy 3, Manchester, 25th June 2006.
I'd known Ben, the lead singer, for years, but this was the first time I saw them, and crikey, did I get some good photos.
And I even managed to blag my way backstage!
This is one of my fave photos of these guys, and this is almost exactly how it came out of the camera, all I've done is crop it slightly and slap a watermark on there.
There is an even better edit in there somewhere, but for now, I'm happy with this.

3 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/2026/02/21/photo-of-the-day-21st-february-2026/

#Manchester #Academy3 #ManchesterUniversity #TheIdiotRate #Sean #LiverpoolBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography

Photo of the Day 18th February 2026.

Will Thomson, bassist with Mancunian rockers Sandbox, at a gig at Academy 3, Manchester University Students Union, 5th August 2005.

3 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/2026/02/18/photo-of-the-day-18th-february-2026/

#Manchester #University #Academy3 #Sandbox #WillThomson #bass #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #BandPhotography

A man with short, dark hair swept down over his forehead, wearing a whit polo shirt with brown and orange bands around the body, and a blue pair of jeans, standing on a stage and playing a brown and white bass guitar.
A flash has frozen him in time, while a long exposure, a slight zoom, his movement, and the stage lights have combined to paint the area around him in red.
Amplifiers sit on the stage behind him, also tinted red, while the walls and ceiling at the back of the stage are black, with green speckles of reflected light on metal frames right at the back.

Bonus Photo of the Day 2 15th February 2026.

Babar Luck, bassist and occasional vocalist with London-based band King Prawn on stage at the Academy 3, Manchester, 22nd November 2001.

#Manchester #Academy3 #KingPrawn #BabarLuck #bass #LondonBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #bandPhotography

A man with a bald head and big, bushy, black beard, wearing Shalwar Kameez (a traditional form of dress worn in East Asia, particularly Pakistan, Afghanistan, and parts of India), and playing a black headless bass guitar.
He is singing into a microphone on a stand in front of him.
In the background, racks of amplifiers can be seen, with curtains covering the walls behind them.
The whole image has a red tint from the stage lights.

Bonus Photo of the Day 15th February 2026.

Mike Prosser, bass player with Liverpudlian Alt-Metallers The Idiot Rate, onstage at Academy 3, Manchester, 25th June 2006.
I knew the bands singer from a previous band, so when I heard his new outfit was hitting my home town, I thought I would pop along.
I found myself standing in the crowd watching the opening bands, and had to do a double take - the guy standing next to me was Ben!
It took him a second, but next thing I knew, I was backstage (something I had always wanted to do here!), and told to help myself to anything on the rider!
Great band, fantastic people, and excellent memories.

#Manchester #Academy3 #TheIdiotRate #MikeProsser #bass #LiverpoolBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

Photo of the Day 7th February 2026.

Paul "Righini" Wilson, lead guitarist with Manchester Indie-rockers Sandbox, on stage and giving it some at Academy 3, Manchester, 1st December 2001.

3 photos behind the link.
https://madcam.co.uk/2026/02/07/174/

#Manchester #Academy3 #Sandbox #PaulWIlson #Righini #guitar #ManchesterBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

A man wearing a black cap and a green t-shirt emblazoned with the words "Guns don't kill people" above an image of a revolver, and a faded blue pair of jeans, playing a black electric guitar covered in a brown camouflage pattern on the front face.
He is leaning over, head almost touching the camera, as he strums a chord on his guitar.
Blue light floods the rest of the frame.

Manchester Monday 3 2nd February 2026.

Andy Cairns, guitarist and singer with Irish Indie-Punk-Metallers Therapy? On stage at Academy 3, Manchester, 27th May 2006.

#Manchester #Academy3 #Therapy #AndyCairns #guitar #Rock #IrishBands #ManchesterMusic #LiveMusic #photography

A man with a short goatee beard performing on a stage.
He is wearing a dark coloured shirt and dark trousers, and playing an electric guitar attached to a strap slung over his left shoulder.
Green stagelights flood the frame, giving a coloured cast to everything, with 4 lights at the top of the frame shining brightly.

In #Academy3 for #Earthtone9 but can't find anywhere to stand where there isn't a cold draught. After a somewhat damp walk across #Manchester to get here I could do with a bit of warmth. Must be my age.

#Academy3

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