MEN ARENA, Manchester. Nov 25, Tom Jones, tickets £25.50 and £22, starts 8pm. Also, Green Day, Thursday December 7, tickets £15. Ring 0161 930 8000.

MANCHESTER APOLLO. Smash Hits Tour, Saturday December 2. A1, Billie Piper, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Atomic Kitten, Girl Thing and more. Tickets £15. Jools Holland on Friday Dec 8, returning for the fourth consecutive year, and his RnB orchestra this year will feature Gilson Lavis and his guest vocalists will be Sam Brown and Marianne Faithfull, support Christopher Holland's Cosmic Harmony. Tickets £17.50. Thurs. Nov 30, Status Quo. Tickets are £25, £22.50 & £17.50. The Bootleg Beatles live on Mon, Dec 18. Tickets £16 on sale now from the box office on 0161 242 2560. Bjorn Again, on Sat, Dec 23. Australian Abba tribute band. Tickets £15.50 on sale now. Catch Ronan Keating live on Friday Nov 3 2000. Tickets £20 are on sale now. For all events ring 0161 242 2560.

SHEFFIELD ARENA, Sheffield. Disney on Ice Jungle Adventures, Tuesday Nov 14 to Sunday Nov 19, tickets from £8.50. Ring 0114 256 5656.