Xfm's Winter Wonderland... what to expect.

   Tonight marks the first leg of Xfm's Winter Wonderland at the O2 Apollo in Manchester. As usual it's hyped up to every extreme and it will definitely be up and over the mark this time round.
   For me this is the most anticipated time of the year; bands announce tours, festival line-up's are leaked to the public and most importantly it's time for Xfm's Winter Wonderland. The highly anticipated gigs take place on both sides of the country, giving us a mixed night of madness and music.
   

   Emerging bands Findlay and Spector kicking off the night in Manchester, also Delphic, Everything Everything, Maximo Park and the headliners Bloc Party will top off the night. Spector being such a prolific indie band of 2012, and only on second shows just how good the line-up is this year. Delphic and Everything Everything are currently on their comebacks, and have both given us albums and tracks that are sure to get the floor moving and swaying. Maximo Park will be offering us hit after hit from their long and extensive career whilst feeding us new tracks from their latest album 'The National Health'. Then the most anticipated band of the night, Bloc Party. A high octane set is expected, with a mixture of songs from all four albums that we have been graced with over the last decade. The 2year hiatus the band took has left everyone wanting a taste of the indie floorfillers, and Xfm have managed to snap them up this time round.
   So we are clearly in for a treat, which in nothing short of what we expect from Winter Wonderland when it comes around. It's going to be mental. I'll be the one in the middle with a ginger mophead kicking everyone with my massive doc martens.