Across the miles: American Authors & Mike Dignam @aauthorsmusic @mikedignammusic

Brooklyn band American Authors played their first ever Manchester gig at the Academy 3 on Wednesday, and Tim Sutton-Brand was there to capture these great photos. The alt-rock band played tracks from their Oh What a Life album and stated several times how they'd always wanted to play Manchester- its reputation as a music city must be well known in the New York borough they are from.

Thw support act was local Lancashire lad Mike Dignam from Preston, who also went down a storm, and both acts stayed behind to meet the fans- a nice touch- Mike's off to play Paris, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin next while American Authors return to gigs in the US of A.Hope they both go far...