The Kooks have announced a ‘Best Of’ UK Tour for 2017 to make a decade together as a band. The run of seventeen shows launches at Manchester Academy. The band first burst onto the scene in 2006 with their hit Inside In/Inside Out which went 5x platinum. The Brighton based four-piece now have four studio…
Multi award-winning hit Billy Elliot The Musical comes to the Palace Theatre this winter. Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole…
The workers on Level Three are racing against the clock to reach their quota of Smiley Faces, but are they really happy enough? Can we learn to be happy? And can our emotions be bought and sold? The ‘happiness industry’ would have us think so… Happy Hour is a poignant, fast paced, hilarious comedy exploring…
Electronica pop trio Vaults have announced a run of dates for February 2017 including a performance at Manchester’s Deaf Institute. The announces comes as the band reveal One Day I’ll Fly Away and announce their debut album Caught In Still Life which will be released on 2 December. The London trio have shot from being…
Amy McDonald has announced her first UK tour in four years, playing 13 dates across the UK and Ireland. The singer, who has released three albums and sold more than 5 million records worldwide, will be performing at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. The tour announcement comes just days before full details of Amy’s fourth album, which…
Four-piece Australian alternative rock band With Confidence have announced their first UK and Europe headline tour, taking place in February and March 2017. The band made their first UK appearances earlier this year at Slam Dunk Festival and supporting As It Is around the country and saw their debut album Better Weather released to UK…
Following their recent sell out headline shows, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes have announced a full UK tour for 2017 in support of their upcoming album Modern Ruin (out 27 January 2017). Modern Ruin was mixed by Catherine Marks (Foals/ Wolf Alice) and recorded by Thomas Mitchener, the band’s former touring bassist in his own…
Melanie Martinez Wednesday 23 November – O2 Ritz New York singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez has quickly become the voice of the teen generation since her run on the US version of The Voice, racking up huge fan support since releasing her debut EP Dollhouse in 2014 quickly following by first album Cry Baby in 2015. The angst-ridden…
A snapshot of Manchester International Festival 2017 has been revealed, as new Artistic Director John McGrath prepares for his debut programme. Bringing together international artists from the worlds of visual art, dance, theatre and music, the line-up looks forward to the full MIF17 programme, to be announced 9 March 2017. The first four Festival commissions run…
The xx have announced a European tour for 2017 which includes two dates at Manchester Apollo in March. The tour will follow the release of their third album I See You which is due to hit stores on 13 January. I See You and is the follow up to The xx’s two previous albums –…
