With their new 17-track live album Live At The Forum released today through Absentee Recordings, internationally acclaimed indie-rock outfit The Boxer Rebellion are set to descent on Manchester’s Gorilla on Wednesday 1st October for one of only three UK dates scheduled on their UK and European Autumn tour. The album features tracks from all four…
Sunday 28 September: Martin Harris Centre – Manchester University Music Society Welcome Concert. The Society commenes its new season with new student conductors as the music of Shostakovich, Elgar and MacMillan takes centre stage. Tickets £3/£7/£10. 5pm. Thursday 2 October: Royal Northern College of Music – RNCM String Orchestra. A free lunchtime concert as…
With the reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise set to bow in the UK in just a few weeks, starring Megan Fox, it’s about the perfect time to relive those memories of the original, classic, live action movies. This Sunday, 28th September, RAD Screenings (a new wing of Grimm Up North), in association…
American composer Philip Glass’ new opera, an interpretation of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, is set to be brought to Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music on 22nd October 2014 as part of its world premiere production run. The performance is being staged by Music Theatre Wales and comes fo the RNCM for one performance only….
A group very familiar to Manchester gig-goers, Fear of Men are set to perform an intimate gig at The Castle in celebration of the launch of their debut album Loom, on Sunday 28th September. The Brighton-based band first came together in early 2011 as Jessica Weiss (vocals and guitar) and Daniel Falvey (guitar) met at…
Swedish trio Baskery have announced their return to the UK to perform a series of gigs, including a date at Manchester’s Gullivers on 23rd October. The three sisters (Greta, Sunniva and Stella) recently signed to Warner Bros Records and are working on new material for the upcoming album. The band has drawn comparisons with everything…
Canadian singer / songwriter Lights has announced a gig at Manchester’s The Deaf Institute on 31st January 2015. The 27-year-old multi award winning electro pop sensation is touring off the back of her third album Little Machines which was released yesterday, 23rd September, and already receiving rave reviews from fans and critics alike, spawning the…
Manchester’s own Silverclub are set to launch their new EP Back To The Start (via Red Laser Records) at The Deaf Institute on Friday 26th September. The live electronic band has previously sold out shows at The Deaf Institute, Soup Kitchen and Dancehouse Theatre and is now returning to the Deaf Institute, where they were…
One of the great live bands, Simple Minds, has announced a UK tour which will see them performing at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Friday 10th April 2015. The tour comes just a few months after the band releases their latest album, Big Music, their first album of new material in five years (set for release…
Sunday 21 September: Royal Northern College of Music – Claire Martin with the Montpellier Cello Quartet. Jazz vocalist and Claire Martin OBE teams up with the Montpellier Cello Quartet to perform popular jazz classics and American greats with brand new arrangements by the likes of Sir Richard Rodney Bennet and Django Bates. Expect songs such…
