St Vincent has released her new song New York after announcing a run of dates including a show at Manchester Apollo for her Fear The Future Tour. New York is the latest work from St. Vincent, who won the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy for her 2014 self-titled album. Shortly after the album’s release she performed…
Welsh band Pretty Vicious have announced a Manchester gig at Sound Control as part of their six date September/October 2017 tour. The band are currently recording material in a studio in Wales for an Autumn 2017 release. The announcement follows their recent split from record label, Virgin. Where and when do Pretty Vicious perform in Manchester? Pretty…
After performing new single Brother at this past weekend’s Glastonbury, Kodaline have announced four UK dates including a gig at Manchester Apollo. Brother is the first taste of their forthcoming album. The new album will be the Irish band’s first new music since 2015’s Coming Up For Air, which went gold in the UK. The…
After his Glastonbury Festival headline performance, Ed Sheeran has announced a nationwide UK stadium tour which includes Manchester’s Etihad Stadium. Commanding thousands at the Pyramid Stage on Sunday evening, pulling in one of the festivals’ biggest-ever crowds, and with over 3 million viewers tuning in from home, Ed continues his rise as one of the…
Just a few weeks after the release of their latest album Prayer For Peace, Mississippi Allstars perform at Manchester’s The Ruby Lounge. Prayer For Peace sees the band, founded in 1996 by brothers Luther (guitar and vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, piano, synth bass, programming and vocals), returning with their eighth studio album. Prayer For…
A one-off concert taking place as part of Manchester International Festival is bringing two of Sufi music’s brightest stars together at The Lowry. Sanam Marvi from Pakistan and Harshdeep Kaur from India, performing together for the first time in a special evening celebrating the opening of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s film installation HOME1947. The installation marks 70…
Sophie Willan returns to Contact with her second show Branded, the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed debut On Record. On Record resulted in Sophie Willan being nominated for a Chortle Best Newcomer nomination as the show went on to complete a successful nationwide tour with sell-out shows. It was part of a whirlwind 18 months…
Multi-platinum-selling hip hop star Dizzee Rascal has announce the Raskit UK tour which includes a gig at Manchester Academy. News of the tour coincides with the release of the video for his new track Space, with forthcoming album Raskit due out on 21 July. Raskit is Dizzee Rascal’s sixth album, his first in four years….
Blink-182 have announced that they will perform at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on Friday 14 July. The show replaces the event which was due to take place at Manchester Arena. Fans with tickets for the Arena show will be given a full refund and will need to book fresh tickets for the now-all standing venue. Tickets…
Queens Of The Stone Age have announced a UK and Ireland Arena tour including a Manchester gig at Manchester Arena in support of new album Villains. Produced by Mark Ronson and co-produced by Mark Rankin and mixed by Alan Moulder, Villains is the first full album offering from Queens Of The Stone Age since 2013’s…
