Monday 13 June - Ladyhawke - Gorilla Ladyhawke returns to the UK, performing material from her new album Wild Things at Manchester's Gorilla as part of her six date tour. The tour comes just a couple of weeks after the release of her latest album, the '80s-influenced...
On 27 May Brighton based collective Moulettes, continue their journey into the alt.pop/rock/folk universe with the release of their most accomplished album to date - ‘Preternatural.’ It was in early 2015 when reading an article in the New Scientist that lead singer...
Sunday 20 March - Emmy The Great - Band on the Wall Critically acclaimed folk singer Emmy the Great comes to Manchester's Band on the Wall just a week after the release of her latest album Second Love. Second Love follows on from where her debut, First Love, left off...
Sunday 6 March - Josef Salvat - Gorilla Josef Salvat performs following the the release of debut album Night Swim. You might have first heard of Josef from his unique cover Rihanna's Diamonds - but since, he's become a global sensation with single Open Season...
On the back of Field Music’s latest release Commontime (their first since 2012’s Plumb), Sunderland siblings Peter and Davis Brewis return to the live arena, with a gig at Manchester’s Band on the Wall. Written and recorded in spontaneous bursts over six months in...
Sunday 13 September - Brother and Bones - The Ruby Lounge Brother and Bones are five men that write songs with the artistry of Folk troubadours, the energy of punks and the self-belief of stadium headliners. Hailing from Cornwall, their acoustic-led, alternative rock...
Less than two months following the release of Tim Bowness’ third solo album Stupid Things That Mean The World, the No-Man vocalist, is set to perform at Manchester’s Band on the Wall. The album came a year after the acclaimed Abandoned Dancehall Dreams, and was...
Monday 24 August - Deerhoof - Gorilla From their humble beginnings as an obscure San Francisco noise act, they've become one of indie music's most influential bands with their ecstatic and unruly take on pop. Veering between pop, noise, rock and roll and avant garde...
Having already visited Madrid, Berlin and Paris on on his huge world tour, which will also see him take in Miami and New York, Azerbaijani singer-songwriter Emin is set to perform in Manchester for the first time in support of his new album More Amor. The tour comes...
Murder By Death - Deaf Institute - Monday 18 May: Murder By Death come to Deaf Institute to celebrate the success of new album Big Dark Love – their seventh studio record. For a band who’ve built a formidable 15-year career around a meticulous consideration for the...
Striking Matches - Deaf Institute - Sunday 10 May: Country music duo Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis have become country music sensations, owing in part to their music being featured on the hit TV show Nashville. But that tells only part of the tale as they...
Will Butler - The Deaf Institute - Tuesday 21 April: Arcade Fire member Will Butler comes to Manchester to perform an intimate gig at The Deaf Institute. The multi-instrumentalist performs just weeks after the release of his debut album Policy. Recording...
Second Album Release In Four Months Supported By Tour Justin Townes Earle is set to perform at Band on the Wall on 19th January in support of his latest album, Absent Fathers, which marks his second album in only four months. Absent Fathers is the second part of a...
Things got a little bit country as Ward Thomas and The Shires brought their joint headline Homegrown Tour to Manchester at a sold out Band on the Wall. Country is certainly in the upswing at the moment and with both of these UK country bands having performed in...
Internationally acclaimed blue-rock hero Simon McBridge is set to round off his year with a short UK Tour which is seeing him stop off in Manchester at Band On The Wall on 28th October. It marks the end of what has been quite a year for the former Young Guitarist of...