The Shires – Manchester Academy – Sunday 12 April: The Shires (Crissie Rhodes and Ben Earle) recently became the first country band to chart in the Top 10 of the UK Album Charts with their debut album, Brave, not long after becoming the first UK signing to the re-launched Decca Nashville label. Following stellar Manchester appearances in the…
Denai Moore – The Deaf Institute – Wednesday 8 April: Following two performances at Manchester’s Albert Hall, Denai Moore returns to the city for a headline show at the Deaf Institute. The artist who has worked alongside Plan B (who also co-produced her debut EP) and SBTRKT, brings her Lauren Hill, Bon Iver and Erykah Badu…
Charli XCX – Manchester Academy 2 – Tuesday 31 March: Having released her second album, Sucker, a few weeks back, the follow up to 2013’s outstanding True Romance, Charli XCX heads to Manchester Academy 2 with a repertoire full of pop anthems and instant sing along classics. Whilst she may have come into most people’s consciousness through…
Manchester’s own Patterns are set to perform in their home city again. And this is one for the eyes as well as the ears as the astral-psych/shoegaze pop four-piece gear up towards their second album, a follow-up to 2013′s Walking Lines After selling out St Philip’s Church in Salford last year they’ll be playing The Deaf Institute….
We pick out some of the top gigs hitting Manchester this week including Amerie, Kristyna Myles, Gun, Ward Thomas and Nile Rodgers.
Kiesza – Albert Hall – Thursday 19 March: Kiesza comes to Manchester as part of her biggest UK tour to date, performing at the iconic Albert Hall. Taking inspiration from the New York dance clubs of the 90s as well as hip hop and r&b, Kiesza’s debut album (via a record label at least), Sound Of…
To Kill A King – The Deaf Institute – Sunday 8 March: Leeds five piece To King A King perform at the Deaf Institute, just days after the release of their self-titled second album and just before heading over to Europe. Building on the successes of 2013 and 2014, expect a further push from the…
Leeds formed five piece To Kill A King are set to perform at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on Sunday 8th March 2015. The gig marks the third date in a major UK Spring tour, culminating in the bands biggest ever headline show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, just before they set off to Europe. It seems like…
Having had a stellar 2014, hook-heavy garage-pop band Broncho return to the UK in April for a series of tour dates alongside Pennsylvanian upstarts The Districts,which will include a date at Manchester’s Deaf Institute on 29th April 2015. Following two sold-out headline shows in London last year and two A-listed singles on BBC 6Music, Broncho release the…
Slow Club – Deaf Institute – Sunday 22nd February: Sheffield’s finest, Slow Cub, return to Manchester to headline at the Deaf Institute. With three fantastic albums under their belt, including the 2014 release Complete Surrender, the duo perform some of their best must-listen material. And with their newer material comes a bigger sound, higher energy and infectious…
