Gorilla Manchester is a bar, club and gig venue located at 54-56 Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 5WW. It is a 600 capacity gig venues based in the railway arches below Manchester’s Oxford Road train station.
Gorilla opened in 2012 taking over previous venue The Green Room and has hosted artists including Tame Impala, The 1975, Sam Smith and Ward Thomas.
Contact details:
Address: 54-56 Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 5WW
Telephone: 0161 826 2998
Web: www.thisisgorilla.com
London siblings Kitty, Daisy and Lewis have announced a UK tour to take place just a few weeks after their third album Kitty, Daisy and Lewis the Third, which will see them performing at Manchester’s Gorilla on 17th February 2015. The band, who deliver an eclectic mix of pop, r’n’b, blues, psychadelic rock, soul, country,…
It’s a decade since Sebastien Grainger (drums and vocals) and Jessie Keeler (bass and synth), collectively known as Death From Above 1979, burst on to the scene with an aggressive dance-punk which saw them propelled quickly on to tours with Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age. But almost as quickly as their…
Some five months after their stunning gig at Manchester’s Deaf Institute, Teleman are back in town to perform at Gorilla. That gig came just a few weeks before their debut album Breakfast hit shelves (and hard drives) and quickly became a fan favourite. The fact that their gig sold out and that they held the…
London based Loveable Rogues (Eddie Brett, Sonny Jay Muharrem and Te Qhairo Eugene) have announced that their November-scheduled ‘This and That’ tour will be their last, having made the decision to split at the end of the year. The band, who are set to perform at Gorilla on 13th November – currently anticipated to be…
LA based r’n’b singer Tinashe is set to perform at Manchester’s Gorilla on 4th March 2015. The announcement comes on the day her debut solo album Aquarius is released. A solo career and the release of her debut album, though, is by no means the 21 year old’s first forray into showbusiness. In fact she’s…
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…
New York indie band The Drums is set to perform a headlining date at Manchester’s Gorilla on 19th November. Anticipation is currently continuing to build towards the release of their third album Encyclopedia, which is set for release on 22nd September. Encyclopedia is the first album that the duo of Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham…
Having released her first solo album for almost two decades earlier this year, the highly acclaimed Blank Project, singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry is set to perform at Manchester’s Gorilla on 29th January 2015. Blank Project marked a departure from her pop/r’n’b style which saw her scoop two Brit Awards (Best International Newcomer and Best International Solo…
In a move that has drawn her away from the dark, powerful and anguished sound of her earlier material, Joan As Policewoman has taken on a slight change of direction, bringing a brighter and more soulful sound to her performance. Whilst still retaining the retro influence in her set last night at Gorilla, she struck…
If there’s such a thing as a natural musician then Joan Wasser, aka Joan As Police Woman, surely is one – vocalist, pianist, violinist and guitarist. Starting piano lessons at the age of six and then learning the violin at the age of eight set Wasser on the way to a career in music, which…
