The Joy Formidable are set to release their third album Hitch on 25 March ahead of a UK tour which brings them to Manchester Academy on 14 May 2016. The band recently unveiled punchy primary single The Last Thing on My Mind to critical acclaim. The accompanying video...
All Saints have announced their first full UK headline tour in over 15 years. The Red Flag tour will see the group performing ten dates across the UK with the quartet appearing at Manchester Academy. With a career spanning over a decade, All Saints became one of the...
With a smile which almost literally stretches from ear to ear, it's obvious that Tiggs Da Author is delighted to be out on stage, performing at Manchester Academy. He is positively beaming, jumping around on stage, lapping up every moment of his performance. In a...
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...
Progressive supergroup, Jane Getter Premonition, is set to perform one of only two UK shows in support of the recent release On at Manchester Academy. Accompanying Jane Getter, who Guitar Player called "the fieriest fretboarding female ever to strap on a...
Tuesday 16 February - RNCM Goes to Broadway - Night and Day RNCM singers from the BMus Classical and Popular Music courses join force with the Royal Northern Musical Theatre Society to perform a range of musical theatre songs with all proceeds going to Cancer...
Following the release of the band’s latest album Tell Me I’m Pretty (out 18 December through Columbia Records), Cage The Elephant are set to perform at Manchester Academy 2 on 20 February. The band, consisting of singer Matt Shultz, guitarist Brad Shultz, bassist...
Sunday 31 January - The Cadillac Three - Manchester Academy 2 Masters in blending the weight of heavy music with the swagger of southern rock and the true grit of country, The Cadillac Three’s 2016 nine-date tour is in support of their eagerly anticipated upcoming...
The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is hits the road tonight, launching its 11 date tour at Cardiff’s Great Hall with a thrilling line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK, taking in Manchester...
Four-piece indie rockers, The Sherlocks, have shared their latest single Last Night ahead of their latest tour which launches on 2 February, taking in Manchester Academy 3 on 20 February. The band were formed in Sheffield when brothers Josh (guitar) and Andy (bass)...
Masters in blending the weight of heavy music with the swagger of southern rock and the true grit of country, The Cadillac Three’s 2016 nine-date tour will be in support of their eagerly anticipated upcoming album – the follow-up to 2014’s critically acclaimed...
Phoenix, Arizona’s The Summer Set has announced a run of UK tour dates, which brings the band to Manchester hot on the heels of their forthcoming album Stories For Mon (due out on 1 April). Pairing their infectious brand of feel-good, edgy pop-rock, The Summer Set are...
After a busy 2015, releasing a new song (and video) every week through their Dial-A-Song project and touring non-stop. The band will hit the UK after a run of gigs on the road in the US and Australia, as well as playing their monthly stand in Brooklyn at the Music...
Multi-platinum selling country artist Kip Moore has announced a run of UK and Ireland tour dates which will find the singer/songwriter performing at Manchester's Academy. The headlining dates form part of the second leg of his Wild Ones Tour, kicking off on 22 April...
British rock’n’rollers The Temperance Movement hit Manchester Academy 2 on the back of their brand new studio album White Bear, which was released on 15 January. The ten track blues-rock album White Bear is the follow-up to the band’s 2013 self-titled debut and was...