Wednesday 30 March - Newton Faulkner - Albert Hall Back with a major UK tour throughout March and April, Newton Faulkner comes to Manchester's Albert Hall for the first date. The singer will be performing tracks from his fifth studio album Human Love as well as some...
Pop Icon and multi-million selling artist Rick Astley has announced a full UK Tour for March and April 2016 to coincide with the release of his brand new album. The singer who has enjoyed a career spanning over 28 years, during which he has sold in excess of 19...
Record Store Day gig scheduled ahead of Ruby Lounge date Legendary Mancunian songwriter and former Inspiral Carpets frontman Tom Hingley is set to perform two Manchester dates in April. Back with an exclusive new charity single, to be released for this year's Record...
Sam Beam (of Iron & Wine) and Jesca Hoop have announced details of their first ever UK and Ireland tour. The duo, who release their debut album Love Letter for Fire via Sub Pop on the 15 April, will play UK shows at the end of the summer, following on from their...
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...
The Stranglers are currently out on a full UK tour showcasing their legendary Black and White album. The band's third studio album Black & White was unleashed in May 1978 and showed them to be the first of their peers to break away from the 'punk' formula of the...
As Great Cynics prepare to hit the road for a significant run of tour dates across the UK and Europe with Jeff Rosenstock, they’ve revealed a brand new nugget of music which features on a flexidisc release they’ll be giving away for free with merch purchases at the...
Signed to Virgin EMI, Manchester based storytellers Prose have released their brand new single Home of The Brave ahead of a home-coming gig at Sound Control. Following on from the release of their track Caravan and their exceptional debut EP What If? in late 2015,...
Stand back, Florence and Paloma, Lulu has re-lit her fire. The incredible Lulu still has plenty to shout about and is back with another fantastic tour. The Grammy-nominated singer will be performing hits from her 50 year career, such as 'To Sir With Love', 'The Man...
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...
Jeff Wootton, best known for his work with Damon Albarn in Gorillaz, is set to perform at Manchester’s Night and Day following the release of his debut album The Way The Light. Wootton joined Gorillaz as lead guitarist in 2010, aged 23, playing alongside Mick Jones...
Stars of the hit series Nashville are set to play for audiences in England and Scotland during a first-ever international tour in June. Launching 13 June in Manchester, the tour will feature cast members Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten, and Sam Palladio...
Two of Scotland's hottest bands have joined forces for a co-headline tour this May, which will see them performing at Manchester’s Sound Control. Fresh from their first UK tour earlier this year, party band White team up with the unhinged punk of Baby Strange for an...
October Drift have revealed a new music video to match their forthcoming debut EP’s lead track Losing My Touch ahead of two Manchester tour dates (18 March at St Philips Church and 26 March at the Deaf Institute). “Tragic, misguided, but utterly charming,” Guitarist...
Rising Manchester’s three-piece Man Made are set to perform at Manchester’s Aatma just weeks before the release of their debut album TV Broke My Brain. Nile Marr, Man Made singer and guitarist (and son of indie hero Johnny), has certainly embraced his father’s musical...