As the Gigantic Indie All Dayer Volume 2 fast approaches and takes over Manchester Academy (it’s only a couple of days away now!), we take a look at the bands who will be performing on the main stage. Echo and the Bunnymen Headlining the main stage are Liverpool’s Echo and the Bunnymen, a true classic…
As the Gigantic Indie All Dayer Volume 2 fast approaches and takes over Manchester Academy, we take a look at the bands who will be performing on the acoustic stage over at Club Academy. BOB – 5.35pm North London’s BOB return after a twenty year hiatus to perform exclusively at the Gigantic Indie All Dayer…
NEEDTOBREATHE, composed of brothers Bear and Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt and Josh Lovelace, have been touring relentlessly over the past couple of years, captivating music fans at festivals such as Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits, along with standout performances on Letterman, Ellen DeGeneres, Fallon, Kimmel, Leno and Conan. The band recently performed a spine-tingling rendition…
Hailed as a remarkably visceral live act since their foundation, Doylestown, PA’s Circa Survive are back in the UK with a co-headline tour with RX Bandits this May. From Indian Lakes will support. “It’s been far too long since we have visited our friends in the UK and Europe. That is finally about to change and…
Over six years since their last UK tour, Danish noisemeisters MEW are back in the UK and performing at Manchester’s The Ritz as part of a brief run of dates which will also see them playing at Glasgow’s ABC and London’s Roundhouse. The return follows the release of their acclaimed 2015 comeback album ‘+ -‘. With the…
Synth pioneer Gary Numan has announced a return to Manchester Academy as part of the iconic Manchester venue’s 25th Anniversary series of shows. With over 10 headline shows to his name in the past 16 years alone at Manchester Academy, Numan has forged a strong affinity with the venue and it’s audiences and will return on…
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 effects of pressure, bombast and ecstasy, it’s something to say that…
Courteeners have announced the support acts for their huge Heaton Park show in June. The gig, which is scheduled for 5 June will see Courteeners being the first band to headline Heaton Park since the Stone Roses performed there in 2012 and they will be joined by Peace, Bipolar Sunshine and Blossoms in a massive…
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 released their excellent T Bone Burnett-produced debut album Nothing But…
Having previously headlined at the Scala, supported Keane at the O2 Arena, and thrilled at Glastonbury, Bestival and Cambridge Folk Festival, Katzenjammer always make a huge impact with their genre-mixing, full-on riotous shows and now they are bringing such a show to Manchester’s The Ruby Lounge. Nothing if not utterly distinctive, four smart and super-talented…
