Nailed It! Sunday 8 January - The Castle Ben Williams' monthly Nailed It! night returns to the Castle with three excellent acts as The Retrosettes, Mica Miller and Hannah Ashcroft all join the line-up. The evening has everything from indie, alt-folk through to soul,...
Jordan Allen return to The Ruby Lounge, the scene of their biggest Manchester gig to date, for their final performance of 2016 on Saturday 23 December. Having sold out the venue earlier this year, the band is keen to return, with Jordan recently commenting “Without a...
Melanie Martinez Wednesday 23 November - O2 Ritz New York singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez has quickly become the voice of the teen generation since her run on the US version of The Voice, racking up huge fan support since releasing her debut EP Dollhouse in 2014...
Multiplatinum rockers bring Egomaniac tour to Manchester Kongos are returning to the UK this November following the North American leg of their Egomaniac tour, in support of their latest album. The band made a flying visit to the UK back in summer where they played a...
Meadowlark have unveiled the video for their new single Headlights ahead of a performance at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge supporting Aquilo.
Following their outstanding show at Gorilla earlier this year, which featured perhaps the best atmosphere (think South American party beats, with a ton of jazz thrown in) of any gig we've been to this year, Molotov Jukebox have announced that they will be returning to...
Having recently shared the video for her latest single A Burning Hill, Mitski has now announced a run of UK tour dates, including a performance at Manchester's Ruby Lounge. Directed by Bradley Gray, the video for A Burning Hill (from her acclaimed album Puberty 2) is...
Swans Sunday 9 October - O2 Ritz Swans conclude their current line up following the release of their fourteenth studio album, The Glowing Man, with an extensive tour taking in Manchester's Ritz. Noise rockers Swans, led by Michael Gira, formed in 1982 and, after...
Skinny Lister are set to release their third studio album The Devil, The Heart and The Fight this Friday ahead of next week’s show at Manchester’s The Ruby Lounge. The album is released through Xtra Mile Recordings. With lead single Wanted – a fiery Elvis-gone-folk...
Following a rapturously received set at this year’s Dot To Dot Festival and following recent track Too Much Too Soon, Bolton’s venerated indie laureate and Greater Manchester’s most likely – Jordan Allen - now are set to perform at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge. With fans...
Manchester band performing 17 dates Manchester post-punk five-piece Cabbage have announced their debut headline tour following acclaimed support slots with YAK, The Fall and Blossoms. The tour follows a busy summer of festival appearances including Kendal Calling,...
Supporting Russ ahead of album release Manchester's Prose are set to perform at The Ruby Lounge supporting Russ ahead of the release of their debut album Home Of The Brave (due for release on 8 July through Naughty Records/Virgin EMI Records). The album takes all the...
Monday 16 May - Transviolet - The Deaf Institute US electro four-piece Transviolet (Sarah McTaggart, Judah McCarthy, Michael Panek and Jon Garcia) look set to whip up a storm in 2016, their self-declared aim to conquer the globe and change the status quo one chorus at...
Laura Cantrell is set to perform at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of her new album Laura Cantrell at the BBC, which is released this Friday 13 May. Over the past 16 years, Laura Cantrell has been a familiar presence on the U.K. music scene. The Nashville-born,...
Thursday 12 May - The Travelling Band - The Deaf Institute Manchester based folk-rockers The Travelling Band, just back from tour with Lissie, are set to perform a home-town gig at Manchester's Deaf Institute before they launch into festival season. After the...