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Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing old and new

Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing old and new

Touring his third album ‘What Happened to the Beach?’, Declan McKenna created a cohesive and compelling live show out of his new material and impressive back catalogue
Everything Everything live in Manchester: I’m a Mountainhead too

Everything Everything live in Manchester: I’m a Mountainhead too

Everything Everything bring their Mountainhead tour to New Century Hall for a triumphant hometown outing
Master Peace live at Night and Day: How To Make a Tour

Master Peace live at Night and Day: How To Make a Tour

The genre-bending, ‘indie sleaze revivalist’ brings his electrifying ‘How to Make a Tour’ set to Manchester’s Night and Day
Snow Strippers live at The White Hotel: The industrial EDM future is in good hands

Snow Strippers live at The White Hotel: The industrial EDM future is in good hands

The Florida duo Snow Strippers are successfully reviving a lost EDM sound which infected pop music throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s. Here they came to Manchester to showcase this new, revised sound in the dark, dingy White Hotel in Salford
Live review: Renée Rapp at the O2 Apollo

Live review: Renée Rapp at the O2 Apollo

On the heels of her recent success as Regina George in the Mean Girls reboot, Renée Rapp performed in Manchester for the first time and what a night it was
Suzi Quatro live in Manchester: The Queen of Rock ‘N Roll marks her 50-year reign

Suzi Quatro live in Manchester: The Queen of Rock ‘N Roll marks her 50-year reign

Suzi Quatro celebrated half a century since her chart-topping breakthrough single, ‘Can the Can’, with a career-spanning show that cemented her legacy as the Queen of Rock ‘N Roll
Maisie Peters live in Manchester: Triumph for your next favourite pop star

Maisie Peters live in Manchester: Triumph for your next favourite pop star

Fresh off the back of a US tour, Maisie Peters returned to Manchester to play her sophomore album The Good Witch to a packed-out crowd
Review: The first Withington Pride

Review: The first Withington Pride

A day and night of events across Withington celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, bringing people together through music, art and dance.
Gracie Abrams live in Manchester: A Night of Devotion

Gracie Abrams live in Manchester: A Night of Devotion

Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams gives a spectacular performance at her sold-out Manchester Academy show
The Chicks Live: Walking so others can run

The Chicks Live: Walking so others can run

Twenty years after facing perhaps the biggest blacklisting in music history, The (Dixie) Chicks have returned to the UK – and they are bigger, better, and badder than ever before.
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Live: A double bill of thrills

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Live: A double bill of thrills

Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard headlined the fifth and final day of Lytham Festival – and they went out with a bang!
DMA’s Live: Spills and thrills

DMA’s Live: Spills and thrills

Australian indie-rockers DMA’s bring their boisterous Britpop-lite repertoire to Manchester’s 02 Apollo
Live review: Bonnie Raitt at Bridgewater Hall

Live review: Bonnie Raitt at Bridgewater Hall

Fresh off her shock win at the Grammys, Bonnie Raitt visited the Bridgewater Hall as part of her UK tour
Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Musical theatre icon Samantha Barks performed a superb solo concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane – where she usually plays Elsa in Frozen
Live review: Carrie Hope Fletcher at The Lowry

Live review: Carrie Hope Fletcher at The Lowry

Carrie Hope Fletcher, the biggest West End star right now, dropped by The Lowry as part of her first ever UK tour
Live review: Billie Marten at the O2 Ritz

Live review: Billie Marten at the O2 Ritz

Billie Marten plays her largest ever show in Manchester at the O2 Ritz as she tours the country after the release of her fourth studio album Drop Cherries
Eurovision 2023: Sweden makes history whilst the UK repeats it

Eurovision 2023: Sweden makes history whilst the UK repeats it

Eurovision 2023 saw Sweden make history on multiple fronts whilst the UK, the host country, found itself back at the bottom
Eurovision 2023: What to expect from the grand final

Eurovision 2023: What to expect from the grand final

Eurovision is back in the UK after 25 years, and we got to attend an exclusive press preview of the grand final – here’s what to expect!
Live review: Róisín Murphy celebrates Albert Hall’s 10th anniversary

Live review: Róisín Murphy celebrates Albert Hall’s 10th anniversary

Róisín Murphy delivered an electric, two hour-long gig to celebrate Albert Hall’s 10th anniversary
Eurovision 2023: What to expect from semi-final 2

Eurovision 2023: What to expect from semi-final 2

Eurovision is back in the UK after 25 years, and we got to attend an exclusive press preview of semi-final 2 – here’s what to expect!