Noughties pop star Dido returned to Manchester’s O2 Apollo after a 15 year hiatus to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of her award-winning debut album No Angel
The pop singer’s warm show included all the songs that made her famous, Jay Darcy writes
Blossoms rock a new-found 80s flare, in more ways than one
Kodaline brought the Irish folk to Manchester
The godfather of goth puts on an extremely underwhelming and borderline insulting show at O2 Apollo
The Grammy winning star’s show mixes his own hits with pop classics, with spine-tingling results
The Beautiful South singers celebrate their long and winding back catalogue of hits
Deer Tick’s set is full of character, laughter and ear-busting rock
As one of the world’s great music cities, Manchester is packed with great venues. Here’s some of our favourites…
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Melanie Martinez’s K-12 Tour, a theatrical concert experience, at the O2 Apollo
Jasmine Bennett takes a trip to see singer-songwriter Tom Odell fill the Manchester O2 Apollo with piano-led ballads.
The Charlatans come back to Madchester, entering their second golden age
Pvris came to the Apollo Manchester to play the biggest show of their career so far.
Kwabs’s support slot is rather too mysterious for impatient fans
The ‘Rather Be’ hitmakers’ live set shows they have talent in abundance
Erasure treat their sold-out crowd to a night of camp nostalgic fun
Passenger serenaded a packed crowd with his collection of honest, heartfelt music
Youmeatsix were one of the highest rising bands of 2010, having played the British invasion of the US Warped Tour (which also included Enter Shikari and Bring Me the Horizon); the main stage at Reading and Leeds and finally ended the year supporting the album, Hold Me Down, released in January.
