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Live review: Olivia Dean brings ‘The Art of Loving’ to Manchester

Live review: Olivia Dean brings ‘The Art of Loving’ to Manchester

The Grammy winner brings a show-stopping performance to Co-Op Live in celebration of her new album

Live review: Balu Brigada turn Academy 2 into a portal of indie-pop euphoria

Live review: Balu Brigada turn Academy 2 into a portal of indie-pop euphoria

The Kiwi brothers return to Manchester for their first headline show, bringing an evening of genre-blurring ambition

Sounds From The Other City 2026: Salford Christmas returns

Sounds From The Other City 2026: Salford Christmas returns

The beloved festival offers an eclectic and diverse range of performances as it returns for another edition

Album review: 1-800 GIRLS debuts with ‘LOVE’

Album review: 1-800 GIRLS debuts with ‘LOVE’

The forward-thinking DJ and producer 1-800 GIRLS unveils his first album via Epic Records

Live review: James prove Love is the Answer at Co-Op Live

Live review: James prove Love is the Answer at Co-Op Live

The beloved Britpop band, James, bring a career-spanning show to Europe’s largest indoor arena

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’

UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS put an elegant spin on the classic comedy of errors

Faster Horses at Albert Hall: Dance as worship

Faster Horses at Albert Hall: Dance as worship

The scouse-turned-Mancunian DJ and producer brings his euphoric set to Albert Hall’s enchanting interior

Live review: Holly Humberstone welcomes Manchester into her ‘Cruel World’

Live review: Holly Humberstone welcomes Manchester into her ‘Cruel World’

Budding popstar brings a spellbinding show to New Century Hall to celebrate the release of her sophomore record

The Prodigy at Co-Op Live: Music for all generations

The Prodigy at Co-Op Live: Music for all generations

Electro-punk legends bring an exhilarating live performance to Co-Op Live with support from Carl Cox

Live review: magda(1999) bring a stellar line-up of upcoming bands to The Castle Hotel

Live review: magda(1999) bring a stellar line-up of upcoming bands to The Castle Hotel

The Brighton band pack out The Castle Hotel’s eighty-capacity performance space for a night of new music

STARSTRUCK! at Eagle Inn: The sonic revolution wears denim and sunglasses

STARSTRUCK! at Eagle Inn: The sonic revolution wears denim and sunglasses

STARSTRUCK! gives Salford a glimpse of the future in a showcase night of new musical talent

Live review: Harry Styles brings a One Night Only triumph to Co-Op Live

Live review: Harry Styles brings a One Night Only triumph to Co-Op Live

Manchester’s hometown hero Harry Styles performs a special One Night Only show in celebration of ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’

No Band is an Island live review: One year anniversary triumphs at YES

No Band is an Island live review: One year anniversary triumphs at YES

Live music and activism go hand in hand with collective No Band is an Island and their first anniversary showcase with local legends Westside Cowboy triumphed – mostly

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival: Mandy, Indiana and SILVERWINGKILLER take YES by storm

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival: Mandy, Indiana and SILVERWINGKILLER take YES by storm

BBC Radio 6 Music Festival returns with thrilling sets from Mandy, Indiana and SILVERWINGKILLER

Live review: Laufey at Co-Op Live

Live review: Laufey at Co-Op Live

The Icelandic star displays her traditional jazz influences with an exciting special guest at Co-Op Live

Album review: underscores’ ‘U’ is a sonic odyssey through malls, nostalgia and effervescent noise

Album review: underscores’ ‘U’ is a sonic odyssey through malls, nostalgia and effervescent noise

underscores’ April Harper Grey comes back for a hat trick with a new album harkening back to the pop of past

Wu-Tang Clan at Co-Op Live: About time for The Final Chamber

Wu-Tang Clan at Co-Op Live: About time for The Final Chamber

Wu-Tang Clan wave farewell to Manchester as part of The Final Chamber tour

Album review: Embrace the magic of Sports’ self-titled synth-ride

Album review: Embrace the magic of Sports’ self-titled synth-ride

Indie duo Sports return to music with an electric album that struggles to find any footing

Album review: Holly Humberstone crafts a ‘Cruel World’

Album review: Holly Humberstone crafts a ‘Cruel World’

Holly Humberstone returns with a melancholy yet hopeful second album