Absolute Bowie are Europe’s Finest David Bowie Tribute. The 5-piece has toured all over Europe for the last 11 years, faithfully performing the music of David Bowie with uncanny accuracy. The audience are taken on a journey experiencing the different personas of Bowie, from Ziggy Stardust & Aladdin Sane through to The Thin White Duke & the late 80's.

For more than a decade, Theory Of A Deadman has been among the most distinctive and popular bands in hard rock, combining frank, earnest lyricism and extraordinary melodies with massive power and electrifying dynamics. With singer/songwriter Tyler Connolly at the helm, the Vancouver-based band has earned a fervent fan following as well as a long line of multi-format hits, among them the No. 1 hit “No Surprise”.

Six-price American rock band whos style infuses elements of "garage, disco, punk rock, new wave, and metal". The band are perhaps best known for their hit UK singles "Danger! High Voltage" and "Gay Bar", singles that reached #2 & #5 respectively.

Manchester favorites, Happy Mondays have announced their Greatest Hits Tour 2019 with a home stop at Manchester Academy. Their biggest hits include "Step On" and "Kinky Afro".

Lewis Capaldi is a Scottish singer-songwriter who achieved success through 2018. His most recent single "Someone You Loved" reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

The Southmartins are a tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins. They will be appearing at the Manchester Academy this November.

Academy In The UK Feat The Sex Pistols Experience, The Complete Clash, Bootleg Blondie, The Ramonas.

Sunset Sons are an indie rock band from UK / Australia via Hossegor, France. Since forming back in 2013 they've got two albums under their belt as well as two singles "On the Road" and "Somewhere Maybe".

Northlane is an Aussie metalcore band who formed back in 2009. In 2015 the band won Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album at the ARIA Music Awards for their album Node. They won for a second time in 2017 with ther album Mesmer.

BATTLE BEAST ANNOUNCE A 2019 EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR - The rising stars of the Finnish metal scene BATTLE BEAST return in Spring 2019 with a massive European tour! Kicking off with a four-date Finnish tour in some of the country's biggest venues, their journey will then take the Helsinki-based sextet on a six-week, 33-show trek around the old continent.

Norwegian singer/songwriter, Sigrid embarks on a UK tour with two nights at Manchester Academy this coming November. Her two biggest hit singles in the UK were "Strangers" #10 and "Don't Feel Like Crying" landing her at #13.

PUP (abbreviation for Pathetic Use of Potential) is a Canadian indie/punk rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2013, originally under the name Topanga.

Aldous Harding is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter born in 1990. Her 2017 album "Party" was nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award.

The Doors Alive are considered by many to be the No.1 Tribute Band to the American rock band The Doors.

IDLES released their first album 'Brutalism' in 2017 to critical acclaim, it gained 4.5 out of 5 stars on AllMusic. This year IDLES were nominated for Best Breakthrough Act at the 2019 Brit Awards.

White Lies were formerly known as Fear of Flying, they formed back in 2007 in London and have been described as a dark yet uplifting post-punk band. Their first three albums all reached the Top 5, "To Lose My Life..." #1, "Ritual" #3 and "Big TV" getting to #4.

The Midnight Beast are a comedy / parody band who formed in London way back in 2009. YouTube helped them gain fame with their cover-parody of the Ke$ha song "TiK ToK". The band later went on to star in their own E4 self titled Sitcom which ran for 5 episodes back in 2012!

Raised in Florida, Denzel Curry is an American rapper who started rapping back in 6th grade and began working on his first mixtipae while still in school. Denzel Curry has very recently announced the release of his next album "ZUU" along with a UK Tour with a stop at the Manchester Academy.

A Tribute to Manchester 2019 - The Clone Roses + Oasish + The Smiths Ltd + The James Experience & DJ Clint Boon.

Bjorn Again were founded in Australia way back in 1988, a fantastic tribute band to the pop group ABBA. Bjorn Again are even due to play the Pyramid stage at Galstonbury Festival this year.

Brothers Erik & Stephen Paulson formed Remo Drive in high school, inspired by “older kids who smoked weed and listened to Title Fight.” The pair of wide-eye musicians would find their legs in the emo world, but the songs on Greatest Hits—enveloped in themes of suburban malaise & self-reflection—shape-shift throughout all aspects of alternative rock, paying tribute not only to Midwestern emo heavyweights like American Football & The Promise Ring, but also to ’90s grunge & classic rock, among others.

Hailing from Leeds, this mid-80's indie rock band have infuences from the likes of The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four among others. The Wedding Present had numerous hit singles through 90's and beyond. Singles include "Come Play With Me", "Silver Short", "Three" and Love Slave" to name just a handful.

There is no band, no song, no video, no sound, that is more “now” than AJR. The band — three brothers born and raised in New York City — has achieved a startling quick level of success with “I’m Ready,” a buoyant electro-pop single that’s taking off on social media.

Langean started his music career when he formed the psychedelic grunge band Screaming Trees who had moderate commercial success. Make Lanegan worked with the Queens Of The Stoneage from 2001-2005 where he was co-lead & backing vocals as well as keyboads on 5 of their albums.

At the Gates is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death metal sound.

Hotly tipped as one of 1Xtra’s Hot for 2019 artists and anticipated to have a massive 2020, Aitch’s skippy flow and crafty lyrics have made him stand out from other rappers on the scene and he’s solidified his status as one of the most exciting new artists with his infectious single, ‘Taste (Make It Shake)’.

Justin Clarke is best known as Ghetts (formerly Ghetto), he is a London born grame rapper with Caribbean roots. Ghetts first two albums "Rebel With A Cause" & "Ghetto Gospel: The New Testament" reached #23 & #30 respectivly in the UK.

Bury Tomorrow are a British metalcore band who formed in Southampton back in 2006. With 5 studio albums under their belt their latest, Black Flame, was released in 2018. Recent singles include "Black Flame" and "Knife of Gold".

The Aristocrats are a rock supergroup formed back in 2011 and consisting of Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller, and Marco Minnemann. In 2016 the group took park in the G3 tour along side Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.

Starset were formed by Dustin Bates in 2013, an American rock band whos debut single "My Demons" has had over 280 million views on YouTube. Three years later they released the single "Monster" which landed them the #2 slot on the US main singles chart.

The Dead South is a Canadian folk-bluegrass band who are often refered to, jokingly, as "Mumford and Sons' Evil Twins". Their album "Illusion and Doubt" peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Bluegrass chart.

Sleater-Kinney are Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals), American rock band formed back in 1994. Known for their feminist and left-leaning politics.

Bringing metalcore & hardcore punk from the United States, Beartooth make a stop at Manchester Academy this February. Beartooth have had two Top 10 singles in their home charts with "Disease" reaching Number 9 and "Hated" landing them a Number 6 hit.

Kvelertak (meaning stranglehold or chokehold) is a 6-piece black metal hardcore punk band from Stavanger, Norway. All lyrics are written in Norwegian, the band’s native language, and concerning Norse mythology/Viking folklore. Known for their consistent, idiosyncratic sound, the band states that their main influences are rock and roll, black metal and punk.

Derek William Dick, better known as FISH (born 25 April 1958), is a Scottish singer-songwriter and actor. He achieved prominence as the lead singer and lyricist of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion from 1981 until 1988. In his solo career he has explored contemporary pop and traditional folk and rock.

Ziggy Alberts is an Australian singer and songwriter whos 2018 album , Laps Around the Sun reached Number 9 on the Australian album chart. He comes to Manchester Academy in March.