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King Diamond

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 30 June 2025
With an incomparable stage presence and theatrical production, influential Danish heavy proto-power-metal act King Diamond returns with a blistering metal 'horror-opera" concept that draws from themes from the occult and both his personal ...

Black Sabbath Show with Sabbra Cadabra

The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 5 July 2025
Ozzy's Back one of the best debuts from last year Ozzy's Back with The Black Sabbath Show - Sabbra Cadabra...

STICK TO YOUR GUNS

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 8 July 2025
Southern California melodic-hardcore band Stick to Your Guns show influences of Propagandhi, Boysetsfire, Metallica, Trial, Hatebreed, and Inside Out.  ...

Nick Shoulders

Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 10 July 2025
All Bad, the latest album from Nick Shoulders, released via Gar Hole Records (a label founded and co-owned by Shoulders), ultimately encapsulates everything that makes Shoulders? inimitable form of country music so vital: a heady balance of...

Rock For Heroes - The Ultimate Rock Anthems

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 25 July 2025
Classic rock anthems, incredible musicians, sensational vocalists and a Rocktacular experience; with a lot of laughs thrown in! All the ingredients that make up the phenomenal, 'Rock for Heroes'! Performed by a superb 7-piece band, the sh...

Flash - A tribute to Queen

St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Friday 25 July 2025
Celebrate the musical legacy of Freddie Mercury and Queen with hit after hit, anthem after anthem performed live with identical instruments and in authentic costumes on a huge stage set with visuals and effects to bring back that grandeur a...

Guns 2 Roses - Tribute to Guns n' Roses

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and in 11 years have become biggest GNR tribute in history. Some tributes tried but not one has and will come close to the authenticity, charisma and hu...

Wolfmother

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 30 July 2025
Australian Grammy-winning rockers Wolfmother's burst on to the scene in 2005 with their self-titled debut album, which featured classic songs like the UK Top 40 hit  "Woman" (which earned them Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2007 Grammys...

Midnight + Night Demon

Rebellion, Manchester
Thursday 31 July 2025
Cleveland's blackened speed tyrants MIDNIGHT and Ventura, California's traditional metal masters NIGHT DEMON are joining forces on the road for a co-headlining European tour. This unholy alliance of American heavy metal heavyweights forged ...

A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 2 August 2025
Legendary bands Foreigner and Journey are giants of the AOR (Adult Orientated Rock) and Classic Rock genres, attracting huge audiences as live acts since forming in the 1970's. Sadly for those in the UK, their shows over here have been few ...

10 Years Of Tapestry Promotions

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 2 August 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:10 YEARS OF TAPESTRY PROMOTIONSJoin us to celebrate 10 years of promoting shows. 2 stages, great bands and a large merch ares and outdoor bbq!...

Maximum Torque Rock Night

The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 2 August 2025
St. Helens Rock Music Club welcome back Maximum Torque after an amazing debut last year...

Firevolt Rock Festival

Whitebottom Farm, Stockport
Thursday 7 August 2025
  Formally FIRESTORM Festival, Manchester's Best Camping Rock Fest, bringing you the best rock bands on 2 stages over 3 days on a picturesque farm through Etherow Country Park.  2024's headliners include Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons +...

3 INCHES OF BLOOD - The Bread Shed Manchester

The Bread Shed, Manchester
Monday 11 August 2025
Tapestry Promotions brings: '3 INCHES OF BLOOD' to The Bread Shed, Manchester, alongside: 'Spirit Adrift'...

Kerry King (Slayer)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 12 August 2025
The legendary co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer, Kerry King, embarked on a new chapter after the band's final show in 2019, with his debut solo album From Hell I Rise, released in May 2024. Featuring 13 powerful t...

PELICAN

Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Pink Dot Presents?PELICANAges 18+It?s been a long journey for Pelican?from their sludgy reductionist beginnings in the DIY spaces of Chicago, through their tenure as forerunners to the burgeoning international community of artists fusing po...

Forbidden

The Bread Shed, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Forbidden...

FORBIDDEN - The Bread Shed Manchester

The Bread Shed, Manchester
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Tapestry Promotions brings: 'FORBIDDEN' to The Bread Shed, Manchester40 Years Of Twisted Evil - European Tour 2025...

Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons

Holy Diver, Stockport
Friday 15 August 2025
A hard-hitting, old-school rock outfit led by Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell, Phil Campbell & the Bastard Sons were formed after the death of Motorhead frontman Lemmy in 2015. Following the inevitable disbandment of Motorhead, Cam...

Wrath Over Europe - Manchester

The Bread Shed, Manchester
Saturday 16 August 2025
Rancid Offal Promotions and Butcher Booking are proud to bring New York Brutal Death Metal royalty Pyrexia back over to UK soil to destroy Manchester...

Festwich Tribute Festival

Heaton Park, Manchester
Saturday 30 August 2025
The tribute act festival that brings you blistering sets from the best rock and indie bands in the universe. Now with 3 stages over 2 days. ...

Scene Queen

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 5 September 2025
Hannah Collins, formerly ROSE, is the "Pretty in Pink" blonde New York singer known for coining the style "bimbocore", a "hyperfeminine offshoot of metalcore" that "blends the reclaimed hyperfeminine aesthetics and vocal distortions of genr...

The Bon Jovi Experience

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 6 September 2025
The Bon Jovi Experience are the world's first and unquestionably finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi. They are the only tribute to have been featured on the band's official website, not to mention being the only tribute to have been reques...

Deathwish Rock & Metal Night

The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 6 September 2025
Local legends & firm favourites Deathwish return to the Brickhouse Rock Night...

Poison The Well

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
The current hardcore scene wouldn't be what it is today without Miami metalcore act Poison The Well. They pretty much invented the "screamo /metalcore" genre.  Their first two full lengths "The Opposite of December" and "Tear From The Red...

earthtone9

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 20 September 2025
Nottingham cult metal band earthtone9 combine a wide variety of influences from rock, metal, noise and hardcore. Characteristic are the constant mood changes within individual songs and albums. Often, heaviness and oppressive moments are ...

Pierce the Veil

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 25 September 2025
Platinum-selling San Diego powerhouse rockers are iconic in their genre, and rightfully so, after topping Billboard's rock and alternative album charts numerous times. They're back with more fuzzy guitars, massive melodic hooks, and distin...

Hits Out Of Hell - The Meat Loaf Songbook

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 26 September 2025
The World's premier show in tribute to Meatloaf, featuring the Ultimate 'Dead Ringer' to Meatloaf Craig Halford as seen on ITV's 'Stars in their eyes' and Channel 4's 'The Last Leg'. Experience all the hits from what is one of the best-sell...

W.A.S.P.

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
  American West Coast heavy metal band W.A.S.P. emerged in 1982 from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Motley Crue, Ratt, Quiet Riot and others. The band was a prominent target in the mid-1980s of the Parents Music Resource Center (P...

Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 27 September 2025
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world reno...

The Freddie & Queen Experience - Queen & Freddie Mercury Tribute

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 27 September 2025
One of the UK's premier, internationally and critically acclaimed Queen & Freddie Mercury tribute bands, delivering a passionate and energy packed show chock full of Queen's greatest hits! Ian Adams as Freddie Mercury replicates Freddie M...

Angels of Darkness - A Tribute to The World of Goth

The Spinning Top, Stockport
Saturday 27 September 2025
Birmingham's premier gothic rock tribute band deliver an almost encyclopaedic collection of music from the World of Goth: from A to Dead! Expect a "Weird beautiful mixture of exquisite excellence" paying tribute to not only 80s greats such ...

Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash)

Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 28 September 2025
Martin Turner is a founding original member of Wishbone Ash and lead vocalist, bassist and key creative force on iconic albums such as the original version of Argus along with Pilgrimage, There's the Rub and New England. Wishbone Ash was fo...

Atreyu

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
California's own hardcore-metal outfit Atreyu return, exceeding all expectations and expanding the boundaries of metallic rock yet again.  ...

Refused

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 2 October 2025
The farewell tour from the Swedish Hardcore-punk legends. Refused pull no punches with their signature riffs and melodic blend of punk and hardcore. Cited as an influence by many including Linkin Park, Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses and Velv...

Man With a Mission

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 3 October 2025
Japan's greatest rock sensation flawlessly execute straight-up indie rock metal like the one and only pack of Wolves they are! Their distinguishing feature is that all of the members wear differently designed wolf masks during both their co...

Sabbotage - A Tribute to Black Sabbath

The Spinning Top, Stockport
Friday 3 October 2025
Formed from the ashes of the already established Sabbath Tribute Snowblind in 2014, immediately it was obvious that this band would become the most authentic and by far the best Black Sabbath tribute in the UK. ​All of the band are highl...

Wishbone Ash

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
The 1970's Torquay Prog-rock legends are noted for their extensive use of harmony twin lead guitars which helped Andy Powell and Ted Turner to be voted "Two of the Ten Most Important Guitarists in Rock History" and to appear in Rolling Sto...
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