POP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
POP CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Pop Concerts in Manchester
Queen of the Night - A Tribute to Whitney Houston
Pyramid and Parr Hall
Sun 1 Jun 2025 - Fri 26 Jun 2026
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
The Grand
Fri 11 Jul - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Here & Now - The Steps Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 2 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Martin Kemp - Back To The 80s DJ Set
Uppermill Civic Hall
Fri 7 - Fri 14 Nov 2025
La Voix
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Direct from the West End, come and see the UK's best drag queen and Britain's funniest redhead swing into town with her most ambitious show yet. The UK entertainment sensation who proves that a killer voice and razor-sharp wit alongside ...Ethel Cain
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 2 - Friday 3 October 2025
Florida-born, Pittsburgh-living Goth-pop trans artist Hayden Anhedonia, aka Ethel Cain, produces music with lyrics focused on nostalgic and Southern Gothic themes, such as poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence, death, and transgenera...Roxy Magic - Celebrating the Music of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 3 October 2025
A fabulously entertaining evening celebrating the music of Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry as performed by Roxy Magic, with a great combination of high quality musicianship and a wonderful Bryan Ferry look and sound-alike in Kevin Hackett. Formed...The Beta Band
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approac...The Beta Band
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approac...The Beta Band
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Arguably one of the most acclaimed and loved bands of the past 20 years, by both fans and their musical peers alike, The Beta Band formed in St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1996. Innovative and singular, their unique musical and aesthetic approac...CMAT
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
CMAT is the stage name of Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, the North Dublin-born global country-pop star who after relocating to Manchester aged 17 and forming the band Bad Sea, returned home to live with her grandparents before settling down in ...Sonique
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Brit Award and Ivor Novello winning North London singer, musician, and DJ, Sonique, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of her million selling debut album 'Hear My Cry'. She came to public attention as a member of dance band S'Express during th...K-Klass
Joshua Brooks, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
Formed after a chance meeting of Wrexham duo Interstate (Andy Williams and Carl Thomas) with Chester DJs Russ Morgan and Paul Roberts, at the infamous Nude night at Manchester's legendary Hacienda nighclub in 1988, K-Klass are responsible f...Lady Gaga
Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 7 - Thursday 9 October 2025
After much anticipation, 14-time Grammy Award-winner Lady Gaga has officially announced 'The MAYHEM Ball' tour with dates this year in support of her new album, MAYHEM, which received widespread acclaim from critics and fans upon release ...GoldLink
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 7 October 2025
D'Anthony Carlos, better known by his stage name GoldLink, is an American rapper and singer from Washington, D.C. who is best known for his 2016 single "Crew", which went 7 x Platinum in the USA, and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performa...Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Scottish pop rocker Edwyn Collins is back with his tenth solo album. Best known for his indie hit "A Girl Like You", which reached no.4 in the UK in 1994, he was previously the lead singer of Glaswegian jangle pop act Orange Juice who scor...Kane Brown
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 8 October 2025
The breakout Tennessee country music vocalist has independently built a robust, devoted fan base of over three million subscribers on his social platforms through releasing songs directly to fans on his personal channels, which eventually l...Lauren Spencer Smith
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Often compared to Olivia Rodrigo, Portsmouth-born, Canadian pop singer Lauren Spencer Smith first appeared as a contestant on the 18th season of American Idol in 2020. In 2022, she became more known internationally when TikTok helped send h...Uptown Girl - The Billy Joel Collection
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 9 October 2025
Uptown Girl - The Billy Joel Collection celebrates the legacy of one of the greatest American musicians of all time. Drawing from six decades of smash-hits, this stunning new stage production features a full-band dedicated to recreating ico...
SYML
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 9 October 2025
SYML is the solo venture of Seattle artist Brian Fennell, who was previously part of the indie band Barcelona. Collaborating with Lana Del Rey on the song "Paris, Texas" and with artists like Guy Garvey (Elbow), Lucius, Sara Watkins, Charlo...Sunny Afternoon
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Friday 10 - Saturday 18 October 2025
Following a phenomenal two years in the West End and a sensational first UK and Ireland tour, the "indisputably terrific" (The Times) OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING BEST NEW MUSICAL, charting the euphoric highs and agonizing lows of THE KINKS, is ba...Level 42
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 10 October 2025
To date the band and Mark have released 14 studio albums, 7 live albums, the Sirens' EP, and 6 compilation albums, had 18 top 40 singles, including Lessons in Love, Something About You, Leaving Me Now, Running in the Family, and Hot Water, ...Daniel O'Donnell
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 10 October 2025
Irish easy-listening country singer Daniel O'Donnell is the only artist in the world to score a hit in the UK album charts every year between 1988 and 2023, an unprecedented and unbroken 35 year span and in doing so, he has outshone ever...Tom Robinson: Then and Now
The Met, Bury
Saturday 11 October 2025
Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories from fifty years wandering the wilder shores of the record industry. Classic hits such as 'War Baby', 'Up Against The Wall', and '2-4-6-8 Motorway' rub shoulders with a Radio 1 ban for b...New Found Glory
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Florida pop-punk band New Found Glory are known for their fast-paced punk drums and emo lyrics. They reached the UK Top 10 with their 2002 album Sticks and Stones which spawned the Top 40 hit "My Friends Over You". ...I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties
St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Saturday 11 October 2025
The ultimate Swingin' 60s show featuring the greatest hits of Gerry & The Pacemakers, including Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It, You'll Never Walk Alone and of course I Like It. Along with hit songs from The Beatles, Paul Mc...Mass Of The Fermenting Dregs
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs (マス オブ ザ ファーメンティング ドレッグス, Masu obu za Famentingu Doreggusu) is a post-hardcore/shoegaze trio from Kobe, Japan. In Japanese, they are also popularly known by a shortened form...Simon & Oscar (Ocean Colour Scene)
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
In 2015 Ocean Colour Scene celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a sell-out acoustic tour of some of the most prestigious UK Concert Halls, it was not only their most successful for 15 years, but also their best received, with ecstatic aud...Nena
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 12 October 2025
The most successful German pop singer in chart history, with over 25 million records sold, NENA is playing her first UK shows in 15 years. Featuring a 10-piece band, fans can expect to hear the 1983 smash hit '99 Red Balloons' and other ico...Newton Faulkner
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 14 October 2025
Multi-Platinum selling Surrey-born acoustic singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner possesses a pop sensibility that allows him to sit easily alongside the likes of Jack Johnson, Paolo Nutini, and Ed Sheeran - who stole his original "ginger guy ...I Like It - The Ultimate Tribute To Gerry Marsden & The Swinging Sixties
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Wednesday 15 October 2025
The ultimate Swingin' 60s show featuring the greatest hits of Gerry & The Pacemakers, including Ferry Cross The Mersey, How Do You Do It, You'll Never Walk Alone and of course I Like It. Along with hit songs from The Beatles, Paul Mc...Little Simz
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Operating at the very heights of what rap can be, with lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling music, the Ivor Novello award-winning, Mercury nominated rapper and actress Simbiatu Ajikawo (a.k.a. Little Simz) delivers undeniable modern classic...Graham Nash
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy award winning Salford singer-songwriter Graham Nash returns to Europe to perform songs spanning his sixty-year career from The Hollies to Crosby, Stills and Nash, to CSNY and his be...Cymande
Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 16 October 2025
The 1970's London Psychedelic funk legends return to form, bringing a fresh modern edge to their iconic sound, which remains foundational to early hip-hop and funk scenes in the United States and UK. A band that never fully got its due back...
Sleeper
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 17 October 2025
The Platinum-selling Manchester-formed Britpop band are back. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. They garnered front cove...Men I Trust
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 October 2025
The Quebecois electo-pop band's rise to indie fame is a bit more abnormal than most. The group initially started without their lead singer, as a duo with programmed robotic electronic drums alongside boisterous synthesizers heavily inspire...Eddi Reader (Fairground Attraction)
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
The supremely talented, unique and charismatic triple BRIT award-winning Scottish folk pop singer delivers the most consistently beautiful, often deeply personal and intimate songs, including the charming acoustic pop of 1988 chart-topper P...Candlelight - Tribute to Queen and The Beatles
Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Discover the music of Queen and The Beatles performed under the gentle glow of candlelight by a string quartet in this awe-inspiring location. ...Celine - My Heart Will Go On
Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Saturday 18 October 2025
Experience the ultimate Celine Dion tribute concert with Carlton Entertainments' My Heart Will Go On, a stunning celebration of the music and life of one of the greatest singers of our time, the Queen of Power Ballads. Taking audiences o...The Blow Monkeys + The Christians
RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
British pop royalty, The Blow Monkeys and The Christians have announced a co-headline UK tour. Both bands continue to create great new music and are live acts to be reckoned with. The Blow Monkeys' new album Birdsong will be released ahea...PorkPie
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 18 October 2025
Scotland's 9 piece Ska Behemoth, a music force of nature that have been tearing up stages the length and breadth of the country. Combining top quality dance along ska standards from The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, The Beat, etc. with...Wet Wet Wet + Heather Small (M People)
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 October 2025
Iconic Clydebank pop act Wet Wet Wet have sold more than 15 million singles and albums to date and have featured in the UK Singles Chart and Album Chart for an incredible time period of over 500 weeks. Formed in 1982, their albums have been...Jalen Ngonda
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 19 October 2025
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff)
Warrington Irish Club, Warrington
Sunday 19 October 2025
Miles Hunt is the singer of highly successful late 80s / early 90s indie band The Wonder Stuff, and also briefly of Vent 414. His solo career began in 1999 and he will perform tracks from his new album together with classic Top 20 hits s...Suzanne Vega
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
A masterful storyteller, with literary lyrics that guide the listener through her poetic observations of the world around her, Vega's understated melodic beauty is immediately recognisable and as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was wh...Beach Bunny
Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 20 October 2025
Chicago bedroom pop star Lili Trifilio's songwriting project are getting back to basics: urgent, guitar-based indie rock with pop melodies, echoing dynamic '90s indie rock courtesy of fuzzed-out guitars and crashing drums, while slashing...Rumer
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Rumer, one of the UK's most beloved and soulful voices, celebrates the 15th anniversary of her groundbreaking debut album Seasons of My Soul, which featured a collection of unforgettable hits, including the chart-topping single Slow, on...Somebody's Child
New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Somebody's Child is a rising young Irish male singer-songwriter who has been making serious waves in the Irish music scene, having supported acts like The War on Drugs and headlined the 3Olympia Theatre. His music has drawn comparisons to ...Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Most recognised as front-woman of iconic 80's alternative rock band TRANSVISION VAMP, Wendy enjoyed massive chart success with a string of hits including Baby I Don't Care, I Want Your Love and Revolution Baby. Her sexually charged and rebe...
Jessie Murph
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Teenage Nashville Country pop star Jessie Murph was discovered by uploading vlogs and covers to TikTok and YouTube, clocking up millions of streams in the process. Her song "Pray" charted around the world, leading to a collaboration with ...Dan Whitlam
New Century Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Poet, spoken word artist, rapper and actor from South London who gained traction from his music videos on TikTok. ...Counting Crows
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Introspective Californian roots rockers with a string of high-profile hits including Mr Jones and Accidentally In Love. It's easy to see Counting Crows as a band out of time. While their neighbours to the north spent the early 90s backing t...The Divine Comedy
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Having now completed his third full decade as a recording artist, The Divine Comedy (aka Neil Hannon) is back. With monumental tracks 'National Express', 'Something For The Weekend', 'Songs of Love', 'Our Mutual Friend', 'A Lady of A Ce...Split Frenz - Tribute to Split Enz
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Friday 24 October 2025
Tribute Band to the Mighty 'Split Enz'. 80's New Wave Pop Nostalgia. Recreating the 'New Zealand Beatles' who enjoyed the 1980 UK hit "I Got You" before brothers Tim and Neil Finn would go on to create Crowded House. ...Ariana Goes Wicked Brunch
