ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 13 Sep 2025 - Sat 18 Apr 2026
Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 22 November 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band's top priority is delivering what their fans want to see and hear. They put in a lot of hard work to ensure their sound a...The Lancashire Hotpots
The Monaco, Wigan
Saturday 22 November 2025
There's only one thing more satisfying than a visit to the chippy and that's an evening with The Lancashire Hotpots. St. Helens' finest are the undisputed kings of the Northern "knees up" with banging comedy folk anthems such as "Chippy Te...The Southmartins - A Tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Saturday 22 November 2025
The Southmartins are a tribute act to the songs of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins. The seven-piece collective has built up a loyal following playing arenas, festivals, clubs and pubs (including Paul ...Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Scottish power trio Moving Pictures play for over two hours covering all the Rush classics such as Tom Sawyer, The Spirit of Radio and Xanadu (with doubleneck guitars) plus some deeper cuts such as By Tor and later belters such as Far Cry a...The Men They Couldn't Hang
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
English-Folk-Punk Group The men They Couldn't Hang celebrate their 40th Anniversary Tour. The bands unique combination of barnstorming live performance, rich storytelling ability, often rooted in historical and social themes, and mix of Ce...Colin Hay (Men at Work)
The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Possessing one of the most distinctive and recognisable voices on the planet, former Men at Work songwriter and frontman Colin Hay has gone on to establish himself as a solo artist with an ability to interpret other songs which he fell in ...Martyn Joseph
Mottram St Andrew Village Hall, Macclesfield
Saturday 22 November 2025
A unique talent driven by passion, social awareness and love for his trade, the jaw dropping guitar player has developed a unique percussive style with a powerful show stopping voice, which has seen him dubbed "The Welsh Springsteen". Take ...Humour
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 22 November 2025
Humour live together in Glasgow and formed across the 2021 lockdowns, writing and recording their material at home, with the music intended as a backdrop to Andreas' lyrics. Sometimes they're about letting people down, sometimes they're abo...
A night with the FU Fighters a Foo Fighters tribute
Poplar Social Club Accrington Bb5 2nj, Blackburn
Saturday 22 November 2025
Fu fighters are one of the best U.K. tributes to the mighty Foo fighters,and have been touring the U.K. and beyond for nearly 15 years...Go Your Own Way - The Fleetwood Mac Legacy
Manchester Opera House, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Go Your Own Way is a brand new spellbinding show featuring the music from the legendary multiple Grammy Award Winning Fleetwood Mac. Their rock n roll legacy is beautifully performed by a highly talented and acclaimed ensemble of musicians ...Ozric Tentacles
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Formed in 1983 with a debt to jazz fusion as well as space rock, Ozric Tentacles are a band from another time, serving as the bridge from '70s cosmic rock to the organic dance and festival culture that came back into fashion during the '90...Braxton Cook
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Juilliard-trained singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer...
Grayscale
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Sunday 23 November 2025
Philadelphia quintet Grayscale formed in 2011. Collin Walsh, Dallas Molster, Andrew Kyne, Nick Ventimiglia and Nick Veno met as high school students while playing in local bands together. All four were huge fans of the band Basement, and ch...Halestorm
AO Arena, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Founded by sister and brother, Lzzy and Arejay Hale, in 1997, Pennsylvania heavy metal act Halestorm have scored three UK Top 10 albums. In 2012, they became the first female-fronted band to both nominated and win the Grammy for Best Hard...My Bloody Valentine
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Shattering the boundaries of genre and convention, Dublin shoegaze pioneers my bloody valentine emerged in the 1980s with a sound that felt like nothing before it. After a series of more typically indie releases, they pursued a far more si...Electric Six
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Monday 24 November 2025
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...The Saints '73-'78
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
One of the most influential punk bands of all time, Australian rockers The Saints were formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 1973 by singer-songwriter Chris Bailey, drummer Ivor Hay, and guitarist-songwriter Ed Kuepper. According to Bob Geldof,...The Primitives
Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
The Primitives are an English indie pop band from Coventry, best known for their 1988 international hit single "Crash". Formed in 1984, disbanded in 1992 and reformed in 2009, the band's two constant members throughout their recording caree...Softcult
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 24 November 2025
Canadian grunge duo, twin siblings Phoenix and Mercedes Arn-Horn, are known for their melding of grunge with shoegaze, as well as their DIY and riot grrrl-inspired ethics. ...Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025 - Saturday 3 January 2026
West End mega-hit TINA - The Tina Turner Musical announces its first ever UK & Ireland tour. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her triumphant transformation into a multi award-winning global superstar, Tina Turner didn't just...Colosseum
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
One of the most influential of the early British progressive rock bands, Colosseum fuse an adventurous approach to rock with strong jazz and blues influences and classical keyboard accents which brought them success in the late 1960s and ea...Fcukers
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Now Wave presents Fcukers plus support RIP Magic at Gorilla on 25th November 2025...
The Real Thing
The Blues Kitchen, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
The Real Thing, with original vocalists Chris Amoo and Dave Smith and their live five piece band, will perform A Brand New Day, their first new album of original material in 44 years. Their new soulful single 'Hang On Never Let Go' will...
Kingfishr
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Three unassuming young lads from Ireland have stories to tell, and they know how to tell them well. Meet Kingfishr, the folk-rock band rapidly becoming one of the most talked-about and in-demand acts for 2025. As society frets and fights ov...Electric Six
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...Bywater Call
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Totonto powerhouse seven-piece Southern soul, roots rock band Bywater Call's music is an exploration of life's highs and lows with vocalist Meghan Parnell described as one of the best female voices in blues and roots today. From intimate ...Stray From The Path
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Long Island hardcore band Stray From The Path's politically fused rap metal music has been described as a "Rage Against the Machine-worshipping take on hardcore." ...Seb Lowe
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Manchester-based Seb Lowe has burst out of nowhere. (Okay Saddleworth...). Good in that this can be a younger child with a head stuffed with phrases which are his weapons and telling his fact and a guitar that could be a machine gun of riff...Matt Maltese
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Reading indie rocker Matt Maltese first established himself as a songwriter with a knack for dry one liners and a keen eye for self-deprecation with his baroque piano-led tunes racking up over a billion streams on Spotify. ...Keyside
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Liverpool four-piece Keyside play pristine jangle-pop of powerful substance. With lyrics evidencing a social conscience that goes deeper than their uplifting melodies might suggest, frontman Dan Parker's nuanced songcraft will charm you as ...
Jasmine Jethwa
The Castle Hotel, Manchester
Thursday 27 November 2025
Now Wave presents Jasmine Jethwa at The Castle Hotel on 27th November 2025...Wolf Alice
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Delivering a supremely confident collection of songs bursting with ambition, ideas and emotion, North London rockers Wolf Alice started out as a folky two-piece formed by guitarist Joff Oddie and singer Ellie Rowsell in 2010. Equal parts...The Hives
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Swedish rock-n-roll heroes The Hives are back, channelling the electrifying energy of the group's greatest hits with their first new album in over 10 years. The Hives unleashed their debut album on the world in 1997 and since then they exp...Ben Portsmouth - This is Elvis
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Internationally renowned as one, if not THE best Elvis tribute in the world today, Ben Portsmouth will bring his unique style and charisma and will show audiences why he is regarded as the best in the business. A multi-talented musician, si...Rob Lamberti - Perfectly George (George Michael Tribute)
The Edge, Wigan
Friday 28 November 2025
'Stars in Their Eyes' live finalist Rob Lamberti has earned the title of the UK's number one George Michael tribute artist and has even worked on behalf of the late Wham legend for Sony Music to promote the album 25 Live. In a 2014 interv...KNEECAP
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 - Saturday 29 November 2025
Belfast hip hop trio - Mo Chara, Moglai Bap and DJ Provai - sing in Irish and often reference their support for republicanism including on the single "Get Your Brits Out". ...
Wheatus
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Teenage years may be fleeting for the Platinum-selling New York pop rockers, but it seems "Teenage Dirtbag" is for life, as Wheatus' debut single from 2000 popped up yet again in 2022, making itself known in a way never seen before in the...The Horrors
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
After nearly 20 years making music, there are few bands who've created a canon as determinedly innovative and consistently critically-acclaimed as The Horrors. Emerging as zeitgeist-shaking garage-goths on their 2007 debut, 'Strange House',...PINK by Vicky Jackson
The Met, Bury
Friday 28 November 2025
Vicky Jackson's tribute to Pink has been a run-away success and has consistently been her most booked act since 2008. Whilst the Pink tribute show was not her first tribute act, Vicky found herself being compared both physically and vocally...Oceans On Mars
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Oceans on Mars are a five-piece alternative-rock band based in Manchester. Heavily inspired by the likes of '90s grunge and early alternative rock, their influences are emphasised through their fuzz-fuelled riffs, raw vocals, and distortion...The Raven Age
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 November 2025
Formed by guitarists George Harris - the son of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris -and Dan Wright, melodic London metal heads The Raven Age are as brilliantly catchy as they are deviously heavy, delicately balancing classic and modern metal...PET NEEDS
