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
The Grand
Fri 11 Jul - Sat 13 Sep 2025
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Manchester Academy
Sat 31 May - Sat 6 Sep 2025
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',...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...
HAUSER
AO Arena, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Instrumentalist and founding member of 2CELLOS known simply as HAUSER is bringing his 'Rebel Is Back Tour' to the UK. HAUSER is celebrated for his renditions of classical, pop and rock music, with an eclectic style pairing cello pyrotechnic...Everything Everything
Aviva Studios, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Twice Mercury Prize nominated, 5 time Ivor Novello nominated and critically acclaimed off-kilter indie rockers Everything Everything set about revolutionising modern pop music, pushing the ribbon on melody & rhythm with a heavy helping of e...Starsailor
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Selling out some of Manchester's biggest venues long before they had even released a record, Starsailor burst onto the scene in 2001 when their single "Fever" earning them the title of "Britain's best new band". Formed at Wigan & Leigh Musi...Lambrini Girls
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Brighton based noise-punk duo Lambrini Girls bottle everything wrong with the modern world and shake it up. If peppering political songs with humour is like sticking a sparkler in some bread, then their music is like a fireworks display in ...9 Below Zero + Dr Feelgood
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Two of the finest UK Rhythm 'n' Blues bands on one incredible bill. South London's Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The Kinks between 1980 and 1982 and also appeared on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test', and 'The South Bank Show'. Dr. Feel...9 Below Zero + Dr Feelgood
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
Two of the finest UK Rhythm 'n' Blues bands on one incredible bill. South London's Nine Below Zero toured with The Who and The Kinks between 1980 and 1982 and also appeared on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test', and 'The South Bank Show'. Dr. Feel...Big Country
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 29 November 2025
Formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by the former-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson and childhood friend Bruce Watson, Celtic-inspired Big Country quickly broke worldwide with their ringing, bagpipe-like guitars and anthemic songs helping their Gr...The Pigeon Detectives
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
With platinum and gold selling accolades across their back catalogue, Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives return with their high octane live show, peppered with sing-a-long hits that have passed the test of time with flying colours attracting ...Too Much Too Young - The Music of 2 Tone And Beyond
The Edge, Wigan
Saturday 29 November 2025
Pack your bags and get ready to board the Night boat to Cairo as we celebrate the iconic story of 2-Tone and beyond! 'Too Much Too Young' is the non stop Ska party that tells the story of one of the most influential musical movements in Br...Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
Uppermill Civic Hall, Uppermill
Saturday 29 November 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 Gerry Cinna-man Experience + Cortinas
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 29 November 2025
The ultimate tribute to Gerry Cinnamon is back with special guests Cortinas!...Oasish - Oasis Tribute
St Mary's Chambers, Rossendale
Saturday 29 November 2025
Official UK no.1 Winner at the National Tribute Music Awards in 2016 and 2017, Oasis tribute band Oasish formed in 2004 and have gone on to perform at Wembley Stadium, The National Indoor Arena, Manchester Academy and are the only band to ...
Declan O'Rourke
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 30 November 2025
Descibed by Mojo as "a masterful lyricist and staggering guitarist", Irish folk rocker Declan O'Rourke makes a welcome return, this time celebrating the 20th Anniversary of his debut album 'Since Kyabram'. In October 2004, amongst a thrivi...The Rasmus
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025
One of the greatest rock bands ever to come out of Finland, The Rasmus, with their new line-up - female guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen replacing Pauli Rantasalmi in 2022 - embark on a European tour. Having topped the charts in Germany, A...Hans Zimmer
Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 2 December 2025
The multiple Oscar and Grammy Award winner Hans Zimmer enters The Next Level - and brings Europe with him! The Next Level promises a completely new show featuring groundbreaking electronic soundscapes and a spectacular light production t...Mumford & Sons
Co-op Live, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
Grammy and BRIT Award-winning folk act Mumford & Sons return with their 5th studio album, 'Rushmere' The chart topping Londoners are best known for their multi-Platinum selling hits "I Will Wait", "Little Lion Man", "The Cave" and "Beli...Max McNown
Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
A singer-songwriter from Bend, Oregon, Max McNown creates the kind of songs that perfectly soundtrack our most intimate moments: times of intense heartache and tremendous loss, immense upheaval and life-changing revelation. Within just a ye...House Gospel Choir
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 3 December 2025
An electrifying House meets Gospel experience born out of a love for sound system culture, the healing power of house music and the London-based choir seeking to channel the magic of people working together to raise the vibrations. Working ...Porridge Radio
Gorilla, Manchester
Thursday 4 December 2025
Beginning as Dana Margolin's sadcore bedroom project, Porridge Radio developed into an idiosyncratic post-punk 4-piece after she moved to Brighton and met her future bandmates. They inelegantly knot together Margolin's vicious, furious emot...Madness
AO Arena, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Madness may have been at the forefront of the late '70s ska revival, but the band quickly moved beyond the constraints of two-tone. By the time the '80s were in full swing, their embrace of everything from Motown to pure pop had made them o...Sabaton
Co-op Live, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Swedish Heavy metal act, Sabaton embark on a groundbreaking tour that will be bigger and better than anything they have ever embarked on before. The band has put together a show unlike anything you've experienced. Throw traditional thinki...Amy Macdonald
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
Scottish singing sensation Amy Macdonald fell in love with music at the age of 12 when she was inspired by hearing rock stalwarts Travis perform at Glasgow's popular T In The Park festival. On a family trip soon after, she even decided to t...The Bootleg Beatles
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 5 December 2025
The world's Premier Beatles band continues to draw critical acclaim with their flawless recreation of the greatest songbook in history. Tracing the Fab Four's journey through the swinging 60s, every tiny detail is forensically observed fro...Inspiral Carpets
Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 5 December 2025
Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...
Arctic Numpties - Tribute to Arctic Monkeys
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Barnsley and Sheffield's premium tribute to Arctic Monkeys, playing hits from all their albums. ...Harleymoon Kemp
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
Harleymoon won Best New Artist at BCMA and was nominated as UK Best Female. Her latest single "Back in Tennessee" was picked up as the only UK artist track to be playlisted on Absolute Radio Country. ...Orions Belte
Yes, Manchester
Saturday 6 December 2025
??There are some places and moments that tie people together forever, whether it be a place, a song or something you can't quite define through words. The origins of Orions Belte stemmed from one of those mystical moments in time, which s...Twisted Lick Christmas Rock Special
The Brickhouse, St Helens
Saturday 6 December 2025
Twisted Lick one of our original first ever bands to grace the stage take of the Christmas Special Rock Night...Katatonia
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 7 December 2025
Considered by many to be one of Sweden's most prominent metal bands, Katatonia's long, storied career has seen them shift from a rough, sludge-like doom metal sound to a more streamlined approach that embraces prog rock, assonant vocal h...Ice Nine Kills
Co-op Live, Manchester
Monday 8 December 2025
Like the undead slashers celebrated in their songs, visionary heavy metal trailblazers and multimedia raconteurs INK carve out a fresh, bloody homage to the VHS celluloid classics that possessed singer Spencer Charnas at an early age, with...Divorce
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
For Nottingham quartet Divorce, home is a feeling. Initially meeting as teenagers through the city's close-knit DIY scene, the band came together as Divorce in mid-2021, releasing a slew of genre-defiant singles that quickly caught the atte...Dub FX
Gorilla, Manchester
Wednesday 10 December 2025
Melbourne born Dub FX lived in a van for 6 years performing on street corners worldwide to build an underground fan base that rivals some of the most successful artists today. A pioneer of live looping, Dub FX builds each track in the momen...Tony Hadley
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
Co-founder and frontman of '80s New Romantic legends Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley has announced a brand new UK tour for 2025, which will be a spectacular celebration of swing and crooner classics, as well as his own hits reimagined. The C...Stereolab
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 11 December 2025
South London's Anglo-French premiere exponents of experimental lounge electronica air a breezy melodious approach with Laetitia Sadier's lilting Gallic vocals meandering merrily throughout with an irresistibly melodious bass-driven joy and ...Mark Radcliffe & David Boardman
The Roundhouse, Bolton
Thursday 11 December 2025
Legendary Bolton broadcaster, writer and musician Mark Radcliffe met David Boardman a few years ago when he moved to Knutsford and they found each other in the Builder's Arms. David is a seasoned singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and fine a...Three Days Grace
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
Combining elements of angst-fueled alternative rock, metal, and grunge, the Canadian rockers quickly established themselves as lynchpins of the post-grunge movement. Emerging in 2003, the band have topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock singl...Pogue Traders - Tribute to The Pogues
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
An 8 piece tribute band to the legendary Pogues. ...Ultimate Coldplay - Tribute to Coldplay
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 12 December 2025
A live tribute to Coldplay and performing all the Coldplay hits and more in a brilliant sound and look-a-like show. The vocals, mannerisms and atmosphere these guys deliver are second to none. Giving the audience that same high energy perfo...
The Slow Readers Club
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Manchester's The Slow Readers Club deliver an energetic blend of driving drums and infectious guitar lines with evocative verses and anthemic choruses, imbued with their idiosyncratic brand of insightful and confronting lyricism, all set a...Inspiral Carpets
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Regarded as one of the main components of the Madchester movement in the early 90s, indie chart-topping Oldham legends Inspiral Carpets return after taking a hiatus following the tragic loss of drummer, Craig Gill. Although 90s frontman ...808 State
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 13 December 2025
Graham Massey's Manchester dance legends and Acid House pioneers have been described as "masters of their art" (Q), "pioneers" (Future Music), "for sonic trailblazing and inestimable influence, among our most important groups" (Record Colle...Pink By Vicky Jackson
