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The Best Manchester Gigs This Week

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK CALENDAR

With over 4000 shows listed on Manchester Theatres, it can be hard to decide which show to go and see - as you will probably know if you are one of the 200,000 members who receive our Sunday night "What's on in Manchester over the next seven days" e-mails [subscribe here].

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Our Top 10 What's on in Manchester Gigs This Week

MOBO Awards

Olivia Dean, FLO & Tiwa Savage perform as the MOBO Awards are coming to Manchester for the very first time.

Gunna

Georgia rapper best known in the UK for his chart-topping single "Lemonade".

Thundercat

Multi-Grammy award winning virtuosic R&B/funk bassist who has worked with the likes of Ariana Grande, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, George Clinton, Gorillaz, Travis Scott, Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, Herbie Hancock, and many more.

Basement Jaxx

London electronic duo Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe enjoyed international chart success in the 90s with the singles "Red Alert", "Romeo", "Rendez-Vu", and "Where's Your Head At".

Bloc Party + The Horrors

BBC Radio 6 Festival presents the two indie acts.

The Brand New Heavies

It's the return of the 1990s funk and acid jazz legends.

Kreator

The German thrash metal titans make a ferocious return.

Leon Thomas

The former Broadway and Nickleodeon star who has become one of the leading voices in neo-soul and R&B, writing for Babyface, Drake, Rick Ross, SZA, Toni Braxton, and his Victorious co-star Ariana Grande.

Nathan Evans and The Saint PHNX Band

Scottish favourites Nathan Evans and SAINT PHNX have teamed up as a folk/pop band.

Geese

Brooklyn art rockers Geese produce chaotic music, shambolic in structure but passionately performed, informed by an exacting vision.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

The endlessly intriguing, brave psychedelic indie band from New Zealand, led by multi-instrumentalist Ruban Nielson, offers break-beat, junk-shop charm.

Courtney Barnett + Jacob Alon

BBC Radio 6 Festival presents the two indie acts.

October London

Indiana native Jared Samuel Erskine is foremost a soul-rooted artist whose smooth, heartfelt vocals recall giants of the past - especially Marvin Gaye.

Tomora

The brilliant new project from The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands and Norwegian songstress AURORA.

Kelly Lee Jones (DJ Set) + Wesley Joseph

BBC Radio 6 Festival presents the two electronic artists.

Boyband in the Buff starring Gareth Gates

Gareth gates stips off to belt out the biggest hits of the '90s and '00s-from Backstreet Boys to NSYNC, Blue to Take That.

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Skids

The legendary Scottish punk band remain as influential as ever, long after they scored Top 20 hits with "Into The Valley", "Masquerade", and "Working for the Yankee Dollar" in 1979.

Gene

Drawing comparisons to The Smiths, the 1990s indie act scored the Top 20 hits "For the Dead", "We Could be Kings", and "Olympian".

Bi-2

Belurusian rockers who were one of the most popular bands in Russia before relocating to Israel after they were banned for opposing the war in Ukraine.

Henge

The interplanetary Manchester band who play a type of electronic crossover rock which they call Cosmic Dross whilst performing as the fictional characters Zpor, Goo, Grok and Nom.

Elles Bailey

The inspirational, award winning, smokey voiced Bristol chanteuse who has powered her way to the forefront of the British Americana and Roots scenes.

Jim Bob

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's fiery frontman returns with more acoustic political punk.

Nordic Giants

Critically acclaimed instrumental progressive rockers famed for their visual shows and who have been described by The Guardian as making "a sound as if they were Sigur Ros’s more epic, cinematic and majestic siblings.”