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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

The Brit Awards

Coming to Manchester for the first time, award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, writer and University of Manchester drop-out Jack Whitehall will host the ceremony which features a homecoming from the venue's part-owner Harry Styles and Olivia Dean among other stars.

Robbie Williams

A special intimate BRITS week concert from the former Take That star.

Olivia Dean

An intimate BRITS week concert from the London soul-pop star.

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thu 26 Feb 2026 + more dates.
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James Arthur

Multi-Platinum Middlesborough-born, Brit billion-certified artist James Arthur has come a long way since first finding fame by winning the 2012 series of The X-Factor.

Alter Bridge

Florida rock supergroup formed by Creed band members Mark Tremonti, Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall, with vocalist Myles Kennedy are best known for the international chart-topping single "Isolation".

Jordan Davies

Louisiana country pop star Jordan Davis has topped the Country Radio Airplay chart, amassing over 735M global streams and earning NSAI Song of the Year, with the double-platinum CMA Song of the Year, "Buy Dirt" feat. Luke Bryan..

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wed 25 & Thu 26 Feb 2026.
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The Fratellis

The brashly melodic BRIT Award-winning indie rock trio from Glasgow mix the tried-and-true sounds of glam rock, stripped-down acoustic-driven tracks, and Class of 1977 punk with fun, energetic 70's Cali-rock, rockabilly and glorious hints of Americana and country.

Albert Hall, Manchester
Sat 21 - Sat 30 Jan 2026.
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The Vaccines

Torchbearers for British guitar music, UK Album Chart-topping London act The Vaccines are back.

Mogwai

Mercury Prize Nominated, UK. No. 1 charting, Scottish avant-rockers Mogwai supply the soundtrack to whatever movie you are making in your head (in fact, they have also scored the OSTs for Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, Les Revenants, The Fountain, Before The Flood, Kin, ZeroZeroZero, and Black Bird among others).

Nathan Carter

Liverpudlian Irish country pop star with tracks such as ‘Wagon Wheel’ and ‘I Wanna Dance’ receiving hit status making him one of Ireland’s biggest artists.

Franz Ferdinand

Multi-Platinum-selling Mercury Prize, NME and Brit Award-winning, chart-topping Scottish phenoms.

Airbourne

The all-action Aussie hard rockers are back with their straight-down-the-line pure rock ‘n’ roll drama smelling of burnt rubber, spilt gasoline and valves glowing red hot, everything lean an’ lethal, stripped to the bone rock ‘n’ roll.

Grandson

With hundreds of millions of streams online, and co-signs from the biggest names in rock and progressive politics, from Tom Morello to Bernie Sanders, Canadian alt-rocker Jordan Benjamin is best known for his multi-Platinum hit "Blood // Water".