WHAT'S ON AT THE AO ARENA, MANCHESTER
What's On at the AO Arena, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at AO Arena, Manchester
Fri 12 Jul 2024 - Sat 26 Apr 2025
Fri 17 May 2024 - Sat 20 Sep 2025
What's On at the AO Arena, Manchester
Clubland
Friday 3 May 2024
The return of the legendary dance brand Clubland... back in UK arenas with a stella line-up. Re-live the classic tunes, the party atmosphere and the Clubland experience with Clubland Live returning to UK arenas, featuring some of Clubland's...
Tenacious D
Wednesday 8 May 2024
American actors, comedians and musicians Jack Black and Kyle Glass, better known as Tenacious D, bring you a history making, world shaking tour that will rock your very soul. Evoke heavy metal cliches of bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Pri...
Peter Kay
Friday 17 May 2024 - Saturday 20 September 2025
One of Britain's best loved comedians, Peter Kay is finally returning to stand-up comedy with his first live tour in twelve years - a tour which still officially ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest selling comedy tour...
Nickelback
Monday 20 May 2024
The internationally chart-topping Canadian rockers return. One of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands of all time, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, their UK 10 hits include "Rockstar" "Someday", "Too Bad"...
Girls Aloud
Thursday 23 - Saturday 25 May 2024
They're back! After a decade away, the biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century have announced their reunion with the Girls Aloud Show, a fifteen-date arena tour through the UK and Ireland. It will be a magical celebration of their ca...
TOOL
Saturday 1 June 2024
Unpredictable art metallers with a wry sense of humour. Established in the early '90s, Tool are known for mixing dark underground metal with art rock while often crafting songs of epic structures and lengths. Guitarist Adam Jones convinced ...
Manchester Thunder v London Pulse
Sunday 2 June 2024
Get ready to welcome back four-time Netball Super League champions, Manchester Thunder as they clash once more with London Pulse. Will it be a clear clean sheet for the home team? From their first ever netball match at the Manchester Aren...
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Friday 7 June 2024
The Alt-Rock band led by Oscar-winning actor Jared Leto and his brother Shannon Leto have sold out arenas around the globe, breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest ever concert tour by a rock band in which they played over 311 sh...
Romesh Ranganathan
Saturday 8 June 2024
Deadpan and often self-deprecating Sri Lankan-British stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganathan is famous for his frequent appearances on A League of Their Own, The Apprentice: You're Fired!, Play to the Whistle, Mock the Week and The Museum o...
Theo Von
Thursday 13 June 2024
Nashville stand-up comic Theo Von is one of the biggest touring stand-up comedians and podcast hosts, and can be seen and heard weekly on his widely popular podcasts that garner millions of listens/views a month, This Past Weekend, and Kin...
Troye Sivan
Saturday 22 June 2024
With music celebrating sex, dance, sweat, community, queerness, love, and friendship, Australian singer-songwriter and X-Men Origins actor Troye Sivan has rewired the joy of human connection and dance music. His unapologetic hedonistic pop ...
Heart + Squeeze
Saturday 6 July 2024
Legendary Seattle rockers Heart have sold over 50 million records worldwide since bursting on to the scene in 1975. Built around sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, they scored UK Top 10 hits in the 1980s with "Alone", "These Dreams", "All I Wa...
Paul Smith
Friday 12 July 2024 - Saturday 26 April 2025
Liverpool comedian Paul Smith, who is best known for the many viral social media clips of his lightning quick audience interaction, is back with his biggest and funniest tour show yet, "Pablo". The show features hysterics from start to fi...
BBC Planet Earth III Live in Concert
Sunday 6 October 2024
Following on from the critically acclaimed and successful Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II Live in Concert arena tours, the much-anticipated Planet Earth III Live in Concert will include specially selected breath-taking footage from the l...
Chris Stapleton
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Fresh from performing the U.S. National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII, one of Nashville's most revered craftsmen returns with his new show Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show Goes Across The Pond (featuring special guest Marty Stuart ...
Alice Cooper
Thursday 17 October 2024
Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer and shock rock legend Alice Cooper returns to Europe. Renowned for his unforgettable live shows, we can anticipate a dark, twisted trip through goth, psychedelia, macabre theatre and straight up rock anthems, incl...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. They were formed after the break-up of the Birthday Party and...
Journey
Friday 8 November 2024
Founding member and legendary guitarist Neal Schon returns with the latest line-up of classic rock band Journey, which includes longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain and Arnel Pineda, the vocalist since 2007. One of the most popular American ...
Deep Purple
Saturday 9 November 2024
Pushing the boundaries of time, after five decades of records and 120 million albums sold, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and Don Airey continue to travel the scope of hard rock - the textures and nuances of their recent works are anyt...
The Corrs
Monday 11 November 2024
Irish Celtic infused pop icons, The Corrs announce an eight-date UK & Ireland tour titled 'Talk On Corners' in November 2024. Performing tracks from the acclaimed album plus a selection of their greatest hits to fans all over the United...
The Human League
Friday 6 December 2024
Pioneers in the UK's new wave movement, The Human League were formed in 1977 by synth duo Martyn Ware and Ian Marsh. Following a short stint as The Future, and joined by Philip Oakley and Adrian Wright, The Human League released their debut...
Pete Tong - Ibiza Classics
Saturday 7 December 2024
With an unmatched ear for new talent, Dartford DJ Pete Tong has had a huge influence in the world of dance music. He started out as a journalist and radio DJ in Kent before working for London Records where he was responsible for signing art...
Jacob Collier
Sunday 8 December 2024
The history-making multi-Grammy winning London singer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier announces his biggest world tour to date, exploring the limitlessness of orchestral and choral music, taking the audience on a journey through ev...
Les Misérables - The Arena Spectacular
Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 December 2024
Les Miserables The Arena Spectacular will embark on a World Tour to over 15 countries and regions from September 2024. Expanded from the beloved musical phenomenon, now entering its 39th revolutionary year in London, this spectacular produc...
Gabrielle
Saturday 12 April 2025
One of the UK's most successful singer-songwriters, Gabrielle returned to the top of her game with her 2018 album 'Under My Skin'. The album debuted at #7 on the Official Album Chart and represented her highest-charting studio set since 'Ri...
The Original Harlem Globetrotters
Wednesday 23 April 2025
The Harlem Globetrotters 2024 World Tour is coming with a game like never before! Your favourite Globetrotter stars are bringing out their amazing basketball skill, outrageous athleticism and a non-stop LOL good time. Join the Globetrotters...
Torvill & Dean
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May 2025
World-renowned figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, best known as simply Torvill & Dean, are world-famous figure skaters and former British, World, European and Olympic champions. In 2024, they announced their retirement ...
Twenty One Pilots
Sunday 11 May 2025
Grammy Award-winning Ohio electopop duo Twenty One Pilots are best known for their Platinum-selling UK hits "Stressed Out", "Heathens" and "Ride". The duo are most frequently labelled as alternative hip hop, borrowing from a wide variety o...
Jimmy Carr
Tuesday 16 December 2025
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...
Most Popular Shows and Events at AO Arena, Manchester
Fri 12 Jul 2024 - Sat 26 Apr 2025
Fri 17 May 2024 - Sat 20 Sep 2025
