WHAT'S ON AT MANCHESTER ACADEMY, MANCHESTER
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at Manchester Academy, Manchester
What's On at Manchester Academy, Manchester
Lorna Shore + Distant + Cabal
Saturday 2 December 2023
The New Jersey-born extreme metalists are back, rising from the ashes like a phoenix, with a triumvirate of songs which are nothing short of an exorcism - and a plunge into something darker. Expect orchestral passages, bombast of blackened ...
M60
Saturday 2 December 2023
Indie rock band M60 formed from various towns across Manchester. The four-piece are in the game of creating guitar-led noise with an undeniable Manc twang which takes shape in the form of energetic and anthemic tunes. M60 came onto the scen...
Smash Into Pieces
Saturday 2 December 2023
Multiple award-winning Swedish rock-export Smash Into Pieces have past half a billion Spotify streams & YouTube views. They have evolved into one of the fastest rising Scandinavian alternative rock bands after making a big breakthrough in t...
The Gerry Cinnamon Experience
Saturday 2 December 2023
Gary Digan is the UKs Premier & Definitve Tribute to Gerry Cinnamon. With his Strong Scottish Accent, his infamous live shows are a mixture of up-beat acoustic guitars, soulful harmonica and heartfelt vocals. The anthemic sing along tracks,...
Halocene
Sunday 3 December 2023
The Nashville rock duo, famed for their metal covers on Youtube and Twitch, are renowned for their mesmerizing live performances, delivering riveting shows that leave an indelible impact on all fortunate enough to witness their sonic grande...
Electric Lady
Sunday 3 December 2023
Czech funk-rock band Electric Lady are fronted by Tereza Rays, a guitar player who leaves you spellbound, boasting a stage presence that is undeniable. Attitude, commitment, charisma and passion. Those are the words that describe Electric...
The Used
Monday 4 December 2023
Over 20 years into their career, energetic Utah emo band The Used have seen their sound classified under many sub-genres of rock - straightforward, in-your-face, destructive, and vulnerable all at once. Formed in 2001, they have enjoyed muc...
Daði Freyr
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Music and family are the most important things in the world to Daoi Freyr. It's what drives him forward, what inspires him, and it's what keeps him rooted to Iceland, to the close-knit communities he has always adored. An artist who obsesse...
MIST
Tuesday 5 December 2023
Birmingham grime artist and avid Manchester United fan, MIST (aka Rhys Sylvester) reached no.4 in the UK album charts with his second EP, Diamond in the Dirt, in 2018, and followed it with the no.7 hit "So High" in 2019, among other Top 4...
The Damned
Wednesday 6 December 2023 - Friday 6 December 2024
The greatest surviving British punk band THE DAMNED formed in 1976, releasing the first ever UK punk single 'New Rose' over forty years ago. Considered one of the greatest songs from this period, THE DAMNED's 'New Rose' brought focus on the...
Gogol Bordello
Wednesday 6 December 2023
Since 1999, Gogol Bordello has been bringing their unique fusion of punk rock and Eastern European influences to the world, including their legendary theatrical and rambunctious live shows. From its inception, Gogol Bordello has been a band...
A Tribute To Manchester
Friday 8 December 2023
A TRIBUTE TO MANCHESTER:THE CLONE ROSES + OASISH + THE SMITHS LTD + TRUE ORDER + DJ CLINT BOON. What better way to celebrate all things Mancunian than with the annual return of 'A Tribute to Manchester'. Returning to the Academy stage is...
Turin Brakes
Friday 8 December 2023
With characteristically robust pop melodies and spine-tingling harmonies, South London's Mercury Music Prize-nominated urban folk-pop act Turin Brakes have sold over a million records worldwide, including the UK Top 5 hit, in 2003, "Pain K...
Therapy
Friday 8 December 2023
Northern Irish alternative metal band Therapy? have been lauded by critics, with 5 out of 5 star reviews from both Kerrang! and Q Magazines, scoring international hits in the 1990s with the UK Top 20 singles "Opal Mantra", "Stories" and "N...
The Lancashire Hotpots Big Bash
Saturday 9 December 2023
The third annual Big Bash from Bernard and the boys features Doctor & The Medics + Black Lace + Chas & Dave tribute act, Rockney Rebels. Strap yourself in for an unbeatable night of music and laughs. The good times are back!...
Academy In The UK
Saturday 9 December 2023
'Academy In The UK' is the ultimate punk and alternative tribute night. Transport yourself back to the Seventies with The Pistols, A Band Called Malice (The Jam tribute) Bootleg Blondie (with a greatest hits set) and Buzzkocks. An explosiv...
Fit For A King
Monday 11 December 2023
The Texas metalcore quintet deliver a delicate balance of sharp metallic intensity and soaring melodic energy. ...
Brutus
Monday 11 December 2023
Since their formation in 2014, Brutus have made a name for themselves with their restless, emotionally raw rock that traverses the landscape of metal, punk, post-hardcore and beyond - often in the same song. The three members first met in t...
Helmet
Tuesday 12 December 2023
Described by New York Times as "a band that made important connections between indie-rock and metal", New York alternative metal band Helmet formed in 1989 and sold over 2 million copies of their second album "Meantime" in 1992. ...
The Front Bottoms
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Described as "a series of oddly poignant confidences and inner monologues set to propulsive basement punk pop with a magic trick at its middle : a soulful and observant songwriter peeking out behind the smirk and noise", New Jersey folk pun...
Vir Das
Thursday 14 December 2023
Indian comedian, actor and musician Vir Das brings his Mind Fool stand-up world tour to the UK. ...
DNB Allstars
Friday 15 - Saturday 16 December 2023
Drum n Bass night. Line-up to be revealed. ...
Sweet + Limehouse Lizzy
Friday 15 December 2023
By the early 70's The Sweet were arguably the hottest ticket in town with a string of top ten records in the UK and Europe including Blockbuster, Hellraiser, Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage and The Sixteens. The Sweet still tour the world e...
Decapitated
Friday 15 December 2023
Raw, vital and crushing, Polish Tech Death masters DECAPITATED have built a reputation as one of the international leaders of their genre and they are considered to be among the genre's most influential artists. The band cross-breed various...
The Bracknall
Friday 15 December 2023
With a sound that wrestles Brit Pop nostalgia into gritty modern-day Indie Rock, the Bracknall are a grass roots guitar band from the unlikely London suburb of Collier Row: steadily emerging in the last three years as one of British Rock & ...
Bar Stool Preachers
Thursday 21 December 2023
Described as having just about everything we should all be looking for in our music. It's edgy, new and above all different... are Brighton's ska-infused, street punk inspired five piece the perfect antidote for all the run of the mill, ind...
Fabio & Grooverider and the Outlook Orchestra
Saturday 13 January 2024
Godfather's of the scene Fabio & Grooverider will join The Outlook Orchestra to present a special score celebrating a history of jungle and drum & bass, featuring some of the scene's most iconic and well loved tracks. Arguably one of the mo...
Francis Dunnery's It Bites
Saturday 20 January 2024
The original frontman of the Cumbrian art-rockers, famed for their 1986 Top 10 hit "Calling All The Heroes", presents the "Best of It Bites" covering his period with the band between 1982 and 1990. ...
Buckcherry
Sunday 28 January 2024
Arriving in the late '90s, during the dying days of dour post-grunge and the rise of aggro nu-metal, Buckcherry proudly kept the torch of hard-rock sleaze burning. The band styled themselves as deliberate throwbacks to the glory days of the...
Dead Men Walking
Friday 2 February 2024
British punk rock supergroup Dead Men Walking are fronted by Kirk Brandon (Spear of Destiny/Theatre of Hate), who is once again joined by heralded rhythm section Segs and Ruffy from The Ruts on acoustic bass, percussion and vocals, alongsid...
Noname
Sunday 4 February 2024
Jazz and soul tinged, classic blues inspired Chicago rapper, slam poet, and record producer, Noname comes to Europe. She is also a member of supergroup trio Ghetto Sage with fellow rappers Smino and Saba. ...
Jeff Rosenstock
Sunday 4 February 2024
Long Island, New York, punk rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Jeff Rosenstock is known for his former bands Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, as well as for his work as a solo artist and as...
The Vaccines
Tuesday 6 February 2024
Torchbearers for British guitar music, UK Album Chart-topping London act The Vaccines are back and continue to be a vital band in the British rock canon. Their anthemic discography - with a mammoth five UK Top 5 albums and a Platinum-sellin...
Dirty Honey
Thursday 8 February 2024
Some musicians take a while to build an audience and connect with fans but for the Los Angeles-based hard blues rock quartet Dirty Honey, success came right out of the gate. The band's debut single, "When I'm Gone," became the first song by...
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Friday 9 February 2024
The UK Top 10 Album-charting Hemel Hempstead punk rockers have built a reputation for blistering anthems that owe as much to brooding desert rock as it does hardcore and power-pop. They're redefining punk-rock with a sound that straddles er...
Currents
Friday 9 February 2024
Connecticut metalcore band Currents were formed in 2011 by former drummer Jeff Brown, although after numerous line-up changes, since 2018, no original members remain with the band. Described as metalcore and progressive metal, with influenc...
The Menzingers
Saturday 10 February 2024
Philadelphia-based Alt-Rock outfit The Menzingers have shown their strength as rough-and-tumble storytellers, turning out bar-room garage-punk 'n' refined power-chord rock which is equally rooted in frenetic energy and lifelike detail. They...
DNB Allstars
Saturday 10 February 2024
Drum n Bass night. Line-up to be revealed. ...
Deeper Vibes - DJ Pioneer
Saturday 10 February 2024
Sugar Ray Promotions presents a night for the purists, playing those deeper than deep house tunes, from some of your favourite artists and the North's creme de la creme of Dj's playing alongside Kiss FM's House sensation, headliner DJ Pione...
Saving Grace Podcast
Tuesday 13 February 2024
Join Tik Tok's GKBarry (aka Grace Keeling) for some absolutely outrageous conversations with some very special guests! Known for having a wild and relatable lifestyle as a student, the social media personality rose to fame during the Covid-...
Poppy
Wednesday 14 February 2024
The American singer, songwriter, musician, and YouTuber gained viral fame in 2014 by starring in performance art videos as an uncanny valley-like android entity who commented on and satirised internet culture and modern society. Embarking o...
Here At Last
Wednesday 14 February 2024
"The UK's next boy band" - Zach, Pedro, James, Tommy and Ryan - are a London based independent boyband and housemates. Created during Lockdown, they are now thriving with millions of streams and 3 million TikTok followers due to a strong a...
Bowling for Soup
Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 February 2024
With their thirty year anniversary as a band on the horizon in 2024, Texas' favourite punk rock export Bowling For Soup continue to grow their global fanbase and expand their success year on year. Also dubbed the crown princes of pop punk, ...
Zara Larsson
Friday 16 February 2024
The highly popular Swedish pop singer. returns. After rising to to prominence in 2008, at the age of 10, after winning the second season of the television talent show Talang, the Swedish version of Britain's Got Talent, she has scored Plati...
Nothing More
Friday 16 February 2024
Nothing More is an American rock band from San Antonio, Texas. ...
Most Popular Shows and Events at Manchester Academy, Manchester
