WHAT'S ON AT NEW CENTURY HALL, MANCHESTER
What's On at New Century Hall, Manchester
Most Popular Shows and Events at New Century Hall, Manchester
What's On at New Century Hall, Manchester
The Darkness
Tuesday 12 December 2023
Delivering immeasurable rock and roll extravagance, Lowestoft's favourite rock icons (consisting of brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, and Queen legend Roger Taylor's equally brilliant drumming son Rufus Tiger Taylor) first shot to fame in 20...
Django Django
Wednesday 13 December 2023
Over the course of their extraordinarily accomplished discography to date, London art-rockers Django Django have constantly headed left where others have gone right. Described by The Guardian as "capable of making music that sounds close to...
Björn Again - The Australian Abba Show
Saturday 16 December 2023
Established in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988 and endorsed by ABBA, Bjorn Again are the world's leading ABBA tribute-parody show and have now toured over 120 countries worldwide, performing concerts at Wembley, The Sydney Opera House and Th...
House Gospel Choir
Sunday 17 December 2023
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 ...
KISSTORY
Friday 29 December 2023
It's been a little while, but KISSTORY is back with all your fave Old Skool and Anthems. Playing all those classics, your fave KISSTORY DJs and residents drop the biggest RnB, Hip Hop, Garage and Dance anthems!...
Homoelectric
Sunday 31 December 2023
A non-stop off-piste dark discotek for homos, heteros, lesbos, don't knows and disko asbos - the late night disenfranchised. ...
Hobo Johnson
Friday 5 January 2024
Californian Frank Lopes, better known in music circles as Hobo Johnson, has emerged as one of the hottest and perhaps most unlikely stars of local hip-hop through his series of lovably low-budget clips. A hardened street soldier of hip-hop,...
Babatunde Aleshe
Friday 19 January 2024
Join the multi award winning star of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! & Celebrity Googlebox, Babatunde Aleshe on The Babahood Tour as he talks family and fatherhood in this highly anticipated debut tour. Since bursting onto the main...
Spanish Love Songs
Saturday 20 January 2024
Los Angeles based punk band Spanish Love Songs are self-described as "grouchrockers" making "music for fans of boxed wine, divorce, and crushing self-doubt", tapping into the emotions we all seem to feel but harbour. ...
Ladytron
Friday 26 January 2024
Liverpool electronic pop trio Ladytron return to push the boundaries of electronic pop in invigorating directions with songs loaded with their trademark analogue synths propelled by relentless rhythm, catchy hooks, rousing riffs, sweeping m...
Dorian Electra
Saturday 27 January 2024
Hailed by The Atlantic for being "an outright protest artist with a message to deliver" and Uproxx for "cementing their spot among pop boundary-pushers," it's no wonder that Texan pop-music-agitator Dorian Electra has cemented their status ...
Brooke Combe
Thursday 1 February 2024
Liverpool-based viral-sensation, Edinburgh soul singer-songwriter Brooke Combe shot to fame online with her bedroom cover versions, watched by millions. Working with The Coral and Blossoms and supporting the likes of Courteeners and Miles K...
Fatoumata Diawara
Friday 2 February 2024
2023 marks the big comeback of one of Africa's greatest voices, Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara. Her new album, "London Ko", co-produced with Damon Albarn, is a perfect combination between synthetic sounds and traditional Malian ...
Soulwax
Saturday 3 February 2024
From Electro to Techo, from bombastic rock to disco, legendary Belgian electronic collective Soulwax always seem to take two steps ahead on the music scene with tracks that keep you moving. Centred around the Ghent brothers also known as 2m...
Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals / Neon Neon)
Saturday 10 February 2024
Following his first solo Top 10 album in 2021, the legendary Gruff Rhys is back with the 25th album he has released in his 35 year career individually, collaboratively and as a member of various bands, including Super Furry Animals and the...
Stephen Sanchez
Wednesday 14 February 2024
Nashville-based folk pop troubadour Stephen Sanchez came to fame when his cover of Cage the Elephant's "Cigarette Daydreams" helped him attract over 122,000 on TikTok before he reached no.14 in the UK singles chart in 2021 with the Platinum...
Joy (Anonymous)
Thursday 15 February 2024
South London duo Joy (Anonymous) are synonymous with unbridled jubilation. Australian-born Londoner Henry Counsell and Louis Curran have been aptly described as an "artist collective-come-community service project". The pop-up rave tandem...
Beach Fossils
Friday 16 February 2024
One of the 2010s most influential NYC bands, described as "The Inventors Of Jangle Pop", early 2000s Indie royalty, Brooklyn bedroom-pop trailblazers Beach Fossils make a triumphant return with their precise blend of luscious dream-pop atmo...
Dom Dolla
Saturday 17 February 2024
Grammy nominated Australian Dom Dolla is experiencing a meteoric rise with his signature style of house music connecting with global audiences, and making him recognised as one of the most exciting producers in electronic music. His distinc...
BoyWithUke
Monday 19 February 2024
BoyWithUke is a Korean-American alt-pop singer, ukulele player and internet personality who first gained popularity on TikTok with his single "Two Moons" and later releases "Toxic" and "Understand". He kept his face hidden until October 10,...
Crystal Fighters
Wednesday 6 March 2024
The purveyors of boundary shattering Electro, London/Spanish alt-folk outfit Crystal Fighters' music melds Animal Collective toned delicacy with Soulwax inspired rave through the use of both electric and acoustic guitars, synths, drums, an...
Barry Can't Swim
Friday 8 March 2024
Multi-faceted Scottish artist Barry Can't Swim moves from deep house to jazz, from ambience to the percussive charge of afrobeat, all held together by his singular sense of purpose and trademark vivacity. ...
Josh Pugh
Saturday 9 March 2024
The new stand-up show, Existin' La Vida Loca, from comic Josh Pugh. Josh Pugh began performing in 2014 and soon started turning heads around his native Midlands. Lockdown saw the comedian turn to his phone, recording relatable 'bits' that w...
DIIV
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records psychedelia, and the primitive-crunch of late-80s Seattle, Zachary Cole Smith's Brooklyn-based indie rockers yield a multiplicity of textures, lyrical themes, and moods. Dark and honest to ...
The Blinders
Thursday 14 March 2024
Manchester-formed and based, Doncaster-bred rockers The Blinders first found fame in 2017 with the single "Brave New World", which was used in the William Hill TV advert. ...
Bill Ryder-Jones (The Coral)
Saturday 16 March 2024
The co-founder and lead guitarist with The Coral on the band's first five albums, West Kirby musician Bill Ryder-Jones has enjoyed a solo career since 2011 producing minimal and alternative folk songs, with a musical belief of delayed grati...
Tinlicker
Thursday 21 March 2024
A household name in the world of electronic dance music, Utrecht based duo Jordi van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer have been crafting their computerized soul together since 2013. And even during those early days they were no rookies, having i...
Botch
Friday 22 March 2024
Legendary Washington mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch were one of the most ground-breaking artists during a pivotal shift in heavy music in 1998. Their white-hot guitar action, scathing vocals, sweet bass moves, and torrential drums, smas...
DJ Shadow
Friday 22 March 2024
The Californian hip-hop and electronic innovator returns with his original compositions, instrumental experimentation, and samples, mostly from vinyl records, with trademark moody, slow tracks, and upbeat jams reminiscent of his early hip ...
Ghetts
Saturday 23 March 2024
Legendary London grime MC Ghetts started his musical career after being released from prison in 2003, at the age of 19, and has gone on to score a UK no.2 album in 2021 with Conflict of Interest. The Arsenal fan is known for his hard hitti...
Everything Everything
Friday 29 - Saturday 30 March 2024
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...
Oneohtrix Point Never
Thursday 4 April 2024
Uncut Gems soundtrack composer Daniel Lopatin is a Massachusetts-born, Brooklyn-based musician, composer, and Mercury Prize nominated experimental electronic music producer who records and performs as Oneohtrix Point Never, a reference to...
Kid Kapichi
Saturday 6 April 2024
With their big punch 'beat punk' sound, and explicitly political songs the Hastings four piece have been praised by Liam Gallagher as 'like Noel when he was good'. They tried to debut their Partygate polemic 'Party At No. 10' with a busking...
Novo Amor
Thursday 11 April 2024
Novo Amor, aka Aberystwyth-born folk rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Ali Lacey comes from deep in the Welsh mountains. Recording, mixing and producing everything in his home studio, Lacey's emotive vocals and the sounds ...
The Zutons
Saturday 13 April 2024
Back together for their first album in 16 years, recorded with legendary songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers and the band's original producer, Ian Broudie, the multi-platinum selling Liverpool band scored nine UK Top 40 singles be,tween 2...
The Academic
Saturday 20 April 2024
Irish chart-toppers The Academic grew up just outside the small rural Irish town of Mullingar, about an hour west of Dublin and set in the heart of Ireland's midlands. Meeting in school, the quartet became firm friends through their shared ...
The Maine
Thursday 25 April 2024
Known for their catchy songs, Arizona band The Maine's infectious pop rock is just as honest as it is polished. With a perfect blend of heartfelt lyrics, driving drums and ridiculously catchy hooks, their music is truly a fun and fresh take...
Nadine Shah
Saturday 27 April 2024
Mercury Prize-nominated Tyneside indie jazz rock star Nadine Shah returns. ...
The Paper Kites
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Known for their ethereal, moody sound, Australian indie-folk rock outfit The Paper Kites' music has been featured on numerous television shows including Grey's Anatomy, Forever and Reign. The Australian band's melancholic, mid-tempo music ...
Johnny Flynn & Robert Macfarlane
Friday 3 May 2024
Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane present a unique song-and-story performance of their stunning album, Lost in the Cedar Wood. Created during the pandemic, the album bases itself loosely upon the world's oldest written work of literature,...
Mount Kimbie
Saturday 4 May 2024
London-based electronic music duo Dominic Maker from Brighton and Cornwall's Kai Campos demonstrate the two sides of Mount Kimbie's aesthetic coin - Dom's colourful and melody-led tunes and Kai's tactile and unpredictable aesthetics. The t...
Faye Webster
Sunday 12 May 2024
Emotional and musical alchemy, Atlanta, Georgia, Faye Webster's indie folk sound draws as much from the lap-steel singer-songwriter pop of the 1970s and teardrop country tunes as it does from the audacious personalities of her city's rap an...
Wes Nelson
Thursday 16 May 2024
Newcastle-under-Lyme reality TV star Wes Nelson first appeared on Love Island in 2018, and has since competed on Dancing on Ice, The X Factor: Celebrity, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and won The Games. He released his debut hip hop single...
The Vivienne
Thursday 23 May 2024
The Vivienne emerged as the original champion of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK for the BBC, before going on to star in Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars All Winners globally. Her brand-new show of comedy, music and audience participa...
Georgie Carroll
Thursday 30 May 2024
As seen on Britain's Got Talent 2023, and winner of 'Best Comedy Show' at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, don't miss Nurse Georgie Carroll - she is just what the doctor ordered. Hospital-grade humour from everyone's favourite Mancunian nurs...
The Lovely Eggs
Saturday 1 June 2024
Lancaster indie rock duo the Lovely Eggs were formed in 2006 by Holly Ross and David Blackwell following the breakup of all-girl punk band Angelica, which Ross fronted between 1994 and 2003. Blackwell, a member of psychedelic drone outfit ...
Scam Fender + Kopycat Killers + Subarctic Monkeys + Oasis 96
Friday 7 June 2024
With 3 hours of bangers, a quadruple tribute night to Sam Fender, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. Kopycat Killers are next level with vocalist Stu featuring on Killers Covers with over 10 MILLION streams. They given the Killers 'bles...
Delain
Thursday 21 November 2024
Former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt's Dutch symphonic metal band Delain begins a new chapter with a new line-up ready to storm the globe again with their signature catchy melodic metal sound, which has seen them score t...
Most Popular Shows and Events at New Century Hall, Manchester
