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Feeder

Albert Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Despite dropping out of mainstream radio attention, the celebrated, multi-platinum-selling, Welsh rockers have scored ten UK Top 10 albums; their latest "Torpedo", reaching no.5 in March 2022. Ever since arriving on the Britpop scene in 199...

Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke) - Unspeakable: A Spoken Word Tour

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 20 March 2024
An artist of fierce intellect and purpose, Jaz Coleman heads out across the UK to tell it like it is - the UNSPEAKABLE truth in the world of Killing Joke.  Since forming the iconic post-punk band Killing Joke in 1978, the band has play...

Baked a La Ska

Carlton Club, Manchester
Thursday 21 March 2024
Baked A La Ska are the heavy heavy sound of Manchester ska; an 11piece band of assembled oddballs and pranksters fronted by an unholytrio of singers and featuring one of the tightest rhythm sections inManchester with the "chops to make you...

Stiff Little Fingers

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 22 March 2024
During the first wave of U.K. punk rock, plenty of bands sang about a world full of violence and chaos, but Stiff Little Fingers didn't have to imagine a dystopian world - formed in Belfast in 1977 at the height of "The Troubles," police br...

Dr. John Cooper Clarke

The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 24 March - Thursday 25 April 2024
Literary phenomenon John Cooper Clarke is a British cult hero. Known as the 'Godfather of Punk Poetry' and the original people's poet, John's cultural influence spans literature, music and fashion. From creating some of the most iconic poet...

Taking Back Sunday

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Long Island, New York, cult emo-meets-punk rock heroes. ...

John Robb

Waterside, Manchester
Thursday 28 March 2024
John Robb is a many-faceted creature. In his new book and live show, he asks Do You Believe in the Power of Rock 'n' Roll? taking you on a journey from the late 1970s, when he was first caught up in punk's high-octane thrill, to the prese...

Manchester Ska Foundation

The Boulevard, Wigan
Friday 29 March 2024
High Energy Ska & 2-Tone tribute band based in Manchester ...

The Libertines

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 6 April 2024
Volatile rock 'n' roll revivalists fronted by the mercurial Pete Doherty. A plethora of 'The' bands dominated the magazine covers and airwaves of the '00s. The Strokes flew the skinny tie flag for NYC, The White Stripes held the bluesy encl...

Kid Kapichi

New Century Hall, Manchester
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...

Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division

Cinemac, Macclesfield
Saturday 6 April 2024
Devoted to recreating the atmosphere of a live Joy Division gig, Transmission emulate the sound of one of the most inventive, evocative and influential groups of their era. Joy Division were formed in Manchester during the late 1970s and d...

Bronnie

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 13 April 2024
Wirral-born alt-pop-punk sensation Bronnie collides high energy alt-pop and riffy pop-punk, bringing it crashing into the face of todays alternative scene. Championed at BBC Radio 1 by Nels Hylton who has called her the "the new queen of po...

Paul Weller

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Few people have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, Weller spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits, including Going Underground and A ...

The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr

The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Saturday 20 April 2024
With 1980's Top 10 hits like "Can't Get Used To Losing You", "Mirror In The Bathroom", "Tears Of A Clown", "Ranking Full Stop", "Too Nice To Talk To", "Hands Off, She's Mine", and "Twist & Crawl", the Birmingham ska legends fused Latin, s...

Swift At The Disco

The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Saturday 20 April 2024
Nothing is more Emo than Taylor Swift, just look at that MySpace pose in her bedroom from 2004! Enjoy a night of your all time favorite emo anthems merged with the queen Taylor Swift! Welcome to the Swift Parade!  Expect: My Chemical Rom...

The Maine

New Century Hall, Manchester
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...

UK Subs

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 26 April 2024
Making their final tour, U.K. Subs are London punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk, enjoying Top 40 hits in 1979 and 1980 with Stranglehold, Tomorrow's Girls, Warhead, Teenage, and Party in Paris. The UK ...

Jim Bob (Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 3 May 2024
More topical than an episode of Newsnight, with songs about Putin, the Taliban and whoever "Billionaire in Space" is about, the album-chart smashing Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine's fiery frontman returns. It's not all doom and gloom ...

Manchester Music Tours - Joy Division Tour

Vinyl Revival, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
A four hour musical journey covering all things Joy Division and Factory Records! The chance to visit many of the important venues and locations around Manchester and surrounding areas that helped shape and influence the Joy Division sound....

Arab Strap

Gorilla, Manchester
Saturday 25 May 2024
Arab Strap's music features frank, unflinching narratives about sex and drugs spoken/sung in a thick Scottish brogue, often backed by drum machines, electronic loops, and sparse guitar melodies. A major part of the Glasgow music scene that ...

John Otway

The Strines Nightingale, Stockport
Thursday 30 May 2024
From the age of 9, the cult Buckinghamshire folk punkster knew he wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age, having listened to his sister's Beatles and Stones records, he knew he would never be able to do what they do. However, w...

North West Calling

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 June 2024
All-day punk festival, North West Calling, is back and features another riotous line-up: The Exploited + Buzzcocks ("Singles Going Steady" 45th anniversary show) + Cockney Rejects + The Rezillos + Anti-Nowhere League + Resistance 77 + Gimp ...

John Lydon - I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Thursday 20 June 2024
He's a legend and an icon, a revolutionary and an immortal. John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten - changed the face of music and sparked a cultural revolution. The frontman and lyricist of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) caused a poli...

Green Day

Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
Friday 21 June 2024
Enduring power trio - Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool & Mike Dirnt - are back and remain devoted to their defiant craft that has fueled their career-long destruction of every boundary bestowed on the genre, and landed 3 East Bay punks in the...

Billy Talent

Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 21 June 2024
The multi-Platinum selling Toronto-based band take punk to new heights, amplifying the explosive energy and earnest lyricism that has made them an international sensation. Powerful songs like "Red Flag", "The Ex" and "Devil In A Midnight M...

Outbreak Fest

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June 2024
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...

Alkaline Trio

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 17 - Sunday 28 July 2024
With multiple world tours and numerous chart successes under their belts, Chicago's high-energy melodic cult rockers Alkaline Trio have cemented their legacy as one of dark punk's greatest forces. They have scored UK Top 40 singles with "Me...

PorkPie

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 7 September 2024
Eight piece Scottish Ska band PorkPie perform classics from The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, The Beat, etc, the list goes on and on. If you were into music in the late 70s and early 80s, the chances are you were into 2-Tone, the iconic C...

Tokky Horror

Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 12 - Friday 13 September 2024
Forming across a triangle of Leeds, Birkenhead & Bristol, the founding members of electronic punk trio Tokky Horror hadn't met each other before the band signed their first record deal. The collective formed during a pandemic, sending demo...

Sultans of Ping

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 21 September 2024
Irish punk legends Sultans of Ping were formed in Cork in 1988, gaining attention (as Sultans of Ping F.C) with the single "Where's Me Jumper" in 1992 - which was later used as the closing song in the Irish comedy, "The Young Offenders" -...

Mudhoney

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 28 September 2024
Having emerged in 1989 and become a mainstay of the American alternative scene, Mudhoney may not have achieved the household name status enjoyed by a handful of their contemporaries but the band maintained a strong following, and the admira...

Tom Robinson

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Musician and broadcaster Tom Robinson presents an evening of songs and stories spanning five decades of adventures in the music industry. Tom's musical journey began in 1974 when his first band was discovered by Ray Davies, and included a B...

Joe Jackson

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 3 October 2024
With his Two Rounds of Racket 2024 tour, Joe Jackson makes an unprecedented two-part performance. First, he performs songs from his solo catalogue, and then Mr. Joe Jackson presents the music of Max Champion, featuring a nine-piece band. Jo...

KULT

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 4 October 2024
Over the last four decades, Polish rock band, Kult, led be singer and songwriter Kazik Staszewski, have become one of the most popular acts from the scene; fusing their roots in punk and new wave, to inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz ...

Peter Hook & the Light

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Thursday 17 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...

Sham 69

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 18 October 2024
Formed in Hersham, Surrey in 1976, Sham 69 lacked the art school background of many British punk bands of the time, and brought in football chant back-up vocals and sing-along populist political lyrics, which earned them a large often vio...

Beartooth

O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Thursday 24 - Friday 25 October 2024
A pure distillation of rage - weaponizing a deceptively radio-ready bombast to deliver stone cold truth missives, each packed like a bomb with noisy rock chaos - Ohio hardcore band Beartooth revel in the darker underbelly of traditional me...

Wednesday 13

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 30 - Thursday 31 October 2024
Theatrical horror punk alter-ego of Murderdolls frontman Joseph Poole Wednesday 13 is the stage name of Joseph Poole, frontman of Murderdolls, the theatrical metal outfit that also includes members of Static-X and Slipknot. Starting off in ...

Peter Hook & the Light

King George's Hall, Blackburn
Thursday 31 October 2024
The legendary Joy Division and New Order bassist performs both Substance albums live. The Mancunian bass player, musician, singer, DJ, nightclub owner, record company boss and author was a co-founder of the seminal post-punk band Joy Divis...

Paul Weller

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 1 November 2024
Few people have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, Weller spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits, including Going Underground and A ...

Adam Ant

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 3 November 2024
Pop icon Adam Ant returns with his UK Antics tour, with a set list that promises to get everyone on their feet. Performing his classic chart-topping singles and personal favourites, audiences will be thrilled with the return of live musi...

The Libertines

Albert Hall, Manchester
Thursday 7 - Saturday 9 November 2024
Volatile rock 'n' roll revivalists fronted by the mercurial Pete Doherty. A plethora of 'The' bands dominated the magazine covers and airwaves of the '00s. The Strokes flew the skinny tie flag for NYC, The White Stripes held the bluesy encl...

Punk Rock Factory

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 17 November 2024
High energy, punk rock powerhouses Punk Rock Factory make easy work of their special brand of punk covers - including a UK no.48 album consisting entirely of Disney classics - gaining an online following of over a million fans across the m...

Electric Six

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...

Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 29 November 2024
When future historians of music draw up a list of the movers and shakers who changed the modern musical landscape, there will be no doubt that North London-born Hugh Cornwell, the former leader and main songwriter of all The Stranglers' mos...

The Damned

Manchester Academy, Manchester
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...

Emofest

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 7 December 2024
Put on your eyeliner, lace up your high-tops and get ready to rock to all your favourite nostalgic emo anthems as the Emo Festival is the greatest tribute night to the music that was never just a phase...  Teenage Nostalgia featuring all ...

Bad Manners

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
Buster Bloodvessel, one of the biggest characters in Ska, has stayed loyal to the music and has become as influential as he is entertaining with his band Bad Manners, who are best known for their biggest hits, "Lip Up Fatty" (UK No.15 in 19...

The Black Charade + Fell Out Boy

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 10 January 2025
A night of My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy tribute bands who both sound like the real thing. ...

Bullet For My Valentine + Trivium

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
A co-headline tour from Welsh quartet Bullet For My Valentine, who straddle metal, punk and emo, with Florida quartet Trivium, whose inimitable masterful melody, hypnotic hook-craft, tight thrash, metal scope, and cinematic extremity has m...
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