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Contents It’s 27 degrees outside, so this month we’ve put together an issue totally full of sunshine. From an interview with our palm-tree loving cover stars Fickle Friends to our ‘August Bank Holiday Guide’ and highlights from Parklife Festival. There’s also our ‘Picks Of The Month’, ‘Emerging Sounds’ tip offs and all the usual listings to help you plan your summer gig calendar, whether you fancy an outdoor show or ditching the factor 50 for a more shaded affair. Emma Baker, Editor-In-Chief
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Local News
Morrissey Cancels Castlefield Bowl Shows
Mozza will no longer be returning home for his two huge outdoor shows, which were set to take place at Castlefield Bowl this July in support of his latest album, ‘Low In High School’. The cancellations have been put down to “logistical reasons” and Morrissey has promised to reschedule the shows soon. Fans can hold out for the new dates or receive a full refund including booking fees from their ticket agent.
Now Wave Names New Venue
Yes, we all know that local promoters Now Wave are planning on opening a venue in a former auction house on Charles Street, but the new word is that it will be named ‘YES’. And if you say ‘Yes’ to their opening night on the 20th September there will be 5,000 free drinks and complimentary food! For more details of the opening keep a close eye on @yes_mcr.
Manchester Photographer and drummer Dionne Cyprus is hoping to raise 50k for Christies Hospital. Her aim is to snap 50 “amazing drummers” from different genres in music. Drummers snapped for the campaign so far include Joe Donovan of the Blossoms, Chic’s Ralph Rolle and Cabbage’s Asa Morley. You can find out who else has been snapped and donate to the cause by visiting justgiving. com/Beat-it-project
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Picks
As era-defining bands go, there are few with wider appeal. From festival gigs to first dances, pretty much everyone has at least one memory jogged by a number from The Killers’ back catalogue. No less than 14 years after the release of their breakthrough debut ‘Hot Fuss’, they are still hella worthy of headlining arena shows and draw in the crowds to prove it. After a soldout UK tour last year, the Las Vegas indie megaband is coming to Bolton’s open-air Macron Stadium for a one-off summer shindig. After releasing their latest LP, ‘Wonderful Wonderful’, in September last year, this is the band’s first stadium gig since they played to a sold-out Wembley Stadium in June 2013, it promises to be a big one.
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The Killers
Macron Stadium, Bolton FRM£45 | 5:30pm
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The De Rossi Incident Gullivers | £5ADV | 7pm
Drawn together from a love of snow sports, beer and heavy metal, three mates from Manchester formed De Rossi Incident as they realised that there just weren’t enough venues playing the music they wanted to jam to. A self-confessed party band, this energetic trio began covering rock and metal classics for friends in a pub in Mayrhofen, Austria, before hitting the studio back on their home turf. Stoked to be “finally playing in Manchester and not Austria”, the band have secured the Saturday night slot at Gullivers, and they want everyone to know about it.
provoking sound for almost two decades. Teenage years playing in rock bands might have given Holland his love for music, but it’s his forays in the house and broken beat scene that got him noticed. With occasional dub influences, a tinge of Latino and retro soul twangs, Quantic’s diversity is what keeps people coming back – so much so that this is an additional second night at Band On The Wall after through-the-roof demand for tickets the first time around.
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Quantic
Band On The Wall £20ADV | 7:30pm
Performing under the recording alias Quantic, British-born musician and producer Will Holland has been manufacturing his signature slick, catchy and often thought-
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Blackwaters
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Jimmy’s | £6.50ADV | 7:30pm
O2 Ritz | £55.55ADV | 7pm
Formed in Guildford, Blackwaters are a punk-rock band made up of university pals who list their influences as the likes of The Clash, Dead Kennedys, John Cooper Clarke and The Ramones. They’re loud, they’re unapologetic, and their sound is original, blending elements learnt from years listening to The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys. They’ve even collaborated with Carl Barat after he saw them at a gig in Camden and liked their sound. If you like your punk to have a few more catchy choruses akin to influential bands of the recent indie-pop era, give these guys a go.
Never content to be outdone by one another, 2018 has given us a double-whammy from the enigmatic Oasis brothers. Whilst one Gallagher headlined Parklife Festival and delivered a touching tribute to 70,000 people, the other is performing a most intimate gig to an exclusive 1,500 at the O2 Ritz. ‘Who Built The Moon?’, the third album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, sealed something of a hat trick for the band; debuting at No. 1 in November last year and achieving Gold certification less than two weeks after its release – following 2011’s eponymous album and 2015’s ‘Chasing Yesterday’. One of the smallest performances of the world tour, it’s a homecoming not to miss. 19-22.07.18
Bluedot Festival
Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire | £175 (Weekend)
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with a screening of The Blue Planet in concert with The Hallé orchestra. Followed by a veritable mix of dance acts performing beneath the Lovell telescope, talks from scientists, stargazing sessions and exhibitions and workshops on space exploration, there’s something for everyone at this one of a kind festival. The Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips and Future Islands headline.
African influences, the strong Mediterranean holiday-lilt is the thread that runs through, and is totally fitting in Manchester’s current heat wave. 03.08.18
Ata Kak
Band On The Wall £15.50ADV | 7pm
A global search began in 2015 by a certain music blogger, to find the artist behind a mysterious mid-90s album he picked up in a street market in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2002. Describing it as “frenetic leftfield rap madness”, the blogger in question was desperate to track down the man behind the music. After some three years searching internationally, Ata Kak was unveiled as Yaw Atta-Owusu, a self-taught Ghanaian musician whose infectious hybrid of reggae and dancehall saw him playing in bands from Dusseldorf to Toronto. Witness one of the first live European performances of his Ghanaian highlife and American soul/hip-hop mash-up at BOTW.
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Gipsy Kings
Opera House | FRM£51 | 7pm
Born in France to Berber-Moroccan and Spanish gypsy parents, The Gipsy Kings’ Catalan rumbainspired music has become timelessly recognisable throughout the generations. Arguably the original gypsy travelling band, their colourful career has seen them bring progressive poporiented flamenco to the wider world audience since the 1970s. Relaxing their sound over the years to encompass Middle Eastern, Latin American and North
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Fickle Friends are a band that scream summer. From the palm tree cursor on their website to the Dirty Dancing-esque font of their logo, which evokes summers spent mastering the rumba with Patrick Swayze. Fun and cheeky singles like ‘Glue’ provide the backdrop to holiday romances, ‘Say No More’ should be added to your BBQ playlist, while ‘Swim’ is sure to perk you up and get you dancing on the final day of a festival. Even as we sit down with lead singer and indie-pop IT girl Natti Shiner to chat about the band’s journey so far, her newly bleached blonde bob conjures up images of sandy white beaches.
With hosepipe bans on the cards, sales of hand-held ice-creams up 24% on the previous year, and worries about a lettuce shortage, 2018 has surprised the nation with, at times, hotter temperatures than Athens, Istanbul and Rome. As the weather remains positively sweltering, things are also hotting up for Fickle Friends.
as being a promoter as such, you just feel like your putting shows on sale and hope you’ve made a few friends online. You’ve got to do all your social media stuff, which is now a part of the package and a part of the job.”
“Things just kinda fell into place and the rest is history”
Finally, after two years touring the UK and Europe and performing at 53 festivals, all without a label, Fickle Friends had organically earned their stripes as well as a devoted fan base, and as such signed to Polydor Records.
Having met at uni in Brighton, the band began their career in true DIY style by promoting their own shows and gaining a Natti Shiner following on socials. Natti explains, “We did the whole Brighton circuit for a couple of years and then things just “After [laughs] a lot of DIY we got a kinda fell into place and the rest is new Manager because we realised history I suppose.” that we had a lot of trouble meeting the right people. Just because “It was good because we had a before we had more of a friend booking agent quite early on and than a Manager, who didn’t have a he was so great with us and doing lot of experience. So we changed our own tours was really cool. You management and it just happened don’t really think about yourself really quite naturally.“ 17
“We had meetings with a few labels who really liked us and they came and watched us play in a rehearsal room and then we decided on the Polydor deal.” The group’s debut album ‘You Are Someone Else’ dropped in March 2018. Natti enthused, “we just feel like a proper band now we have an album out, which is a bit weird.” Featuring a throng of catchy singles, and a cover designed by Mat Maitland (the man behind the
the ‘Disclosure face’), the record reached No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart, and No. 1 in the UK Album Cassette Chart. “It was a long time coming and it definitely succeeded my own expectations and I was over the moon and couldn’t quite believe it to be honest.” Despite its killer tunes and timely electro-pop sensibilities, the themes behind the record go much deeper than the initial enjoyment they provide. With songs
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addressing social awkwardness, self-doubt, anxiety and the qualms of growing into young adulthood. The album perfectly expresses both the joy and uncertainty of growing up as a millennial.
“We always wanted to make a record that made people dance and think at the same time,” explains Natti. “I think the album and the lyrics focus a lot on growing up as a millennial. Dealing with anxiety in a way that people can be quite vocal about
now that people have a universal understanding of mental health and everyone has experienced it in one way or another, whether themselves or via someone else. So I touch on that quite a lot and I also focus on relationships and how I’ve been naive in them.” “I’ve never started writing a song with any intentions because it seems silly to try and write a song if you don’t really know what it’s about or where it’s coming from.”
The band are hot stuff this summer, showcasing ‘You Are Someone Else’ out on the festival circuit with performances at Tramlines, Truck Festival, Reading & Leeds, Y Not Festival and 110 Above Festival over the coming months.
year, pledging that by 2022 they will have a 50/50 male to female artist line-up, the female-fronted Fickle Friends are flying the flag for gender equality in the music industry. Natti explains, “I just want to be a good role model but I’m quite vocal about equality because music is still a very male-dominated industry. You know, there are still now some issues with bookings and fees and things like that.”
“It’s very exciting, you play to a mixed crowd; some of them are fans and some of them have just thought I’ll go and check them out. So you don’t know who the people are but it does feel like there’s a lot less Natti Shiner pressure. You just “To me, I’m just in rock up, compared a band with my to being on tour and best mates and waking up at 8am we see each other stressed in a city, doing load in, as equal but I suppose it’s cool and sound check and interviews, before empowering to front a band of four the show has even happened. boys.” So festivals are a really nice time for us to have fun, get drunk Expect palm trees aplenty when and watch all the other bands.” Fickle Friends’ take their debut on their biggest UK tour to date this With 45 global festivals having October, culminating with a show at signed up to a scheme, earlier this Manchester Academy.
“It’s cool and empowering to front a band of four boys”
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“We’re going to go big or go home. We’re going to do the biggest shows we have ever done before and we’re going to slip some new music in again, I think, keep everyone excited.” “We’re going big on the palm trees and taking everything we have got and packing it into a tour bus.
I just want it to be an immersive experience; a big party, somewhere you can just escape and not have to think about anything else for an hour and half.” Arguably more Palm Springs than Brighton Pier, the Yanks love them too, with one sold-out tour in the US behind them and another on the
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cards for September. “Our American trip [was the highlight of our year], definitely. It was the first time we had ever had headline shows out there and they all soldout! We’re going back in September - I’m so excited!” Ahead of their Autumn tour, the next few months of sunshine are
the perfect window of opportunity to get yourself acquainted with Fickle Friends. So add them to your summer playlists, check them out at this year’s festivals, all while you enjoy a huge dose of Vitamin D. Catch Fickle Friends on the 27th October 2018, at Manchester Academy.
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Jessie Ware performing cuts from her latest album ‘Glasshouse’ mixed in with her backcatalogue favourites.
4 Skepta joining A$AP Rocky on stage to collab on their new song ‘Praise The Lord’.
7 The new cityscape, ‘Blade Runner’-inspired Valley stage, complete with towerblocks.
9 Sigrid performing ‘Strangers’ to a jumping crowd of 80,000 erm... strangers?
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Sankeys Soap main room recreated with ex-Sankeys residents - but unfortunately for VIPs only!
Local but legendary buskers The Piccadilly Rats opening the festival on Sunday.
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Bonehead joining Liam Gallagher on stage for his rendition of ‘Live Forever’.
6 The light electronic beats of the The XX’s dreamy sunset performance.
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N*E*R*D’s medley of ‘Stir Fry’, ‘Grindin’, ‘Pass The Courvoisier’, ‘Drop It Like It’s Hot’, ‘Neon Guts’ and ‘Alright’.
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AUGUST Bank Holiday guide From funk ‘n’ soul shindigs to 90’s nights, all-dayers to weekend-long festivals and Manchester’s infamous Pride celebrations – let us help you choose the right vibe for your August Bank Holiday weekend.
Leeds Festival
24-26.08.18 | Bramham Park, Leeds | £205ADV (Weekend) Line-up: Fall Out Boy + Kendrick Lamar + Kings Of Leon + Panic! At The Disco + Travis Scott + Courteeners + Wolf Alice + Pendulum + J Hus + Krept X Konan + Dua Lipa + many more 28
Totally Pitchin’ Outdoor EVeNts Sun-seeking, weekend warriors can spend their whole Bank Holiday weekend at Leeds Festival, Creamfields or Stockport’s Moovin Festival. As if you need an excuse to get your tent out during this glorious summer weather?
Moovin Festival
Creamfields
Line-up: De La Soul + Groove Armada + Slamboree + Goldie + Dub FX + Stereo MCs + Craig Charles + DJ Yoda + General Levy + many more
Line-up: Carl Cox + Wilkinson + Diplo + Major Lazer + Giggs + MistaJam + Annie Mac + Rudimental + Groove Armada + Tiësto + The Black Madonna + many more
24-26.08.18 | Whitebottom Farm, Stockport | FRM£65 (Weekend)
23-26.08.18 | Daresbury, Cheshire | FRM£210 (Weekend)
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Funk, Soul and Disco, Baby! If you’ve got Northern Soul coursing through your veins, then Saturday night offers up three paths. With Pablo Discobar dishing up the ‘Jungle Boogie’ at Cooper Hall, you can also ‘Strut Your Funky Stuff’ with Funkademia resident Les Croasdaile at Mint Lounge, while Craig Charles hauls his ‘Trunk of Funk’ to Band On The Wall for Manchester’s ‘Best Club Night’ (CityLife Awards 2018). And if you haven’t got your funk fill by Sunday, head on down to The Manchester Soul Festival, which takes over The Printworks - ALL DAY LONG.
Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club
Funkademia with Les Croasdaile
Pablo Discobar
The Manchester Soul Festival
25.08.18 | Mint Lounge £5ADV | 10:30pm
25.08.18 | Band On The Wall | £20ADV | 9pm
25.08.18 | Cooper Hall FREE | 8pm
26.08.18 | The Printworks FRM£5 | TBC 30
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90’s Flex Don your bucket hats and bubble bags, ‘cause there are tons of 90’s vibes in Manchester to make your Bank Holiday memorable. In true 90’s style, be the first of your mates to grab a Polaroid with the ‘Spice Bus’ for your ‘Groovy Chic’ photo frame, during the opening weekend of the Spice Girls exhibition. ‘Go Large’ like Kevin and Perry at The Kings Arms’ 90’s House Party, before the O2 Ritz serve up a slice of nineties hip-hop with Dru Hill ft. Sisqo on the Monday.
90’s Throwback with Dru Hill ft. Sisqo 27.08.18 | O2 Ritz FRM£25.50 | 9pm
90’s House Party 26.08.18 | The Kings Arms, Salford | £5ADV | 7pm
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On A Budget It might be nearing the end of the month, but some of us don’t get paid until the week after Bank Holiday! So if you’re feeling the pinch by ABH, swerve Friday at the office and start your weekend in style with Free Vibes curated by Amazing Radio’s Shell Zenner at Band On The Wall. Settle into Saturday at M24 Fest, and slide into Sunday with one of two all-day events under a tenner – Below The Bridge All-Dayer for £8 and Flixton Festival for just £4. Bargain.
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Line-up: Jekyll + Hannah Ashcroft + Bleach Boy + Monk
Line-up: The Vox Beatles + Scuttlers + Danny Mahon + many more
23.08.18 | Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm
25.08.18 | Old Boars Head, Middleton | £9ADV | 2pm
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Flixton Festival 26.08.18 | Flixton Cricket Club | FRM£4 | TBC
26.08.18 | The Zombie Shack | £8ADV | 2pm
Line-up: John Dhali + Pacific + Half Cut + TG Lee & The Rago Band + many more
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Line-up: Andy Daniels + Chris Tavener + DJ Tim Wright + George Fell + Olly Flavell + The Amazing Kappa + Tone Junkies + many more
DO IT WITH PRIDE From the Pride Parade to the Candlelit Vigil which rounds of the weekend, Manchester’s putting on plenty to make us proud this Pride weekend. Roll up, Roll up, as ‘The Circus Of Acceptance’ Pride parade makes it’s way through MCR, catch the likes of Rita Ora, Pete Tong and Youngr, before hitting up one of the event’s many after parties across the city.
Manchester Pride’s Big Weekend
24-27.08.18 | Manchester Gay Village | FRM£24 (Weekend) | 12pm Line-up: Rita Ora + Jake Shears + Sigala + Alexandra Burke + Pete Tong + Lucy Spraggan + Youngr + Jamie Bull + many more
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24.08.18 | The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 11pm
Line-up: Kath McDermott (Flesh) + Sonic Yootha + Khalil West (Chew Disco) + Zoe McVeigh (Liines) + Beu Blonde + many more
Glitterbox Official Manchester Pride Afterparty 25.08.18 | Albert Hall | £25ADV | 10pm
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High Hoops MCR Pride Party
25.08.18 | The White Hotel, Salford | £8ADV | 11pm
The Most Depressing Pride Of Your Life 26.08.18 | Aatma | £5ADV | 11pm
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gig listings Monday - 09.07.18 Johnny Hunter Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm James Taylor & Bonnie Raitt Manchester Arena FRM£50 | 7:30pm Blackalicious Gorilla | £19.50ADV | 7pm The Dwarves Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Seething Akira Satans Hollow | £5ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 10.07.18 The Dirty Bomb Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Bodega Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7:30pm Lucky Chops Club Academy | £20ADV | 7:30pm Gizelle Smith Band On The Wall £10.50ADV | 7:30pm Paul Simon Manchester Arena FRM£60 | 7:30pm Wednesday - 11.07.18 Stuart Mccallum Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
Hans Chew Night and Day Café | £13ADV | 8pm Alex Tracey Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Caroline Rose Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm CeeLo Green Club Academy £22.50ADV | 7:30pm Springfield Elementary Soup Kitchen | £5ADV | 7pm Protest The Hero + Norma Jean Rebellion | £16ADV | 6:30pm Thursday - 12.07.18 Jamie Brownfield Quartet Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Mysteron & Winnebago The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 8pm Stonefield Night and Day Café | £7ADV | 8pm Hands Off Gretel + Faux Pas + Queasy +Velvet Hands Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Free Vibes - Featuring Giant Boys + Pizzagirl + Bunny Hoova + Izzie Walsh + DJ Shell Zenner Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm LYLA Night People | £5ADV | 7pm
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July 2018 Friday - 13.07.18 The 7:45s Matt & Phreds | £8OTD | 9:30pm The Lancashire Hotpots The Lowry | £16ADV | 8pm Corrupt The System Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm Voodoo And The Crypts + Sal Paradise + Scruffy Pups + Lacuna Bloome Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Budapest Ragtime Band Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Avalanche Party Night and Day Café | £5ADV | 8pm The Lancashire Hotpots The Lowry | £16ADV | 8pm The One Eyed General’s Bandit The Castle Hotel | £5OTD | 7:30pm Andy Mineo Club Academy | £10ADV | 7:30pm
Chemistry Lane + The Shipbuilders + Ennio The Little Brother Gullivers | £4ADV | 7:30pm
Quantic Band On The Wall £20ADV | 7:30pm
Disco Classical Victoria Warehouse | FRM£45 | 7pm
Hits Radio Live 2018 Manchester Arena FRM£25 | 7:30pm
Gurt & Pist + Wolfbastard Rebellion | £5ADV | 7pm Control Of The Going Night People | £6ADV | 7pm The Barstool Preachers The Star and Garter | £5ADV | 7pm Consumed + Don Blake + Triple Sundae + Hoof Aatma | £7ADV | 7pm The Breeders + Pip Blom O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 6:30pm
Bullets & Octane Factory | £9ADV | 7pm Cavana The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan O2 Apollo | £28ADV | 6:30pm The De Rossi Incident Gullivers | £5ADV | 7pm Sunday - 15.07.18
Saturday - 14.07.18
Quantic Band On The Wall l £20ADV | 7:30pm
Aficionado 20th Birthday Party Night People | £12.50ADV | 11pm
Bilal Matt & Phreds | £15ADV | 7:30pm
In partnership with
gig listings Beyond Festival - Featuring Basement + Arcane Roots + Grumble Bee + Slotface + Many More Manchester Academy £25ADV | 3pm Monday - 16.07.18 The Night Creatures Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
Wednesday - 18.07.18 Kyla Brox Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Bianca Del Rio O2 Apollo | FRM£35 | 7:30pm Fast Car To Florence Jimmy’s | FRM£4 | 7pm
Marc Cohn RNCM | £29.50ADV | 8pm
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds O2 Ritz | £55.55ADV | 7pm
Vijay Lyer Trio Band On The Wall £17.50ADV | 7:30pm
Thursday - 19.07.18
Blackwaters Jimmy’s | £6.50ADV | 7:30pm
The Gelatos Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Amadou & Mariam + DJ SNO Band On The Wall £25.50ADV | 7:30pm
Jet O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 17.07.18 Neil C. Young Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Lewis Harlock Jimmy’s | £7.50ADV | 8:30pm Classical Evolution Night and Day Café | FREE | 8pm Black Pistol Fire Gorilla | £10ADV | 7pm Charley Crockett Night People | £13ADV | 7pm
Shawn Colvin RNCM | £30ADV | 7:30pm Slack Alices Gullivers | £5ADV | 7:30pm Rocketship Forest + Manalishi +Public Sektor + Soma Holiday Gullivers | £5ADV | 7:30pm Mat Peters + Glowing Brightly Fuel Cafe Bar | £4ADV | 7:30pm FIDLAR + Spilt O2 Ritz | £17ADV | 7pm Moksha With The Shirts Night and Day Café | TBC | 7pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
July 2018 Friday - 20.07.18
Saturday - 21.07.18
Soul Grenades Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
Llareggub Brass Band Matt & Phreds | £5ADV | 9:30pm
DDE’s Night and Day Café £8ADV | 7:30pm
The Weeks Night and Day Café | £10ADV | 8pm
Davey Woodward & The Winter Orphans Gullivers | £9ADV | 7:30pm Flat World Theory Gullivers | TBC | 7:30pm Ministry Albert Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm Binker and Moses Band On The Wall | £12.50ADV | 7pm Kyle Parry Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7pm Room 94 Factory | £10ADV | 7pm Killjoys The Deaf Institute £8ADV | 7pm Billy Liar Gullivers | £5ADV | 7pm
Cross Currents Trio RNCM | £25ADV | 8pm Caroline Rose Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm WinFest - Featuring DJ Win + DJ Remzy + DJ David Club Academy | £5ADV | 7:30pm caVValiers The Eagle Inn | FREE | 7:30pm Hello Operator + Rascalton Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Sylvain Sylvain The Peer Hat | £12ADV | 7:30pm Scott Lloyd + Dom Major + Martin Coyne Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm Sylvain Sylvain Aatma | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm
Faith Evans O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 6pm
Lowkey + Mic Righteous + Lunar C + Fiasco + Raptor O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 7pm
Sam Jefferson Matt & Phreds | FREE | 6pm
Richard Spaven + Skeltr Band On The Wall | £12ADV | 7pm
In partnership with
gig listings Liines The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm
Steve Earle & The Dukes O2 Ritz | £35ADV | 6pm
PFAFF + Rob Ford Explorer + Frantic + Yak Polo Fuel Cafe Bar | PWYW | 7pm
Monday - 23.07.18
Room D Factory | £6ADV | 7pm Shrapnel + Solitary + Incinery Rebellion | £7ADV | 6:30pm
Dreamer Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Striking Matches Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 24.07.18
Charlie Cooper Matt & Phreds | FREE | 5:30pm
The Peas Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
Evil Hoof Picnic 2 - Featuring Faintest Idea + Matilda’s Scroundels + The Burnt Tapes + The Crash Mats and More Gullivers | £12.50ADV | 2pm
Mali Hayes + We Are Leif Night and Day Café £8ADV | 8:30pm
Sunday - 22.07.18
Radio Kings The King’s Arms | FREE | 8pm Free Jazz - Featuring Kinkajous + Plume + The Broken Orchestra + Dean Stockdale Trio Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm
Gipsy Kings Opera House | FRM£51 | 7pm Fight For Friday Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 8pm Davina And The Vagabonds Band On The Wall l £16.50ADV | 7pm Del Amitri O2 Apollo | £35ADV | 7pm HRVY Club Academy | £17.50ADV | 7pm DeVience Rebellion | £7ADV | 7pm
Miss Eaves Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 25.07.18 The Deadpan Jazz Band Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Broken Brass Ensemble Band On The Wall £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Pram Soup Kitchen | £11ADV | 7:30pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
JUly 2018 The Gaslight Anthem O2 Apollo | £32.50ADV | 7:30pm
The Nickajack Men Gullivers | £5OTD | 7:30pm
Goo Goo Dolls O2 Ritz | £28.50ADV | 7pm
Broomhead + Little Illusion Machine Zombie Shack | £4OTD | 7:30pm
Create To Inspire Satans Hollow | £6ADV | 7pm
London Astrobeat Orchestra Band On The Wall | £12.50ADV | 7pm
Thursday - 26.07.18
Yawning Man Rebellion | £10ADV | 7pm
Ukebox Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Night Flowers Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm Chaka Demus And Pliers Band On The Wall £27.50ADV | 7:30pm
Dylan Schneider Night People | £14ADV | 7pm Strangest Of Saints + Ragged Tiger + Record Street & More The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Saturday - 28.07.18
Three From Above + That’s My Eye + Polar Tide + Pearl Divers Jimmy’s | £4ADV | 7:30pm Fazerdaze Soup Kitchen | £8.50ADV | 7pm Palm Reader + Haggard Cat + Cove Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Friday - 27.07.18 Jenna & The G’s Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Us & It The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 9pm New Saviours Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm
Tarzan Bros Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club - Featuring Federation Of The Disco Pimp Band On The Wall | £20ADV | 9pm The Rhythm Method + Afghan Sand Gang Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm Without Andrew The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7:30pm Skeletal Family The Ruby Lounge | £15ADV | 7pm Écru Remedy Soup Kitchen | £5ADV | 7pm
In partnership with
gig listings Henry Botham’s Piano Gumbo Matt & Phreds | FREE | 5pm Sunday - 29.07.18 Trolley Girls Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm Graham Nash The Lowry | FRM£22 | 7:30pm Free Jazz - Featuring Apes Grapes + Porij + Fresco + Joshua Cavanagh-brierley Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm Theatre Of Hate The Ruby Lounge | £19ADV | 7pm Monday - 30.07.18 Locking Horns Brass Jam Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Mute Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 31.07.18 Cynthia’s Periscope Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm Lissy Taylor Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Wednesday - 01.08.18 Standard Time Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Ellysse Mason + Joseph Lofthouse + Jack Tinner The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm
Frankie Teardrop Dead + Overdog + The Pleasure Routine + For Joris Jimmy’s | TBC | 7pm Thursday - 02.08.18 Kate Peters Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Free Vibes - Featuring The Goa Express + Dream English Kid + Electric Viper Club + Kyogen + Dj Shell Zenner Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm Slough Feg + Eliminator + Pigwitch The Star and Garter £8ADV | 7:30pm Eilen Jewell Gullivers | £15ADV | 7pm The Burning Hell + Helgi Clayton McClure Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm TÄPP Presents - The ALL DAY Festival - Line-Up To Be Announced The Peer Hat | £5ADV | 2pm Friday - 03.08.18 Soul Unit Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Affairs The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 7:30pm Stereohaze + Barely Strangers Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm Ata Kak Band On The Wall l £15.50ADV | 7pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
july / aug 2018 Rum Thief + Ok Broken + Tamsyn + The Mantells The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin Band On The Wall £28.50ADV | 7:30pm
Prowles Soup Kitchen | £6ADV | 7pm
Clowns + Throwing Stuff + Witch Fever + Incisions Gullivers | £7ADV | 7pm
Cinnamon Dinner Factory | £7ADV | 7pm Mono Club + Ivan Campo Night People | £5ADV | 7pm Saturday - 04.08.18 Stringer Jones & The Buzztones Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Circus Wolves Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm Dirty Laces + The Kavaliers The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 7:30pm Dream Nails The Peer Hat | £6ADV | 7:30pm Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7:30pm Sunday - 05.08.18 Cowtown + Crumbs Soup Kitchen | £5ADV | 7pm Danny Mahon + Luke Harber + Ryan Jarvis + Kaiden Nolan Night People | £3ADV | 3pm Monday - 06.08.18 Franny Eubank Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
Iron Maiden Manchester Arena FRM£48 | 6:30pm Tuesday - 07.08.18 Victor Brox Dream Team Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Power Trip Rebellion | £13ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 08.08.18 Cuba Vida Salsa Band Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Sharkmuffin Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Sam Outlaw The Deaf Institute l £15ADV | 7pm Samory-i Band On The Wall £13ADV | 7:30pm Autumn Ruin Factory | £7ADV | 7pm Thursday - 09.08.18 Shyfinger Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
In partnership with
gig listings Himalayas Freeda + The Surrenders Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Bishop Nehru + REMI Band On The Wall | £13ADV | 7pm
Free Vibes - Featuring China Lane + St Jude The Obscure + South Island Son + Kula Bay + Dj Shell Zenner Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm
Sunday - 12.08.18
Friday - 10.08.18 Franny Eubank’s Blues Band Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm A Night In Texas + Population Extermination + Fuck Your God Rebellion | £8ADV | 7:30pm Last Great Dreamers The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 7:30pm Chasing Tides Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7pm WITTERQUICK Aatma | £7ADV | 7pm Time, The Valuator Night People | £8ADV | 6pm Simple Minds + Pretenders + KT Tunstall & More AJ Bell Stadium | FRM£37.50 | 5pm Saturday - 11.08.18 Loud Noises Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Calum Hogan The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 8:30pm
Gypsies of Bohemia The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm Monday - 13.08.18 Johnny Hunter Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm King Tuff Night People | £10ADV | 7pm Gabrielle Gorilla | £25ADV | 7pm Cynthia’s Periscope + New Fever Fuel Cafe Bar | FREE | 7pm Tuesday - 14.08.18 The Hanson & Smith Duo Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Slum Village Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7pm Graham Bonnet Band Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm Dying Fetus Club Academy | £20ADV | 7:30pm Wednesday - 15.08.18 Andy Lawrenson Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm
For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444
AUG 2018 DāM-FunK Soup Kitchen | £13ADV | 8pm
Gulfer Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Ariel Pink Gorilla | £19ADV | 7:30pm
Wildfires + 243 Ida Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Holly Rees + Matt Dunbar Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7pm
An Evening With Mick Rossi The Peer Hat | TBC | 7:30pm
Thursday - 16.08.18
Sons of Bill Soup Kitchen | £13ADV | 7pm
The Crispy Tenors Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Origin Rebellion | £14ADV | 7pm Tyler J Bolton + HBBRD The Eagle Inn | £5ADV | 7pm Friday - 17.08.18 Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band The Ruby Lounge £17.50ADV | 7:30pm Homesteads Gullivers | £5ADV | 7:30pm ASTPAI + Harker + Milk Crimes + Pardon Us Fuel Cafe Bar | £6ADV | 7pm Tom Walker Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7pm
Britney Spears Manchester Arena | FRM£55 | 7pm Counterpoint + Citadels + Only The Righteous + Tirade The Star and Garter | £5ADV | 7pm Liam Gallagher County Cricket Club | FRM£92 | 6pm As December Falls Aatma | £6.50ADV | 6pm Sunday - 19.08.18 Elite Talent Summer Showcase Featuring Ross Anderson + Jason Allan + Brad O’Neill + David Mark Bulley + Adam Jay + Harry Holmes Night People | £11ADV | 2pm
Saturday - 18.08.18 Speakeasy Bootleg Band Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm
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