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Contents Summer is in full swing - we’ve just about recovered from Parklife and share our highlights from this year’s shindig. Plus we’re already planning our August Bank Holiday weekend and have put together a handy guide of the top ways to spend it with your besties. We caught up with local legend Peter Hook to talk all things Joy Division and his upcoming performance at Cotton Clouds Festival. We’ve even bagged a pair of weekend tickets to the festival and are giving them away to one lucky reader. You’ll also find all our usual features and gig listings that run right through ‘til the last of the summer nights! Have an amazing summer and we’ll be back in September. Team Live Guide x
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Peter Hook Interview
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Emerging Sounds
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Parklife Highlights
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FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST PALACE THEATRE
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Local News Metallica pay Manchester
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Emeli Sandé and Cheryl join Manchester Pride Live line up
Emeli Sandé and Cheryl are the latest acts announced for Manchester Pride Live. They will join the likes of Ariana Grande, Years and Years, Bananarama and Tulisa. With Sunday day tickets already sold out, you will have to move fast to secure your spot at Manchester’s most star-studded pride to date. Tickets are on sale via Manchesterpride.com
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The legendary rockers paid homage to the city’s musical heritage with a cover of The Stone Roses’ ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ during their sold-out show at the Etihad Stadium in June. Further showing their love and support to the city, Metallica donated a whopping 40k to Manchester homeless charity Coffee4Craig. The charity has said the donation is enough to fund their work for the next 12 months. Metallica met with charity workers to hand over a novelty cheque with a thank you message to all the fans attending their show.
The Warehouse Project reveals new home for 2019
After four unforgettable years at Store Street, organisers have announced that The Warehouse Project will return in 2019 with a new home at Mayfield Depot by Manchester Piccadilly station. This year’s line-up is still a closely guarded secret - make sure your one of the first to know when it drops by signing up for announcements via: Thewarehouseproject.com
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The alt-rock five-piece sold-out their hometown shows back in 2017 following their debut EP release. After a quiet 2018, the band are back in full swing with their 2019 track ‘Better End The Heartbreak’ already being snapped up by Kerrang Radio. The song focuses on the topic of relationship breakdowns, with soaring melodies that stay with you long after the track has finished. Go check them out in the midst of their exciting year.
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Our pick of the best shows this month
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Moon Hooch
Band On The Wall £15ADV | 8pm
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Your Life & Mine
Brooklyn-based trio, Moon Hooch, have perfected the art of honing a unique sound while also allowing themselves enough space to grow
Zombie Shack | £8ADV | 7pm
Sheffield natives, Your Life & Mine, are making a comeback in 2019.
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into new stylistic territories. The techno-jazz band consists of two saxophonists and a drummer, and first started off performing in the New York City subway system. Their established grooves and stellar musicianship led them out of the busking scene rapidly to a life on tour. Branching out with some new hip-hop inspired sounds, go check out these guys living, surging and pulsing at Band on the Wall. 26.07.19
No Vacation
YES | £12ADV | 7:30pm
It was the transition from high school to college that sparked the formation of No Vacation. The fivestrong dream-pop band members met in a dorm room on the campus of the University of San Francisco. Fuelled by the need to escape their homesickness and extreme workloads, their 2015 debut album ‘Amo XO’ went down a storm with listeners, but the band decided to take a year-long hiatus shortly after. Now emerging from hibernation with their new album, they’re on
tour in the UK and Europe. You’ll get a glimpse of some of the band’s heartfelt emotions during their time apart including belongingness, regret, and struggles of resilience. 31.07.19
Stereolab
Albert Hall l £22.50ADV | 7pm
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are your thing, then Stereolab might be just the ticket you need to round off July. Coined as ‘postrock’, they’ve been on the scene since 1990 and are well versed in combining vintage electronica with intricate feminine vocals, drawing inspiration from funk and jazz. The bands unmistakable sound has stood the test of time with the likes of Blur and Pavement imitating aspects of their style, and more recently Tyler, The Creator has sampled their tracks. Fresh off the back of releasing two reconceptualised albums they’re on tour sending out lots of good vibes and messages.
his ‘Early Bedroom Sessions’. And, while, we’ve not heard much from him in the last few years, there’s no doubt this noughties legend will be putting on a performance to remember. 10.08.19
Chronixx
Victoria Warehouse £30ADV | 7pm
Chronixx has been making waves following this year’s Glastonbury festival – spotlighted in national media as one of the most exciting and diverse artists to perform this year. He’s one of Jamaica’s biggest
09.08.19
Basshunter
Gorilla | £12.50ADV | 11pm
Swedish seasoned club banger extraordinaire, Basshunter, is heading to Gorilla this August. He dominated the early 2000s dance charts with massive hits including ‘Now You’re Gone’ and ‘All I Ever Wanted’ and it’s these classics that will be making up his impressive set. Starting off as an internet phenomenon off the back of his first album, he was soon signed by Warner Bros in 2006. His last release was in 2013 which featured rare recordings of 12
known as Black Milk, is the Detroitborn rapper, songwriter and producer. He’s worked with some of hip-hop’s elite; J Dilla, Lloyd Banks and Pharoahe Monch and scored his first production credit with Slum Village as a teenager. His most recent inspirations include the likes of Tame Impala and The Internet, which have played a part in shaping his dynamic portfolio. With more than a decade and a half of industry experience behind him, he is an incredibly well-rounded, poised performer. Go see one of hip-hop’s most acclaimed live acts.
stars and beginning to become more well-known across the world as part of reggae’s huge revival. Off the back of his increasing global popularity, he has recently relaunched his ‘Dread & Terrible Project’ album with new track ‘Jah is There’. Go soak up those sweet afro-beats at Victoria Warehouse. 11.08.19
Black Milk
Band on the Wall £15ADV | 7pm
Curtis Eugene Cross, otherwise
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He takes his seat on the train from King’s Cross and orders a bottle of water from the trolley, eagerly reminiscing and surmising in equal measure as we probe about his music career – pausing for breath only when the conductor releases a long garbled message over the loudspeaker. At “the ripe old age of 63”, as he puts it, Peter’s hedonistic days might be over, but he’s still got the touring energy of a twenty-one-yearold. “The biggest frustration I had when I was in New Order was that they hardly ever played,” he puffs with exasperation.
racked up more than 500 shows since 2010, and he spent last night performing an orchestral rendition of JD’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ album.
“It was a challenging show,” he chuckles. “We wanted to make it the same, but different. The only way to do that was to give up a lot of the basslines to the orchestra. It really helped the music… but when it came to standing on stage, I felt very naked. It was like I had nothing to do!”
“Tim Crooks (the musical director for Joy Division Orchestrated) has done a fantastic job”
“It was a very different reaction to what we usually Peter Hook “It was like being get. Honestly, outside Costco and you could’ve no fucker would heard a pin drop. give you the keys. Unbelievable. I was waiting for someone to We had all this shit that people shout ‘get on with it ya bastard’. were queuing up around the block But literally there was silence.” for and nobody would let you open the door. It was so frustrating.” “Everyone seemed blown away by the new interpretation of it. ‘Hooky’ is certainly playing enough Tim Crooks (the musical director now. His Joy Division and New for Joy Division Orchestrated) Order vehicle The Light have has done a fantastic job.” 14
being on Factory Records was that there were no luxuries,” Peter laughs. “We never had our heads turned in any way. We kept our roots and suffering. In the late seventies, the height of luxury was having a toilet with a seat.”
‘Unknown Pleasures’, in any format, is widely recognised as being one of the most influential records ever produced; a seminal album unlike anything that came before it. June marked the 40th anniversary of its original release.
“Unknown Pleasures caught a “We were so young… and we moment at the end of Thatcher’s simply didn’t know how good we Britain, but it also were. In the end, the rallied against that was probably what most bands a good thing; you fell into around just get on with then – which it. We recorded was corporate the whole thing ownership,” at night over two Peter explains, weekends. It was decoding the cheaper that way.” LP’s significance. “The album was At the forefront all about being of ‘Unknown independent. Pleasures’, and It was protest everything Joy music. These Division, was Peter Hook days you don’t their enigmatic, really get that.” brooding singer Ian Curtis – whom “Ian Curtis, through his words, Peter continues to pay tribute to managed to capture what all of almost forty years after his death. us go through. That’s what made it stand the test of time. The “The reason I started playing Joy music still sounds great today.” Division and New Order music again was to celebrate Ian Curtis’ But these extraordinary results life – the man himself and his came from conflictingly inelegant legacy. Ian was fantastic. Even at surroundings. “The beauty about the height of his illness he was so
“Ian Curtis, through his words, managed to capture what all of us go through”
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passionate and enthusiastic about the group. He was our champion. If you ever started to falter or wane interest-wise, he was always the one who picked you up, put you back on the straight and narrow and go: ‘Come on – we can do it’.”
Division’s not coming back. What we’ve got is The Light – who play this music with the right amount of passion and enthusiasm.” “I’m still the biggest Joy Division and New Order fan there is.”
“My greatest satisfaction has The Light inhabit the bodies of both been taking Joy bands during many Division to all the shows, switching places Ian wanted seamlessly it to go: Brazil, from one to the Chile, Mexico, other mid-set. America, Russia, China, Mongolia, “There’s definitely Australia. He a difference always used to talk moving from Joy about us going to Division to New these places and Order, but what’s now we have done strangest for me is it for him. I’m very this divide among Peter Hook proud of that.” the fans,” Peter muses. “You really With the birth of don’t seem to get The Light came many people who the unenviable task of filling Curtis’ love both bands. They either shoes, and we ask Peter if he love New Order and they’re ok feels comfortable representing with Joy Division or vice versa.” such an iconic presence on stage. “When we play we can always He thinks about it for a second or tell who’s who because the Joy two. “Now I do,” he tells us. “It took Division fans are wearing the about six months before I could ‘Unknown Pleasures’ t-shirts. ease into it. I mean, what makes me When we look at the audience laugh about it is that this is all we’re and see those shirts we’re like: getting. Ian’s not coming back. Joy “Oh shit, New Order’s gonna bomb!”
“I’m still the biggest Joy Division and New Order fan there is”
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“I fucking love Manchester”
There’s no band just got people play music and time. That’s what
Both sets of fans will undoubtedly have their eyes set on Cotton Clouds – the upcoming festival taking place just a few miles east of Manchester in Saddleworth on 16-17 August.
Before the train pulls leaves us with a little cliff-hanger: he’s on some original
“I’m really looking forward to that one,” Peter enthuses. “There’s an aura around this festival – people are being really drawn in by it.” “I don’t think I’ve ever had more requests for guestlist than I have for Cotton Clouds. It could be the romantic name of it… or maybe I’m just surrounded by a load of freeloading b a s t a rd s ! ”
politics. We’ve who want to have a good it’s all about.”
“It’s always nice to do local festivals - it gives you a stage where you still have to prove yourself” Peter Hook
“It’s always nice to do local festivals. It gives you a stage where you still have to prove yourself. “
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in, Peter delightful working material.
“Pottsy (David Potts) and I played our first new song as Monaco last night, a track called ‘Higher, Higher, Higher Love’, inspired by Joy Division,” he reveals. “So yeah, we’re back on it now – working on the new Monaco EP as we speak. It went down great last night, so I’m looking forward to recording more now…”
See Peter Hook & The Light perform Joy Division and New Order live at Cotton Clouds festival on 16-17 August. Tickets are available online.
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our pick of the best emerging acts performing across manchester this July and august.
Luna Kiss 26.07.19
Gullivers
£6ADV | 7pm
Genre: Post Alternative // Rock // Indie Hometown: Coventry For Fans Of: Royal Blood // Arcane Roots Keep Your Ears Out For: ‘In The House - In A Heartbeat’ Facebook: LunaKissBandUK Twitter: @LunaKissBand
Indigo Youth 24.08.19
Jimmy’s
£7ADV | 7:30pm
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Flying the flag for Greater Manchester were those lovely lads from Stockport. Another performance to remember from Blossoms.
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You’d have thought the rain would’ve stopped the party, but the puddles became the dancefloor for DJ Koze.
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Pusha T crowned rap as this year’s festival winner, turning the whole tent into a mosh pit with a mix of new and classic material.
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It’s not every day a hip-hop king finds himself in Bury but Nas didn’t look or sound out of place as he dropped classic after classic.
Hypnotically laid back, Earl Sweatshirt effortlessly owned The Sounds of the Near Future tent with a dollop of sample rap.
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Slowthai’s debut suggests there’s ‘Nothing Great About Britain’. Anyone who saw the rapper’s full-throttle, half-naked set will disagree.
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More rain on Sunday was met by more partiers ignoring it. The day opens with a sublime smattering of alt-pop from Easy Life.
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Christine and The Queens’ performance was so carefully choreographed it wouldn’t have been out of place at the Palace Theatre.
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Mike Skinner paraded around stage proudly proclaiming that he, “brought the f***ing sunshine!” - he brought the tunes too!
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august Bank Holiday Guide The last big bank holiday weekend of 2019 is almost upon us and we really don’t know where the time went.
Be prepared with our August Bank Holiday Guide - we’ve rounded up the best festivals, gigs, club nights and more. Draw a big old circle around your favourites and let’s make it one to remember! The lie-in can wait.
Moovin Festival
23-25.08.19 | Whitebottom Farm | £27.50 Line-up: 2manydjs, Big Daddy Kane, Soul II Soul + many more Don’t Miss: Fickle Friends
Get yourself Moovin on out of the city centre this Bank Holiday and you won’t be disappointed. Wander through a canopy of trees, beyond a stunning lake, past a beautiful gorge and you’ll be greeted by some of the best funk, soul, groove, hip-hop and reggae acts around. Alongside all the household headliners are some mega artists including Morcheeba, Lee Scratch Perry, Nightmares on Wax and Horse Meat Disco. What’s better, you can camp for the weekend so you don’t miss a minute of the party. 28
Hidden Courtyard
25.08.19 l Downtex Mill l FRM£8.50 Line-up: Move D, Martin LooseCuts, Anton Fitz + many more
Don’t Miss: Special Guest - Anton Fitz
The coolest club in town is celebrating its 4th birthday in the only way it knows how. By throwing two parties totalling a whopping 12 hours across two sessions. That’s a lot of toe-tapping. The award-winning venue will be opening up all four areas, including the outdoor courtyard. Expect a mix of house, techno, disco and everything in between with even more acts still to be announced.
Manchester Pride Live! 23-26.08.19 l Mayfield l FRM£34.50 Line-up: Ariana Grande, Years & Years, Bananarama + many more
Don’t Miss: Basement Jaxx (DJ Set)
Every August Bank Holiday, Manchester bursts into colour, life and feel-good-fun thanks to the vibrant Pride celebrations. And this year, the party is spreading even further across the city with the introduction of Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield Depot. Heading up the bill and back in her second home once again is none other than honorary Manc, Ariana Grande. There’s plenty more to enjoy over the weekend too, including Pixie Lott and DJ sets from Basement Jaxx and Faithless. 29
S.L.A.G+
25.08.19 l Stage & Radio l FRM£4
Line-up: Mixing Mates, Pheromone and Jungle Julia Don’t Miss: Pheromone
As we’ve already mentioned, Manchester on the late Bank Holiday is all about Pride. Mixing Mates have done exactly what they say on the tin and mixed with their mate’s, Pheromones, to bring you 14 hours of music, art and drag dancers in NQ hotspot Stage & Radio. Aptly named S.L.A.G+ (Straights, Lesbians, Gays, Plus), you’ll be grooving to everything from disco to house in the main bar and then you’re free to wander down to the basement for your techno fix from 9pm.
Sequential Records Summer Showcase 25.08.19 l Lock 91 l FRM£10.15
Line-up: Scott Steadman, Jay Cosgrove + more TBA Don’t Miss: Scott Steadman
Sequential Records have been making waves in the house scene both here and in the US since they set up in 2012. So, to celebrate, they’re making waves on the canal around Castlefield Docks and throwing a boat party. Unfortunately for you and me, that’s now sold-out. But, due to high demand, there’s now a sun terraced after-party on Deansgate. While some might be feeling a bit sea (canal) sick, you’ll be ready for a night of premium house. Label boss and producer Jay Cosgrove is behind the decks with more DJs to follow.
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Play Saturday: Foam Party
25.08.19 l Liquid and Envy, Oldham l FRM£4.50 Line-up: Deejay Mo and M:Hand Don’t Miss: The drink offers
If you fancy throwing it back to your college days or to that Magaluf group holiday you took in 2012, then this is the night for you. Swimwear is allowed for one night only, so leave your best outfit at home, let your hair down and have some proper fun. No frills, just massive foam cannons. Resident DJs will be spinning all the house, hip-hop, R&B and grime that you love so you can slide* through the foam all night long. *Please slide tackle your mates responsibly.
Rhythm & Blues Festival 23-25.08.19 l Colne l FRM£99
Line-up: Geoff Achison, Danny Bryant, Anthony Gomes + many more Don’t Miss: The Achievers
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Rhythm & Blues Festival is a must for devotees and newbies to the genre. The cosy Lancashire town, Colne, comes to a complete standstill for a weekend of music, food, booze, busking and blues. Hosting some of the biggest names in Rhythm and Blues and the next big acts, each venue is within walking distance of the main street with capacities ranging from 50 to 750. Sounds like good old-fashioned Bank Holiday fun.
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Creamfields
22-25.08.19 l Daresbury l FRM£65
Line-up: Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris, The Chemical Brothers (live) + many more Don’t Miss: Dusky
It’s the UK’s biggest dance festival and we’re lucky enough to have it just down the road from us. And when we say biggest, we mean bigger than what you thought was the biggest. Just look at the line-up; Deadmau5, Martin Garrix, Tiesto, Eric Prydz, Carl Cox. A who’s who of dance music royalty. What’s great too is that there are hundreds of underground artists and rising stars dotted around the festival just waiting to be discovered.
A Guy Called Gerald 25.08.19 l South l FRM£11.25
Line-up: A Guy Called Gerald (4 hour set). Don’t Miss: Any of his set
One of Manchester’s original underground artists is heading back to Manchester’s original underground spot. None other than Hacienda legend A Guy Called Gerald will be behind the wheels of steel in South for a special 4-hour-set on Bank Holiday Sunday. The co-founder of 808 State and dance music producer of some 30 years will be transforming the basement into a 90’s Madchester utopia with the very best in acid house, soulful house and minimal techno. Just wait until he drops ‘Voodoo Ray’... 32
North Fest
24.08.19 l The Millgate, Failsworth l £15ADV
Line-up: The Clone Roses, The Smiths Ltd, Clint Boon, Davos + many more Don’t Miss: Davos (old skool piano set)
If you want a dose of Manchester music at a reasonable price, then look no further than North Fest. Tributes to The Stone Roses and The Smiths with have you singing along merrily, or perhaps not during renditions of ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’. Inspiral Carpets’ Clint Boon will also be making an appearance and Davos will take you back to those warehouse parties, with an ever-changing medley of old skool house and rave classics live on a piano.
Leeds Festival
23-25.08.19 l Bramham Park, Leeds l FRM£74.50
Line-up: Foo Fighters, The 1975, Post Malone + many more Don’t Miss: Lion
Leeds Festival feels like a bit of a rite of passage. Most of us start there, get a taste of festival life and then end up catching the festival fever. If you’ve never been or just want another helping, this year’s 20th anniversary feels like the perfect excuse with an incredibly diverse line-up to wade in to. Yep, those headliners are huge. And keeping you entertained elsewhere are Mura Masa, AJ Tracey, Sundara Karma, Denis Sulta and loads more.
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gig listings Monday - 22.07.19 Post Animal YES | £10ADV | 7:30pm Dalek Soup Kitchen | £11ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 23.07.19 The Body Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7:30pm Gus Dapperton Manchester Academy 2 £17ADV | 7:30pm Moon Hooch Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 7:30pm Shonen Knife Night and Day | £14ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 24.07.19 Action Bronson O2 Ritz | £27.50ADV | 7pm Thursday - 25.07.19 Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg Gorilla | £22ADV | 7pm Friday - 26.07.19 Gomez O2 Ritz | £27.50ADV | 6:30pm Puppet Theory The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Bloodywood Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm
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Helicon The Peer Hat | £8ADV | 7pm No Vacation YES | £12ADV | 7pm Living Colour Manchester Academy 2 £25ADV | 7:30pm DENOVA Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm Saturday - 27.07.19 Blue Harvest The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Muddy Elephant Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Band On The Wall £19ADV | 9pm Sunday - 28.07.19 Jenny Lewis RNCM | £20ADV | 7pm Victory Lane Satans Hollow | £5ADV | 7pm Monday - 29.07.19 Artmagic Jimmy’s | £10ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 31.07.19 Trevor Horn The Bridgewater Hall £27.50ADV | 7pm
JUly / AUG 2019 Gruesome Star And Garter | £15ADV | 7pm Stereolab Albert Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm Thursday - 01.08.19 Wade Bowen Gullivers | £14ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 02.08.19 Lime Cordiale Night People | £12ADV | 7pm Mad Professor Band On The Wall £12.50ADV | 9pm Saturday - 03.08.19 Plato The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm Hollow Vandals Aatma | £6ADV | 7:30pm Sunday - 04.08.19 After The Burial Satans Hollow | £12ADV | 7pm Phil Ranelin Band On The Wall £16ADV | 7:30pm Monday - 05.08.19 Animals As Leaders Manchester Academy £23ADV | 7:30pm
Tuesday - 06.08.19 Junior Star And Garter | £7ADV | 7pm Imarhan Night and Day | £14ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 07.08.19 Sithu Aye Satans Hollow | £10ADV | 6:30pm Thursday - 08.08.19 Dead Boys Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm The Buffalo Skinners The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7pm Laurel Canyon Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 09.08.19 Jessica Lynn Night People | £10ADV | 7pm Walter Lure’s L.A.M.F. ft Mick Rossi Rebellion | £20ADV | 7pm Harriet Tubman Band On The Wall l £17ADV | 7pm Basshunter Gorilla | £20ADV | 11pm Saturday - 10.08.19 Chronixx O2 Victoria Warehouse £30ADV | 7pm
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gig listings The Northern Threads Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Nev Cottee Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7pm
GFOTY Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Aiden Hatfield Fuel Cafe Bar | £5ADV | 7pm
Sunday - 11.08.19
Black Mekon Night and Day | £7ADV | 8pm
Black Milk Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 7pm Monday - 12.08.19 Skeletal Remains Rebellion | £12ADV | 6:30pm Average Sex The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 13.08.19 Prophets Of Rage Manchester Academy £45ADV | 7pm For The Fallen Dreams Star And Garter | £10ADV | 7pm Russian Circles Gorilla | £18ADV | 7:30pm Wednesday - 14.08.19 Oval Soup Kitchen | £12ADV | 7:30pm Epic Beard Men YES | £15ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 16.08.19 The Secret Rule Satans Hollow | £6ADV | 6pm
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Saturday - 17.08.19 The Bennies Star And Garter | £8ADV | 7pm Pram Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm Oceans On Mars The Bread Shed | £7ADV | 7:30pm Sunday - 18.08.19 Skunk Anansie Manchester Academy £27.50ADV | 7pm Medicine Boy The Peer Hat | £8ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 20.08.19 Lucky Peterson ft Tamara Tramell Band On The Wall £18.50ADV | 7:30pm Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul O2 Ritz | £33.50ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 22.08.19 Hannah’s Little Sister Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm
AUG 2019 Smif-N-Wessun Band On The Wall £15ADV | 7:30pm Amythyst Kiah Night and Day | £13ADV | 8pm Friday - 23.08.19 Slow Crush Gullivers | £7.50ADV | 7pm Dry Cleaning YES | £5ADV | 7:30pm Saturday - 24.08.19 Peter Broderick Soup Kitchen | £14ADV | 7pm Elephant Gym Factory | £10ADV | 7pm
Tuesday - 27.08.19 Machine Gun Kelly O2 Ritz | £27.50ADV | 7pm Tacocat Gullivers | £8.50ADV | 7:30pm Cate Le Bon Gorilla | £15ADV | 7:30pm Wednesday - 28.08.19 Stand Atlantic The Deaf Institute | £11ADV | 7pm Laura Jane Grace And The Devouring Mothers Manchester Academy 2 £22.50ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 29.08.19
Kanda Bongo Man + DJ SNO Band On The Wall l £16ADV | 7pm
Ocean Alley Gorilla | £12ADV | 7pm
Dandelion Rose The Eagle Inn | £7ADV | 7:30pm
Pink Sweat$ The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm
Indigo Youth Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm
William Tyler YES | £14ADV | 7:30pm
Jessy Lanza YES | £9ADV | 11pm
Wand Band On The Wall £12ADV | 7:30pm
Sunday - 25.08.19 GFOTY Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm Ding Dong & Teejay Manchester Academy £27ADV | 10pm
Friday - 30.08.19 Manchester Psych Fest 2019 Multiple Venues | £35ADV | 4pm James Taylor Quartet Band On The Wall | £16ADV | 7pm
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gig listings Saturday - 31.08.19
Tuesday - 03.09.19
Star Shaped Festival 2019 O2 Ritz | £32.50ADV | 1pm
Valis Ablaze Satans Hollow | £6ADV | 6pm
The Beths Gorilla | £10ADV | 7pm
Wednesday - 04.09.19
Press Club Night People | £9ADV | 7pm Harrison Whitford The Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Band On The Wall | £19.50ADV | 9pm Sunday - 01.09.19 Duff Mckagan Featuring Shooter Jennings Manchester Academy 3 £30ADV | 7pm The Spook School Gullivers | £8ADV | 7pm Deerhoof Gorilla | £14ADV | 7:30pm The Tyrants Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm Monday - 02.09.19 SOTO Rebellion | £17ADV | 7pm Ohtis The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7pm Gia Margaret YES | £10ADV | 7:30pm
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Johnny Marr Albert Hall | £30ADV | 7pm Off With Their Heads Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm Cosmonauts Night People | £10ADV | 7pm The Steel Woods The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm Danny Jones O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 7pm Sasami YES | £9ADV | 7:30pm Mark Mulcahy Gullivers | £15ADV | 7:30pm Charley Crockett Night and Day | £14ADV | 8pm Thursday - 05.09.19 KOAN Sound Gorilla | £16ADV | 7pm Johnny Marr Albert Hall | £30ADV | 7pm Mark Morriss Rose And Monkey | £10ADV | 7pm Adwaith YES | £5ADV | 7:30pm
AUG / sep 2019 Dylan LeBlaanc Night People | £12ADV | 7:30pm
Josh Turner RNCM | £22.50ADV | 7pm
Demons of Ruby Mae Band On The Wall l £10ADV | 7pm
Only Shadows Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Friday - 06.09.19
Pacific Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm
K Trap Club Academy | £13.50ADV | 7pm
Sunday - 08.09.19
The Zangwills The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7pm
Mark Morriss Rose And Monkey | £10ADV | 2pm
The Flaming Lips Manchester Academy £38ADV | 7pm
Vola Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm
The S.L.P. Albert Hall | £29.50ADV | 7pm Rory Wynne The Zombie Shack | £7ADV | 7pm Avalanche Party Band On The Wall | £6.50ADV | 7pm Federal Charm Rebellion | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Cleargreen Soup Kitchen | £6ADV | 7:30pm Dirty Laces Gorilla | £8ADV | 7:30pm
The Rubens The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm Boyzlife Club Academy | £28.50ADV | 7pm Littlehill Jimmy’s | £4ADV | 7pm Edwyn Collins Gorilla | £22.50ADV | 7:30pm Monday - 09.09.19 John Prine The Bridgewater Hall £35ADV | 7pm
Saturday - 07.09.19
Austin Jenckes The Castle Hotel | £12ADV | 7pm
Evil Scarecrow Rebellion | £16ADV | 6pm
Froth YES | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm
Che Lingo YES | £7.50ADV | 7pm
Michael Rother Gorilla | £25ADV | 7:30pm
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gig listings Tuesday - 10.09.19 Pete Murray Gorilla | £14ADV | 7pm Lust for Youth YES | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Merival The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 7:30pm Acid Dad Gorilla | £6ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 13.09.19
The Warlocks YES | £14ADV | 7:30pm
Once And Future Band Retro | £10ADV | 7pm
Wednesday - 11.09.19
Danny Starr Rose And Monkey | £7ADV | 7pm
Alice Chater The Deaf Institute £10ADV | 7:30pm Skinny Living Manchester Academy 3 £10ADV | 7:30pm Eric Paslay Band On The Wall l £17.50ADV | 7pm Tallies Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm Lincoln Durham The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 12.09.19
Horla The Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm Queen Cult The Peer Hat | £7ADV | 7:30pm Saturday - 14.09.19 Jason And The Scorchers O2 Ritz | £25ADV | 5pm Uneven Structure Satans Hollow | £10ADV | 6pm Julia Michaels Albert Hall | £20ADV | 7pm
Coby Fletcher Night People | £6ADV | 7pm
Youth Concept The Deaf Institute £8.50ADV | 7:30pm
Common O2 Ritz | £27.50ADV | 7pm
Lydia Ainsworth YES | £9ADV | 7pm
Love Fame Tragedy Gorilla | £12ADV | 7pm
M60 Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm
The Velveteers Retro | £8ADV | 7:30pm
ARCADES The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm
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Sep 2019 Sunday - 15.09.19
Wednesday - 18.09.19
InMe The Deaf Institute £16.50ADV | 7pm
Pixies O2 Apollo | £39.50ADV | 7pm
Eels Albert Hall | £35ADV | 7pm Tashi Wada ft Julia Holter & Corey Foley Soup Kitchen | £12ADV | 7pm YolanDa Brown Band On The Wall £15ADV | 7:30pm Monday - 16.09.19 Ant Middleton The Bridgewater Hall | £35ADV | 7pm Zuzu Jimmy’s | £7.50ADV | 7pm Stephen Malkmus YES | £17.50ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 17.09.19 Will Joseph Cook The Deaf Institute £10ADV | 7:30pm The Leisure Society Night and Day | £13.50ADV | 7pm
BiG HEATH YES | £10ADV | 7pm The Chesterfields Night and Day | £10ADV | 7:30pm The Ex The Deaf Institute £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 19.09.19 Acres Star And Garter | £8ADV | 7pm Hozier O2 Apollo | £29.50ADV | 7pm Drab Majesty Soup Kitchen | £14.50ADV | 7pm Working Men’s Club YES | £5ADV | 7:30pm London Astrobeat Orchestra Performs The Beatles Band On The Wall £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 20.09.19
Efrim Manuel Menuck And Kevin Doria Soup Kitchen | £13ADV | 7pm
The Warehouse Project: Aphex Twin Curates Mayfield Depot | £39.50ADV | 7pm
Modern Nature YES | £8ADV | 7:30pm
MTXS Star And Garter | £5ADV | 7pm
In partnership with
gig listings Nirvana UK Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm
Chon Gorilla | £16ADV | 7pm
Ben Shemie Soup Kitchen | £8.50ADV | 7pm
Spielbergs YES | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Kurt Rosenwinkel Bandit 65 Band On The Wall £17.50ADV | 7:30pm
Monday - 23.09.19
Royal South Gullivers | £15ADV | 7:30pm FISHER O2 Victoria Warehouse £25ADV | 9:30pm Saturday - 21.09.19 The Warehouse Project: Welcome To The Depot Mayfield Depot | £39.50ADV | 5pm Spear Of Destiny Gorilla | £17.50ADV | 7pm 11 Paranoias The Peer Hat | £9ADV | 7pm Rats Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7pm Y.O.U.N.G The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Emma Jade Gullivers | £5ADV | 7pm FISHER O2 Victoria Warehouse £25ADV | 9:30pm Sunday - 22.09.19
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Wintersleep The Castle Hotel £8.50ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 24.09.19 Aaron West The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm Big Zuu Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm Nile Club Academy | £20ADV | 7pm Mallory Knox Gorilla | £15ADV | 7:30pm Jacuzzi Boys Fairfield Social Club £8ADV | 7:30pm Alex Francis The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm Joe Nichols Night and Day | £17.50ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 25.09.19 Marika Hackman Band On The Wall | £14ADV | 7pm Ingrid Andress The Castle Hotel | TBA | 7pm
Sep 2019 Callum Beattie YES | £8ADV | 7pm
Matthew Halsall YES | £10ADV | 7:30pm
Ice Nine Kills Club Academy £12.50ADV | 7:30pm
Friday - 27.09.19
Tiny Moving Parts Manchester Academy 3 £12ADV | 7:30pm Natalie McCool Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 26.09.19 Stars The Deaf Institute | £16ADV | 6pm Keane O2 Apollo | £35ADV | 7pm Fetty Wap Manchester Academy £29.50ADV | 7pm Plastic Mermaids YES | £9ADV | 7:30pm
Wilco Albert Hall | £35ADV | 6pm No Hot Ashes O2 Ritz | £12.50ADV | 6:30pm Rory Wynne The Zombie Shack | £7ADV | 7pm Theon Cross YES | £11ADV | 7pm Jay1 Manchester Academy 2 £12ADV | 7pm Pale Waves Manchester Academy £17.50ADV | 7pm The Howl & The Hum The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm
Jeremy Tuplin The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7:30pm
Kill II This Manchester Academy 3 £13ADV | 7:30pm
Alex Cameron Gorilla | £14ADV | 7:30pm
Spiral Stairs Soup Kitchen | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm
With Confidence Manchester Academy £14ADV | 7:30pm Sarathy Korwar Band On The Wall £10.50ADV | 7:30pm
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