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Contents With festi-season just around the corner, we’ve handpicked the very best festivals happening on (and justoff) your doorstep and popped them into our 2019 Festival Guide.

With festivals on the brain, we’ve bagged some big-name festival tickets to give-away to our lovely readers, and we’ve sat down with indie-rockers The Amazons to discuss their upcoming set at Neighbourhood Weekender.

And, as per, we’ll keep you in the loop with what’s happening in MCR over the next month with a whole-lotta gig listings and features.

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Local News

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Picks Of The Month

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The Amazons Interview

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Emerging Sounds

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Festival Guide

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Gig Listings

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Giveaways

The Birdcage night club closes suddenly after 13 years.

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The venue was renowned for its cabaret nights, which featured flamboyant drag acts, showgirls and male dancers.

Despite undergoing a £400k refurbishment just two years ago, without warning the club confirmed on the 9 May that it had taken its final bow. No explanation has been given as to why the hen-party hangout has closed its doors but refunds are being offered to all those who have pre-purchased tickets to events.

Peter Hook & The Light to perform Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ and ‘Closer’ albums in their entirety.

The milestone performance - which celebrates the 40th anniversary of both albums will take place at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on the 16 May 2020.

It may be a year away, but with a captive hometown audience of faithful Factory fans, it is sure to sell out quick. A ‘warm-up’ show will take place at the O2 Academy Brixton in London on the 15 May. Tickets for both dates are on sale now from £32.50 and money raised will be donated to CALM and The Epilepsy Society in memory of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis.

Tom Kerridge’s Pub In The Park festival to return this June.

After its successful launch in 2018, Pub In The Park festival is set to return to Knutsford, Cheshire from 7-9 June. The festival boast gastro pub popups served with a side order of musical acts including Texas, Will Young, Stereo MCs, Soul ll Soul and The Bluetones.

Tickets for this year’s event are now on sale from £32.10.

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Picks

18.05.19

Fuzzy Sun

Club Academy £12ADV | 7:30pm

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Stockport five-piece Fuzzy Sun will take you on a journey through melodic, psychedelic pop, dipped in disco flare. Despite only officially being together for a year, they’ve already scooped the prestigious award for CityLife’s ‘Best Breakthrough Act’. Mentored by their Stockport counterparts, Blossoms, they will be supporting the band in their hometown at Edgley Park in June. Before that, however, they’re embarking on a ten-date tour of their own. Be sure to check out this funky fivesome before they get even bigger.

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Our pick of the best shows this month 17.05.19

Alfa Mist

Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm

Alfa Mist is quickly becoming the shining light on London’s jazz scene and is bringing his harmonious compositions to Manchester. Not one to blow his own trumpet – despite his multihyphenated skill set – he describes himself simply as a producer and composer. His luxurious jazz takes on a melancholic approach but with an upbeat soul injection including alt-hip-hop stylings. Fresh off the release of his new album, ‘Structuralism’, he’ll be performing his beats at Gorilla.

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Albert Hall l £22.50ADV | 7pm

Jimmy’s l £8ADV | 7:30pm

Mutant Monster

Zara Larsson

These Japanese punk sisters are on tour in the UK with their ferocious album ‘NEKOKABURI’.

The trio originally formed in 2008 and quickly built up a loyal fan base in Japan from playing extensive shows, making their first overseas performance at the Japan Expo in 2016. Their sound is heavily influenced by the British punk scene as they grew up listening to the likes of The Sex Pistols and The Clash. Make sure you don’t miss these exquisite punks at one of Manchester’s hottest venues, Jimmy’s.

Multi-platinum pop powerhouse, Zara Larsson first caught the attention of the music industry in 2008, when she won Talang (the Swedish version of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’) at only 10 years old.

Following this success, she signed a deal with Ten Music Group and issued her first single in 2013.

Since then she has collaborated with the likes of Tinie Tempah, David Guetta and Clean Bandit and some of her songs have reached almost a billion plays on Spotify. Go see this soulful electro-pop songstress in her throws of world domination.

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YES l £35ADV | 7:30pm

Heaton Park | £55ADV | 4pm

Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds

Martha Reeves And The Vandellas

Infamous Manchester native Noel Gallagher needs little introduction.

Fresh off the release of his new single ‘Black Star Dancing’ the former Oasis vocalist and lead guitarist, is bringing his high flying birds to Heaton Park. Expect even more new material as he’s revealed that he will be releasing two new EP’s for the first time since 2017 which, according to Gallagher, will be “very Mancunian-sounding”.

The homecoming gig will see him joined by Doves and White Denim, with more acts to be revealed. You’ll be in for a right treat at this show, our kid.

One of the most important groups of the 1960s, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, is bringing the embodiment of Motown to YES. During their time at the top, the ultimate divas scored dozens of hit singles, including ‘Nowhere To Run’, ‘Dancing In The Street’, and ‘Jimmy Mack’. Since the ‘60s the band members have staunchly remained in the music industry and Martha is regularly seen in stage shows in the West End and on Broadway.

Whether you lived through that decade or are newer fans, these seasoned songstresses will certainly put on a performance to remember.

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their combination of cosmological rhythm, empowerment and feminism. ‘Oshun’ is a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions. Essentially, an African “goddess of love and sweet waters” – and these two certainly personify that. You’ll be in for a transcendental experience at Band on the Wall as they wow using ambient harmonic textures teamed with heavy drums and bass.

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Parklife

Heaton Park FRM£69.50 | 12pm

This is the one weekend where you’re guaranteed to find the Arndale deserted as Mancunians and more descend like glitter-faced zombies on Heaton Park. Solange, Cardi B and Geroge Ezra will top the bill at arguably the city’s favourite festival, with the likes of Christine & the Queens, Nas, Disclosure, Blossoms, Annie Mac, Loyle Carner and more performing across eight stages. Meanwhile, chill-out zones, funfair rides, installations, roaming entertainers, interactive art and much more, make it a completely immersive experience. Grab your mates, don your best festival garms and get down to this iconic event.

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OSHUN

Band On The Wall £13.50ADV | 8pm

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Legend has it that a tribe known as The Amazons once existed on the fringes of civilisation.

all wanted to get out there and see what experiences we could have outside this place.”

Singer-songwriter Matt Thomson had been reading a book on this phenomenon and thought it’d be a pretty cool band name, but his interview with The Live Guide reveals that his rock group have far more in common with this mythical clan than just a moniker.

That’s not to say The Amazons are ashamed of their roots, though.

Far from it. According to Matt, the group might not have even existed without their hometown’s flagship festival.

“Reading Festival is definitely one of the main reasons why we’re a band today,” Matt says defiantly.

“Reading (Festival) is the biggest thing on our calendar ”

Formed in Reading, they too grew up “Growing up, there on the periphery of wasn’t much going a well-known world on most of the which they longed to time. But for three Matt Thomson be a part of. “Being days a year, the from Reading, artists of the world you’re always looking outwards all descended upon this grey, at the world. Everything outside it mundane, sleepy commuter town promises adventure,” Matt tells us. and performed on our doorstep.”

“The town doesn’t have a huge history in music. There’s a little bar scene which myself, Elliot (bassist) and Chris (guitarist) were a part of for a good while, and when we met our drummer Joe in 2014, we

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“I mean, imagine it. You’re a kid playing in shitty cover bands, you’re pretty shit at the guitar, you’re kind of thinking about giving up, and then you go to this festival and you watch Queens Of The

Stone Age or Kings Of Leon and your world’s turned upside down.

You’re thinking: ‘Fuck me; I want to do this! I want to be on stage.

What’s backstage? I want access to those closed doors. I want to see what’s on the other side.’ Some people don’t care about that stuff.

But we certainly did. That’s why Reading is the biggest thing on our calendar and we can’t wait to play there later this year.”

Ever since gawping at the big guns rocking away in their backyard, The Amazons have been on a wild global journey to earn themselves a spot on the megafestival bill alongside their heroes.

of high-powered indie rock (with more than a few dashes of metal) has proven a fitting soundtrack for an action-packed five years – and the group embarked on a whole different kind of venture in 2018 to find inspiration for their sophomore album ‘Future Dust’; heading out to Three Cliffs Bay in Wales.

“We decided to go on a writing trip somewhere unique,” Matt tells us. “On the front cover of the new album you can see us all standing in a cave outline at Three Cliffs. That’s where we wrote ‘Future Dust’. The image works as a snapshot Matt Thomson of that time.”

“Half the album is a love letter to rock and roll ”

“We’ve got some much stronger themes on this record. Sonically, it’s quite different to our first album, too.

We’ve been developing a lot as we’ve toured and worked hard to master our individual crafts.”

They’ve supported Jimmy Eat World at the Dublin Olympia, set their tour van on fire in broad daylight (a spectacular image used as the cover art for their eponymous debut LP), amassed millions of plays on Spotify, and been touted as a ‘band to watch’ by BBC Radio and NME. Today alone they’ve squeezed in two interviews and a photoshoot for Kerrang!

The Amazons’ euphonious brand

“Half the album is a love letter to rock and roll, and the other half is an exploration of what we can do; where we’re at as people. A lot of it is rooted in personal experiences.”

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Interestingly, though, with every new adventure the band enjoys, they find themselves looking back at their roots more than ever. “I’ve always been interested in the origins of things, but even more so recently,” Matt tells us.

Amazons across the UK this year – with an upcoming gig scheduled at Neighbourhood Weekender

“We can’t wait to play this one,” Matt exclaims. “This area means a lot to us. We’ve done pretty much the whole circuit of Manchester.

We started out at Dot To Dot Festival playing at Soup Kitchen to about ten people, then the crowds just started getting bigger with every venue we played.”

“I think the further we go down the path creatively, the more the music of our formative years, kind of creeps up on us. Bands I loved when I first got into rock and roll – Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones – I’ve found myself revisiting and wanting to know what they were Matt Thomson influenced by. Why were they so great?”

“Manchester definitely feels like our spiritual home”

“There was one gig at the Albert Hall that felt like the homecoming for me.

We walked off stage being like: ‘Wow… that was the best gig we’ve ever done.’

“It’s been interesting delving into the people at the beating heart of rock and roll like blues artists. I mean, we’re not making a blues record… but you’ve got to know where you come from, don’t you? I’ve loved digging into that and learning about why we do what we do.”

“Reading might home, but after in Manchester feels like our

be our technical playing so much – this definitely spiritual home.”

When he’s not busy trawling the annals of rock and roll history, Matt will be on stages with The

Catch The Amazons at Neighbourhood Weekender on 26 May.

“We’re fucking excited. It’s a great line-up and we’re really going to bring it.”

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“I fucking love Manchester”

our pick of the best emerging acts performing across manchester this may and june.

Vistas 30.05.19

Night People £6ADV | 7pm

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Gullivers

£12ADV | 7:30pm

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Festival Guide 2019 The best time of the year is upon us once again. No, we’re not talking about Christmas. We’re obviously on about festival season. It’s that wonderful period when you round up the troops, head to a random field or a new venue, get merry and bask in some of the best music around. If you still don’t know where you’re heading this summer, don’t fear, our round-up of the best festivals in the glorious North West of England is here to help you fill that diary.

Cotton Clouds

16-17/8/19 Saddleworth

35mins frm MCR

Peter Hook & The Light, The Wailers, Ash FRM£36

Last year’s sold-out debut earned Cotton Clouds a nomination for ‘Best New Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards. They’re ready to do it all over again this August beneath the beautiful hills of the Peak District.

Alongside three pretty special headliners that’ll take you back, there’s some afro-funk from Agbeko, hip-hop from local lads The Mouse Outfit, a fair few classics from Tim Burgess and plenty more. With music across three stages and activities for all ages, it’s a festival the whole family can get stuck into.

Parklife

8-9/6/19

Heaton Park

20mins frm MCR

Cardi B, George Ezra, Migos FRM£69.50

The Mancunian party in the park is back with another mega line-up that’ll turn heads the world over. No matter what genre gets you going, Parklife has managed to round up the best of the best. Hip-hop head? There’s Nas, Pusha T, Earl Sweatshirt, Loyle Carner and more. Electronic enthusiast? Peggy Gou, Moodymann, Todd Terje and Solomun, to name but a few. And if you just fancy a singalong, there’s the likes of Blossoms, The Streets, Mark Ronson and Christine and the Queens. Wow.

Leeds Festival

23-25/8/19

Bramham Park

1h15mins frm MCR

Foo Fighters, The 1975, Post Malone FRM£74.50

Leeds Festival feels like a bit of a rite of passage for any festival goer. If you’ve never experienced it or even if you fancy another taste of the action, this year’s 20th anniversary feels like the perfect excuse. Originally starting out as a rock festival, other sounds have been warmly welcomed recently and the line-up this time around is as diverse as it gets. Ably propping up those monster headliners, you’ve got everything from Billie Eilish, Anderson. Paak and Royal Blood to CamelPhat and Dave. A whirlwind of musical mastery.

Inner City Electronic

1-2/6/19 Leeds

1hr frm MCR

Nina Kraviz, Nightmares on Wax (DJ set),

Motor City Drum Ensemble FRM£42

Leeds has a long love-in with electronic music. So, it makes perfect sense that it’s the destination for a celebration of the scene and its culture. There’s a huge programme of music, talks and workshops taking place across 11 of the city’s established venues with a bunch of secret locations still to be revealed. As well as tonnes of performances from established artists and the-next-big-things, the festival is also there to give anyone with an interest in the scene a platform to collaborate, gain insight and develop their skills.

Sounds of the City

6-13/7/19

Castlefield Bowl

Hacienda Classical, Bloc Party, Kylie Minogue FRM£30 If you’ve been in and around Manchester during any summer over the past 4 years, you know what Sounds of the City is all about. What’s better than taking in some premium live music in a stunning location slap bang in the city centre? Answers on a postcard, please. The week long festival just keeps on growing in popularity, proved by another amazing line-up that includes The National, The Kooks, Elbow and none other than Kylie Minogue.

The Beat-Herder

12-14/7/19 Clitheroe

50mins frm MCR

Rudimental, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx FRM£175

Even at the ripe festival age of 13, The Beat-Herder still maintains its reputation as one of the most community-spirited gatherings around. From humble beginnings with a few stages and some hippy food stalls, there’s now a whopping 16 areas for you to enjoy music, 14 bars to keep you hydrated and happy, 40+ stalls to peruse and a fairground where you’re free to laugh away the day. It’s a gathering built on love and we challenge you not to have an absolute blast.

Bluedot Festival

18-21/7/19

Jodrell Bank

50mins frm MCR

Kraftwerk, New Order, Hot Chip FRM£65

What kind of festival celebrates half a century since the moon landings with music, art and science? The best kind. Oh, the surroundings aren’t bad either, just casually taking place beneath the gigantic Lovell Telescope in Jodrell Bank. With five arenas for you to explore, you could find yourself lost in immersive music, mindblowing scientific experiments, exhilarating art, futuristic robot workshops or staring at an awe-inspiring planetarium. The whole festival is just one big sensory overload.

Cocoon in the Park

13/7/19 Leeds

1hr frm MCR

Sven Väth, Patrick Topping, Eats Everything FRM£50

If one of dance music’s biggest characters and best producers curates his own party in the grounds of a Tudor-Jacobean house, you just know it has to be great. Unfortunately, it’s set to be Sven Väth’s last Cocoon in the Park, but there’s no time to commiserate.

Instead, let’s celebrate with some amazing headliners and epic performances from the likes of Alan Fitzpatrick and Enzo Siragusa.

Download Festival 14-16/6/19

Donnington Park

1h45mins frm MCR

Def Leppard, Slipknot, Tool FRM£79.50

If you like things on the heavier side, Download Festival is your paradise. It’s one of the world’s biggest and best gatherings of all things metal, punk and rock, and it’s only a short drive down the M6.

The line-up is the perfect mash-up of rock royalty and the latest breakthrough stars who might well be your new favourite band. Away from rocking out, why not visit the onsite cinema, ride on the funfair, get a tattoo, shop the merch, or, tie the knot at weird and wonderful inflatable Wedding Chapel.

Tramlines

19-21/7/19

Sheffield

1h10min frm MCR

Two Door Cinema Club,

Courteeners, Nile

Rodgers & Chic FRM£40

Sheffield has birthed some groundbreaking bands over the years, so it’s only right that they have a famous rock, indie and alternative festival to celebrate too. Tramlines takes place across a number of venues throughout the city and there’s a strong emphasis on championing local talent and creativity. Oh, there’s still plenty of room for some of the best acts from across the globe too. And, just for good measure, there’s a pop-up cinema, an expanded family area, comedy acts and a delicious food and drink line-up.

Manchester International Festival 4-21/7/19

Manchester City Centre

Skepta, Janelle MonĂĄe, Yoko Ono FRMFree

For over two weeks in July, Manchester International Festival will be celebrating music, art and theatre from across the globe by bringing original, new work and special events to our doorstep. As well as some incredible international artists performing, MIF are keen to get communities around Manchester involved with public projects and workshops. You’ll find events at all the big venues like Manchester Cathedral, HOME and Manchester Art Gallery. Plus, some of the action will be spreading out to quirky spaces like railway depots and even car parks.

Neighbourhood Weekender

25-26/5/19 Warrington

40min frm MCR

George Ezra, Richard

Ashcroft, Primal Scream FRM£55

What a way to kick off festival season. On the second May Bank Holiday you’ll find us partying in a park in Warrington, and that’s exactly where you should be too. The bill is packed with big hitters from the indie and alternative world, past and present. There’s some incredible company beyond the household headline names, from local lads The Charlatans and Fuzzy Sun to noughties legends The Twang, Maximo Park and Kate Nash.

Lytham Festival

10-14/7/19

Lytham Green

1hr frm MCR

Stereophonics, Rod Stewart FRM£35

Another one just a short drive out of town is Lytham Festival.

Starting off back in 2009 as a one-day event, it’s grown into five fun-packed days that sees thousands flock to the delightful Lancashire seaside for a dose of music, comedy, literature and art.

It’s their 10th anniversary this year and their celebrating in style. Take your pick from Stereophonics, The Human League, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue and the Hollywood Proms with Michael Ball and Sheridan Smith.

Kendal Calling

25-28/7/19

Lake District

1h45min frm MCR

Courteeners, Doves,

Manic Street Preachers FRM£148

The Lake District is a beauty at the best of times. It gets even more magnificent at the end of July when thousands of festival-goers make the pilgrimage to the North Lakes for a weekend to remember. As well as yet another stellar and varied music line-up, Kendal Calling’s real selling point is its unique, friendly and fun atmosphere. There’s an area dedicated to the little ones so they’re always entertained, ace art installations, a market and plenty of bars and food stalls to fuel all that fun.

Manchester Jazz Festival

23-27/5/19

Manchester City Centre

Noya Rao, Tippett & Bourne + Isotach, Tim Garland’s Weather Walker FRMFree

This year, the MJF festival hub is moving from it’s usual home on Albert Square to St Ann’s Square just down the road. It’s going to take more than a massive town hall refurbishment to stop Manchester’s longestrunning and award-winning festival. From free gigs showcasing the hottest new acts to performances from some of the best local, national and international contemporary musicians dotted around venues across the city, there’s jazz for everyone. Plus, they’ve partnered with the Manchester Food & Drink Festival to bring you the very best refreshments.

gig listings Friday - 17.05.19 Alfa Mist Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm Theatre of Hate Club Academy | £17ADV | 7:30pm Crocodiles Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm John Ainsworth Lock 91 | £8ADV | 7pm Rascalton YES | £7ADV | 7:30pm All Tvvins Deaf Institute | £13ADV | 7:30pm China Bowls Hive | £8ADV | 7:30pm Jordan Rooker Aatma | £5ADV | 7:30pm William Bishop St Michael’s | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm Urban Theory Band On The Wall | £8ADV | 7:30pm Flamingods YES | £10ADV | 8pm Tide Lines Night & Day | £12ADV | 8pm Fac 51 The Hacienda Albert Hall | FRM£20 | 9pm Teki Latex YES | £5ADV | 11pm

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Ian Prowse & Amsterdam Manchester Academy 3 £15ADV | 7:30pm Saturday - 18.05.19 LP O2 Ritz | £22ADV | 6pm The Longcut Soup Kitchen | £9.50ADV | 7pm The Mariachis Deaf Institute | £13.50ADV | 7pm Secret Affair Gorilla | £20ADV | 7pm Chris Difford The Stroller Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm Oh Sees Albert Hall | £22ADV | 7pm Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge YES | £17ADV | 7pm Latenight Honeymoon Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7pm Thea Gilmore RNCM | £20ADV | 7pm Acârash Star & Garter | £6ADV | 7pm Jason Lytle St Philip’s Chapel Street £17.50ADV | 7:30pm Twenty Eighth Club Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm

may 2019 Fuzzy Sun Club Academy | £12ADV | 7:30pm

Alaskalaska YES | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm

The Leisure Society Manchester Academy 3 £13ADV | 7:30pm

Brian McFadden Matt & Phred’s | £15ADV | 8pm

Witch Fever YES | £6ADV | 8pm John Hall’s Filing Cabinet FT White Room Night People | £6ADV | 9pm Dengue Dengue Dengue YES | £5ADV | 11pm David Penn Gorilla | FRM£10 | 11pm Sunday - 19.05.19 Too Many Zooz Band On The Wall £20ADV | 4PM & 8PM Paul Young RNCM | £30ADV | 7pm Chapter and Verse Night People | £7ADV | 7pm Scream Blue Murder Star & Garter | £6ADV | 7pm Walking on Cars O2 Ritz | £14ADV | 7pm Sunwatchers Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm J Mascis Gorilla | £20ADV | 7:30pm

Monday - 20.05.19 Open Mike Eagle Gorilla | £16.50ADV | 7pm Manic Street Preachers O2 Ritz | £39.50ADV | 7pm The Nude Party Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7:30pm Caamp Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm CHAI YES | £8ADV | 7:30pm Nick Ball & The Wrong Crowd Gullivers | £5ADV | 8pm Yola Night & Day | £15ADV | 8pm Tuesday - 21.05.19 Manic Street Preachers O2 Ritz | £39.50ADV | 7pm Zara Larsson Albert Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm Blackpink Manchester Arena FRM£85 | 6:30pm Matthew And The Atlas Deaf Institute | £12.50ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

gig listings Tomberlin YES | £10ADV | 7pm

Whiskey Myers O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7pm

Aldous Harding Gorilla | £10ADV | 7:30pm

Peter Perrett Deaf Institute | £22.50ADV | 7pm

James Walsh Factory | £15ADV | 7:30pm

Skinny Pelembe YES | £10ADV | 7pm

Zig Zags Soup Kitchen | £8.50ADV | 7:30pm

Jacco Gardner Soup Kitchen | £12ADV | 7:30pm

Georgia YES | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Friday - 24.05.19

King Champion Sounds Castle Hotel | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm Emma Stevens Gullivers | £12ADV | 8pm Lights Night & Day | £14ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 22.05.19 Lauran Hibberd Jimmy’s | £8ADV | 7pm Big Thief O2 Ritz | £15ADV | 7pm Mildlife YES | £10ADV | 7:30pm Jon Ronson Albert Hall | £25ADV | 8pm Thursday - 23.05.19 The Common View Bar 21 | £7ADV | 6pm

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Dot To Dot Festival Various Venues | £14ADV | 1pm A Certain Ratio YES | £20ADV | 7pm Children of Zeus Manchester Cathedral £15ADV | 7pm Hibushibire Star & Garter | £8.50ADV | 7:30pm Massaoke Manchester Academy 2 £12ADV | 7:30pm DJ Boring Gorilla | £12ADV | 11pm Saturday - 25.05.19 Neighbourhood Weekender Victoria Park | FRM£55 | 12pm Gigantic Vol 5 Manchester Academy £38.50ADV | 1pm

may 2019 A Certain Ratio YES | £25ADV | 4pm

Mutant Movement Night People | FRM£3 | 11pm

Sting & Shaggy O2 Apollo | £55ADV | 7pm

Retro Gorilla | £10ADV | 11pm

Ex Hex Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm

Monday - 27.05.19

Max Cooper Gorilla | £18ADV | 7pm KRS-One Club Academy | £18ADV | 7pm Killing Eve Night People | £13ADV | 7pm Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club ft. The Allergies Band On The Wall | £19.50ADV | 9pm Sunday - 26.05.19 Neighbourhood Weekender Victoria Park | FRM£55 | 12pm YES Fest YES | FRM£20 | 12pm Kip Moore Manchester Academy 2 £22.50ADV | 7pm Lizzo O2 Ritz | £17.50ADV | 7pm

Make Them Suffer Rebellion | £12ADV | 2pm Emilia Mårtensson Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Maren Morris Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7pm Darkcell Satans Hollow | £8ADV | 7pm Connan Mockasin Band On The Wall £19.50ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 28.05.19 Benjamin Zephaniah & The Revolutionary Minds Gorilla | £18.50ADV | 7pm Dick Valentine Jimmy’s | £10ADV | 7:30pm Tamaryn Night People | £10ADV | 7:30pm

Buck & Evans Jimmy’s | £12ADV | 7:30pm

Sangre De Muerdago Manchester Academy 3 £12ADV | 8pm

Duran Duranies Night People | £11.50ADV | 9pm

Cedric Burnside Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 7:30pm

In partnership with

gig listings The Mahones Rebellion | £10ADV | 7pm

Thursday - 30.05.19

Wednesday - 29.05.19

Leeched Star & Garter | £7ADV | 7pm

Spice Girls Etihad Stadium | FRM£55 | 5pm

Howard Jones Bridgewater Hall | £17.50ADV | 7pm

Dido Albert Hall | £42.50ADV | 7pm

Skids Gorilla | £22ADV | 7pm

Tower of Power O2 Ritz | £30ADV | 7pm

Vistas Night People | £6ADV | 7pm

Foreign Beggars YES | £15ADV | 7pm

Spencer Krug Anthony Burgess Foundation £11.50ADV | 7:30pm

The Game Manchester Academy £30ADV | 7pm

Gaika YES | £10ADV | 8pm

Jack Savoretti O2 Apollo | £23.50ADV | 7pm

Riot Jazz Brass Band Band On The Wall | £11ADV | 8pm

The Sugarhill Gang Club Academy | £17ADV | 7pm

Strand of Oaks Night & Day | £15ADV | 8pm

Wheatus Deaf Institute | £16.50ADV | 7pm

Friday - 31.05.19

Death and Vanilla Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7pm Baloji Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 8pm Nina Cobham Aatma | £4ADV | 8pm Mark Knopfler Manchester Arena £45ADV | 6:30pm

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Spice Girls Etihad Stadium | FRM£55 | 5pm Olly Murs Manchester Arena | FRM£29 | 6pm Imperial Wax Night People | £12ADV | 7pm Glen Matlock Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm The Papashangos Jimmy’s | £8ADV | 7pm

may / jun 2019 Gnoomes The Peer Hat | £8ADV | 7pm

Wojtek The Bear Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm

The Magic Of Motown Bridgewater Hall | FRM£27.50 | 7pm

Aria Aatma | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Spinn Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Pip Blom Band On The Wall | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Mutant Monster Jimmy’s | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Hi Sienna Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Dizzy Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Sunday - 02.06.19

Hollowstar Star & Garter | £9ADV | 7pm

The Best Of John Williams Bridgewater Hall | £42ADV | 2:30pm

Roni Size Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 10pm

Vikram Hazra Band On The Wall £20ADV | 2:30pm

John O’Callaghan Gorilla | £23.50ADV | 11pm

Saara Aalto Deaf Institute | £35ADV | 7pm

DJ Seinfeld Hidden | £15ADV | 11pm

Rose Elinor Dougall Gullivers | £10ADV | 7pm

Saturday - 01.06.19

Fit For An Autopsy Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm

North West Calling O2 Ritz | £28ADV | 12pm Spice Girls Etihad Stadium | FRM£55 | 5pm LIINES YES | £8ADV | 7pm Paolo Post Future Night People | £7ADV | 7pm The Dead Freights Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7pm

Gov’T Mule Manchester Academy 2 £26.50ADV | 7pm The Rutles Gorilla | £22.50ADV | 7pm Ryan McCombs Factory | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Low Cut Connie Night & Day | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm

In partnership with

gig listings Second Still The Peer Hat | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Martha Reeves And The Vandellas YES | £35ADV | 7:30pm

Monday - 03.06.19

Guerilla Toss Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Methyl Ethel YES | £10ADV | 7:30pm Legendary Shack Shakers Night & Day | £14ADV | 8pm Tuesday - 04.06.19 Emmy The Great Deaf Institute | £15ADV | 7pm Flamin’ Groovies Club Academy | £20ADV | 7pm Heart Of A Coward Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm Rachel K Collier Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm Snail Mail Gorilla | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Maisha YES | £10ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 05.06.19 Bursters Club Academy l £17.50ADV | 6:30pm Liz Phair Gorilla | £27.50ADV | 7:30pm Thursday - 06.06.19 Mumford & Sons Manchester Arena | £37ADV | 6pm

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Chinese Man Gorilla | £20ADV | 7:30pm Tamu Massif Castle Hotel | £9ADV | 7:30pm The Buena Vista Band On The Wall £15ADV | 7:30pm Dakota Avenue Star & Garter | £5ADV | 7:30pm Damon & Naomi Eagle Inn | £10ADV | 7:30pm Friday - 07.06.19 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Heaton Park | £55ADV | 4pm Wallows Manchester Academy 2 £12ADV | 6pm Steve Hillage Band O2 Ritz | £30ADV | 6:30pm Jeru The Damaja Gorilla | £20ADV | 6:30pm Hands Off Gretel Retro | £8ADV | 7pm Megan McKenna Deaf Institute | £13.50ADV | 7pm

Jun 2019 VC Pines Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Electric Viper Club Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm

A.A. Bondy Gullivers | £10ADV | 7:30pm

The Mutones Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm

Rahsaan Patterson Band On The Wall £17.50ADV | 7:30pm

HAiG Night & Day | £6ADV | 7:30pm

Bulsara And His Queenies Club Academy | £20ADV | 7:30pm Five Days North Bread Shed | £8ADV | 7:30pm Kül Tablasi The Peer Hat | £6ADV | 7:30pm The Parish Church Fire Eagle Inn | £5ADV | 8pm MSC Big Band Band On The Wall £7.50ADV | 11pm Saturday - 08.06.19 Parklife 2019 Heaton Park | FRM£69.50 | 2pm The Membranes O2 Ritz | £17.50ADV | 4pm Muse Etihad Stadium | £35ADV | 5pm Rhythm of the 90s Gorilla | £15ADV | 6:30pm We Are Not Devo Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm

Sunday - 09.06.19 Parklife 2019 Heaton Park | FRM£69.50 | 2pm Midnight Oil O2 Apollo | £45ADV | 7pm Billie Marten Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm Sam Morrow Gullivers | £12ADV | 7:30pm Sophie Ellis Bextor Bridgewater Hall | £30ADV | 7pm Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets RNCM | £27.50ADV | 7:30pm Femi Kuti Band On The Wall £23.50ADV | 8pm Monday - 10.06.19 Church Club Academy | £25ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 11.06.19 Foals O2 Victoria Warehouse £37.50ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

gig listings Axel Flovent Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7pm Meat Puppets Rebellion | £22.50ADV | 8pm Wednesday - 12.06.19 Foals O2 Victoria Warehouse £37.50ADV | 7pm The HU Manchester Academy 3 £16ADV | 7:30pm Lucy Dacus YES | £11ADV | 7:30pm Abstract Orchestra Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 8pm Thursday - 13.06.19 Ben Fenner Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Bad Wolves Manchester Academy 2 £15ADV | 7:30pm Hatchie YES | £8ADV | 7:30pm Colossal Squid Soup Kitchen | £6ADV | 7:30pm

Friday - 14.06.19 Zanias Night People | £12ADV | 7pm Sunset Rollercoaster Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm Hop Along Gorilla | £14ADV | 7pm W. H. Lung Band On The Wall £10ADV | 7:30pm Vanishing Twin Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm Ministry of Sound - The Annual Classical Bridgewater Hall £32ADV | 7:30pm Polar States Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7:30pm Sacred Paws YES | £8ADV | 7:30pm Sham Bodie 46 Fairfield Social Club | £10ADV | 7pm Guadalupe Plata Night & Day | £12.50ADV | 8pm Saturday - 15.06.19

Sinfonia Cymru & Kabantu Band On The Wall | £12ADV | 8pm

The Courteeners Heaton Park | £49.50ADV | 4pm

Jamali Maddix The Patron | £6ADV | 8pm

Betty Harris Deaf Institute | £20ADV | 7pm

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Jun 2019 Younghusband Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Metallica Etihad Stadium | FRM£50 | 4pm

Oshun Band On The Wall £13.50ADV | 8pm

The Sheepdogs Deaf Institute | £11ADV | 7:30pm

Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Band On The Wall | £15ADV | 11pm

Gary Clark Jr. Albert Hall | £24.50ADV | 7pm

Sunday - 16.06.19

I Prevail O2 Ritz | £15ADV | 7pm

Nervus Soup Kitchen | £10ADV | 7pm

Ava Luna Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Jesse Malin Deaf Institute | £16ADV | 7:30pm

Paul Cauthen Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7:30pm

George Capon Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm

Wednesday - 19.06.19

Misty In Roots Band On The Wall | £16ADV | 8pm Monday - 17.06.19 Dave Haslam Gorilla | £7.50ADV | 7pm Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts Soup Kitchen | £13ADV | 7pm Yoke Lore & Litany Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm Madonnatron Gullivers | £7ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 18.06.19 Candlebox Manchester Academy 3 £17.50ADV | 7:30pm

Taking Back Sunday Manchester Academy £25ADV | 7pm Stereolab Albert Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm Due Star & Garter | £8ADV | 7pm Mishka Shubaly Gullivers | £10ADV | 7:30pm

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