With summer just around the corner, it can only mean one thing – the live music and entertainment scene is set to ramp up.
This week, tickets have gone on sale for a bunch of incredible shows, including Yorkshire rock band Embrace, rising Irish trio Kingfishr, and TV frontman Ant Middleton.
And there’s also still time to bag your place at Gary Numan’s upcoming Manchester shows and Clubland’s dance party at the AO Arena next week – read on for the full list.
Embrace – Manchester Academy
November 16, 2024
Embrace are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their massive-selling ‘Out of Nothing’ album with an 11-date UK tour in November, playing their biggest-selling record in full, along with their other greatest hits.
The tour will follow on from the band’s huge upcoming Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey show in July, where Embrace will play ‘Out of Nothing’ in full for the first time ever, in front of 6,000 fans.
Released in September 2004, ‘Out of Nothing’ became the band’s biggest-selling album of their career to date, debuting at number one and going on to sell over 600,000 copies, double platinum, in the UK alone. The album catapulted the band back to the top of the charts off the back of huge top 10 hit single ‘Gravity’ – written by Danny McNamara’s friend and Coldplay main-man Chris Martin – and the anthemic hit single ‘Ashes’.
Tickets are on sale here now.
Ant Middleton – The Lowry Lyric Theatre, Salford
November 11, 2024
Best-selling author, TV frontman and podcaster Ant Middleton has announced a brand new 18-date tour for autumn 2024.
It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since Ant has been on stage in the UK with his Zero Negativity Tour in 2021, and yet within that time it has been both a tumultuous and exhilarating ride.
This year, Ant Middleton returns to the UK stage to talk all things K2; from the gut-wrenching experience of leaving his family to travel to one of the most dangerous mountains in the world – and the consecutive obstacles he had to surmount – to the summit itself. This will be an emotive look into the journey which was both life affirming and defining.
Tickets are available here now.
Porter Robinson – Albert Hall, Manchester
March 7, 2025
Porter Robinson has announced a headline show at Manchester’s Albert Hall next March as part of a worldwide tour.
Porter Robinson’s new album, ‘SMILE! :D’, is the beginning of a brand new pop era for the Grammy-nominated artist. The lead single, ‘Cheerleader’, gained over one million views on YouTube and over one million streams on Spotify in the first 24 hours.
The highly anticipated worldwide tour will be his biggest ever, running across 20 countries and five continents from August 2024 through early 2025, starting in North America before continuing to Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America.
Tickets will be on sale here from 10am on Friday, May 3, 2024.
Kingfishr – Manchester Academy 2
November 12, 2024
Rising Irish indie-folk trio Kingfishr have announced a massive UK and Ireland headline tour for this autumn. The tour will see Kingfishr play 17 venues, making it their biggest run of headline shows to date.
Kingfishr played eight sold-out headline shows across the UK and Ireland earlier this year. They have also been announced as support for Snow Patrol’s show at Thomond Park Stadium in July.
Summer 2024 will also see the band perform at festivals across Europe including Glastonbury, TRNMST, Isle Of Wight, Reading and Leeds, All Together Now, Sea Sessions, Down The Rabbit Hole and Rock Werchter.
Tickets go on sale here at 10am today (April 26).
Gary Numan – O2 Ritz, Manchester
June 5 and 6, 2024
Gary Numan has announced a UK tour for this year, including two additional shows at Manchester’s O2 Ritz due to demand.
The tour will celebrate 45 years since the Replicas and Pleasure Principle albums were released, and will kick off following Gary Numan’s Pleasure Principle set at Cruel World Festival in May.
Tickets are on sale here.
Clubland – AO Arena, Manchester
May 3, 2024
Following the massive success of last year’s tour, Clubland is back in the UK for an arena tour, with a Manchester show scheduled for May 3.
Grab your chance to see some incredible artists performing their biggest tunes in a spectacular three-hour action-packed show. Relive the classic tunes in a party atmosphere and enjoy the Clubland experience in a show which will bring all those amazing times back.
Tickets are available here.
