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Contents Contents Hello and welcome to the first edition of The Live Guide 2018! For this issue, we headed to Holland for European showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag, to check out some of the most hotly-tipped artists set to make it big in 2018 and tell you about them first! Whilst we were there we sat down with our cover star Tom Grennan to discuss his upcoming sold-out UK tour, debut album and his recent trip to La La Land. We’ve also been keeping our ears to the ground with what’s happening on the local festival scene with highlights in our Festival Announcements feature. Plus we’ve got all the usual gig listings so you can plan your upcoming musical outings like a pro. Emma Baker, Editor-In-Chief 7

Local News

Picks Of The Month

Festival Announcements

Tom Grennan Interview

Ones To Watch

Gig Listings

Emerging Sounds

Local News

Manchester’s ‘heart of house’ Venus announced its closure in early January. After 20 years on the scene the club, which was formerly known as Club V, closed its doors for good on NYE joining Sankeys in the great nightclub in the sky. Venus management attribute its demise to changes to the city’s nightlife, including later opening hours for bars and the rise of festivals.

Auction house to become new music venue! Promoters Now Wave will give the former auction house a new lease of life as a live music venue, complete with bar, kitchen, two stages and a roof terrace. The Charles Street venue is expected to open later this year.

Sounds Of The City returns to Castlefield Bowl this summer with dates locked in with Nile Rogers & Chic, Shed Seven, Haçienda Classiçal, Levellers, Rag’N’Bone Man, and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott. Tickets are on sale now.

Shhhhh.... Manchester Central Library to host silent disco. Listen up - this is fact, not fiction. DJ John Ryan will be working his way through volumes of 70’s, 80’s and 90’s hits in the iconic grade II* listed building. Hosted by We Built This City, the event will take place on the 16th Feb from 8pm til midnight, with tickets at £5 a pop.

Got some hot gossip, tip offs or tantalising teasers about your local music scene in Manchester? In that case, we’d blooming love to hear it! Send it to news@theliveguidehq.com and it might get featured in the ‘Local News’ next month!

Picks

smashed onto the scene last year with their roaring debut single ‘Regeneration’, released on Cult Records - run by none other than The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. Name-dropping ‘90s influences such as Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine and The Ramones, expect a fast-paced set searing through a spectrum of floaty bubble pop numbers through to relentless, riff-heavy bangers.

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month Feb/Mar

13.02.18

Our pick of the best shows this month

Daniel Casimir + Glowrogues Band On The Wall £10ADV | 7:30pm

12.02.18

Inheaven

The Musician Company’s ‘Young Jazz Musician of the Year’, bassist and composer Daniel Casimir

Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm These indie-electro ‘ones to watch’

has cemented his status as a heavyweight in the UK’s jazz scene over the last 12 months, delivering a contemporary blend of bebop and soul. Followed by hip-hop inspired jazz-funk outfit Glowrogues, who compare their vibe to the likes of The Cinematic Orchestra, Snarky Puppy and the Robert Glasper Experiment, this evening might just prove beyond doubt that jazz is cool. 15.02.18

Four Tet Old Granada Studios £20ADV | 7pm Following the release of the longanticipated album ‘New Energy’ last year, main-man Kieran Hebden is filling the former home of Coronation Street in a one-off opportunity to experience the alt-electronic ambassador in this iconic Manchester venue. After nearly two decades dominating the scene with an intelligently curated back catalogue ranging from ethereal electronia to brutalist beatwork, it’s difficult to describe Four Tet without being reductive just go.

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Lewis Capaldi Club Academy £12ADV | 7:30pm With a tortured and soulful sound well beyond his years, we get the feeling “karaoke bar to Spotify star” Lewis Capaldi could be on the cusp of something huge. Shortlisted for the BBC’s Sound of 2018, the Scottish songwriter is equally no stranger to filling venues with his haunting, earthy vocals after touring in 2017 with Rag’n’Bone man. Catch him in these intimate venues before the inevitable mainstream sweeps him on to bigger things. Visit Stereoboard.com to compare and buy thousands of tickets from their panel of over 30 ticket sellers.

If 60 million Spotify streams and a name-check by Taylor Swift are anything to go by, we should be paying Dermot Kennedy a lot more attention. This Dubliner’s soulful, weathered vocals run through stuttering, R&B-inspired pop rhythms in organic-electronic fusion and emotion-laced lyrics. Obvious comparisons to Bon Iver, James Blake, and James Vincent McMorrow aside, the end result is impossible to ignore and difficult to stand still to.

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$uicideboy$ O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 6:30pm Hailing from New Orleans, this high-energy “horrorcore” hip-hop duo are undoubtedly one of the fastest growing outfits in the scene right now. Combining breakneck bars, synth drops and sludgy social commentary with an on-stage performance featuring signature robot zombie dance moves, $uicideboy$ turn aggression into something altogether more articulate.

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Indoor Pets

19.02.18

The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm

Dermot Kennedy

With a unique repertoire of darkcomedy pop tunes delivered in a

Gorilla | £10ADV | 7pm 12

hyperactive, high-energy live show, expect things to get a little intense in this intimate venue. The band’s first headline tour coincides with something of a rebrand for the rambunctious group as Indoor Pets - after causing controversy with an ill-thought-out prior identity - are “out to prove the sceptics wrong”. Beach-punk duo Palm Beach support. 21.02.18

Baxter Dury Gorilla | £10ADV | 7:30pm After the single ‘Miami’ proved to be firm 6 Music favourite of 2017, Baxter Dury’s melancholic, metronomic sound seems familiar even if you’re not sure where you heard it before. And that’s got nothing to do with his famous father. Touring his so-called “adult break-up record” ‘Prince Of Tears’, expect poignant psychedeliatinged sentimentality over anarchic rock’n’roll. Picked up by mainstream media for capturing a “very modern experience of masculinity”, Dury has carved his own authentic musical path that you could do worse than to follow.

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Moose Blood Manchester Academy £15ADV | 7pm Making their debut four years ago with the album ‘I’ll Keep You in Mind, From Time to Time’, these UK alt-rockers made an obvious appeal to an unrelenting emo generation. After going through a metamorphosis of sorts with the much poppier ‘Blush’ in 2016, the band’s latest release, ‘It’s Too Much’, hints toward another evolution with a tighter sound and cleaned up vocals - it’s like pop-punk, if poppunk grew up.

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Soundsystem

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Stiff Little Fingers WED 28 MAR O2 RITZ MANCHESTER

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Testament

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The White Buffalo Mon 16th Apr • £16* adv

Calum Scott

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Andrew W.K + YONAKA

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The Skids

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Parklife Date: 9th - 10th June 2018 Location: Heaton Park Acts confirmed so far: Liam Gallagher, The XX, Skepta, N.E.R.D, Lorde, Bonobo, Jamie XX, Giggs, A$AP Rocky, Justice, Chvrches, J Hus, Bugzy Malone, Four Tet, Sampha, Carl Cox, Annie Mac and many more. Tickets: FRM£65

Kendal Calling Date: 26th - 29th July 2018 Location: Lowther Deer Park, Cumbria Acts confirmed so far: Catfish & The Bottlemen, The Libertines, Run DMC, Tom Grennan, James, Ocean Colour Scene, Shed Seven, The Sherlocks, White Lies, The Wailers, Declan Mckenna and many more. Tickets: FRM£145

Live At Leeds Date: 5th May 2018 Location: Multiple venues across Leeds City Centre Acts confirmed so far: Peace, Circa Waves, Pale Waves, Tom Walker, Lewis Capaldi, Sam Fender, The Magic Gang, Pulled Apart By Horses, Yungblud, Sorry and many more. Tickets: FRM£25

Blue Dot Date: 19th - 22nd July 2018 Location: Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire Acts confirmed so far: The Chemical Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Future Islands, Blue Planet In Concert with the Hallé Orchestra, Public Service Broadcasting, Gary Numan, Giles Peterson, Little Dragon, Snapped Ankles, The Orb and many more. Tickets: FRM£159

From professional footballer to emerging singer-songwriter, at 22 years of age, Tom Grennan is living the life that most young lads can only dream of.

We caught up with Tom in the picturesque town of Groningen, fresh from his second set at European showcase festival Eurosonic Nooderslag to chat about his journey so far, his thoughts on the festival, and what’s next on the cards.

Casting urban shadows on his polished soul-pop, Grennan is the product of a man brought up on a delightful diet of Ray Charles, Skepta, Amy Winehouse, Kano, Elvis, and Wiley. A concoction which unconventionally creates music of mass appeal, engaging with audiences of all ages.

“My journey right now has been pretty crazy, man. It’s a journey that I thought I would never be on, but everything is so positive and the energy around the whole project, like meeting fans and going to different countries, and yeah the journey has been wicked mate.”

On the verge of releasing his debut album, having collaborated with the likes of Chase & Status and Bugzy Malone, set to embark on a sold-out UK tour, and with his name popping up on festival line-ups nationwide, the Bedford boy is at an exciting yet hectic point in his career.

Attended by bookers, agents, press, and record labels, the industry showcase festival is set to further propel Tom’s career to new heights. Tom explained, “Like you say [the city] is beautiful, it is beautiful man but Eurosonic puts you on a platform to be seen

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by a load of promoters and a load of people from different countries, yeah man I think it’s good for all bands and all artists.” In a town famed for its many venues, Tom performed to a packed out crowd at the Groningen Forum. Upon asking about how his set went at the festival, Tom said: “Pretty Shit! [Laughs] Naw, it was good man but like we hadn’t rehearsed as a band since before Christmas, so it was rusty on my behalf and obviously, I was jetlagged but I can’t complain. It was a big show and like you say people were squeezing in, so it was cool man.”

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Performing tracks from his soon-to-be-released debut album ‘Lighting Matches’, out 18th May, Grennan crammed the best of his expanding catalogue into the 40-minute allocated time-slot. Noticing that the guitarist in his band had urged him to perform another song, despite running over his

it off straight away and wrote a song which is ‘All Goes Wrong’. Chase & Status gave a gamble on me and thankfully it went to plan.”

allotted slot, we asked Tom what happened when he got off-stage. “Yeah we got into trouble ‘cause the whole time set of that thing was so crazy as we had to get off stage in 15 minutes, there was a 15 minute change over and then the guy was shouting ‘one more song, one more song’, and I said okay we have to do one more song, and like you say my guitarist was like ‘fuck that, let’s do two more’, so I was like ‘fuck that, let’s do two’.”

Collaborating with musicians of the zeitgeist is just one element which has bought Grennan’s musical career together, however, his idols haven’t always been of the musical variety. “As influences go I was never like a music head being young, so a lot of my influencers were footballers.”

“Fuck that, let’s do two more!”

Having flown in straight from L.A. to Holland for the festival, we were As a teenager, intrigued to find Tom was on a out what he’d promising path Tom Grennan been doing out on the football there. A jet-lagged field, playing for Tom explained, “I’ve just signed Luton Town, Northampton Town, an American record deal, which Aston Villa and Stevenage, but I’m buzzing about and I’ve been what - aside from an impromptu doing a bit of writing over there and rendition of The Kooks ‘Seaside’ yeah feeling the vibe of January.” - kicked off his change in career? “Alcohol, girls [laughs] naw I’m Back in 2016, Grennan’s signature joking. I think I found a different raspy vocals featured on Chase road in life. I felt like music and & Status single ‘All Goes Wrong’. singing was a release for me, “They heard one of my songs from and an escape route. So yeah, my publishers and I just went and I suppose that’s why I picked met them and it was mad as I was it up and I wasn’t that good at a fan of them anyway. Went into football in the end and I’ve tried the studio and we kinda kicked to master my craft in this and 21

I’m still trying to master it but I think I’m just better at this.”

never want to drink no more and then the next day you do, you drink loads more. But it came from there really and then I wrote it with a guy called Jonny Lattimer and a guy called Adj and Fraser T Smith produced it up and made it to this epic song.”

Now in a chance nod to his former football career ‘Found what I’ve been looking For’ has been used as the title music to the Sky Sports Premier League coverage. “It’s crazy! I watch a lot of football, and I forget that it’s on, so when I’m in the pub with my mates and stuff like that I’m like ‘Fuck, oh yeah that’s my song’ but again it’s an honour to be picked by the Premier League and Sky, yeah man I love it!”

Tom will be showcasing his new album on UK stages this March, swinging by Manchester’s O2 Ritz on the 22nd. Asking how he felt when he learned of the tour’s sold-out status Tom said, “Amazing! That’s what my goal was to be like, I don’t ever want to tour without it ever been soldout, so I’m setting myself targets. When I got the news I was buzzing man. I just know that every venue is going to go off.”

Padding out his thunderously raw yet chirpy, hook-heavy singles with a full-length debut, Tom is set to drop ‘Lighting Matches’ with the same confident and charismatic vibe which he exudes on-stage. “From the album you can expect orchestras, brass, vocals and just pure epic-ness mate.”

Asking what fans can expect from the live shows, Tom enthused, “Expect the unexpected for one and also expect good lively Tom Grennan. I’m going to put on a good show and I want people to leave the venue saying I want to see him again. So yeah, expect the unexpected.”

Tom wrote his latest single release, ’Sober’, the morning after a booze-filled night out. Released in the height of dry January, the soul-popper explained, “‘Sober’ came from like a hungover, hungover day. You know one of those days where you are like I

So what’s next for the talented Tom? “Album, tour and just try and take over the world mate.” 22

Catch Tom Grennan on the 22nd March 2018, at the O2 Ritz.

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It’s that time of year again, the time when your mind wants to escape the wet winter weather and look forward to that all-important summer festival season. Dreaming about the acts you’ll see – some may already be known to you but your new favourite band may be resting just under your radar. Never fear, as we headed to European showcase festival Eurosonic Noorderslag to check out some of the most hotlytipped artists for 2018 and tell you about them first.

Nilüfer Yanya :

Listen: ‘Keep On Calling’ // ‘Baby Luv’ Live: 20.05.18 | The Deaf Institute | £8.50ADV | 7:30pm FFO: Florence + The Machine // Bat For Lashes

This Londoner’s smoldering vocals and don’t-give-a-fuck lyrics are both refreshing and captivating. Bought up on a diet of Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley and Pixies, Yanya’s influences are far reaching, creating a mille-feuille of minimalist beats layered up with stomach twinging guitar melodies, urban nuances, and jazz laden sax.

Yungblud

Listen: ‘I Love You, Will You Marry Me’ Live: 05.05.18 | Live At Leeds | FRM£25 | 12pm FFO: Arctic Monkeys // Sleaford Mods

Jade Bird

Listen: ‘Lottery’ Live: 10.03.18 | Eagle Inn, Salford | £6ADV | 7pm FFO: First Aid Kit // Laura Marling

Isaac Gracie

Listen: ‘Reverie’ Live: 11.04.18 | Gorilla | £12ADV | 7pm FFO: Jeff Buckley // Elliott Smith // Ryan Adams

Tom Walker :

Listen: ‘Leave A Light On’ Live: 28.03.18 | Gorilla | £11.50ADV | 7pm

FFO: Ed Sheeran // Maverick Sabre Undeniably talented, and totally comforting, Tom Walker is like eating a tub of Ben and Jerry’s in bed when you’re going through a break up. However, his already budding catalogue of ‘Leave A Light On’ remixes – by the likes of AlunaGeorge, Dasco and Luca Schreiner – are sure to get you bouncing out of bed and back out on the town.

Iguana Death Cult

Listen: ‘Pyramids’ FFO: Thee Oh Sees' // King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard // The Black Lips

Astroid Boys

Listen: ‘Dusted’ Live: 11.03.18 | Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm FFO: Hollywood Undead // Linkin Park

Sigrid :

Listen: ‘Plot Twist’ // ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ Live: 24.03.18 | Manchester Academy 2 | £12ADV | 7.30pm FFO: Sia // Lorde Having won both the BBC Sound Of 2018 and European Border Breakers (EBBA) awards, signing a worldwide record deal with Island Records, and singing the ‘Everybody Knows’ soundtrack to the Justice League movie, Norway’s Sigrid is already on the path to stardom. The playful pocket rocket has a confident stage presence, which far surpasses her 21 years, mixing up slow tracks with punchy Scandi-pop bangers.

Will Heard

Listen: ‘I Better Love You’ Live: 23.04.18 | Gorilla | £14ADV | 7pm FFO: MIKA // Robin Thicke

Youngr :

Listen: ‘Ooh Lordy’ // ‘Out Of My System’ Live: 28.02.18 | The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm FFO: Porta Robinson // The Temper Trap // Prince

Youngr, AKA Dario Darnel, is a musical maverick, effortlessly switching between vocals, guitars, keys, percussion, drum machines, and looping them all along the way. Dancy, fun, feel good, and euphoric at times, Youngr will prove an addictive addition to your summer soundtrack.

Stereo Honey

Listen: ‘The Bay’ Live: 05.05.18 | Live At Leeds | FRM£25 | 12pm FFO: Radiohead // The Boxer Rebellion

Jeangu Macrooy

Listen: ‘High On You’ FFO: Leon Bridges // Gary Clark Jr. // Michael Kiwanuka

Superorganism :

Listen: ‘Something For Your Mind’ Live: 07.03.18 | Gorilla | £11ADV | 7pm 12.03.18 | Belgrave Music Hall | £10ADV | 8pm FFO: Animal Collective // Gorillaz // The Go! Team

Watching Superorganism live is like downing a 2-litre bottle of Coke, eating a shit load of blue Smarties, on a revolving dance floor, while looking through a kaleidoscope. Eclectic, electronic, and experimental, the 8-piece who met in London, really are ‘Something For Your Mind’. Keep your eyes peeled for their debut album, which drops on the 2nd March. 28

Pale Waves :

Listen: ‘Television Romance’ Live: 06.03.18 | Gorilla | £8ADV | 7pm FFO: Fickle Friends // The Japanese House

Manchester’s very own Pale Waves, create catchy, reverb-brimming, dream-pop. As aesthetically pleasing as they are aurally, lead singer and guitarist Heather will have indie-kids dragging their Creeper covered feet to emulate that adorable goth look.

Scarlet Pleasure Listen: ‘Déjà vu’ FFO: Justin Bieber // Shaun Mendes

Fenne Lily

Listen: ‘Top To Toe’ Live: 05.05.18 | Live At Leeds | FRM£25 | 12pm FFO: Cat Power // Emmy The Great // Daughter

Bad Sounds :

Listen: ‘Wages’ FFO: The Magic Gang // Circa Waves Influenced by the likes of Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, and Tribe Called Quest, Bad Sounds serve up a brew of optimistic pop infused with hip-hop. The brother duo, who are backed by a live band on stage, fill the floor with ecstatic sweaty bodies whenever they perform live.

HMLTD :

Listen: ‘To The Door’ Live: 14.02.18 | The White Hotel, Salford | £10ADV | 8pm FFO: Idles // Girl Band HMLTD (formally known as Happy Meal LTD until McDonalds lawyers kicked off!) offer a gripping brand of punk and glam rock. Tormented, theatrical and chaotic, the band’s live shows are ripping up all the rulebooks, immersing their audience into a dark world akin to that of the Rocky Horror Show. Expect eye-patches, burnt hair, sacrifices, fake blood and strobes a-plenty.

The Homesick : Listen: ‘The Best Part Of Being Young Is Falling In Love With Jesus’ // ‘Half Aryan’ FFO: Joy Division // New Order

Hailing from Holland, teenage post-punk trio The Homesick create a dispirited, deep-toned sound, which far exceeds their teenage years. If you’re a Joy Division fan, their debut LP ‘Youth Hunt’ will slot smoothly into your record collection.

Yonaka

Listen: ‘Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya’ FFO: PINS // Deap Vally // Black Honey

Jacob Banks

Listen: ‘Chainsmoking’ Live: 26.03.18 | Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm FFO: Kwabs // Sampha

Sam Fender

Listen: ‘Play God’ Live: 23.02.18 | Jimmy’s | £7ADV | 7pm FFO: Lewis Capaldi // Rag‘n’Bone Man // Sundra Karma

Ider :

Listen: ‘Pulse’ // ‘Sorry’ FFO: Aquilo // Oh Wonder // Oh Land Ider’s icy twin vocals, and ambient electronic touches will have you hypnotised from the off. Recently signed to Glassnote Records, their debut London headline show sold out in four days – fingers crossed for lots of festival appearances this summer!

Full gig listings Saturday - 10.02.18 Huey Morgan Band On The Wall | £15.50ADV | 11pm Alligator Gumbo! Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Prosumer + Crazy P + More Albert Hall | FRM£20 | 8pm Urban Theory + Manalishi + Provocateurs Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7:30pm

GoGo Penguin + Jens Kuross Gorilla | £18.50ADV | 7pm Kashmere The Deaf Institute | £6ADV | 7pm Dear Caroline Gullivers | £6ADV | 7pm The DHOL Foundation Band On The Wall | FRM£15.50 | 7pm Different Oceans Jimmy’s | £3ADV | 7pm

Hanover + Serene + Blissed The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7:30pm

Casey Lowry Factory | £6ADV | 7pm

English Outback + Chasing Shadows + Dazed Reaction Manchester Academy 3 £8ADV | 7:30pm

Cassidy Stone Night People | £4ADV | 7pm

We Signal Fire + Peur + Sertraline + Soldato Club Academy | FRM£50 | 7:30pm

While She Sleeps + Counterfeit + Blood Youth O2 Ritz | £17ADV | 6pm Serpent Venom The Star and Garter | £9ADV | 5pm

Syml Fallow Café | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Sunday - 11.02.18

Kendrick Lamar + James Blake Manchester Arena | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Hollie Cook + General Roots Gorilla | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm

Bridges The Eagle Inn | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Glass Mountain Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm

Freeda + The Reytons + Palace Motion + Kyngs Aatma | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Henry Rollins Manchester Academy 2 £20ADV | 7pm

The Mavericks O2 Apollo | FRM£35 | 7pm

Deadly Circus Fire Satans Hollow | £6ADV | 6:30pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

February Monday - 12.02.18

Wednesday - 14.02.18

Johnny Hunter Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

The Night & Day Showcase Featuring The Voluntears + The Harriets + The Silver Lines Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm

Inheaven The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm The Used O2 Ritz | £22.50ADV | 7pm

Mica Paris The Ruby Lounge | £22ADV | 7:30pm Somewhere in Between The Castle Hotel | £3ADV | 7:30pm

Tuesday - 13.02.18 Suggs The Lowry | £32.50ADV | 8pm Square One + Robbie Cavanagh + Simon James Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm Daniel Casimir + Glowrogues Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7:30pm Franz Ferdinand + Albert Hammond Jr Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7pm Despised Icon + Vulvodynia + Malevolence + Archspire Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm Bars and Melody Manchester Academy 2 £25ADV | 7pm

The Chanteuse Matt & Phreds | FREE | 7:30pm Hayes & Y The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 7:30pm Dream State The Star and Garter | £6ADV | 7:30pm TAMSYN Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 7:30pm Simple Minds Albert Hall | £45ADV | 7pm Seal O2 Apollo | FRM£32.50 | 7pm Jen Cloher + Hachiku The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm

Skyclad Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm

Max & Harvey Club Academy | £27.50ADV | 7pm

Barbagallo Factory | £10ADV | 7pm

Thursday - 15.02.18

Arch Enemy + Wintersun + Tribulation O2 Ritz | £19.50ADV | 6:30pm

Four Tet Old Granada Studios | £20ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Eugene Ripper The King’s Arms | TBC | 8pm

Jack The Rapper Night People | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Himalayas + The Velvet Hands + Babylon-UK Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm

Wild Beasts O2 Apollo | £20ADV | 7pm

Jess And The Bandits Gullivers | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm Bowling for Soup + Army of Freshmen + The Aquabats O2 Apollo | £25ADV | 7pm Willy Mason The Deaf Institute | £15ADV | 7pm Iron & Wine + Half Waif Bridgewater Hall | FRM£18.50 | 7pm Friday - 16.02.18 Portmanteau Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Grieves The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7:30pm

The Sherlocks Victoria Warehouse | £16.50ADV | 7pm The Godfathers The Ruby Lounge | £13ADV | 7pm Don Broco + Man With A Mission Manchester Academy | £20ADV | 7pm Natalie Imbruglia RNCM | £32.50ADV | 7pm Devangelic Aatma | £TBC | 7pm $uicideboy$ O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 6:30pm Will Black The King’s Arms | £20ADV | 6:30pm Saturday - 17.02.18

Gaz Brookfield & The Company Of Thieves Gullivers | £10ADV | 7:30pm

Dusky Gorilla | £15ADV | 11pm

Lewis Capaldi + AU/RA Club Academy | £12ADV | 7:30pm

Charlie Cooper & The CC’s Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm

Cassia + Agbeko + Voodoo + The Crypts Band On The Wall | £8ADV | 7:30pm

The Babe Rainbow Night and Day Café | £12ADV | 8pm

Carnation Jimmy’s | £5ADV | 7:30pm

Sister John The Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm The Go! Team + Gurr Gorilla | £14ADV | 7pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

February Galantis + DJ CID + Pat Lok Victoria Warehouse | £22.50ADV | 7pm

Sasha Band On The Wall | FRM£25 | 7pm

Nick Hakim The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm

The Myrrors The Star and Garter | £9ADV | 7pm

Khalid Manchester Academy £27.50ADV | 7pm

The Ataris Factory | £17.50ADV | 7pm

The Lovely Eggs + Porky The Poet + Mr Ben And The Bens Band On The Wall | £11ADV | 7pm Matter Of Mind Rebellion | £7ADV | 7pm Hell Is for Heroes O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 6pm Gizehfest 2018 Featuring Nadja + Otto Lindholm + Hundred Year Old Man + Tomorrow We Sail + Several Wives Aatma | £13ADV | 75pm Sunday - 18.02.18 Damon & Naomi Night and Day Café | £10ADV | 8pm Amenra + Boris Gorilla | £18ADV | 7:30pm Jessarae The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm Ashton Lane The Castle Hotel | £10ADV | 7:30pm Kelela Manchester Academy 2 £11.50ADV | 7pm

Alestorm + The Dread Crew Of Oddwood + Rumahoy O2 Ritz | £18.50ADV | 6:30pm Monday - 19.02.18 The Night Creatures Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm High Tyde + The Bad Nerves The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7:30pm Gun Outfit Gullivers | £8.50ADV | 7:30pm Puma Blue The Castle Hotel | TBC | 7:30pm Alvvays Manchester Academy 2 £15ADV | 7:30pm Dermot Kennedy Gorilla | £10ADV | 7pm Col3trane Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm Hed PE + Voodoo Blood + Armageddon Stereo Rebellion £15ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Tuesday - 20.02.18 Dave Luvin Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Curran + Holloway Road + Shelly Fairchild Night and Day Café | £15ADV | 8pm

Electric Six + Mutant Monster Club Academy | £13ADV | 7:30pm Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather O2 Ritz | £22.50ADV | 7pm Daxx & Roxane Soup Kitchen | £7.50ADV | 7pm

Party Hardly The Castle Hotel | £4ADV | 7:30pm

Irit Band On The Wall | £12ADV | 7pm

Binkbeats Band On The Wall | £12.50ADV | 7:30pm

King 810 Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm

Night Flight Jimmy’s | FREE | 7:30pm

Thursday - 22.02.18

Indoor Pets The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm

Jeffrey Hewer’s The Kicker Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Speaking in Shadows Factory | £7ADV | 7pm

The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Eyes To The Skies Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm

Mega Ran Night People | £8ADV | 7pm

Gavin Osborn The Eagle Inn | FREE | 8pm

Wednesday - 21.02.18

Louis The Child The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Demons of Ruby Mae The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm Courtney Pine And The Inner City Ensemble Band On The Wall £16.50ADV | 7:30pm The Wandering Hearts Gullivers | £10ADV | 7pm

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February Fizzy Blood Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm

Paradise Lost Gorilla | £18ADV | 6:30pm

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard + Mild High Club Manchester Academy £18.50ADV | 7pm

Saturday - 24.02.18

Friday - 23.02.18

Loud Noises Matt & Phreds | £5ADV | 9:30pm

Jenna And The G’s Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Fatboy Slim Albert Hall | FRM£32.50 | 9pm Marlon Williams + Cut Worms Night and Day Café | £9ADV | 8pm Sam Fender Jimmy’s | £8ADV | 8pm Carlton Melton + Plank Soup Kitchen | £9ADV | 7:30pm Douga The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7:30pm Rebecca Ferguson Manchester Academy 2 £27.50ADV | 7:30pm Free Vibes Featuring Tvam + Then Thickens + Witch Fever + Koalas Band On The Wall | FREE | 7:30pm

Mungo’s Hi Fi O2 Ritz | £8ADV | 11pm

Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Featuring Bette Smith Band On The Wall | £17.50ADV | 9pm Sheafs Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Twist Helix The Castle Hotel | £3ADV | 7:30pm Magnum Manchester Academy 2 £22.50ADV | 7:30pm Florin + Delights + Blond Blood + Wendigo Manchester Academy 3 £8ADV | 7:30pm Dappy Club Academy | £10ADV | 7:30pm Rex Orange County Gorilla | £9ADV | 7pm

Husky Loops The Deaf Institute | £7ADV | 7pm

Keywest The Deaf Institute | £13ADV | 7pm

Pure McCartney Night People | £15ADV | 7pm

Mold + Ill + Slow Knife Soup Kitchen | £5ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Roxy Muisque Factory | £10ADV | 7pm

Jamila Woods Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Rejjie Snow Albert Hall | £20ADV | 6pm

Nicole Atkins The Castle Hotel | £11ADV | 7:30pm

The Varukers + Face Up + Spring Park The Star and Garter | £8ADV | 7:30pm

First Aid Kit Albert Hall | £25ADV | 7pm

Riffolution Festival Featuring Alunah + King Goat + Widows + Regulus + More Rebellion | £10ADV | 5:30pm

The Xcerts The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm

Sunday - 25.02.18 False Heads Jimmy’s | £6ADV | 8pm Cool Ghouls The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm The Temperance Movement O2 Ritz | £15ADV | 7pm Cindy Wilson The Ruby Lounge | £7ADV | 7:30pm Stone Broken + Jared James Nichols + The Bad Flowers Club Academy | £13ADV | 7pm Ceti Rebellion | £15ADV | 7pm

Dirty Thrills Factory | £10ADV | 7pm Tuesday - 27.02.18 The Washboard Resonators Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Will Hoge Night and Day Café | £14ADV | 8pm First Aid Kit Albert Hall | £25ADV | 7pm JD McPherson Gorilla | £13ADV | 7pm Playboi Carti O2 Ritz | £17ADV | 7pm The Boxer Rebellion The Deaf Institute | £15ADV | 7pm

Traitors + Lotus Eater Satans Hollow | £10ADV | 6pm

Wednesday - 28.02.18

Monday - 26.02.18

Kyla Brox Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Dreamer Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Saint Agnes + Hey Bulldog Night and Day Café | £8ADV | 8pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

FEbruary / March Shakey Graves The Ruby Lounge | £14ADV | 7:30pm Mint Field The Eagle Inn | £7ADV | 7:30pm Nils Frahm Albert Hall | £25ADV | 7pm Typhoon The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm

Castlemania Featuring Once And Future Band + Flat Worms + Kelley Stoltz + Male Gaze Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7pm Fredo Gorilla | £12ADV | 7pm Paul Draper O2 Ritz | £19.50ADV | 7pm Paul Carrack Bridgewater Hall | FRM£32.50 | 7pm

Thursday - 01.03.18 The Chris King Robinson Band Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm The Dunwells + Josh Flowers Gullivers | £11ADV | 8pm Caro Night and Day Café | £7ADV | 8pm Spirit Level + The Circus Villains Fallow Café | TBC | 8pm Neon Waltz + Rosborough + Tremors Soup Kitchen | £7.50ADV | 7:30pm AK/DK The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm Carnifex + Oceano + Aversions Crown + Disentomb Manchester Academy 3 £12ADV | 7:30pm Cory Wong Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7:30pm Spinning Coin The Eagle Inn | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Holding Absence + Loathe The Star and Garter | £10ADV | 7pm Paul Weller + The Strypes Manchester Arena FRM£42.50 | 6:30pm Friday - 02.03.18 Giles Peterson Gorilla | £17ADV | 11:30pm Mansion of Snakes Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Primary Colours + Falling Ghost Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Sauce + Serotones + Donna & The Cadillacs The Castle Hotel | £5ADV | 7:30pm Aleem The Deaf Institute | £7.50ADV | 7pm All We Are Soup Kitchen | TBC | 7pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Corella + Puppet Theory + Release Band On The Wall | £8ADV | 7pm Paul Carrack Bridgewater Hall | FRM£32.50 | 7pm Feed The Rhino Bad Sign + HCBP + Cove Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Arcane Roots Gorilla | £13ADV | 6:30pm Tom Misch Tom Misch | £19.50ADV | 6:30pm Saturday - 03.03.18 Dana Ali Band Matt & Phreds | £5ADV | 9:30pm BassJam Featuring Tyga + Yungen + Fuse ODG + Yxng Bane + More Victoria Warehouse | FRM£20 | 9pm Kula Bay Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm Anthony Vacher Gullivers | £5ADV | 7:30pm

Aatma | £6ADV | 7:30pm The Rails Night People | £15ADV | 7pm Twisted Illusion The Ruby Lounge | £7ADV | 7pm Moose Blood + The Dangerous Summer Manchester Academy | £16ADV | 7pm Butcher Babies + Eyes Set To Kill Rebellion | £13ADV | 7pm Sunday - 04.03.18 Soccer Mommy The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm Bob Log III Night and Day Café | £10ADV | 7:30pm The Handsome Family Manchester Academy 3 | £17ADV | 7pm Andrew O’Neill Rebellion | £8ADV | 7pm Elbow Manchester Arena | FRM£32.50 | 6pm

The Hubbards The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm

Monday - 05.03.18

Imagine Dragons Manchester Arena | FRM£35 | 7:30pm

Franny Eubank Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Rews The Eagle Inn | £8ADV | 7:30pm

Of Empires Gullivers | £6ADV | 7:30pm

Berries + Scarlet Fever + Part Time Miserables + Sundown Hounds

Hak Baker The Castle Hotel | £7ADV | 7:30pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

March Jake Bugg Albert Hall | £22.50ADV | 7pm

Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox Albert Hall | £26.50ADV | 7pm

Majid Jordan O2 Ritz | £22.50ADV | 7pm

Svarc Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Y.O.U.N.G. The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7pm

Superorganism Gorilla | £11ADV | 7pm

Tuesday - 06.03.18

Waterparks O2 Ritz | £15ADV | 7pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Chinese Marbles Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm The Rainband The Deaf Institute | £10ADV | 7:30pm Gecko Gullivers | £12ADV | 7:30pm Turbowolf Manchester Academy 3 £11ADV | 7:30pm Blaze Bayley Club Academy | 128ADV | 7:30pm Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Band On The Wall | £26.50ADV | 7:30pm Everything Everything O2 Apollo | £19.50ADV | 7pm Covenant The Ruby Lounge | £18ADV | 7pm The Wailers Manchester Academy £23.50ADV | 7pm Subset The Star and Garter | £9ADV | 7pm Detroit Social Club Night People | £10ADV | 7pm Alan Walker O2 Ritz | £16ADV | 6pm Stereophonics Manchester Arena FRM£32.50 | 6pm

Saturday - 10.03.18 52 Skidoo Matt & Phreds | £5ADV | 9:30pm Jake Mcrae Soup Kitchen | £7ADV | 7:30pm The Rumble The Castle Hotel | £4ADV | 7:30pm Stefflon Don Club Academy | £11ADV | 7:30pm Hannah Williams & The Affirmations Band On The Wall | £13ADV | 7:30pm Karl Blau Low Four Studio | £10ADV | 7:30pm Ferocious Dog + Ginger Wildheart Gorilla | £15ADV | 7:30pm China Lane The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Feeder Manchester Academy £27.50ADV | 7pm As It Is Manchester Academy 2 £14ADV | 7pm Joe Bonamassa Manchester Arena | FRM£59 | 7pm Jade Bird The Eagle Inn | £6ADV | 7pm Happy Mondaze Factory | £10ADV | 7pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

March Blood Stained Earth Tour 2018 Featuring Venom Inc + Suffocation + Nervosa + Aeternam Rebellion | £20.50ADV | 2pm

Tuesday - 13.03.18

Sunday- 11.03.18

At The Drive In + Death from Above 1979 + Le Butcherettes O2 Apollo | £38.50ADV | 7pm

Joe Dolman Fallow Café | TBC | 7:30pm Arash O2 Ritz | £45ADV | 7pm High Valley The Deaf Institute | £12ADV | 7pm

Joe Tatton Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Stiff Little Fingers O2 Ritz | £20ADV | 7pm Mahalia Band On The Wall | £10ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 14.03.18

The Wombats Manchester Academy £21ADV | 7:30pm

Stuart Mccallum Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

Astroid Boys Rebellion | £12ADV | 7pm

Vuromantics + Ink + Indigo Rose + Lupa Night and Day Café | £5ADV | 8pm

In partnership with

Full gig listings Submotion Orchestra Gorilla | £15ADV | 7pm Frightened Rabbit O2 Ritz | £17.50ADV | 7:30pm Dan Patlansky The Deaf Institute | £16ADV | 7pm Dvsn Manchester Academy 2 £18ADV | 7pm Jason Derulo Manchester Arena | FRM£29.50 | 6pm Friday - 16.03.18 Rodina Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm Fears Chella Night and Day Café | £5.50ADV | 8pm Field Music Gorilla | £16.50ADV | 7:30pm Ten Ton Slug + Elder Druid + Mage + Master Charger The Star and Garter | £6ADV | 7:30pm Tune-Yards Albert Hall | £16.50ADV | 7:30pm

Saturday - 17.03.18 Loud Noises Matt & Phreds | £5OTD | 9:30pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Will Walton + Noah Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Yes Bridgewater Hall | FRM£44.50 | 8pm The Covasettes + The Time Sellers + The Empire Police The Castle Hotel | £6ADV | 7:30pm King No One Manchester Academy 2 £10ADV | 7:30pm Plastic House + King Kartel + Narrow Margin Manchester Academy 3 £8ADV | 7:30pm Rodney Cromwell + Nature Of Wires + The Frixion + Vieon The Eagle Inn | £5ADV | 7:30pm The Ramonas The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm

Niall Horan O2 Apollo | FRM£35 | 7pm

Mist Manchester Academy £16.50ADV | 7pm

Blue October O2 Ritz | £27.50ADV | 7:30pm

The Naughtys + The Claremonts Band On The Wall | £9ADV | 7pm

All Time Low + Pierce the Veil Manchester Arena | £32.50ADV | 6pm

Rae Morris Gorilla | £13ADV | 6:30pm

For tickets visit ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0844 844 0444

March Sunday - 18.03.18 Open Mike Eagle The Deaf Institute | £15ADV | 7:30pm Wyvern Lingo The Castle Hotel | £8ADV | 7:30pm Zak Abel Gorilla | £13.50ADV | 7pm Outlya live Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm Varius Manx & Kasia Stankiewicz Manchester Academy 2 £25ADV | 7pm Nocny Kochanek Rebellion | £19ADV | 7pm Raghu Dixit Band On The Wall | £20ADV | 6:30pm Monday - 19.03.18 The Night Creatures Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm Milk Teeth The Deaf Institute | £9ADV | 7:30pm

Mary Spender Gullivers | £12ADV | 7:30pm Anne-Marie O2 Ritz | £16.50ADV | 7pm Amy Shark The Deaf Institute | £8ADV | 7pm Banfi Soup Kitchen | £8ADV | 7pm Wednesday - 21.03.18 Prato Bell Luckin Trio Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm The Night & Day Showcase Featuring Deckchair Protest + Rogue Network + Lunatics Lost + Ap Cooper Night and Day Café | £6ADV | 8pm Palace Winter Gullivers | £8ADV | 7:30pm Starset Manchester Academy 3 £11ADV | 7:30pm Fever Ray Albert Hall | £27.50ADV | 7:30pm

The Pharcyde Rebellion | £15ADV | 7:30pm Tuesday - 20.03.18 Charlie Cooper Matt & Phreds | FREE | 9pm

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Fizzy Blood 22.02.18

Soup Kitchen £15ADV | 7pm Genre: Rock Hometown: Leeds FFO: While She Sleeps, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Baby Strange Keep Your Ears Out For: ‘January Sun’ Facebook: Fizzybloodmusic Twitter @Fizzybloodmusic

Detroit Social Club 09.03.18

Night People £10ADV | 7:30pm

Genre: Indie/Rock Hometown: Newcastle FFO: Velvet Underground, Beck, Kasabian Keep Your Ears Out For: ‘Sunshine People’ Facebook: DetroitSocialClub Twitter: @DetroitSocialClub

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