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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 11 April 2025
Incisive in their pulverising riff-driven attack, infectiously catchy in their songcraft and more intrepid than ever in their experimental approach, the Newcastle-based quintet channel a furious drive which only appears to gather momentum a...

GHOST

AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 15 April 2025
  The Swedish masked soft metal titans led by the demonic anti-pope Papa Emeritus return to the stage. GHOST have amassed arena-worthy followings and billions of streams all over the globe, thanks to their theatrical stage presence and pen...

Dressed to Kill - Tribute to Kiss

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
The world's longest running tribute to Kiss. ...

Waterlines + Rituals 'Northern Dirtbags Tour'

Lion's Den, Manchester
Saturday 19 April 2025
Down For Life Music and Kerosene Artist Management Present the Northern Dirtbags Tour, featuring two of the UK's finest noisemakers....

thrown

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 25 April 2025
Since forming in 2021, Swedish heavy weights Thrown have been mesmerising the metal world with their signature blend of aural violence, live intensity and enigmatic performances. thrown are undoubtedly the most listened to new metal artist ...

The Bon Jovi Experience

The Grand, Clitheroe
Saturday 26 April 2025
The Bon Jovi Experience are the world's first and unquestionably finest tribute to the great Bon Jovi. They are the only tribute to have been featured on the band's official website, not to mention being the only tribute to have been reques...

Pearl Scam + Angry Hair - Pearl Jam & Alice In Chains Tributes

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
Pearl Scam is the UK's finest Pearl Jam experience. The band's musicians have come together with one common goal - recreating Pearl Jam's high energy live shows. Hear classic songs like Jeremy, Betterman, Elderly Woman and Given To Fly and...

Big Lad

The Peer Hat, Manchester
Saturday 26 April 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Big LadSaturday 26th AprilThe Peer Hat, Manchester (14-16 Faraday Street, Manchester M1 1BE)...

Airbag

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 27 April 2025
For fans of Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Astra, and Ozric Tentacles, Argentine hard rock sibling trio Airbag boast magnificent singing and prog atmospheres which compete for the lion's share with dark and captivating guitars, and...

Rushed - A Tribute to Rush

The Spinning Top, Stockport
Saturday 3 May 2025
Rushed are a three piece authentic tribute act performing the music of Canada's finest progressive Rock trio - Rush. ...

Inhuman Nature

Star and Garter, Manchester
Saturday 3 May 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:Inhuman NatureSupports: TBASaturday 3rd MayThe Star & Garter, Manchester (18-20 Fairfield Street, M1 2QF)...

Decapitated

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 8 May 2025
Raw, vital and crushing, Polish Tech Death masters DECAPITATED have built a reputation as one of the international leaders of their genre and they are considered to be among the genre's most influential artists. The band cross-breed various...

Make Them Suffer

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 10 May 2025
Dynamic Aussie extreme metal outfit, Make Them Suffer employ a punishing blend of deathcore and blackened symphonic death metal. Some bands are bred through major labels and are handed their success, Make Them Suffer are a prime example of ...

Still Dangerous - A Tribute to Thin Lizzy

The Spinning Top, Stockport
Saturday 10 May 2025
Still Dangerous are a UK based band that play the greatest hits from legendary rockers Thin Lizzy. With blisteringly precise dual guitars, heavy drums and the signature vocals of Phil Lynott.  ...

Hawkwind

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 11 May 2025
Famed for their 1972 UK no.2 hit "Silver Machine", Hawkwind was formed in 1969 by Dave Brock, who still remains at the helm today. In 1970, the band played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival, released their eponymously titled debut albu...

Don't Stop Believin’

Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Saturday 24 May 2025
Jump aboard this midnight train for a crazy, crazy night as the boys and girls are back in town! So, walk this way and join us as we take you back to the edge of seventeen for the ultimate rock party show! It's the night out you have been ...

Bewitcher

Star and Garter, Manchester
Thursday 29 May 2025
Tapestry Promotions are proud to present:BewitcherSupport:DevastatorThursday 29th MayThe Star & Garter, Manchester (18-20 Fairfield Street, M1 2QF)...

Don't Stop Believin’

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 30 May 2025
Jump aboard this midnight train for a crazy, crazy night as the boys and girls are back in town! So, walk this way and join us as we take you back to the edge of seventeen for the ultimate rock party show! It's the night out you have been ...

The Ultimate Classic Rock Show

RNCM, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
Dust off your air guitars for an evening of the very best classic rock anthems from legends past and present! Let The Ultimate Classic Rock Show take you on a roller coaster journey of classic rock nostalgia. Performing hit after hit live w...

Power Ballads - Anthems That Touch the Soul

The Albert Halls, Bolton
Saturday 31 May 2025
From the producers of UK Pink Floyd Experience, the final countdown is on - Power Ballads brings the greatest rock anthems of all time to stages across the UK with big hair, big voices and big fun. Stadium rock lives again with state-of-the...

AC/DC UK + Dizzy Lizzy - AC/DC & Thin Lizzy Tributes

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 31 May 2025
A tribute to two classic rock giants. AC/DC UK are Europe's most explosive tribute to AC/DC and have established themselves as one of the globe's forerunners in the tribute scene, not only emulating the genuine article at their most succes...

Danny Bowes (Thunder) - Maximum Chat

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 5 June 2025
Thunder frontman and Planet Rock radio presenter Danny Bowes presents his highly anticipated one-man show, Maximum Chat. The tour marks a significant return to the stage for Bowes, following his recovery from a life-threatening accident in...

SatchVai Band - Joe Satriani & Steve Vai

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Guitar legends Joe Satriani and Steve Vai announce they are touring together for the very first time in the same band, the SatchVai Band. ...

Iron Maiden

Co-op Live, Manchester
Sunday 22 June 2025
  One of the most influential and successful bands in history, with over 200 million sales, the legendary East London heavy metal heroes return.  With a career spanning over four decades, Bruce Dickinson and the boys are best known for th...

King Diamond

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 30 June 2025
With an incomparable stage presence and theatrical production, influential Danish heavy proto-power-metal act King Diamond returns with a blistering metal 'horror-opera" concept that draws from themes from the occult and both his personal ...

Guns 2 Roses - Tribute to Guns n' Roses

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 26 July 2025
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and in 11 years have become biggest GNR tribute in history. Some tributes tried but not one has and will come close to the authenticity, charisma and hu...

A Foreigner's Journey - The Music of Foreigner and Journey

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 2 August 2025
Legendary bands Foreigner and Journey are giants of the AOR (Adult Orientated Rock) and Classic Rock genres, attracting huge audiences as live acts since forming in the 1970's. Sadly for those in the UK, their shows over here have been few ...

Kerry King (Slayer)

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 12 August 2025
The legendary co-lead guitarist and songwriter of thrash metal band Slayer, Kerry King, embarked on a new chapter after the band's final show in 2019, with his debut solo album From Hell I Rise, released in May 2024. Featuring 13 powerful t...

Poison the Well

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 13 September 2025
The current hardcore scene wouldn't be what it is today without Miami metalcore act Poison The Well. They pretty much invented the "screamo /metalcore" genre.  Their first two full lengths "The Opposite of December" and "Tear From The Red...

Pierce the Veil

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 25 September 2025
Platinum-selling San Diego powerhouse rockers are iconic in their genre, and rightfully so, after topping Billboard's rock and alternative album charts numerous times. They're back with more fuzzy guitars, massive melodic hooks, and distin...

Hits Out Of Hell - The Meat Loaf Songbook

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 26 September 2025
The World's premier show in tribute to Meatloaf, featuring the Ultimate 'Dead Ringer' to Meatloaf Craig Halford as seen on ITV's 'Stars in their eyes' and Channel 4's 'The Last Leg'. Experience all the hits from what is one of the best-sell...

The Freddie & Queen Experience - Queen & Freddie Mercury Tribute

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 27 September 2025
One of the UK's premier, internationally and critically acclaimed Queen & Freddie Mercury tribute bands, delivering a passionate and energy packed show chock full of Queen's greatest hits! Ian Adams as Freddie Mercury replicates Freddie M...

Atreyu

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 1 October 2025
California's own hardcore-metal outfit Atreyu return, exceeding all expectations and expanding the boundaries of metallic rock yet again.  ...

Wishbone Ash

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 4 October 2025
The 1970's Torquay Prog-rock legends are noted for their extensive use of harmony twin lead guitars which helped Andy Powell and Ted Turner to be voted "Two of the Ten Most Important Guitarists in Rock History" and to appear in Rolling Sto...

Led-Into-Zeppelin - Tribute to Led Zeppelin

The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Saturday 4 October 2025
With a reputation as one of the UK's premier tributes to the mighty Zeppelin, Led-Into-Zeppelin are made up of musicians who previously played with Slack Alice, and a late 80s musical venture called The Spurs together with well known Manc...

Parkway Drive

AO Arena, Manchester
Monday 6 October 2025
Parkway Drive has spent the past decade at the forefront of heavy music worldwide. The five-piece metal band from Byron Bay, Australia formed in 2002. Parkway Drive has released five studio albums including Killing with a Smile (2005), Hori...

UK Slam Fest 2025

The Bread Shed, Manchester
Friday 10 - Saturday 11 October 2025
The Most Extreme Fest In The Northwest returns in 2025 to celebrate 10 years of brutality...

Bleed From Within

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 11 October 2025
Glaswegian heavy metal band Bleed From Within "have breathed life into a kind of metal that has long become stagnant and they have done this on their own terms. No backing down and no comprising can be found." - Ghost Cult Magazine. "If you...

From Fall to Spring

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Nu-metal fans can no longer ignore From Fall to Spring! Only narrowly eliminated in the ESC preliminary round, the combo from Germany has played their way straight into the hearts of fans. The sold-out headline shows on their tours speak fo...

Reef

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 30 October 2025
  UK Album Chart-topping Glastonbury hard blues rockers REEF return with their thrilling blast of unadulterated funky rock'n'roll joy. Their energetic shows serve up nineties Top 10 classics such as "Place Your Hands", and "Come Back Brigh...

Arch Enemy

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 31 October 2025
Sweden's extreme metal titans Arch Enemy return with more guttural force, powerful signature guitar riffs and clean vocal surprises. ...

Saxon

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 7 November 2025
1979 was a momentous year for British Hard Rock, with the birth of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal and the subsequent rise of future giants of the genre. After 40 years and 22 studio album releases, Saxon remain as one of those giants o...

Focus

The Stoller Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 November 2025
With their unique brand of progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves at the start of the '70s as the most successful and appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their ...

The Rasmus

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 1 December 2025
One of the greatest rock bands ever to come out of Finland, The Rasmus, with their new line-up - female guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen replacing Pauli Rantasalmi in 2022 - embark on a European tour. Having topped the charts in Germany, A...
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