HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
HARD ROCK & METAL CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Hard Rock & Metal Concerts in Manchester
Moving Pictures - A Tribute to the Music of Rush
Manchester Academy
Fri 8 Nov 2024 - Sat 5 Apr 2025
Transmission - The Sound of Joy Division
Night & Day Cafe
Sat 26 Oct - Fri 22 Nov 2024
the Jesus Lizard
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 8 January 2025
the Jesus Lizard return with brisk guitar rock you haven't heard since... the last time the Jesus Lizard took over a stage in your town. Teeming with the kind of madness needed to beat down today's AOR mediocrity and piss-perfect pop drivel...Paganfest - Alestorm + Ensiferum + Týr + Heidevolk + Elvenking
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 18 January 2025
Paganfest returns after 10 years with the strongest pagan & folk metal line-ups yet: Alestorm, Ensiferum, Tyr, Heidevolk & Elvenking. ...The Classic Rock Show
The Lowry, Salford
Sunday 19 January 2025 - Monday 19 January 2026
The ultimate live juke box is back, bigger and even better, celebrating the very best-of-the-best of Classic Rock. Paying tribute to its favourite rock heroes CRS thunders through legendary performances from the likes of Queen, Led Zeppelin...Better Lovers
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 19 January 2025
A Buffalo, New York, hardcore punk supergroup of tried-and-true musicians got together and found the sort of camaraderie and kinship you typically only find once in a lifetime. Formed in 2023, the group consists of Fit For An Autopsy vocal...Magnum
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Vocalist Bob Catley has reformed legendary Birmingham hard rock band Magnum in honour of their late-great guitarist and songwriter Tony Clarkin who died in January 2024 of a rare spinal condition. "We want do a tribute to Tony and the re...
Silent Planet
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Californian progressive metal act Silent Planet fuse glitchy electronics with guttural distortion and ethereal guitar melodies. ...Bullet For My Valentine + Trivium
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 30 January 2025
A co-headline tour from Welsh quartet Bullet For My Valentine, who straddle metal, punk and emo, with Florida quartet Trivium, whose inimitable masterful melody, hypnotic hook-craft, tight thrash, metal scope, and cinematic extremity has m...Kublai Khan TX
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 31 January 2025
Texan metal band Kublai Khan play a style of metalcore reminiscent of the early 1990s metallic hardcore scene, employing heavy, slow breakdowns, heavily downtuned guitars and raspy vocals. They also touch on socially conscious issues such...Limehouse Lizzy - The Greatest Hits of Thin Lizzy
The Met, Bury
Friday 31 January 2025
Limehouse Lizzy continue to keep the spirit of celtic rock icon Philip Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy alive, well and dominating stages worldwide. The band have also added a tribute into their show to ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist (and world reno...Cattle Decapitation + Shadow of Intent
New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 1 February 2025
A joint headline tour from San Diego deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation and Connecticut deathcore act Shadow of Intent. ...New Years Day
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 1 February 2025
Kerrang! Magazine counts Californian gothic rock act New Years Day among an elite handful of bands inspiring the next generation. Led by "the vibrant force of nature that is frontwoman Ash Costello," New Years Day unleash anthems of discont...Toto
AO Arena, Manchester
Tuesday 4 February 2025
Californian classic rock act Toto, featuring original member Steve Lukather and long time lead vocalist Joseph Williams, are back. Inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame they have sold 40 million records worldwide, including UK Top 40 h...Steve 'n' Seagulls
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 5 February 2025
It could've been a cold winter day or warm summer night in Finland - but it was around the year 2010. Someone came up with an idea to combine bluegrass, Finnish folk and rock/metal music. The outcome was and has since been Steve'n'Seagulls....
The Story of Guitar Heroes
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Thursday 6 February 2025
The Story of Guitar Heroes is an awe-inspiring, dynamic show which transports you through time: from the 1950's with artistes such as Chuck Berry and Hank Marvin from The Shadows, including gifted legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Cl...Rise Against
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Saturday 8 February 2025
The chart-topping, critically acclaimed Chicago band offer a gritty combination of hardcore punk and melodic hardcore which continues to defy the status quo of modern rock, scoring four UK Top 40 albums in the process. They are also known f...Gloryhammer
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 8 February 2025
Angus McFife and his symphonic power metal heroes of Dundee make their triumphant return with perfect galloping, highly melodic power metal that merges galactic fire with unforgettable metal anthems. So, shine those hammers, sharpen your b...The Bon Jovi Experience
The Met, Bury
Saturday 8 February 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...
Queensryche
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 11 February 2025
One of the most distinctive bands of the 80s, American progressive metal band Queensryche scored UK Top 40 hits with "Silent Lucidity", "Best I Can", "Bridge", and "I Am I" between 1990 and 1994. ...Jazz Sabbath
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Created by Adam Wakeman, touring keyboard and guitar player for Black Sabbath (2004-2017) and Ozzy Osbourne band member (2004-present), Jazz Sabbath is a fictional English jazz trio said to be from the late sixties. The band plays jazz rend...Tremonti
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
Renowned songwriter, Grammy Award winner and three-time Guitar World "Guitarist of the Year"/recent "Guitarist of the Decade" title recipient, Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti returns with his solo rock and metal time capsule!...Oh My God It's The Church
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Thursday 13 February 2025
The Lord may work in mysterious ways, but there is nothing mysterious about the rise of the phenomenon that is - Oh My God! It's The Church. Original, outrageous, irreverent, and endlessly entertaining, OMGITC have had a monumental few ye...
Queen Extravaganza - The Official Queen Tribute Band
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 15 February 2025
The official Queen tribute band produced by Roger Taylor and Brian May. The band, who began touring all over the globe back in 2012, are made up of a rolling cast of gifted musicians who have been hand picked by Roger Taylor and Brian May. ...
The Devil Wears Prada
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Ohio metalcore act the Devil Wears Prada took their name from the novel and movie, but rebranded it to fit their anti-materialistic Christian ethics. Emerging among the crop of punishing metalcore acts to debut in the early 2000s, they mana...Four Year Strong
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Massachusetts rockers Four Year Strong blend pop-punk and hardcore punk. The band simply developed their sound off the idea of playing 'exactly what they want to hear' or music that they would listen to, but no one else was playing at the...Motionless In White
O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025
With their unique combination of industrial metal dissonance, captivating gothic bombast and powerful, contemporary metalcore, Pennsylvania's Motionless In White have become one of the most important forces in modern US rock music. With ove...Green Lung
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 21 February 2025 - Saturday 21 February 2026
Green Lung are a cult band in every sense of the word. Formed in London in 2017, they brought a folk horror sensibility to occult rock, attracting a fanatical following in their native South London and beyond, and resulting in international...You Me At Six
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 February - Saturday 29 March 2025
Rising out of the British alternative underground, Surrey rockers You Me At Six released their debut full-length album Take Off Your Colours in 2008 through Slam Dunk Records and Epitaph Records. Celebrating early chart success, it was 2010...Kvelertak
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 23 February 2025
The Norwegian rock and metal band Kvelertak (translates to 'stranglehold' and is pronounced «Kuh-vell-er-taaaak») entered 2019 with bigger riffs and an even heavier sound. With Ivar Nikolaisen fronting the rejuvenated Kvelertak, the band ...Uriah Heep
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 25 February 2025
British rock icons, Uriah Heep, bid farewell after 55 years. Uriah Heep's longevity is a testament to the band's excellent music, prolific song-writing and tireless efforts. The mighty Heep are cut from the same cloth of legends; their c...
Paleface Swiss
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
Switzerland's finest metal band. The guys from Zurich have destroyed everything that wasn't nailed down. Whether it was their last US tour as direct support for The Ghost Inside or the nearly sold-out tour with West Coast outfit Lionheart...Paleface Swiss
New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 28 February 2025
Switzerland's finest metal band. The guys from Zurich have destroyed everything that wasn't nailed down. Whether it was their last US tour as direct support for The Ghost Inside or the nearly sold-out tour with West Coast outfit Lionheart...Burn - A Tribute to Deep Purple
The Citadel Theatre, St Helens
Friday 28 February 2025
BURN - Deep Purple Tribute present over 2 hours of searing rock and roll from one of the greatest rock bands of the seventies. You can expect all the classics - Highway Star, Fireball, Space Truckin', Woman from Tokyo - but also MkIII class...Opeth
Albert Hall, Manchester
Saturday 1 March 2025
Sweden's visionaries of Opeth have come a long way within the past 3 decades and evolved from raw death metal to virtuousic progressive vintage rock. Always following their own path, the band forged 13 albums, each being a new milestone wit...
Suffocation
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Sunday 2 March 2025
From the bleeding speed guitars, the intense waves of sound and spine curdling vocals, the pioneering New York gods of death metal set the standard for those who prefer their rock n roll on the dark side. ...
Self Deception
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Stockholm rockers Self Deception are known for their dynamic sound that combines classic rock elements with a fresh, anthemic modern metal flair. The band has released two studio albums, with chart hits such as "Fight Fire With Gasoline" an...Heaven Can Wait - A Tribute to the Music of Meat Loaf
Altrincham Garrick, Altrincham
Thursday 6 March 2025
Carlton Entertainment brings you their brand-new production featuring Meat Loaf's greatest hits. Following a Sold Out tour of Spain in 2024, This showstopping concert launches across Europe in 2025. Featuring the incredible vocals of Lee Br...Vukovi
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 8 March 2025
Scottish rock outfit Vukovi demand your attention with songs taking in themes of individuality, drug abuse, depression and suicide. ...The Wildhearts
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
For 3 decades The Wildhearts have remained at the forefront of the British rock scene. From their classic debut album 'Earth Vs' (voted number one album of the year in Kerrang! back in 1993, and number 20 in the best rock albums of all time...Animals As Leaders
