POP & ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
POP & ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Pop & Rock Concerts in Manchester
NOW That's What I Call A Musical
Manchester Opera House
Tue 28 Jan - Sat 1 Feb 2025
Tina - The Tina Turner Musical
Palace Theatre
Tue 25 Nov 2025 - Sat 3 Jan 2026
Fleetwood Bac - The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show
Manchester Academy
Sat 23 Nov 2024 - Sat 13 Sep 2025
Jason Donovan
Lowry, Salford
Sunday 9 March 2025
Jason Donovan's Doin' Fine 25 tour, is a spectacular celebration of his remarkable career in music, theatre, film and TV. This exciting tour will take fans on a journey through 35 years of hits on stage and screen via Jason's energetic an...Mike + The Mechanics
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford's supergroup Mike and The Mechanics, who have sold over ten million records worldwide, perform all the hits and a drop of Genesis. Following the death of former Sad Cafe frontman Paul Young and depar...Jalen Ngonda
Albert Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
With shades of Marvin Gaye, Liverpool-based US singer Jalen Ngonda is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. His voice, equal parts raw feeling and elegance, exudes confidence and charm. Despite still being in his twe...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...La Femme
New Century Hall, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
La Femme are a French psych-punk rock band established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnee in 2010 in Biarritz. The band's music has been described as synthetic and hypnotic. It mixes elements of cold wave, punk, and ye...
Machine Girl
Gorilla, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
Now Wave presents Machine Girl at Gorilla Manchester on 9th March 2025...Pom Poko
Yes, Manchester
Sunday 9 March 2025
"If you have a vacancy for Favourite New Band, Pom Poko would like to apply for the role," tweeted Tim Burgess in April, as Norway's finest punk-pop anti-conformists revisited their joyous debut album, Birthday, for one of Tim's mood-liftin...Teddy Swims
Co-op Live, Manchester
Monday 10 - Sunday 16 March 2025
Born and raised in Atlanta as a pastor's grandson, Jaten Dimsdale played American football and was involved in musical theatre while in high school. In addition, he joined bands of different genres, performing everything from hip hop, so...David Kushner
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Monday 10 March 2025
Compared to Bon Iver and Hozier, Chicago singer-songwriter went viral on TikTok in 2022 with his song "Miserable Man", which peaked at number 11 on the charts in Norway and number 19 in Ireland, additionally reaching the top 40 in Austral...Rory
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 10 March 2025
Roxanne Emery, a.k.a. RORY, is a Southampton-born pop singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer went viral with her single "Late" and a performance of Enrique Iglesias' "Hero" in 2011. Since 2019, she has been writing and produc...Bear's Den
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
British folk rock duo from London, formed in 2012, who have released three studio albums: Islands (UK no.49), Red Earth & Pouring Rain (UK no.6) and So That You Might Hear Me (no.13). The band has been nominated for several music awards thr...
Alec Benjamin
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Critically acclaimed Arizona-born, New York-raised and University of Southern California enrolled folk pop singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin breakthrough in 2018 when his single "Let Me Down Slowly" reached the top 40 in over 25 countries, i...Sharon Van Etten
Albert Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
New Jersey indie singer-songwriter and actress Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them. With curling low vocals and brave intimacy, she creates a stunning meditation on how ...Bdrmm
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Leeds based Hull proto-shoegaze and krautrock five-piece bdrmm, musically, give nods to The Cure's Disintegration, Deerhunter and DIIV, while the band reference RIDE and Radiohead. There are also echoes of krautrock and post-punk, from The ...The Weather Station
Band On The Wall, Manchester
Tuesday 11 March 2025
The critically acclaimed Canadian folk band, fronted by Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman, with her gentle, conversational, intoning voice, deliver jagged music, with stabbing strings, saxophone, and several layers of percussion. Emergi...Sounds of the 60's Live with Tony Blackburn
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Join Tony as he presents an evening of 60s classics performed live by the Sounds Of The 60s All Star Band & Singers. Featuring the hits of The Everly Brothers, Dusty Springfield, The Kinks, Elvis, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Otis Redding, ...FLO
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Receiving love from global superstars including Missy Elliot, SZA, Victoria Monet, Kelly Rowland and JoJo, with one tweet stating "the uk girl groups are coming hard," leading to over 4.5M views, 140k likes and 20k retweets, London R&B tr...IDER
Yes, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
North London-based "cross-genre" electropop duo IDER are back. Formed after meeting at Falmouth Univeristy, Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville have cited Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Beyonce, ...Florentenes
The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Wednesday 12 March 2025
Manchester indie band Florentenes was born from two bedroom musicians with a passion for creating music and showing off to others. Vocalist Will Smith and lead guitarist Luke Holding spent a long time trying to hone their craft of songwriti...
Sabrina Carpenter
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 13 - Friday 14 March 2025
Singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter has undergone a series of creative and personal transformations since first appearing in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, going on to generate mega fandom across TV and film inc...Sabrina Carpenter
Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter has undergone a series of creative and personal transformations since first appearing in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World, going on to generate mega fandom across TV and film inc...Michael Kiwanuka
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Michael Kiwanuka is a British singer-songwriter (indie rock/folk rock/soul) and record producer who is signed with Polydor Records. His 2012 debut album, Home Again, went gold in the United Kingdom and his second album, Love & Hate, debuted...Martin Kohlstedt
Hallé at St Michael's, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Martin Kohlstedt is among the outstanding composers, pianists and producers for instrumental music and electronica. The German composer, movie soundtrack composer, pianist, and record producer has a contemporary approach of mixing classical...Chris Difford (Squeeze)
The Met, Bury
Thursday 13 March 2025
The Squeeze songwriter is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has brought us characters and sketches from everyday life, and has successfully turned the mundane into the beautiful, the urbane into the exqu...
South Arcade
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
South Arcade are making waves as one of the UK's most promising alternative bands, channeling the energy of early 2000s pop rock. ...The Loft
Gullivers, Manchester
Thursday 13 March 2025
Original Creation Records legends The Loft tour the UK in March in support of their forthcoming ?debut? album. The band plays Gullivers on Thursday 13 March ? their first Manchester show since playing the legendary Hacienda club with Terry ...
The Mary Wallopers
O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Described by The Guardian as "invoking the raucous ghosts of The Dubliners and The Pogues to startling effect", The Mary Wallopers are a folk group from Dundalk, Ireland, breathing new life into both well known & rare ballads. Travelling th...JUST MY IMAGINATION - THE MUSIC OF THE TEMPTATIONS
Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 14 March 2025
Fifty years ago, The Temptations were sitting proudly atop of the American charts with the single Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. The song was a notable change in direction for both The Temptations and the group's record label Motown Records. Th...Stiff Little Fingers
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
During the first wave of U.K. punk rock, plenty of bands sang about a world full of violence and chaos, but Stiff Little Fingers didn't have to imagine a dystopian world - formed in Belfast in 1977 at the height of "The Troubles," police br...Animals As Leaders
Albert Hall, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
When unknown virtuoso guitarist Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the now ground-breaking, critically-acclaimed, genre defying instrumental Washington D.C. trio'...Descendents + Circle Jerks
O2 Ritz, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
A co-headline gig from Californian surf-punk rockers Descendents and Circle Jerks, who have been cited as an influence to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Anti-Flag, Dropkick Murphys, the Offspring, NOFX, and Pennywise. ...
Flash - A tribute to Queen
The Bowdon Rooms, Altrincham
Friday 14 March 2025
Celebrate the musical legacy of Freddie Mercury and Queen with hit after hit, anthem after anthem performed live with identical instruments and in authentic costumes on a huge stage set with visuals and effects to bring back that grandeur a...Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Bask Live Wigan, Wigan
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band regularly sell out top class venues across the UK and were recently the first ever tribute band to sell out Glasgow's ico...Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Bask, Wigan
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band regularly sell out top class venues across the UK and were recently the first ever tribute band to sell out Glasgow's ico...Definitely Oasis - Tribute to Oasis
Bask Wigan, Wigan
Friday 14 March 2025
Definitely Oasis are regarded by many Oasis fans and promoters alike as the best Oasis tribute band there is. The band regularly sell out top class venues across the UK and were recently the first ever tribute band to sell out Glasgow's ico...U2 by U2UK
The Irish Club, Warrington
Friday 14 March 2025
Over their 20 year history, it's easy to see why U2UK are Europe's Premiere U2 Tribute show, winning the hearts of U2 fans all over by performing in Europe and beyond, including U2's after show party....
Lucia & The Best Boys
Gorilla, Manchester
Friday 14 March 2025
Lucia & The Best Boys at Gorilla, Manchester on Friday 14th March....
Kid Cudi
Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
Cleveland, Ohio-born, Grammy-nominated Hip Hop sensation and actor Kid Cudi has scored Platinum-selling hits in the UK with "Day 'n' Nite", "Memories" (with David Guetta), "All of the Lights" (with Kanye West, Rihanna and Fergie), and "...Kim Wilde
Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 15 March 2025
Following the Worldwide success of Here Come The Aliens and the recent live album Aliens Live - Kim Wilde and her incredible band are heading back on the road in 2020 with Kim's Greatest Hits Tour. Featuring hit singles from 1981 to 2020, t...Graham Gouldman (10cc)
