ROCK CONCERTS IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Rock Concerts in Manchester
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 29 Mar - Sat 13 Sep 2025
The Luke Combs Experience - Luke Combs Tribute
Manchester Academy
Sat 31 May - Sat 6 Sep 2025
Scam Fender + Kopycat Killers + Subarctic Monkeys + Oasis 96

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
With 3 hours of bangers, a quadruple tribute night to Sam Fender, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. Kopycat Killers are next level with vocalist Stu featuring on Killers Covers with over 10 MILLION streams. They given the Killers 'bles...Scam Fender - Sam Fender Tribute Band

New Century Hall, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
A band of lads from Newcastle that play Sam Fender songs. ...Natty

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
Dubbed a 'soul-reggae crossover sensation' by The Telegraph, Natty (San Francisco born, London raised) was 'found" playing the open mic circuit and signed by Atlantic Records. Following his BBC performance on Later with Jools, his UK top 20...Sabbotage - A Tribute to Black Sabbath

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Friday 6 June 2025
Formed from the ashes of the already established Sabbath Tribute Snowblind in 2014, immediately it was obvious that this band would become the most authentic and by far the best Black Sabbath tribute in the UK. All of the band are highl...Morrissey

Co-op Live, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
The outspoken former lead singer of Manchester legends The Smiths - arguably the most important indie band in Britain during the '80s - Stephen Patrick Morrissey has enjoyed a successful solo career, since 1988, with his theatrical crooning...Bonnie Raitt

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Californian GRAMMY Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame legend Bonnie Raitt is back with her unique brand of folky-blues Americana. 50 years after the release of her debut album, Raitt continues to personify what it means to stay creati...PINK by Vicky Jackson

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Saturday 7 June 2025
Vicky Jackson's tribute to Pink has been a run-away success and has consistently been her most booked act since 2008. Whilst the Pink tribute show was not her first tribute act, Vicky found herself being compared both physically and vocally...Hothouse Flowers

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Irish folk rock band Hothouse Flowers feel like they are turning new corners and writing new chapters every day. No two shows are ever the same having dispensed with any premeditated programme over two decades ago and set about putting the...The Kopycat Killers - The Killers Tribute Band

New Century Hall, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
A Killers tribute band sounding just like the real thing. ...DEKAYTAH

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 7 June 2025
Hailing from the North West of England, Manchester-based Dekaytah are a hard hitting, electrifying heavy metal band that are starting to make their mark on the UK metal scene. With their inspirations from the likes of Slipknot, Gojira, Lam...Kip Moore

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 8 June 2025
Multi-platinum Nashville singer/songwriter Kip Moore embraces a weathered heartland-rock sound which explores his own experiences of growing up in a small Georgia town and working diligently for years to achieve his musical dreams, poetica...Coldplace - Tribute to Coldplay

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Sunday 8 June 2025
The World's Leading Tribute to Coldplay is a stunning live concert performance, celebrating the music of one of the most successful bands of all time. The only tribute to have worked for Coldplay, this outstanding band leads you through all...Mike Peters (The Alarm)

St Helens Theatre Royal, St Helens
Sunday 8 June 2025
It's been a remarkable career. Mike Peters, frontman of The Alarm, created one of Britain's best-loved rock bands at the turn of the 1980s. He filled arenas, enjoyed hits with Sixty Eight Guns Spirit Of '76, and Absolute Reality, and opened...The Skapones

Waxahatchee

Albert Hall, Manchester
Monday 9 June 2025
A solo tour from American indie folk singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. While her previous records featured a backing band with the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterised her Philadelphia scene, an...Echoes of Prince

Band On The Wall, Manchester
Monday 9 June 2025
Echoes of Prince is a very special and unique show, an opera funk in tribute to The Kid Of Minneapolis, created by the Parisian funk band, Echoes Of, better known recently as Jeroboam on Space Grapes Records and Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchest...Robbie Williams

Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 10 - Wednesday 11 June 2025
As well as featuring countless No.1 smash hit singles which have been newly orchestrated by Jules Buckley, Guy Chambers, and Steve Sidwell, and re-recorded with the acclaimed Metropole Orkest in The Netherlands, XXV also features several br...Bôa

New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 10 June 2025
With their songn "Duvet" enjoying a massive resurgence in popularity thanks to TikTok in August 2021, 1990's London rockers Boa return with their first new music in 19 years. Progressing from being a funk band to an alt-rock group, their fi...Destroyer
Gorilla, Manchester
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Now Wave presents Destroyer at Gorilla, Manchester on 10th June 2025...Shonen Knife

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Tuesday 10 June 2025
Tue 10 Jun - 7:30 pmShonen Knife+ Guests£20 adv...Something About Lennon - The John Lennon Story

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Thursday 12 June 2025
Imagine a show that tells the story of one of popular music's most iconic figures in a totally unique way. A tale of controversy, genius, politics and protest, Something About Lennon charts John's story from the breakup of The Beatles to h...Catfish and the Bottlemen

Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 13 June 2025
Originating on the North Wales Coast, alt rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are practically of no fixed abode due to the constant touring since 2014. The band's first album The Balcony achieved platinum status in the UK followed in 2016 wit...Catfish and the Bottlemen

Heaton Park, Manchester
Friday 13 June 2025
Originating on the North Wales Coast, alt rockers Catfish and the Bottlemen are practically of no fixed abode due to the constant touring since 2014. The band's first album The Balcony achieved platinum status in the UK followed in 2016 wit...Snow Patrol

Delamere Forest, Northwich
Friday 13 June 2025
Dundee-formed Northern Irish trio Snow Patrol have carved out a unique place for themselves by constantly delivering melancholic ballads and music of depth that's painted from a broad palette. They shot to fame with their third album, Final...UK Pink Floyd Experience

Stockport Plaza, Stockport
Friday 13 June 2025
Celebrating over 50 years of one of rock's most influential bands, this highly authentic show recreates the atmosphere of Floyd. Featuring the iconic album "The Dark Side Of The Moon" and classics including "Wish You Were Here", "Shine On Y...Red Hot Chilli Pipers

Pyramid and Parr Hall, Warrington
Friday 13 June 2025
There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, who over the past fifteen years have become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet... ever! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show that carries...Strong Enough - Ultimate Tribute Concert to Cher

Blackburn Empire Theatre, Blackburn
Friday 13 June 2025
Featuring all of the classic hits including Turn Back Time, I Found Someone, Believe, Strong Enough, Gypsies Tramps and thieves, her modern Abba remixes and many more. This is one show-stopping dazzling extravaganza you do not want to miss!...Swift & Styles

Holcombe Brook Sports Club, Bolton
Friday 13 June 2025
A night celebrating the fabulous songs from Taylor Swift & Harry Styles...Outbreak Fest

Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester
Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 June 2025
Finding its roots in hardcore and punk, Manchester's three day Outbreak Fest has built a major platform to the UK's consistently thriving counterculture, while also providing a rite of passage for major touring acts across the world such as...JD McPherson

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
Oklahoma's JD McPherson has created something unique and amazing, taking the inspiration from multiple decades and styles and incorporating them into his own sound. He describes it as "It's like if The late-60s Ventures were the session ban...Bootleg Blondie - Blondie Tribute Band

Manchester Academy, Manchester
Saturday 14 June 2025
The world's No. 1 official Debbie Harry and Blondie tribute band. Established in 2001 this band are the only Blondie tribute to play the legendary CBGB in New York City before it's demise in 2006 and unique in that not only have they had th...Butler, Blake & Grant

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
Sunday 15 June 2025
Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant are three of the most renowned and respected musicians in Britain. Norman- the centrifugal force in Teenage Fanclub; Bernard-renowned for his song writing with Suede and several artists, and most...GUN

Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
Sunday 15 June 2025
MTV EMA award winning glam metal band GUN were formed in Scotland by guitarist Giuliano Gizzi. During their career GUN have achieved 3 UK top 20 albums and 8 UK top 40 singles including a cover of Cameo's "Word Up" which reached the UK top ...Osees (The Oh Sees)

O2 Ritz, Manchester
Monday 16 June 2025
With a stage show that's best described as sweat-drenched, a blistering back catalogue and several name changes along the way - Orinoka Crash Suite (1997-2003), OCS (2003-05), The Ohsees (2006), The Oh Sees (2007), Thee Oh Sees (2008-16), O...Nine Inch Nails

Co-op Live, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June 2025
Pulling the harsh sounds of industrial rock into the mainstream, Trent Reznor and his band Nine Inch Nails became the face of industrial music in the '90s with "Head Like a Hole," "Closer," and "Hurt" becoming hits worldwide and their alb...Kim Deal (Pixies / Breeders)

New Century Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 17 June 2025
A solo tour from the original bassist and co-vocalist of Pixies (from 1986 to 1993 and 2004 to 2013) and frontwoman of the Breeders, which she formed in 1989. ...Busted

Delamere Forest, Northwich
Thursday 19 June 2025
The Southend boy band are back for a 20th anniversary greatest hits tour of their signature pop-punk, heavy electronics, effervescent riffs and huge arena-filling choruses. Between 2002 and 2004, the trio topped the UK charts with "Thunder...Santana

Co-op Live, Manchester
Thursday 19 June 2025
Mexican-born San Francisco guitar legend Carlos Santana returns with his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted American Latin rock band. Over a career spanning 50 years, the group have sold well in excess of 100 million records scoring intern...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. ...Rob Lamberti - Perfectly George (George Michael Tribute)

The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Friday 20 June 2025
'Stars in Their Eyes' live finalist Rob Lamberti has earned the title of the UK's number one George Michael tribute artist and has even worked on behalf of the late Wham legend for Sony Music to promote the album 25 Live. In a 2014 interv...Could Be Real Tribute Festival
