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What's On at the O2 Apollo, Manchester

The O2 Apollo Manchester is a Grade II concert venue in Manchester with a capacity of 3’500 (2514 standing, 986 seats).  It opened in 1938, originally as a cinema and variety hall and began to host music concerts 1960’s.  It is one of Manchester premiere concert venues.

The O2 Apollo, formerly known as The Manchester Apollo, covers all music, including rock, pop, jazz, musical theatre, and comedy acts.  It’s hosted The Beatles, David Bowie, The Jacksons, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John (Freddie Mercury joined him), Tina Turner, Michael Buble, Michael Ball, Peter Kay, and was featured in the film 24 hour party people.

The art deco designed O2 Apollo Manchester has been central to the music touring circuit for decades and has many exciting shows, events and concerts coming up including Mo Gilligan, Paul Weller, Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Jools Holland, and Anastacia.  See what's on at the O2 Apollo Manchester below and book tickets online.

The O2 Apollo Manchester is a Grade II concert venue in Manchester with a capacity of 3’500 (2514 standing, 986 seats).  It opened in 1938, originally as a cinema and variety hall and began to host music concerts 1960’s.  It is one of Manchester premiere concert venues.

The O2 Apollo, formerly known as The Manchester Apollo, covers all music, including rock, pop, jazz, musical theatre, and comedy acts.  It’s hosted The Beatles, David Bowie, The Jacksons, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John (Freddie Mercury joined him), Tina Turner, Michael Buble, Michael Ball, Peter Kay, and was featured in the film 24 hour party people.

The art deco designed O2 Apollo Manchester has been central to the music touring circuit for decades and has many exciting shows, events and concerts coming up including Mo Gilligan, Paul Weller, Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, Jools Holland, and Anastacia.  See what's on at the O2 Apollo Manchester below and book tickets online.

What's On at the O2 Apollo, Manchester

Mo Gilligan

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 19 October 2024 - Thursday 24 April 2025
Mo Gilligan is a British stand-up comedian known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hosted The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan, which debuted in 201...

The Cult

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 25 October 2024
The Cult have revived their early post-punk incarnation, celebrating 40 years since Bradford vocalist Ian Astbury and legendary Mancunian guitarist Billy Duffy formed Death Cult in 1983 as a spin-off from Astbury's former gothic rock band S...

Paul Weller

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 1 November 2024
Few people have had as great an influence on the British music scene as Paul Weller. As frontman of The Jam, Weller spearheaded the Mod revival in the late '70s and early '80s, scoring a string of hits, including Going Underground and A ...

Interpol

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 2 November 2024
Manhattan, New York, rockers Interpol formed in 1997, and quickly became one of the main bands associated with the New York indie music scene, and one of several groups that emerged from the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band's sound ...

Russ

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 3 November 2024
Sicilian Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, singer songwriter, and producer Russ walks his own path, at his own pace. By doing so, he proved that he didn't need a major label to surpass over 10 billion streams on Spotify/Apple Music, get on Forbes' ...

Lindsey Stirling

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 4 November 2024
For over a decade, Lindsey Stirling has enchanted audiences across the globe by performing a certain spellbinding magic with her electronic violin, dreaming up an exquisitely composed yet boldly inventive sound entirely her own. The classic...

NIKI

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Nashville-based Indonesian alt pop singer-songwriter Nicole Zefanya, better known as NIKI, has garnered global recognition for her songwriting and musicianship and is among the most popular female artists from Indonesia. ...

Conan Gray

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 7 - Friday 8 November 2024
Attracting unanimous applause of everyone from Sir Elton John to Taylor Swift, Texan indie pop singer-songwriter Conan Gray has quickly cemented himself as one of the freshest voices in music during his meteoric rise with over 3 billion glo...

Ezra Collective

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 10 November 2024
Lighting up sweaty dance floors and soundtrack dinner parties in equal measure, London jazz five-piece Ezra Collective are proving themselves as a harmonious tour de force. A thumping celebration of life and synergy in motion, their winding...

Ricky Gervais

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 11 November 2024 - Tuesday 21 January 2025
Ricky Gervais has today announced the highly-anticipated first set of official UK dates for his brand-new stand-up show 'Mortality'.  Fresh from his most recent stand-up special 'Armageddon' winning a Golden Globe, hitting Number 1 on Netf...

KALEO

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 15 November 2024
  Known for the way they gorgeously blend folk, country, rock and blues, the five-piece KALEO have become one of Iceland's most successful music exports. They released their debut eponymous album in 2013 and followed it with A/B in 2016...

The Australian Pink Floyd

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 16 November 2024
Since their first ever concert in Adelaide, Australia in 1988 the Australian Pink Floyd Show have performed in over 35 countries worldwide; played at David Gilmour's 50th birthday celebration and were even joined on stage by Rick Wright. TA...

Khruangbin

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 17 - Monday 18 November 2024
Taking influence from 1960's Thai funk - their name literally translates to 'Engine Fly'; in Thai - Khruangbin's music has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican d...

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 19 November 2024
Originally from Alabama but now based in Nashville, four-time Grammy Award-winning Americana singer, songwriter and musician Jason Isbell is widely renowned as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation with his track "Maybe It's Ti...

Rag'n'Bone Man

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Sussex-born Rory Graham grew up hearing his mum and dad play an assortment of blues, soul and jazz albums. When he attended his first raves as a teenager, he found himself drawn to ragga and jungle music, especially artists such as Congo Na...

Anthrax + Kreator

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 21 November 2024
International metal forces join in a monstrous union between US metal monsters, Anthrax and German thrash titans, Kreator in this co-headline tour. ...

Blossoms

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 23 November 2024
Stockport quintet Blossoms burst onto the Manchester scene in the 2010s, quickly rising from local clubs to festival stages and the top of the UK Album charts within a few short years. Their catchy, synth-forward blend of Brit-pop and indi...

ZAYN

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 24 November - Wednesday 4 December 2024
Mult-platinum selling Bradford recording artist, songwriter, producer and philanthropist Zayn Malik is best known for his time in One Direction and for his skyscraping vocals and hybrid style of pop and R&B. With his debut solo album, he be...

BBC Concert Orchestra - Northern Soul Orchestrated

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Following the sold-out night at the Royal Albert Hall's BBC Proms, the BBC Concert Orchestra take their dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan's Stuart Maconie and Manchester's Joe Duddell, on the road. A celebration of raw, rare Amer...

Jason Manford

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 28 November 2024
Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show, A Manford All Seasons. The Manchester comedian has been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn't...

Vampire Weekend

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 1 - Monday 2 December 2024
New York indie rockers Vampire Weekend formed in 2006 and have enjoyed international success with the singles "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma", "This Life" /"Unbearably White" and "Cousins". Led by vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, they were i...

IDLES

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 6 - Sunday 8 December 2024
Formed in Bristol in 2009, IDLES are known for their intense sound and abrasive lyrics. The post-punk rocker's confrontational and infectiously volatile debut was Brutalism in 2017. Joy As An Act Of Resistance came out in 2018, acting as so...

Jimmy Carr

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 19 December 2024
Star of the UK's most streamed Netflix comedy special of 2021, Jimmy is back on the road with a brand new show, Laughs Funny. Jimmy's show contains jokes about all kinds of terrible things. Terrible things that might have affected you or pe...

Jools Holland

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 21 December 2024
Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra are a rhythm and blues band led by boogie-woogie pianist Jools Holland. Holland formed the band in 1994 and the current 20-piece band consists of piano, organ, drums, female vocals, electri...

Roy Chubby Brown

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 17 January 2025
Roy Chubby Brown's rude, crude and rip-roaring brand of comedy is world renowned. Performing his own unique style of stand-up since the 190s, Chubby's belly-busting banter has never held back from sharing his outlandish views on news, wome...

Brothers Osborne

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 25 January 2025
Described by Rolling Stone as performing "party-friendly tunes that are equal parts outlaw attitude, disco groove and ZZ Top-style boogie", the Grammy nominated Maryland brothers serve up raw, honest and uniquely homemade Country rock. Thei...

Dan and Phil

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 29 - Thursday 30 January 2025
YouTubers Dan and Phil are back to heal your inner child and take back what the internet took from them. In their new screamingly hilarious live stage show, Terrible Influence, it's a new era. They're older, gayer, Phil's gone blonde, and n...

James Bay

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 7 February 2025
Big dreams are often born in small towns, and James Bay is one such dreamer who dared to make his come true. The three-time GRAMMY Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning multi-platinum Hitchin-born folk pop troubadour is on course to captiv...

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. ...

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...

Greg Davies

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 26 February - Saturday 1 March 2025
Star of shows such as Taskmaster, The Inbetweeners, The Cleaner, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Man Down and Cuckoo, comedian Greg Davies is heading back out on tour for the first time in 7 years with his brand-new 2025 stand-up show Full Fat Le...

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...

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...

Katherine Ryan

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 15 March - Saturday 5 April 2025
Star of UKTV's hugely popular new series Parental Guidance as well as Comedy Central's upcoming Out of Order with Rosie Jones and Judi Love, TV's beloved Katherine Ryan makes a hugely welcome return to the stage with her brand-new live stan...

Clairo

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 19 - Thursday 20 March 2025
  Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American lo-fi folk pop singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13, rising to pro...

The Dead South

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 21 March 2025
A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. To the gentlemen of The Dead South, a self-styled 4-piece string band from Saskatchewan, Canada, it's about how, not what, you play. The two-time JUNO Award winning, Canadia...

The Darkness

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 22 March 2025
Delivering immeasurable rock and roll extravagance, Lowestoft's favourite rock icons (consisting of brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins, and Queen legend Roger Taylor's equally brilliant drumming son Rufus Tiger Taylor) first shot to fame in 20...

Spiritualized

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 24 March 2025
Fresh from their thirteenth album release, "Everything Was Beautiful" - their third to reach the UK Top 5, in April 2022 - Jason Pierce (a.k.a. J. Spaceman) and his Warwickshire space rock band Spiritualized return with their beautiful wave...

David Gray

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Multi-platinum British singer-songwriter David Gray is hitting the road in 2020 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of White Ladder, his fourth studio album which sold seven million copies. Not only did it propel him into the mainstream, b...

Skunk Anansie

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 4 April 2025
With an unparalleled influence, the iconic multi-racial Platinum-selling British Hard Rock band Skunk Anansie, fronted by female vocalist Skin, are famed for their incendiary live sets over the years, during a career that was kickstarted w...

Ocean Colour Scene

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 12 April 2025
In their 30 years together, multi-Platinum selling Birmingham indie legends OCS have enjoyed five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. But behind all the swagger and the style there are great songs, with words...

Father John Misty

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 13 April 2025
Internationally acclaimed, UK Top 10 charting indie folk star Father John Misty, aka Josh Tillman, sounds and acts a bit like solo-era John Lennon, Scott Walker, Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Dory Previn, while taking more than a few cue...

FINNEAS

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Friday 18 April 2025
Following the release of his sister Billie Eilish's third studio album "Hiit Me Hard and Soft", which has further cemented him as one of the most critically acclaimed, award-winning producers and songwriters of his generation, multiple GRAM...

Heilung

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Monday 21 April 2025
The enigmatic world music collective, made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany, return with their signature amplified folk based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Iron Age, and Viking Age. The mysterio...

Anastacia

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 30 April 2025
The mega voice behind massive hits including multi-platinum 'I'm Outta Love' and 'Left Outside Alone', Anastacia is one of the most recognisable voices of our time. The tour is Anastacia's first since 2018 in support of her seventh studio a...

The Flaming Lips

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Sunday 4 May 2025
Celebrating the 20th anniverary of their tenth studio album the Oklahoma psychedelic rockers perform their UK Platinum-selling Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in full. Featuring the hit singles 'Do You Realize??', 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink...

The Wiggles

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Thursday 15 May 2025
Children and parents are in for a big treat as The Wiggles hop into their Big Red Car and embark on one of their biggest global tours ever. An incredible musical adventure awaits as they take their new show on tour, based on the smash hit s...

Pixies

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Saturday 24 May 2025
With elements of indie rock and surf rock, 1980's Boston alternative rockers The Pixies have been cited by avowed fan Kurt Cobain as a heavy influence on Nirvana with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' sty...

Billy Ocean

O2 Apollo, Manchester
Wednesday 4 June 2025
Billy Ocean is the biggest selling black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime to date. Having achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter, Billy has collected mu...

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