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The Manc Audio to take over the DJ decks at the iconic Night & Day this summer

Music to get you off your seat and dance to.

Dean Hadcock Dean Hadcock - 7th June 2023

Here at The Manc, we constantly and proudly shine a spotlight onto Manchester’s music scene through our dedicated music platform The Manc Audio.

And now our coolest platform is heading off Instagram and out in to the real world, taking over the decks at the truly iconic Night & Day Cafe.

You can expect to hear us spinning some tunes from bright new talents, as well as the names we all already know and love.

Taking place on 24 June, The Manc Audio will be on the DJ decks at Night & Day from 7pm to 11pm, warming up your Saturday night before Manchester band Honk take over the weekly event Loose Joints.

In two weeks’ time, you’ll be boogying to everything from soul, disco and funk, to indie and post-punk, all with just one thing in common – it’s music to get you off your seat and dance to.

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Think ABBA, Jungle, and Talking Heads in a non-stop onslaught of immaculate vibes.

Come down for a drink or two, say hi and maybe even have a boogie, it’s free entry after all.

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Night & Day is one of Manchester’s most iconic grassroots venues, now more than 30 years old.

For decades, it’s been welcoming brilliant musicians, including over the course of their careers the likes of Ed Sheeran, Arctic Monkeys, Wet Leg, James Bay and Elbow.

It’s a Northern Quarter landmark too, thanks to its familiar burgundy frontage and cosy interior.

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Gary Barlow announces TWO huge gigs in Manchester next year

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia

Gary Barlow has announced the dates for his 2025 UK tour this morning, and it includes two Manchester shows.

If you’ve missed this boyband heartthrob in all his live show glory, then you can catch him not once but twice in this city centre local music venue.

On top of being a household name and massive eye candy for mums, the Cheshire-born singer has had impressive musical career – with 15 UK number ones, 12 of those as part of boyband Take That – as well as his first two solo singles both reaching the top spot in 1996 and 1997.

Three of his solo studio albums have also achieved pole position too, most recently in 2020.

His face may be very recognisable, but his songwriting credits are even more so.

The 53-year-old has writing titles on ‘Candy’ by fellow boyband member Robbie Williams, and even for current I’m A Celebrity campmate Tulisa and her group N-Dubz, as well as also featuring on our screens over the years, most-notably as a judge on The X Factor.

The songwriting titan has aged like a fine wine, and ironically, even has his own self-titled vino brand ‘Gary Barlow Wines’, so fans can hope there’s lots of drinks flowing at his upcoming tour dates.

His legacy has continued, although not the musical way he intended, but through his son, Daniel, whose staggering height quickly became a viral moment online.

So, whether you want to watch Barlow ‘Sing’ his hits in Manchester, or treat yourself to a nice staycation next year, then ere’s 41 UK tour dates to choose from – including some of the next closest to Manchester being Blackpool, Halifax, and Liverpool.

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Gary Barlow is bringing his ‘Songbook Tour 2025’ to O2 Apollo in Manchester on 8 and 9 May next year, with tickets going on sale this Friday (29 November) at 9:30am here.

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Posters around Manchester city centre spark serious rumours Charli XCX is set to headline Parklife 2025

Danny Jones Danny Jones Charli XCX headlining Parklife 2025 rumours

Some pretty big, green posters are popping up around town and, not to get ahead of ourselves, but it looks like they’re hinting at Charli XCX headlining Parklife 2025…

Feel free to lose your bratting minds.

A number of tall, let’s call it ‘apple’ green posters have been sighted in various places across Manchester city centre this Friday, 22 November and the last time we saw this slightly low-resolution, plain black Arial font and colour combo we got a reworked version of Charli XCX’s brat album.

Listen, all we can tell you is that this is almost exactly the same marketing and the letters on the poster simply read, “PL25”. Come on… you do the math(s).

@the.manc Posters have appeared all over Manchester and it looks like a @Charli XCX headline slot at @Parklife Festival is coming. SCREAMING. #themanc #manchester #charlixcx #parklife #mcr #brat ♬ original sound – Saturday Night Live – SNL

Spotting at least two of the posters for ourselves around both Newton and Thomas Street in and around the Northern Quarter, plenty of people have been double-taking at the simple but bold and undeniably eye-catching portrait posters.

Trust us, we weren’t the only ones stopping to take a picture and frantically send them to half of our phonebook either.

Charli herself hasn’t given us any other clues on social media thus far – to be fair, this one feels fairly obvious to us – but it’s well worth keeping your eyes peeled on her stories as she did plenty of teasing before dropping Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat.

Still can’t get over that actually being the title, by the way.

It’s also worth noting that Parklife themselves recently confirmed that festival fans can expect to find out their headliners and the full 2025 lineup very soon. Check out that colour…

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Oh, who are we kidding? That’s not apple green it’s straight-up BRAT green, b*tch. We’re fully getting carried away and you’ll just have to deal with it.

Even if it somehow turns out she’s not headlining it’s certainly looking like she’s going to be there and it wouldn’t be the first time.

Better yet, fans of the pop sensation won’t have to wait too long to see her right here in Greater Manchester because Charli is bringing her already smash-hit tour to Co-op Live next Wednesday, 27 November and in case you couldn’t tell by all the shouting in capitals, we’re very excited.

Roll on ‘PL25’. Other than Charli XCX, who else would you like to see as your Parklife headliners next summer?

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