A brand-new nightclub is set to open in Manchester city centre this winter, promising £5 tickets to see potentially the world’s biggest and best DJs.
At the 1000-capacity Amber’s, the line-ups for each Saturday night will be unannounced, but will include world-renowned DJs, live performers, and up-and-coming selectors.
For its opening season, running until March 2025, artists will play under the radar and only revealed post-event.
The venue will also have a no-photos policy to protect the experience for both DJ and dancer.
Amber’s will be taking over the old Canvas site and creating a club and multi-room music venue, with a fully functioning live space and an electronic club venue.
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It’s aiming to be an inclusive, safe and approachable space where music-lovers can see famous names, discover new talent and dance to your favourite bands.
Bringing something new to Manchester’s world-class clubbing landscape, the live space at Amber’s will be set with state-of-the-art L-Acoustics sound system and custom lighting, while the nightclub will focus on underground electronic music.
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Amber’s is a new nightclub and live music venue opening in Manchester. Credit: Supplied
Set to open this December, with £5 advance Saturday tickets, Amber’s is going to bring together local, national and international promoters for seasonal programming and events.
There’ll be an in-house welfare team to ensure the wellbeing and safety of all club-goers, making sure you can have the best time every single night.
Sam Tunstall, co-director of Salford’s Un.titled Studio and La Discotheque Orchestra creator, said: “At Amber’s we want the music, sound and vibe to be the reason you come back.
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“We aim to bring some of the best artists in the world to our club, to play at an affordable price point, with the focus on brilliant music and sound, every single week.”
James Hutchins aka Hutch from fabric (and former music editor of i-D magazine) said: “We’re totally aware of the climate at the moment when it comes to nightclubs and venues in trouble, so we aim to foster an environment where promoters, artists and attendees can thrive and grow together.”
Sneak peeks inside new Manchester nightclub, Amber’s. Credit: Supplied
And Jeremy Abbott, one part of Nothing Forced content and design agency, said: “We’ve spent decades in clubs together, being part of dancefloors that have changed our lives.
“Amber’s is an amalgamation of those formative experiences, the ones that you tell people about for years to come.
“We want to channel that into a new space for Manchester, a city that’s already blessed with amazing venues, nights and clubs.”
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Amber’s will open at Circle Square on Oxford Road on 5 December. You can follow them on Instagram HERE for updates.
General sale tickets for Saturdays at Amber’s during December are on sale now HERE.
The biggest rock band on Earth is coming to Manchester, with hundreds of musicians on stage
Daisy Jackson
Rockin’1000 will be heading to Manchester next spring, with the biggest rock band on Earth performing timeless anthems.
And when we say it’s the biggest rock band on Earth, we’re not being sensationalist – there’ll be 300 musicians performing together.
Guitarists, bassists, drummers, keyboardists, singers, and even an orchestral section will all play together for a rock concert on a scale the UK has never seen before.
The AO Arena is set to host Rockin’1000 in March next year – and musicians of all skill levels are being invited to apply to perform.
There are more than 100,000 musicians as part of the band worldwide, and if you’d like to be one of them before the show arrives in Manchester you can register HERE.
Rockin’1000 began in 2015 with a viral performance of 1,000 musicians playing a Foo Fighters song in Cesena in Italy.
Since then, it’s grown into a worldwide community of musicians and has sold more than 300,00 tickets to large-scale and ambitious rock concerts in 20 different countries.
Rockin’1000 will come to the AO Arena in Manchester
Despite being one of Europe’s largest venues, the indoor nature of the AO Arena means that the number of performers will be reduced to 300, who will fill the floor of the arena.
Fabio Zaffagnini, Founder of Rockin’1000 said “The UK’s music culture is unrivalled, and Manchester is one of the world’s great music cities.
“Bringing 1,000 musicians together under one roof creates a powerful emotional connection for everyone involved, on stage and in the crowd.
“We cannot wait to share this experience with UK fans.”
Rockin’1000 will be at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday 7 March, with 300 musicians performing together at once.
Tickets will go on sale from 10am on Friday 5 December HERE.
Peter Hook announces special career-spanning city centre show, with a veteran Manc band supporting
Danny Jones
Local music legend Peter Hook and his live touring partners, ‘The Light’, have announced a special career-spanning anniversary gig right here in Manchester, chronicling his incredible music career.
The former Joy Division member and subsequent New Order co-founder is celebrating 50 years in the business next year, and is marking the occasion with a comprehensive and retrospective live show come the summer.
Arguably one of the most influential musicians to have ever come out of the region, the Salford-born bassist and now lead singer of his own solo outfit (still playing countless hits from his extremely lengthy discography, of course) is now 69 years old and still going strong.
In fact, that’s exactly what they’ll be doing for the landmark live show: playing some of the biggest and best tunes from his various projects over the decades he’s spent in the studio and on the stage.
Suitably shared in Haçienda/Sex Pistol-coloured announcement poster, not only will Hook be revisiting Joy Division’s seminal debut album, Unknown Pleasures, but he’ll be going back through everything from Power Corruption & Lies by New Order to his lesser-known works.
Be it his 1995 side project, Monaco, or the recently unearthed Freebass collab with the likes of Andy Rourke, Tim Burgess, and the late, great ‘Mani’ from the Stone Roses, fans of the avid audiophile and prolific live performer are in for a real treat.
Having toured this storied material extensively, Peter Hook and the Light have now amassed over 800 concerts as a band. For the Greater Manchester native himself, it’s an incredible feat to make in the music industry, full stop, let alone reach half a century in it.
As for the Pistols connection, ‘Hooky‘ just happened to be one of several future Manc icons like half of The Smiths and The Fall, Factory Records’ own Tony Wilson, John Cooper Clarke, and even his then-soon-to-be Joy Division bandmate turned New Order lead singer, Bernard Sumner.
It’s a fairly safe bet you’ll find the post-punk veteran and plenty more of his peers in the crowd for another major music milestone in 2026.
It’s this particular date the group are toasting that motivated Hook to go out and buy a guitar.
Even more fittingly, this 50th anniversary gig will also see the group joined by another veteran rock band from the region, as fellow local punk sons, The Buzzocks from Bolton, who also formed after THAT very same gig at Lesser Free Trade Hall in ’76.
Early access tickets for the exclusive show at Manchester Academy next June go on pre-sale this Wednesday, 3 December; general admission will be available from Friday, 5 December.
We had the honour of chatting with the man, the myth, the legend, once again back in February 2024, when our Audio North arm was still known as ‘The Manc Audio’.
Daisy Jackson -
23rd October 2024 
