Muse are currently in the middle of a major world tour, and they’ve just announced today that they’ll be stopping off here in Manchester before 2023 is out.
And Manchester is one of only two UK cities the band is gracing with their presence too.
Following a string of successful UK outdoor shows over these past few weeks, which culminated this past weekend at the Milton Keynes Bowl, and with their massive ‘Will of the People World Tour’ having also been making waves and the masses over seas, Muse have today confirmed a handful of extra UK and Irish arena tour dates this autumn.
With tickets set to go on sale next week, the beloved Devon band will also be taking to the stage at Dublin’s 3Arena, and at The O2 in London for two shows too, as well here at the AO Arena in Manchester.
Since forming all the way back in 1994, the multi-platinum rock trio – which is made up of frontman Matt Bellamy, drummer Dominic Howard, and Chris Wolstenholme on bass – have released nine studio albums, sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and developed a hugely loyal fanbase.
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Over the course of their two decade music career, the band has scooped a handful of awards – including two GRAMMYs, two BRIT Awards, and eleven NME Awards, among others.
Muse will be taking to the stage at the AO Arena to support their latest album, Will of the People, which was released last August and shot straight to the top of the UK album charts, making it the band’s seventh consecutive studio album to go to number one.
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Muse – Will of the People World Tour 2023
Wednesday 27 September – 3Arena (Dublin)
Friday 29 September – AO Arena Manchester
Sunday 1 October – The O2 (London)
Monday 2 October – The O2 (London)
The critically-acclaimed album sold over 50,000 copies in its first week, selling more than the rest of the top 10 combined.
Muse to play massive Manchester gig as one of only two UK cities on 2023 world tour / Credit: Muse (via Facebook)
Muse will be performing at the AO Arena in Manchester as part of the ‘Will of the People World Tour’ on Friday 29 September, and ickets officially go on general sale next Friday 7 July at 9am.
They will be supported by Nova Twins on all UK and Irish dates.
Legendary pop duo Erasure announces huge Manchester arena gig on 2027 UK tour
Emily Sergeant
Legendary pop duo Erasure have announced a UK arena tour next spring, and they’re set to stop off in Manchester.
Andy Bell and Vince Clarke – better known by their duo name, Erasure – have announced details of their long-awaited upcoming 20th studio album today, titled Radio!! Radio!!, alongside details of an arena tour in spring 2027 across the UK and Europe.
Described as a ‘deeply personal’ project, the BRIT and Ivor Novello award-winning duo’s first new studio album in six years sees Bell and Clarke continue to refine and deepen the pop catalogue they’ve been building over the past 40 years.
The album will be comprised of a set of songs about love, loss, and injustice that they hope speaks to our ’empathy-starved times’.
Erasure will take to the road in 2027 for an arena tour that kicks off at Cardiff’s Utilita Arena on 25 April before travelling throughout the UK, including a stop in Manchester at the AO Arena on 1 May, before finishing off in London and heading over to Europe, with more dates to follow.
Vince Clarke will be Musical Director for the tour, but will not be appearing onstage alongside Andy Bell, it has been revealed.
Bell says: “I’m so pleased that we were able to find a way for the tour to work for Vince. He’s always too modest but he’s so much more than the Musical Director, Vince is one of the great loves of my life and everything we do as Erasure we decide together.”
Erasure will be performing at the AO Arena in Manchester on 1 May 2027, and tickets go on presale this Thursday 1 October at 10am, before general sale begins a day later (2 October) also at 10am.
Strictly Come Dancing Live to return to Manchester as part of 2027 UK tour
Emily Sergeant
Strictly Come Dancing Live is set to return in 2027 for a spectacular new UK arena tour.
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s dazzling launch show for the 2026 BBC series, audiences are invited to get their dancing shoes on and their ’10’ paddles at the ready, as a new lineup of celebrities and professionals will be taking to the dancefloor for 29 shows across the country – including three shows in Manchester.
Head judge Shirley Ballas will be hitting the road, alongside fellow judges Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood, with Janette Manrara also presenting.
Directed by Craig Revel Horwood himself, Strictly Come Dancing Live takes the magic of the BBC TV show and turns it up to another level.
Expect jaw-dropping group dances, breathtaking routines, stunning costumes, and live music from the legendary Strictly band and singers, all brought together in a first-class arena production.
As always with the Strictly Live Tour, there is one very important decision to be made at every show – which couple will lift the Glitterball Trophy?
And that decision is not in the hands of the judges. The judges are there to critique and provide their invaluable opinions on each dance routine, but they do not hold the power, as this lies with the audience instead, who can vote using their mobile phones to decide who is the winner.
Strictly Come Dancing Live is returning to Manchester as part of its 2027 UK tour / Credit: Supplied
The tour kicks off at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena on 22 January for the first of five shows, and will then cha-cha-cha its way across the UK, visiting other major northern cities like Sheffield, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Leeds, before arriving in Manchester at the start of February.
Strictly Come Dancing Live will take to the AO Arena stage on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2027, with two shows happening on the Saturday.
Tickets officially go on sale this week, with venue pre-sales beginning at 10am on Thursday 24 September, before general sale starts on Friday (25 September), also at 10am.
Emily Sergeant -
26th June 2023 
