Blossoms have just announced a huge outdoor summer show for 2024, performing at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester.
Set to be the Stockport lads’ biggest headline show of their career to date, the all-day gig follows on from this summer’s debut event headlined by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
Blossoms have pulled together a huge list of names to support them at their Wythenshawe Park gig next August, with Inhaler, Shed Seven, The K’s and Seb Lowe all taking to the stage.
The massive announcement follows the release of Blossoms’ brand-new single, To Do List (After The Breakup), inspired and named after the viral poetry book ‘Milk And Honey’ by Rupi Kaur.
The song has already been named Radio X’s Record Of The Week and been premiered by Radio 1’s Future Sounds.
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Blossoms formed in Stockport by school friends Tom Ogden, Joe Donovan, Charlie Salt, Joshua Dewhurst and Myles Kellock.
The indie rockers have, to date, released four chart-topping albums – their self-titled debut, Cool Like You, Foolish Loving Spaces, and last year’s Ribbon Around the Bomb.
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They’ve earned BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominations and huge success with singles including I Can’t Stand It, There’s a Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Call), and Charlemagne.
Last summer, Blossoms took the headline slot at Kendal Calling as well as their own headline outdoor shows at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester, Millennium Square in Leeds, and a surprise set at Glastonbury where they were joined by Rick Astley to perform a set full of their favourite Smiths songs.
Support at the August bank holiday event will come from internationally acclaimed acts including Dublin’s Inhaler – who sold out Victoria Warehouse back in May – and the legendary Shed Seven with their biggest Manchester date yet celebrating the 30th anniversary of their incredible back catalogue.
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Other acts joining Blossoms at Wythenshawe Park include The K’s, Seb Lowe and recent To Do List (After The Breakup) collaborator, Findlay, who will kick things off at Wythenshawe Park with her band TTRRUUCES.
Tom Ogden, lead vocalist of Blossoms, said: “Headlining our biggest show yet at Wythenshawe Park is going to be THE moment of our career so far for us.
“It makes me think of me and Joe going to watch Oasis and The Stone Roses at Heaton Park back when we were teenagers, and how important these big summer Manchester shows are to people.
“It made us want to be in a band, affected what we wore and changed our lives forever. To misquote Dorothy, ‘Lads, I’ve a feeling we’re not on Oldham Street anymore!'”
Blossoms will perform at Wythenshawe Park on Sunday 25 August 2024.
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You can pre-order Blossoms’ forthcoming album (due for release Summer 2024) here to gain access to presale tickets, available from Thursday 9 November at 10am. General sale tickets go on sale on Friday 10 November at 10am via seetickets.com.
Full line-up for Blossoms’ Wythenshawe Park gig
Blossoms
Inhaler
Shed Seven
The K’s
Seb Lowe
TTRRUUCES
Featured image: Ewan Ogden
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A Pulp pop-up pub is coming to Manchester this weekend to celebrate their Wythenshawe Park gig
Daisy Jackson
A pop-up pub dedicated to Pulp, complete with a jukebox programmed by Jarvis Cocker himself, is coming to Manchester this week.
The temporary boozer coincides with the legendary band’s upcoming sold-out gig at Wythenshawe Park, where they’ll play to a 30,000-strong crowd.
To celebrate their return to Manchester, Pulp will be taking over the Rat & Pigeon in the Northern Quarter for three days.
As well as the Jarvis-programmed jukebox, fans of the band will be able to join a series of events, grab some limited-edition merch, and take part in competitions curated by the band.
The Rat & Pigeon – temporarily rebranded to The Pulp Pop-Up Pub – will be completely decked out in rare Pulp paraphernalia borrowed from the band’s archive.
A special, limited edition Wythenshawe Park t-shirt will be sold exclusively at the Rat & Pigeon while stocks last.
Fans will also be in with a chance of winning test pressings of Live!, an album document of the band’s 2025 show at The O2 in London.
There will also be a number of giveaways at Piccadilly Records across the weekend.
Pulp will perform at Live From Wythenshawe Park on Friday 28 August, one of five huge artists performing at the venue this summer.
Also playing this weekend will be Courteeners, and The Prodigy, with Lewis Capaldi and The Cure having already performed their huge shows at the venue.
The Pulp Pop-Up Pub will be open at the Rat & Pigeon between 12pm and 7pm on Friday 28, 12pm until late on Saturday 29, and 12pm until 2pm on Sunday 30 August.
Featured image: The Manc Group / Publicity picture
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Tame Impala announces another HUGE Manchester gig after chart-topping success
Emily Sergeant
Tame Impala has announced another UK and EU tour in 2027 to celebrate recent chart-topping success.
Following sold-out runs across the globe in 2025 and 2026 – including here in Manchester – and currently in the midst of a North American arena tour, Tame Impala has announced a new run of dates for next year – with a mix of headline and festival appearances.
The announcement arrives as Kevin Parker – better known by his project name, Tame Impala – continues an extraordinary run with his latest studio album Deadbeat, released last year.
On Deadbeat, Parker aimed to sculpt a collection of ‘wickedly potent’ club-psych explorations as a vehicle for some of his most direct, ear-wormy songwriting to date.
Tame Impala has announced another huge Manchester gig after chart-topping success / Credit: Julian Klincewicz (Supplied)
After recently being featured in the new Marvel film, Spiderman: Brand New Day, the lead single from the album, ‘Loser’, has just hit number one on the Global Spotify chart.
Not only that, but the remix of the hit song ‘Dracula’, featuring JENNIE, also remains in the top 10 on various global charts, and the original version has also nominated for Best Alternative at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards.
Critics described this most recent run of gigs as ‘one of the best live shows of the year’, so it only makes sense that he’d be back for more.
Kicking off on 28 May 2027 in here in Manchester, Tame Impala will be taking to the Co-op Live stage once again, before heading down to the capital for two nights at The O2 on 1 and 2 June, and then popping over to Paris, Rotterdam, and Cologne to.
Wet Leg will open all headlining dates next year, including here in Manchester.
Tickets go on sale this week, with Co-op Member Presale kicking off at 9am on Wednesday (26 August), followed by General Sale also at 9am on Friday (28 August).
Daisy Jackson -
2nd November 2023 
