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Blossoms at Wythenshawe Park, Manchester – support, tickets, travel information and more

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Blake Keeble Blake Keeble - 20th August 2024

Blossoms will be performing their biggest-ever gig at Wythenshawe Park this weekend, with massive support acts lined up. 

Stockport’s finest will be back on home turf over the August bank holiday weekend, ahead of the release of their upcoming album Gary. 

The group have become one of the biggest groups to come out of Manchester over the last few decades, rocketing to fame with their self-titled debut album back in 2016.

Blossoms earned BRIT Award and Mercury Prize nominations following their chartbuster debut album. 

They’ve gone on to score two more UK number-one albums with 2020’s Foolish Loving Spaces and 2022’s Ribbon Around The Bomb.

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Blossoms frontman Tom Ogden 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 [the band’s drummer] 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. 

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“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 play Wythenshawe Park on Sunday 25 August – if you’re heading to the show, here’s everything you need to know.

Who’s supporting Blossoms at Wythenshawe Park?

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Seb Lowe is supporting Blossoms
The K’s. Credit: Publicity picture

Blossoms have lined up some massive support acts to help them warm up the crowds at Wythenshawe Park this weekend. 

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Dublin’s Inhaler, whose debut album It Won’t Always Be Like This topped the charts on its release in 2021, are the main support act, performing hits like Cheer Up Baby, Ice Cream Sundae, My Honest Face and many more.

Legendary rockers Shed Seven are also on the line-up, as they head up to their third decade in the industry. The group recently recorded their first-ever no.1 album, A Matter of Time.

Further support includes indie rockers The K’s, Oldham’s Seb Lowe and Ttrruuces, who’ll get things rocking and rolling.

Are there any tickets left for Blossoms’ gig at Wythenshawe Park…

You’re in luck! There are still some tickets available for the gig on Sunday. 

Ticket options available are:

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  • Sunday ticket: £50.40
  • Weekend ticket: £89.60
  • Sunday VIP ticket: £126.50

Or you can purchase a full weekend ticket and you’ll be able to catch the New Order gig on Saturday on top of Blossoms on Sunday.

You can see the latest availability and buy your tickets with See Tickets HERE.

Stress-free travel and how to get to Wythenshawe Park

For travel to Wythenshawe Park, there are three tram stops close by – Wythenshawe Park, Moor Road and Baguely station.

Only Moor Road will be available to use when the gig has finished. Wythenshawe Park and Baguely station will be closed to help with crowd management. 

But if you’re worried about such a big journey, Blossoms have saved the day, helping fellow Mancunians natives by launching their very own shuttle bus service. 

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Buses are running via Stockport Interchange to the venue between 4pm and 8pm, every six minutes. The six-minute wait applies for the way back, taking giggoers from Moor Road back to Stockport town centre, between 10pm and 1am.

You can find out more about the shuttle bus service HERE.

Stage times for Blossoms

The set times are subject to change. Make PLENTY of time to get there!

  • The Guest List — 14:55 – 15:15 
  • TTRRUUCES — 15:40 – 16:10 
  • Seb Lowe — 16:35 – 17:05 
  • The K’s — 17:30 – 18:05 
  • Shed Seven — 18:35 – 19:15 
  • Inhaler — 19:45 – 20:30 
  • Blossoms — 21:00-22:30

Expected setlist for Blossoms’ Manchester gig

Blossoms will play at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester over August bank holiday. Credit: Publicity picture
Blossoms will play at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester over the August bank holiday. Credit: Publicity picture

We don’t actually know what Blossoms will play, as this is the first show they’ve done on their current and upcoming tour.

Instead, they’ve been busy on the festival circuit, so the below setlist is the bunch of classics they played at Hardwick Festival.

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  • Your Girlfriend
  • I can’t stand it 
  • Getaway
  • Oh No ( I think I’m in Love)
  • What Can I Say After I’m Sorry?
  • Honey Sweet
  • Perfect Me
  • If You Think This Is Real Life
  • At Most a Kiss
  • Gary
  • My Favorite Room
  • There’s a Reason Why ( I Never Returned Your Calls) 
  • Charlemagne

You never know, with Blossoms returning to their native land, they might mix things up… 

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Extra date added for festive screening of The Holiday with live orchestra in Manchester

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

You can watch The Holiday on a big screen with a live orchestra playing the soundtrack in Manchester this Christmas.

The Holiday is one of the best-loved Christmas films of all time.

In case you haven’t got around to watching it before, the 2006 romcom directed and produced by Nancy Meyers stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black, and tells the story of how two women, who have never met and live 6,000 miles apart, find themselves in the same exact place in life.

They meet online through a home exchange website, and impulsively switch homes for the holiday.

Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects – a new romance.

An extra date has been added for a festive screening of The Holiday with live orchestra in Manchester / Credit: Universal Pictures

Since its release nearly two decades ago, watching The Holiday has become an annual tradition for millions worldwide every time the festive season rolls around – but how would you like to watch this classic in the most magical way possible? Streamed live onto a big screen in the theatre with a complete concert orchestra playing its soundtrack by the legendary Hans Zimmer? Well now you can this Christmas.

After a sell-out run in 2023, The Holiday In Concert will be going on a 16-date tour across the UK again this November and December, and will be taking place in the some of the country’s greatest concert halls – including The Bridgewater Hall here in Manchester.

The in-concert experience with a full orchestra and cinema-size screen is described as being an “incredibly unique” and “immersive” way to experience this cult-classic film.

Due to overwhelming demand for the Manchester show on Friday 6 December, a second date in our city has now been added to the tour’s run on Monday 23 December, and tickets for the new show are on sale at 10am tomorrow (Friday 13 September).

Liverpool, York, and Sheffield are some of the other northern English cities forming part of the tour, while the show will also be staged in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Swansea, and more.

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You can get tickets when they go on sale here.

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New Haçienda book to be launched with event featuring all-star guest speaker lineup

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia

A launch party is taking place for an exciting new collaborative book about an iconic Manchester nightclub venue.

New Century Hall is going to be hosting a one-of-a-kind event for a book written exclusively about Manchester’s clubbing epicentre, The Haçienda.

This new publication by Rebecca Hook will explain what the atmosphere of the famous nightclub was like from the perspective of everyone who was there at the time.

From performers and staff, to clubgoers themselves, The Haçienda: Threads features excerpts from well-known musicians like Happy Mondays’ Bez, and The Stone Roses’ Mani, as well as a foreword from New Order bassist, Peter Hook.

In its heyday, the legendary nightclub – which was founded Factory Records’ Tony Wilson, music manager Rob Gretton, and new-wave band New Order – saw performances from a long list of music giants, as well as being the venue for Madonna’s first UK performance, and three-time performers, Manchester band The Smiths.

A new Haçienda book will be launched with an event featuring an all-star guest speaker lineup / Credit: Supplied

The Haçienda also became a pioneer with the growth of the ‘Madchester‘ movement, thanks to its Ibiza Nights which ran in the late 80s. 

Oasis played this revolutionary venue in 1984 to celebrate the release of their debut album Definitely Maybe – with Noel Gallagher becoming a frequent visitor to the club when he wasn’t performing, hence why he’s set to be one of the guest speakers at the book launch event next month.

The launch party is taking place on Wednesday 9 October, and has an exciting timetable planned for the evening once doors open at 6pm.

Programming for the night includes welcome cocktails upon entry, an ‘In Conversation’ segment, a book signing, and then it’s all up to the DJ’s to soundtrack the rest of your night from 9pm until closing.

Throughout the night, there will be guest speakers reminiscing the legacy of The Haçienda – with the likes of Graeme Park, Peter Hook, Mani, Greg Wilson, as well as Noel.

If you want to relive the good old days of the legendary nightclub, you can get your hands on tickets to the launch event here.

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You can also purchase the book on its own here.

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