Courteeners have just announced an incredibly intimate show in Manchester, taking to the stage at the legendary Night & Day this weekend.
The indie rock legends, and proud Mancunian export, have just confirmed they’ll be playing a very special one-off show in their hometown on Saturday 11 April.
Night & Day is a venue Courteeners played several times at the start of their career, and now they’re heading back to the 250-capacity institution.
The news comes alongside an announcement for a best-of album, God Bless The Band, as well as several new arena shows across the UK.
Courteeners will be playing the Leeds First Direct Arena, London’s Alexandra Palace, Cardiff Utilita Arena, Liverpool M&S Bank Arena, Glasgow OVO Hydro and Birmingham Utilita Arena this autumn.
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That comes in addition to their existing live shows this summer, which include an almighty outdoor summer show at Wythenshawe Park.
Courteeners have also released a new single, The Luckiest Man Alive.
Speaking of Courteeners’ return to Night & Day in Manchester, the venue wrote: “Night & Day are thrilled to announce that seminal Manc band THE COURTEENERS will be coming back to where it all started on Saturday 11th April.
“From their formative years practicing in our cellar, crucial early shows upstairs in the venue proper, to supporting us through threats of closure, The Courteeners have played a huge part in the history of Night & Day Café, and we can’t wait to welcome them back to the venue this weekend.”
As for that new tour – £1 + VAT from every ticket sold will be donated to the newly launched LIVE Trust, a new funding initiative from LIVE that will offer much-needed financial support to those working across live music.
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“It’s fantastic to see Courteeners supporting the LIVE Trust with a £1 per ticket contribution on their upcoming tour, building on their commitment for the Wythenshawe Park show in August,” said Jon Collins, CEO of the LIVE Trust. “This donation will directly benefit the full grassroots ecosystem – from venues and artists to promoters and festivals – helping to protect, expand and support grassroots music across the UK.”
Speaking about the release, Liam Fray says “In October it’s 20 years since our first gig, so with a couple of new songs fresh from the studio, the timing just seemed right for a Best Of. If we mean half as much to people as they have done to us over the years, then we’ve not done too bad. We look forward to seeing you down the front God Bless The Fans x”
Newly Announced Courteeners Arena Dates
Fri 06 Nov Leeds, First Direct Arena
Sat 07 Nov Cardiff, Utilita Arena
Fri 13 Nov Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena
Sat 14 Nov London, Alexandra Palace
Fri 20 Nov Glasgow, OVO Hydro
Sat 21 Nov Birmingham, Utilita Arena
Pre-sale tickets go on sale Wednesday 15 April. General sale from Friday 17 April from ticketmaster.co.uk and gigsandtours.com.
Additional Summer Shows already announced:
Thu 23 Jul Stoke-On-Trent, Victoria Hall (sold out)
Sat 25 July Sheffield, Tramlines (festival headline, sold out)
Thu 27 Aug Leicester, O2 Academy (sold out)
Sat 29 Aug Manchester, Wythenshawe Park (sold out)
Noah Kahan has just announced TWO huge gigs in Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Noah Kahan has just announced details of two massive arena gigs here in Manchester.
The Stick Season singer is heading back to UK shores, two years after his last appearance in our city when he played to a packed-out Co-op Live.
This time, Noah Kahan is doing the double and will play two nights at the legendary AO Arena.
He’s set to perform here in November as part of a newly-announced tour, in support of his upcoming fourth studio album, The Great Divide.
Noah Kahan is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, originally from Vermont, and has become one of the biggest and most recognisable voices on the planet.
His music has now amassed almost 15 billion streams worldwide, with nearly 12 million albums sold.
Noah’s star rocketed in 2022 with the release of his acclaimed third album, Stick Season, which sat in the UK album chart for three years.
The album featured collaborations with top artists including Hozier (Northern Attitude), Post Malone (Dial Drunk), and Sam Fender (Homesick).
In 2023, Kahan launched his mental health non-profit, The Busyhead Project, which has raised over $5.5 million to date in support of its mission to increase awareness around the importance of mental health.
His upcoming fourth album, The Great Divide, is said to ‘build on Kahan’s signature storytelling while pushing his sound into more expansive, anthemic, and sonically adventurous territory’.
He will embark on The Great Divide Tour this summer, headlining stadiums across North America for his biggest tour to date.
Noah Kahan will be at the AO Arena in Manchester on 9 and 10 November 2026, with tickets on sale from 10am on Friday 17 April.
Review | Leigh-Anne at Albert Hall, Manchester – the best version of her
Thomas Melia
Leigh-Anne visits Manchester for her second gig since becoming a solo artist, dominating Albert Hall as part of her My Ego Told Me To Tour.
Opening with lines like ‘You want a revival?’, before commanding Manchester to ‘look into my eyes’ and ‘tell me what do you see’, Leigh-Anne isn’t just walking onto stage – she’s setting a precedent.
The start of the show sees the rebirth of Leigh-Anne, from former Little Mix member to solo pop act, and Dead and Gone helps deliver this with its powerful message.
The choruses are simple but impactful, especially when paired with harder hitting lines like ‘Five fingers to your face ’cause you know it slaps’, and ‘Can’t keep a good woman down’.
Leigh-Anne performing songs from her My Ego Told Me To Tour at Albert Hall, Manchester / Credit: The Manc Group
Don’t Say Love gives the Manchester crowd major Throwback Thursday energy (even though it’s Wednesday), taking fans right back to where it all started with her drum and bass-pop debut single.
As soon as the intro to Most Wanted starts, it awakens something in the crowd and the 2,000 capacity of Albert Hall Manchester intuitively get ready to bust a few moves.
This is a song that’s been on repeat for me since the album’s release and it certainly lives up to the high-energy of its studio recording in a live setting.
After hearing this track live and witnessing some of the shapes me and the crowd were throwing as a result, the song’s title makes a lot of sense – Sorry Mum.
Been A Minute is exhilarating with the “What you’re waiting for? / Put your back in it” background vocals courtesy of its Denise Belfon ‘Work’ sample.
Albert Hall in Manchester got to witness the ‘Revival’ of Leigh-Anne as she played her second gig as a solo artist last night / Credit: The Manc Group
The dancehall-pop track is the catalyst for Leigh-Anne’s independent artist journey as well as the first taste fans got of her debut album My Ego Told Me To.
This almost four-minute banger set the precedent for the whole project, establishing the album’s soundscape as a fusion of the star’s Jamaican heritage and pop prowess.
On her latest LP My Ego Told Me To there’s a cute interlude which features the voices of Leigh-Anne’s grandparents titled ‘You ARE a Star’ and it’s safe to say the crowd agrees.
The High Wycombe-born singer ends her show on a high, playing one of her biggest tracks to date, My Love, a collaboration with Afrobeats artist Ayra Starr.
For fans like myself, closing with this will come as no surprise as Leigh-Anne originally intended for this to be her first ever single as a solo artist, but was deterred by her label at the time.
Now, the former Little Mix star gets to set the record straight and enjoy her music career just how she intended – or in her words, how her ego told her to.
Daisy Jackson -
9th April 2026 
