British rock band Enter Shikari have just announced their biggest Manchester gig EVER as part of the UK leg of dates on their upcoming arena tour.
This is going to be massive.
Formed in St Albans back in 1999, it seems hard to believe that they’ve been at this for more than a quarter of a century already, as the alt-rock and electronic-influenced outfit still has just as much raw youthful energy as they did back then – especially on stage.
With that in mind, the latest raft of Enter Shikari live shows will see them head up and down the country, as well as across Europe and Australia.
We’re excited to today announce Enter Shikari’s return to the arena stages of the UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE and AUSTRALIA.
Sharing the news on social media, the band wrote: “We’re excited to today announce Enter Shikari’s return to the arena stages of the UNITED KINGDOM.”
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2026 UK dates include not only a pair of nights at London’s legendary Ally Pally, but their first-ever Glasgow arena show, and their Co-op Live debut here in Manchester.
The statement continues: “We’ll also be playing some of our biggest ever shows in EUROPE, including our first ever German headline arena show. For all these shows, we will be joined by our good friends Holding Absence [great band], as well as the wonderful The Callous Dao Boys from Atlanta, Georgia.”
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Shikari will be heading down under first this coming May, where they’ll be supported by Grandson, but more importantly, here in Great Britain, “all tickets sold for UK shows will once again include a £1 donation to the Music Venue Trust.” You love to see it.
Having come up thanks to being platformed by small-cap venues across the nation, it should be a no-brainer for all bands to “support them in their endeavours to help protect and preserve grassroots level touring in the UK.”
We had the good fortune of chatting to them back when we were still going by The Manc Audio (now Audio North) ahead of the mini Manchester residency, and you could tell they still have no intention of slowing down all these years later.
As the boys go on to add in their post: “exclusive ‘Future Historians’ and mailing list fan presales start tomorrow [Wednesday 28 January] at 10am […] So if you’re not yet signed up to the mailing list, you’ve got time to correct that.
Official Co-op members can also enjoy exclusive early access via the venue from the same time tomorrow; meanwhile, general admission goes live at 10am GMT this coming Friday, 30 January.
Get ready to grab your tickets for the most massive Manchester show in Enter Shikari history on 19 November right HERE.
There’s plenty of other big stuff happening at Co-op Live already this year – arguably none more so than the 2026 BRITs. Find out more down below.
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Manchester United officially launch second Adidas fashion collab with The Stone Roses
Danny Jones
After several weeks of teasers, the latest fashion collab between Adidas, Manchester United and The Stone Roses has officially revealed.
We have no doubt this one will be lapped up just as quickly as the first.
Following images of the new Stone Roses x Man United kit and the focal point of this new collection being leaked online earlier this month, the second drop by Adidas has now been unveiled in full.
Releasing another stylistic video to the tune of the legendary Manc band’s famous anthem, ‘I Wanna Be Adored’, players both past and present from the men’s and women’s team star in the launch video.
As you can see, not only did the players get involved with the shoot as expected, but the clip also includes a snippet of archive footage featuring a young Ian Brown in a short but profound talking head.
The Stone Roses frontman, and indeed other members of the band, have never made their love of United a secret – none more so than the late, great Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – and the supporters have also shared plenty of it back.
Be it through ‘This Is The One’ being chosen by Gary Neville as the official walk-out song at Old Trafford and various chants sung to Stone Roses tunes, to the previous collab back in February 2024, the two iconic cultural brands pretty much go hand in hand.
Besides the next multi-coloured paint-splashed shirt, which leaked first, as well as a new bucket hat (again, very era appropriate), there are scarves, a graphic design t-shirt, two sets of shorts and even two different pairs of shoes.
Images of the white Stone Roses trainers also popped up in leaks across various Man United fan accounts on social media, but few had seen the black ZX 600 Adidas trainers until now.
What do you make of the latest batch of lifestyle fashion from the club?
Meanwhile, with just days left in the transfer window, it remains to be seen whether new interim manager Michael Carrick will be rewarded for his first two wins against the top two in the league with any reinforcements before the end of January – but there are some rumblings…
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A new ‘disco den’ nightclub is opening in the Northern Quarter
Daisy Jackson
A brand-new nightclub is set to open in Manchester city centre next month, as our city’s late-night scene ramps up a gear.
Following on from the announcement of the return of Sankeys, this new ‘disco den’ will be an intimate loft space in the Northern Quarter.
As with Sankeys, the location of this new venue is being kept strictly under wraps for now, but they have teased some details to get us started.
It will be a New York-style loft club space, which wants to bring ‘the essence of Studio 54’ to Manchester.
The venue will be taking over the top floor of one of the Northern Quarter’s ‘most famous’ bars, and will have a maximum capacity of 150 people – pretty intimate for a nightlife venue.
The first two nights have been announced too – up first will be ‘Lollipop’, a new night of self-expression, freedom, disco, and drag dancers.
On Saturday 28 February, Mancs will be able to dance to the best house and disco music, from Jon Fitz, DJ Dave Cooper, Electric Emma Eden Binks, and Libby Nolan, with supporting performances from Gisele.
Then on Saturday 14 March, ‘Discolicious’ will take over – an inclusive club night founded by Jemma Bolt and Denise Van Outen.
The event is back from a summer-long residency at Ibiza’s UNVRS superclub.
Expect sequins, feathers, platforms and pure disco ball energy, with a line-up that includes Jemma Bolt, Laura Pradelska, Pips Taylor, Jules Pinkney and Manchester’s own Electric Emma.
Tickets for both events are available from Skiddle, with a password reveal three days before the event.
Discolicious tickets are on sale now HERE, and Lollipop tickets are available HERE.
Danny Jones -
27th January 2026 
