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Gorilla launch season pass competition for you and a mate to enjoy unlimited gigs all year
It is time for you to call upon your peeps. Everyone has their chance for a hero moment.
Beloved Manchester bar and music venue Gorilla has announced an incredible new season pass competition which could see you and a mate win unlimited access to all their gigs in 2023. Insane.
Revealing their new promo on Tuesday, 24 January, Gorilla Manchester has promised to hand out free gig tickets to you and one lucky winner, along with a plus one, for the entire year. Incredible.
Basically, think of it as like an unlimited pass you can get for the cinema, only for live music and about 100 times more valuable as you’ll get to see some of the most exclusive gigs anywhere in the city this year. There’s already one we have in mind…
Announced on their social media channels, Gorilla explained that all you have to do for the very straightforward competition is show them a bit of love on their new TikTok account. Happy days.
@thisisgorilla_ G O R I L L A G I G P A S S 2 0 2 3 ! It's gig season and we are feeling GENEROUS! To win FREE GIGS for the whole year all you need to do is: – Follow us on TikTok: thisisgorilla_ – Repost the competition video – Tag who you would bring along as your +1 We will announce the winner privately, through our official channels (No dodgy bot ones) (Terms and conditions Apply – we will contact the lucky person with all these bits) This season pass includes THAT gig on the 1st Feb… 👀 Good luck! #thisisgorilla #the1975 #gorillamanchester #manchester #channeltres #rebeccablack ♬ Love Me – The 1975
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As explained in the caption of the post, all you have to do to win free gigs for you and a friend for the ENTIRE YEAR is repost the competition video on your own TikTok. Suspiciously simple, we know, but honestly, that really is all there is to it.
The winner will be announced privately through their official channels (no dodgy bot ones, of course) and terms and conditions apply, but as they reassured, you don’t have to worry about any of that for no: “we will contact the lucky person with all these bits”.
Once again, the season pass covers you and a plus one of your choosing for Gorilla’s entire 2023 gig calendar. This includes the likes of Fuzzy Sun, Olivia Dean and Amber Run, Channel Tres, Corella and more of course, that intimate 1975 gig that everyone is scrambling to get tickets for.
We have everything crossed for you. *Races to spam every group chat*.
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Inspiring new 360° immersive David Bowie experience to open in Manchester
Emily Sergeant
Music lovers will get a glimpse inside the mind of a creative genius when a new immersive experience opens later this year.
Factory International has this week announced its programme of events for the upcoming autumn-winter season, and by far one of the stand-outs on the list has to be the return of Lightroom for a new 360° experience called David Bowie: You’re Not Alone – which is set to immerse audiences in the iconic performances and creative mind of one of the world’s most visionary and influential artists.
Bringing together a wealth of visual material from a wide range of sources, the experience combines rare performance footage, photography, drawings, lyrics, personal notes, and audio recordings from the late Bowie himself.
You’re Not Alone will showcase some of Bowie’s landmark performances that redefined popular culture, using a mix of iconic, rarely seen, and even never-before-exhibited material.
Selected from thousands of hours of film in the vaults of the David Bowie Archive in New York, you can expect to see everything from Space Oddity and Diamond Dogs, through to Heroes, Black Star, and more.
Each track has been newly reconfigured by multiple Olivier and Tony award-winning sound designer, Gareth Fry, to utilise Lightroom’s specialised spatial audio system.
The 360° experience is set to be both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate self-portrait in one, giving audiences a unique insight into Bowie’s perspective on the subjects that were most important to him, like theatricality, spirituality, songwriting, and the transformative power of creativity.
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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is being made in close collaboration with, and has been authorised by, the David Bowie Estate.
It’ll run at Aviva Studios from 8 December 2026 through to 10 January 2027.
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Parklife has quietly added a major DJ set from Happy Mondays’ Bez
Daisy Jackson
Parklife has quietly added a DJ set from Bez this afternoon, joining an already stacked festival line-up.
Eagle-eyed users of the Parklife app (aka, us) have spotted that as the big weekend nears, a few new stages have popped up on the plans.
And that’s included a new Beatbox Stage, which on Saturday will host a mega set from the icon that is Bez, from Happy Mondays.
Bez isn’t the only nostalgic name who’s been added to the line-up for Saturday – the Beatbox Stage will also host a set from Artful Dodger.
The 2000s garage icons will be taking to the stage at 3pm for a set that will hopefully include their massive hits like Moving Too Fast, Re-Rewind (with Craig David), and Woman Trouble.
On Sunday, the newly-added Beatbox Stage will be hosting DJ Fat Tony, who you might know for getting stuck into the middle of the Beckham family feud – but he’s also one of the most in-demand A-list DJs, having spun for icons like Madonna, Prince, and Elton John.
Parklife has also quietly added a few secret sets to the bill, which we’ll be keeping a close eye on.
They join existing Parklife headliners including Calvin Harris, Zara Larsson, Chris Stussy, Sammy Virji, Skepta, and East End Dubs.
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, thousands of music-lovers will be flocking to the fields of Heaton Park ready for this year’s instalment of Parklife.
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25th January 2023 
