Beloved Manchester gig venue Gorilla has issued an update about the upcoming The 1975 gig.
The hugely popular band announced the intimate gig last month, with all proceeds going straight to War Child UK.
But frontman Matty Healy announced the gig way before tickets or other behind-the-scenes processes had taken place, leaving Gorilla batting away hundreds of thirsty fans trying to secure their place in the venue and even creating their own memes about it.
Getting tickets when they do eventually go on sale will be tricky – Gorilla has capacity for about 550 people, and The 1975 have sold out two nights at the 20,000-capacity O2 Arena (plus a night here at the AO Arena) on their upcoming UK tour, so demand will be through the roof.
People have even been offering the venue bribes for tickets, in the form of meal deals, homemade banana bread, and a cardboard cut-out of Matty Healy, as well as ‘48p and a Wispa‘ from Cadbury superfan @softest_yellow.
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The 1975. Credit: Samuel Bradley
This week, Gorilla has finally been able to give eager fans the update and a breadcrumb of ticket information they’ve been gagging for.
The venue posted: “‘That’ gig is getting announced one day next week! So keep your eyes peeled, take some deep breaths & sign up to our newsletter. (That’s where we are going to be announcing it first, you’ll get an email on the day).”
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‘That’ gig is getting announced one day next week!
So keep your eyes peeled, take some deep breaths & sign up to our newsletter. (That’s where we are going to be announcing it first, you’ll get an email on the day)https://t.co/09WyPPNbtDpic.twitter.com/1ON8wShgSQ
They then joked: “Ps // we are no longer accepting bribes x”
You can sign up to Gorilla’s newsletter here, which is where on-sale information will be announced first. They’ve confirmed that ticket sales will be entirely online.
Gorilla has previously had to warn fans about a ticket scam that appeared to start up way before the official on-sale begins, with people flogging fake tickets for The 1975’s charity gig.
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They wrote: “TICKET WARNING. We are aware of people trying their luck and promoting tickets for sale for The 1975. This is false information. No tickets of any kind have been released. Do not buy tickets from anywhere for any show unless advertised directly by us. Stay safe X”
Gorilla had also previously posted, while being bombarded by hundreds of people on Twitter: “My god you lot are EXCITED and we love it!
We are still waiting to hear on when tickets will become available. As soon as we get the intel, you’ll be the first to know. Thank you for being so patient, we totally get how exciting/stressful this is.
“(It is kinda funny teasing you all though won’t lie. We are usually very organised, this is all Matty’s fault. Hehehehe).”
Featured image: Twitter, @thisisgorilla
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Fans are preparing to pay tribute to Mani from The Stone Roses ahead of his funeral service
Danny Jones
Stone Roses fans and Greater Manchester locals alike are getting ready to pay their respects to the late, great, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, following his tragic passing last month.
As well as details surrounding his funeral being announced earlier this week, the iconic Manc musician’s cause of death has also finally been revealed.
While Hatton’s service featured a high-profile cortège which started all the way from his hometown of Hyde, past multiple landmarks and ending at the Etihad Stadium, those local to Mani’s family home on the edge of Stockport are also being welcomed to help send him off.
It's the funeral of Mani of the Stone Roses on the 22nd. He lived locally. This poster is asking people to line the route of his funeral cortege to "show that he truly was adored". pic.twitter.com/X0DYHl10Hp
He had been struggling with emphysema for some time; he was declared dead at his home in the suburb of Heaton Moor, and is said to have died peacefully in his sleep.
As you can see from the posters put in various places around the area, residents wishing to pay their own tributes to Mani before his private funeral service at Manchester Cathedral are encouraged to line the long street leading down from St Paul’s and Heaton Moor United Church as he heads towards the city.
Departing Parsonage Road from 10am on Monday, 22 December, before turning right onto Heaton Moor Rd, then Wellington and eventually on to the Cathedral, you can expect plenty of people to show up.
One of those people will be his former bandmate and another influential guitarist, John Squire, who is one of many famous musical names to have honoured him in their own way over the last few weeks.
Other members of The Stone Roses, as well as Primal Scream (who he joined in 1996), are expected to join the close family and friends at the service itself.
Nevertheless, we have no doubt that plenty will be observing the funeral in their own way.
So, for those of you also looking to honour him, you know what to do; and to quote the poster itself, “together we can show this local legend and his family that he was truly adored.”
Boyzone to reunite for exclusive New Year’s Eve special on the BBC
Danny Jones
2025 has very much been the year of the comeback – be it Oasis, Britpop fashion in general, or short bobs and pixie cuts – so it’s only fitting that we round off the calendar with one last reunion, as throwback boyband Boyzone are set to feature on a TV special on the BBC this New Year’s Eve.
Turns out ‘All That I Need’ to make a year memorable is a load of 1990s nostalgia.
Now, obviously, despite plenty of other music names enjoying a second renaissance over the past 12 months or so, nothing is ever going to be quite as big as the Oasis Live ’25 reunion tour.
However, if you asked us to guess which group from the era were also going to reunite this year back in January, there’s not a chance we would’ve said Boyzone.
Boyzone are telling us about coming back together for one final run in their most unforgettable concerts yet 🎤
After news first began circulating earlier this week, it has now been confirmed that musician turned presenter Ronan Keating will be getting back together with two of his former bandmates.
Joining the 48-year-old for ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’, ex-Boyzone members Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch are part of an exciting live music lineup.
Other names include actor and singer, Shona McGarty, who recently starred on season 25 of I’m A Celeb, as well as fellow 90s pop artist Louise Redknapp and singer-songwriter Calum Scott.
The exclusive reunion comes after the success of the recently aired Boyzone: No Matter What documentary show.
Spread across three parts on Sky, the docuseries (named after their hit song from 1998) looks back on the career and journey up the charts back in their heyday, all the way up to the present. After seemingly striking a chord with fans and the lads themselves, it looks like they’re not done after all…
Yes, not only is the festive TV special going to see three of the original members performing alongside each other again, but
Here’s hoping that turns into a springboard for something even bigger, and we get a Manchester arena show sometime soon.
As for the programme itself, ‘Ronan & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Party’ will be broadcast on BBC One and made available on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
Daisy Jackson -
6th January 2023 
