90s and noughties rock icons Jimmy Eat World are returning to the UK as part of a limited run of European shows, including one right here in Manchester.
Often considered one of the most pivotal bands in the alternative genre during their heyday and exerting a huge influence over the early emo scene (whether they ever liked that label or not), Jimmy Eat World were a massive part of many people’s musical adolescence.
It’s been two years since the Arizona rockers last crossed the Atlantic to play on our shores, having previously played the Manchester Academy in addition to selling out the likes of the Brixton Academy and headlining the 2000 Trees festival, but now they’re back with less than a handful of shows.
Kicking things off with three nights in Germany before a quick stop in Amsterdam, they’re set to play a trio of gigs here in Britain, with the penultimate show at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse.
Announcing 2024 UK & EU tour dates!! We'll be joined by special guest @puptheband each night. Tickets go on sale Friday, 17 May at 10am local time.
Best known for tunes like ‘Bleed American’, ‘The Middle’, ‘Sweetness’, ‘My Best Theory’ and many more, the long-standing four-piece who released their self-titled debut album back in 1994 have now been going for over two decades and still look to boast just as much energy as ever.
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Set to play just seven nights as part of the limited run of shows, consider us honoured to have been picked as one of the cities lucky enough to be chosen.
With the most recent singles ‘Something Loud’, ‘Place Your Debts’ and ‘Telepath’ having delighted both hardcore fans and those only just starting their Jimmy Eat World journey, we hope to have more new music on the cards by the time they arrive in Manchester this fall with work on the next record underway.
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This year also marks the 25th anniversary of Jimmy Eat World’s classic third studio album, Clarity, with a limited-edition two-LP set of the album’s original 13 songs set to be re-released and reimagined later this year. The band will be joined by special guests and contemporary punk pioneers, PUP.
Jimmy Eat World are set to land in 0161 on 14 November and it’s fair to say their Victoria Warehouse gig will sell out faster than you can say ‘salt, sweat, sugar’.
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday, 17 May. You can grab yours HERE.
Niall Horan is heading back to Manchester with a massive arena show just announced
Daisy Jackson
Niall Horan will be back in Manchester this year on a huge newly-announced European arena tour.
The former One Direction star (and chart-topper in his own right) has just announced his Dinner Party Live On Tour tour.
The tour comes in support of his upcoming fourth solo studio album, Dinner Party, which promises to be ‘cinematic and organic’.
Niall Horan will be performing at the Co-op Live in Manchester this September, along with gigs in other UK cities including Sheffield, Glasgow, and Newcastle.
He’ll then head right across Europe, playing music from his multi-Platinum-selling songbook.
Niall first shot to fame as one-fifth of One Direction, but has one of the group’s strongest solo careers, with three chart-topping albums and massive hits like Slow Hands, Heaven, and Our Song.
Niall Horan is heading back to Manchester with a massive arena show just announced
He’s also worked on some exciting collaborations with the likes of Anne-Marie, and most recently Myles Smith.
£1 from every ticket sold for Niall Horan’s Dinner Party tour will be donated to the LIVE Trust, which is dedicated to protecting, expanding, and supporting grassroots music across the UK.
Niall Horan will be at the Co-op Live in Manchester on Friday 25 September.
Tickets will go on sale from 10am on Thursday 2 April HERE.
Yard Act announce handful of new headline shows ahead of 6Music gig in Manchester
Clementine Hall
Yard Act are back as they announce first round of UK headline dates since 2024, including a show right here in Manchester – but not before their BBC 6Music Festival gig later this week.
We are so, SO back.
It’s been a few years, but Yard Act have just announced a limited run of domestic shows for later in the year including their homecoming gig at the O2 Academy in Leeds on Friday, 6 November.
But after playing over in Yorkshire, the lads will be performing shows at the O2 Victoria Warehouse on the following Friday (13 Nov).
Yard Act completed the touring for their critically acclaimed second album, Where’s My Utopia?, with a victory lap back home at the 5000 capacity Millennium Square in Leeds in August ’24.
It was a record that brought a stark change of pace to the acerbic, post-punk of their debut, embracing something altogether more playful and bringing a different energy.
It shifted the dynamic on stage too, with the addition of dancing backing singers and additional musicians and openly challenged listeners to reconsider who they thought Yard Act were.
Since then, the band have been keeping busy writing and recording their third studio LP, as well as heading out across the UK and Europe with The Hives – oh, and that intimate one-off show at Blackpool Tower last May.
Following a lengthy stint in the studio, the band now look to this coming autumn for three big UK dates and we cannot wait. We spoke to them a little while back and know how much big stuff they’ve got further pipeline; you can see the interview HERE.
Booking just three headline slots, the handful of tour dates are as follows:
06 Nov – Leeds
13 Nov – Manchester
26 Nov – London
Tickets go on artist presale from 10am on Wednesday, 25 March before hitting general sale at 10am on Friday, 27 March. Sign up to grab yours right HERE.
As for those wanting to find out more about this year’s 6Music Fest, you find the full lineup and more down below.
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