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Liam Gallagher at Etihad Stadium Manchester – tickets, support, stage times and setlist

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 1st June 2022

One of the most-anticipated gigs of the summer is upon us, with Liam Gallagher set to play a biblical homecoming gig in Manchester.

The former Oasis frontman will take to the stage at the massive Etihad Stadium – the home ground of his beloved Manchester City FC.

Liam will go on this week to play two historic gigs at Knebworth, though sadly without guitarist and long-time friend Bonehead at his side.

The star is performing straight off the back of the release of his new album, C’Mon, You Know, and will likely dip into the huge Oasis back catalogue too.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Wednesday night’s gig.

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Who’s supporting Liam Gallagher at the Etihad Stadium?

The Charlatans

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Tim Burgess on stage with the Charlatans. Credit: Flickr

The Charlatans need no introduction, as fellow giants of the mid-90s rock scene that they shared with Oasis – and Liam Gallagher himself.

Fronted by Tim Burgess, the group have 13 studio albums, all of which have charted in the top 40.

They most recently released a greatest hits compilation, titled A Head Full of Ideas.

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Goat Girl

London four-piece Goat Girl will be supporting Liam Gallagher at the Etihad on Wednesday night as well as at his two Knebworth gigs.

They’ll then head out to tour Europe, including additional dates in Manchester at Castlefield Bowl and at Psych Fest.

The group first formed in 2016 and have released two studio albums to date.

Paul Gallagher

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Liam’s big brother Paul has just been announced on the line-up for Wednesday’s Etihad concert.

He’ll be playing a DJ set to get the crowds warmed up.

What are the stage times for Liam Gallagher’s gig?

Doors for the Etihad Stadium will open at 5pm on Wednesday 1 June, with Paul Gallagher on decks to welcome people.

The rest of the stage times are expected to be as follows:

Goat Girl – 6.25pm

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The Charlatans – 7.25pm

Liam Gallagher – 9.00pm

How do I get to the Etihad Stadium?

There’s a tram that runs straight to the Etihad from the city centre in less than 10 minutes, which might be your best option, though it only runs every 12 minutes and is likely to be very busy.

Holt Town and Velopark tram stops won’t operate after the gig until the crowds have cleared from Etihad Campus.

You can also walk to and from the stadium, which takes around half an hour from Piccadilly.

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There are several car parks around the venue if you want to drive, though again, these will be busy and will fill up quickly.

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TfGM have said: “Based off data from previous events at the Etihad, we expect the roads such as – Regent Road, Hyde Road, Ashton Old Road and Mancunian Way – to be busy in the hours before and after the concert. Please consider leaving the car at home or re-routing your journey. D’You Know What I Mean? This way, you’ll avoid the congested areas.

“City centre Metrolink stops and services on the Ashton line will run to a 12-minute frequency and will be busier in the run up to the gig. This means You’ve Gotta Roll With It, Gotta Take Your Time when boarding a service. Don’t Look Back In Anger wishing you would have set off a little earlier for a more comfortable journey.”

Right then.

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You can visit their website to plan your journey in advance.

Can I still buy tickets?

Liam Gallagher. Credit: Greg Williams

Miraculously, yes you can!

There are still a handful of tickets left on Ticketmaster for Liam Gallagher at the Etihad.

General admission standing tickets are all gone, but if you don’t mind sitting right up at the top of the huge venue, you can grab a last-minute ticket for £62.10.

There are also a few seats a little closer to the stage, priced at £83.10 each before booking fees.

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What will Liam Gallagher’s setlist be like?

As this is the first date in his stadium tour, and the new album has only been out for a few days, it’s hard to call the setlist at this stage.

When he recently performed an intimate gig in Blackburn, this is what he went for:

Hello
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star
Morning Glory
Wall of Glass
Shockwave
Everything’s Electric
Better Days
Slide Away
Stand by Me
C’mon You Know
World’s in Need
The River
Once
Encore:
Cigarettes & Alcohol
Cast No Shadow
Live Forever
Wonderwall

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The Weeknd at Etihad Stadium — stage times, support acts, setlist and more

Danny Jones Danny Jones The Weeknd Etihad Stadium gig info

It is an absolutely massive few days of music here in Manchester and although while plenty will be focused on the arrival of Parklife, there’s another big name arriving at the Etihad this Weeknd.

See what we did there?…

That’s right, Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd is one of many amazing incredible acts set to perform this Saturday, following Coldplay last week by taking the stage at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.

With The Courteeners kicking off the Heaton Park party vibes on Friday before the Parklife festivities get into full swing, you obviously can’t cram absolutely everyone onto one big field, so for those of you that are going along, here’s everything you need to know.

Are there any tickets left for The Weeknd’s Manchester gig?

We’ve got some bad news for you, tickets to see The Weeknd at the Etihad sold out a while ago — we’re talking seated, standing, hospitality, the lot.

He is one of the biggest pop and R&B artists on the planet, so not that much of a surprise, to be fair.

You can obviously always keep your eye out on resellers like TicketSwap and Twickets for any spares that might go up but, as always, we advise caution when purchasing second-hand tickets from anyone and to steer well clear of ticket touts.

Who are The Weeknd’s support acts?

As for those of you who have managed to bag a ticket, you’re in for an absolute treat as not only will you be seeing The Weeknd but his support acts are absolutely dynamite.

As well as prolific producer Mike Dean (not the one that’s usually at the Etihad) as the first support, who has worked with the likes of Kanye West, Travis Scott, Drake and countless other big names — The Weeknd included, obviously — you will also get to see global DJ and electronic sensation Kaytranada before the main event.

Madness, right? For anyone still sleeping on Kaytra (there can’t be many of you left in the world), the fellow Canadian is arguably one of the best live acts going at the minute, selling out stadiums all across the world, headlining Coachella and costing a fair few quid to see alone.

It’s not hard to see why:

@adelamariiaa best night of my life #kaytranada #kaytranadalondon ♬ original sound – adelamariiaa

The Weeknd ‘After Hours til Dawn’ setlist

Now, when it comes to setlists, given that artists like switch things up from show to show all the time, we can only ever really give you predictions.

However, according to Setlist.fm and his last show in Passeio Marítimo de Algés, Portugal, he is what you very well be hearing come Saturday night.

We’ll warn you now, it’s an absolute whopper of a line-up.

  1. Take My Breath
  2. Sacrifice (Swedish House Mafia remix)
  3. How Do I Make You Love Me?
  4. Can’t Feel My Face
  5. Lost in the Fire
  6. Hurricane
  7. The Hills
  8. Often
  9. Crew Love
  10. Starboy
  11. House of Balloons
  12. Heartless
  13. Low Life
  14. Reminder
  15. Party Monster
  16. Faith
  17. After Hours
  18. Out of Time
  19. I Feel It Coming
  20. Die for You
  21. Is There Someone Else?
  22. I Was Never There
  23. Wicked Games
  24. Call Out My Name
  25. The Morning
  26. Save Your Tears
  27. Less Than Zero

Encore

  • Blinding Lights
  • Double Fantasy
  • Creepin’ (Metro Boomin cover)
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What a show this is going to be.

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Speaking of the lineup, in case you’re wondering when you can expect each of them to rock up to the Etihad stage, doors are set to open at 4pm and with Manchester set for yet another gorgeous day, you can spend hours enjoying tunes in the heat before the sun even goes down. Wonderful stuff.

While the exact times of each act are yet to be fully announced, the live entertainment is set to start around 7pm, with The Weeknd expected to take the stage around 9pm.

With a setlist this long, who knows how long he tends to go on for, but we’d ballpark that the show will finish around 11pm.

How to get to the Etihad Stadium

Last but not least, getting to the Eithad should be a doddle regardless of how you’re getting there. If you’re choosing public transport, the Metrolink is the most direct route, with a tram stop right outside the ground and just a few stops away from Manchester Piccadilly.

Both Holt Town and Velopark Metrolink stops, located on either side of the Etihad Campus stop, will not be open for at least an hour after an event at the stadium and they’ll obviously be very busy, so just make sure plan accordingly.

The trams will be very busy though, and since the weather looks so nice again, so you might prefer to walk; if so, it’s only around a 30-minute stroll from town with this safe walking route recommended.

If you need to drive in, official car parking is priced at £25 for cars, £50 for coaches and £40 for minibuses. There are of course other unofficial car parks and drop-off points nearby too, so just make sure you’re not getting ripped off.

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We repeat again, this weekend in Manchester is going to be absolutely MASSIVE and we can’t wait.

Whether you’re doing The Courteeners, The Weeknd, Parklife or any of the countless other gigs going on around town, we hope you have a sick time.

God, we love summer.

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Travel advice for how to get to Parklife festival in Heaton Park – and home again

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson

Parklife is one of the UK’s biggest music events and it all takes place right here in Greater Manchester this weekend – so it’s time to start planning your travel there and back.

70,000 music fans are expected to stream in to Heaton Park on each day of the two-day festival, ready to see headline performances from Aitch, The 1975, Fred Again and The Prodigy.

And with no overnight camping, all 70,000 will need to make their way home again afterwards…

Mercifully, the planned Metrolink strike this weekend has now been called off, so there are now a few different ways to get to Parklife. 

If you’re heading up to Heaton Park for Parklife 2023, here’s all the information you need about trams, travel passes, shuttle buses and even walking.

Essential Parklife information

The Parklife Travel Pass

The Parklife travel pass is a festival essential, giving you a few options of transport to the festival site with one ticket.

The pass costs £5 per day and will give you access to both the Parklife Shuttle Bus – which drops you directly inside the festival site – and the Metrolink tram services to Heaton Park.

Tickets are sold through the Parklife website and are electronic, so you just need to show it on your phone when you board the bus.

The Metrolink trams are one of the easiest ways to travel to Parklife
The Metrolink trams are one of the easiest ways to travel to Parklife

Trams will be running to Parklife on a six-minute frequency from town – Heaton Park is your closest tram stop, which will drop you near the West Gate entrance.

After the festival, you’ll need to use Bowker Vale, as Heaton Park tram stop will be closed.

Metrolink services will keep running until the site is cleared, but be prepared to queue to board one.

In the city centre, several stops will be closed so that crowds can be managed safely – these are listed below and on the TfGM website.

Saturday 10 June

  • Market Street and Shudehill – Closed all Saturday
  • Heaton Park – from 9pm until the end of service
  • Piccadilly Gardens – between 3pm and approximately 5pm
  • Exchange Square – between 12pm and approximately 5pm

Sunday 11 June

  • Heaton Park – From 9pm until end of service
  • Exchange Square – between 12pm and approximately 5pm
  • Piccadilly Gardens – between 3pm and approximately 5pm
  • Market Street – between 3pm and approximately 6pm
  • Shudehill – between 3pm and approximately 6pm.

Parklife shuttle buses

This is one of the easiest ways to get to and from Parklife, with dedicated shuttle buses whizzing people between the city centre and the festival site.

The Parklife shuttle bus will depart from the corner of Aytoun Street (M1 2DD) and Minshull Street, near Piccadilly train station, with drop-off right inside the festival site.

Buses will depart at least once every ten minutes.

The first bus on Saturday will depart at 9.30am, while the last one will leave at 4.30pm. On Sunday, first buses are at 10.30am and the last is at 4.30pm.

On both days, the return bus service from Heaton Park to Manchester city centre starts at 6.30pm and will continue to operate until the venue is cleared. Drop off will be on Church Street.

Taxis 

Parklife. Credit: Jordan Curtis Hughes

There’ll be a couple of taxi ranks near the Parklife festival site – a Manchester Hackney Carriage Taxi Rank in Blackley New Road and a Bury Hackney Carriage Taxi Rank outside the Woodthorpe pub on Bury Old Road.

If you want to pre-book your own private hire vehicle, they need to pick you up from the pick-up point at Sainsbury’s near Heaton Park.

As always, watch out for unlicensed taxis, which are unregulated.

Pick-up and drop-off

There’ll be a few road closures in place for Parklife and congestion is to be expected when people are leaving the festival.

There’s a designated pick-up point at Sainsburys on Heaton Park Road for anyone who’s getting a lift there or back.

Junction 19 of the M60 will be closed from 7pm on both nights. Access to the pick-up point will be via Victoria Avenue and Middleton Road.

You can find details of all the road closures here.

Walking back to the city centre 

Walking all the way to town from Heaton Park might not be top of your agenda, but it’s actually one of the most straight-forward ways to get back home.

There’s usually a crowd of festival-goers trudging back down Bury Old Road, a walk which takes about an hour.

Obviously only attempt the walk if you’re in a group you feel safe with and look out for each other.

What travel bosses say

Sean Dyball, TfGM’s Head of Customer Experience, said: “Parklife is one of the biggest events in Greater Manchester’s calendar, and we hope everyone who attends has a safe and enjoyable weekend.

“With around 70,000 people each day, and thousands more expected to be in the city centre over the weekend for other big events, including Soccer Aid, it will be very busy on public transport and on the roads.

“Extra staff will be on hand and we’ll have as many services as possible running to help people get around, but where possible, people should consider making short journeys by walking or cycling.

“We’ll keep our website and social media channels updated throughout the weekend and I’d encourage people to check before and during their journeys to make sure they have the latest information and advice to hand.”

For full Parklife travel advice and updates, head to tfgm.com/getting-to-parklife.

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