The Black Keys have just announced a huge arena show here in Manchester, which will form part of the new Co-op Live arena’s opening week.
The multi-Grammy Award-winning rock band will be performing at the venue very soon, with the show taking place on 27 April 2024.
The acclaimed duo have been behind hit songs like Lonely Boy, Gold On The Ceiling, and Howlin’ For You.
They already have 11 studio album behind them, with a 12th – Ohio Players – set for release early next month.
The Black Keys’ latest album will feature collaborations with names including Noel Gallagher, Beck, Greg Kurstin, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and more.
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The band are going to be one of the very first artists to perform at Co-op Live, which will be the UK’s largest live entertainment arena when it’s officially opened by Peter Kay on 23 and 24 April.
The rest of the venue’s opening season will be packed with more than 30 artists across 50 shows, including a seven-night Take That residency, a five-night UK exclusive residency as part of The Eagles’ final ever tour, Barry Manilow’s only UK arena show and Eric Clapton’s first Manchester performance in 10 years.
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The venue was also recently announced as the host venue for the 2024 MTV EMAs, which will see the biggest names in music flock to the city for the first time.
Gary Roden, executive director and general manager at Co-op Live, said: “We are thrilled that a band of The Black Keys’ calibre will be taking to the stage.
“The show will be part of an amazing week of performances that kicks off a jam-packed opening season.Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is coming to Manchester on first-ever UK tour
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“At Co-op Live our aim is to bring world-class talent to a city that lives and breathes music, and this line up epitomises that ambition. With our doors opening in a matter of weeks, we can’t wait to welcome the world to Co-op Live.”
When it launches next month, the state-of-the-art arena will have capacity for 23,500 gig-goers, with an innovative music-first design and 32 bars, restaurants and lounges around the site.
The huge venue stands beside the Etihad Stadium and is a joint venture between Oak View Group and City Football Group.
It also has a ‘smart bowl’ design that will bring gig-goers closer to the artist, and there’ll be no corporate branding to detract from the spectacle on stage.
Co-op members will gain first-in-line access to The Black Keys tickets through a designated presale from 10am on Wednesday 6 March 2024.
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General sale tickets for The Black Keys show in Manchester will be available through See Tickets from 10am on Friday 8 March 2024.
Warehouse Project adds FIVE massive shows to 2024 line-up in Manchester
Thomas Melia
The Warehouse Project has just added five huge shows to its already-massive 2024 line-up.
The hugely popular clubbing event will be back at Depot Mayfield from 14 September and will run all the way through until New Year’s Eve.
Already-announced acts include Jungle, Bonobo, Disclosure, Patrick Topping, Sonny Fodera, and Peggy Gou – and now the WHP line-up is getting bigger again.
One new name added to this year’s bill is Loyle Carner, who’s becoming a familiar mainstay in Manchester, following his slot at Castlefield Bowl this July and returning just shy of three months later. Some may say he has a newfound love for us Mancs.
The UK artist has gone from strength to strength since the release of his debut album in 2017, receiving Brit nominations in 2018 to playing Glastonbury’s West Holts in 2023, Carner’s success has been steadily inclining for some time now.
The Mercury-Prize nominated rapper is tying ‘Loose Ends’ on the Depot stage and will be joined by a round-up of musical talent keeping the audience company all night on 4 October.
This headline announcement comes with the news of many other artists also securing slots throughout the following months.
If you have eight hours to spare on 19 October, why not check out Four Tet’s unmissable all-night party where he will play from night til morning with his extensive music knowledge. Depot Mayfield will undergo a makeover to become ‘Four Tet’s sonic playground’ all for a very reasonable £25.
Warehouse Project has added more shows to its 2024 line-up, Credit: Jody Hartley
DJ Legend Fatboy Slim is curating a show for The Warehouse Project which you definitely wouldn’t want to miss on 22 November. LF System and Paul Woolford along with a whole host of names will be helping the music great make sure everyone can ‘Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat’.
There’s an exciting performance from Jamie Jones’ Paradise to look forward to on 15 November with a selection of DJ’s helping power you through the rest of the night and early morning as this event doesn’t close til 5am.
The final date sees Barry Can’t Swim along with Manchester-based record producer Interplanetary Criminal and more on the lineup. If you think that name seems familiar you might be thinking about his 2022 collaboration with Eliza Rose ‘B.O.T.A’ which has garnered over 300 million streams.
Tickets for any act mentioned will be in high demand – view all the upcoming events here.
Loyle Carner tickets will go on sale at 10am on Friday 6 September here.
Fatboy Slim tickets are also on sale from 10am on Friday 6 September here.
All other tickets are available through the Warehouse Project website.
Oasis add TWO more shows to their massive 2025 reunion tour
Daisy Jackson
Oasis have just added two more dates to their upcoming reunion tour – and they’re shaking up how fans buy tickets.
When tickets for their 17-date reunion shows went on sale last weekend, demand went through the roof.
Fans were stuck in virtual queues for up to six hours, See Tickets and Gigs and Tours both crashed, and then many who made it through were stung by ‘dynamic pricing’ which drove up prices from £148.50 to £355.20.
Existing Oasis tour dates included five nights at Heaton Park, plus gigs at Wembley, in Edinburgh, in Dublin and in Cardiff.
And this evening, two extra Oasis gigs have been announced.
The group have confirmed they’ll now be playing a couple of extra nights at London’s Wembley Stadium, on 27 and 28 September.
They added that tickets will be sold by an ‘invitation-only ballot process’ to manage the phenomenal demand.
And those first in the queue will be those who were unsuccessful in the initial on-sale – how that will be worked out and managed it yet to be seen.
Sharing the news, Oasis wrote: “Two extra Wembley Stadium shows have been added due to phenomenal demand.
“Tickets will be sold by a staggered, invitation-only ballot process.
“Applications to join the ballot will be opened first to the many UK fans who were unsuccessful in the initial on sale with Ticketmaster. More details to follow.”