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.
The 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 The Warehouse Project website.
Honorary Manc Ariana Grande announces huge world tour – but skips Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Ariana Grande has announced details of a huge world tour, but the honorary Mancunian will be skipping Manchester again.
The 32-year-old, Grammy Award-winning star has instead booked five nights at The O2 in London for her only UK stop on the tour.
Ariana Grande was made an honorary Mancunian back in 2017, in recognition of her work following the Manchester Arena terror attack.
She is the first person to have ever received this honour.
Since the atrocity in the city, which took the lives of 22 people, Ariana has only performed here twice more – once at the One Love concert she organised as a fundraiser for the victims and their families, and once as a headliner of Manchester Pride.
It’s been six years since her last tour, but Ariana Grande is now back, sharing details of her hotly-anticipated The Eternal Sunshine Tour next summer.
As well as her five-night residency in London, she’ll play four nights in LA and Brooklyn, as well as cities right across North America.
Ariana Grande has announced The Eternal Sunshine Tour
Her London dates will be her only European shows on The Eternal Sunshine Tour.
Eternal Sunshine was released in 2024 and was her seventh studio album, spawning singles ‘Yes, And?’, ‘We Can’t Be Friends’, and ‘The Boy Is Mine’.
Ariana Grande is now also an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated actress thanks to her starring role in Wicked as Glinda the Good Witch.
Tickets for her tour will go on sale from Tuesday 16 September with an artist presale as well as an O2 Priority Presale. Remaining tickets will be available during the general ons-ale beginning Thursday 18 September at 10am.
Ariana Grande – The Eternal Sunshine Tour Dates 2026
A rising Manc musician is supporting a global popstar on tour in America
Danny Jones
Up-and-coming Greater Manchester musician Elliot James Reay, from just down the road in Bury, has just joined fellow rising solo artist and already established US superstar Benson Boone on his upcoming American tour.
Yes, a lad from Bury is opening for the bloke who belts out that ‘Beautiful Things’ tune that’s been stuck near the top of the charts for what feels like the last year.
Fittingly joining Boone for the US leg of his American Heart tour supporting his sophomore album of the same name, 23-year-old Elliot James Reay has already played a trio of shows warming up the crowds ahead of the headliner and is quickly gaining new fans across the pond.
Especially since his music harkens back to some of their most famous music icons of all time.
The youngster is still having to pinch himself at the mere notion of being on the road with such a big name so early in his career, posting on social media this week, “How do I explain this one to my friends back in Bury?
“A dream come true to be opening for Benson Boone in St Paul last night, I’m eternally grateful for the opportunity to sing to you all and thank you for all the love you gave me!”
Roy Orbison-obsessed Raey – who also takes plenty of look and feel from the likes of Elvis and Billy Fury, among other old school, soulful American singers – has gone from releasing covers on YouTube to dropping his first-ever EP back in June and now playing full Stateside stadiums.
What a whirlwind journey it’s been for the local lad already.
The Manc songwriter and guitarist featured as one of our artists of the month last December, and we’re glad to see he’s only gone from strength to strength.
It’s fair to say that he’s matured a lot in the time since then, let alone the last 12 months or so, and booking a slot as a support act for as big as Benson Boone is right now is nothing short of huge.
We said late last year, and we’ll say it again: we see a bright future ahead for this talented young Macunian, and we wish him all the best for the dozen or so remaining US tour dates.
If you haven’t listened to his stuff before, you can get a little taste with his latest single HERE.
Or, if you want to take our advice, why not watch a great music video filmed around some very familiar city centre sites down below?
He’s certainly got his own style, even if it his heavily inspired by some of the greats.
Thomas Melia -
4th September 2024 
