Maneskin, the Italian rock stars who became a global sensation after winning Eurovision, have announced a huge world tour – and the only UK date is here in Manchester.
The four-piece from Rome will be taking their Rush World Tour to cities across the USA, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The huge tour will wrap up here in Manchester, with a gig at the AO Arena on 19 December.
We’ll be the only city in the UK to welcome Maneskin, who have also announced a landmark gig at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York.
This will be the first time they’ve performed here in Manchester after shooting to fame by winning 2021’s Eurovision Song Contest with their song Zitti e buoni.
They’ve since found viral fame with their cover of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons’ ‘Beggin’, as well as their own songs ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’ and ‘Supermodel’.
Måneskin are currently on their Loud Kids world tour in Europe, which will take them to London in May.
They’ve also been announced as performers at Glastonbury festival this summer.
Maneskin announced their Rush World Tour on social media yesterday, posting: “This year we want to keep the whole world rockin’!!!
“Get ready, cause RUSH! WORLD TOUR is coming to youuu. Tickets info soon.”
Tickets for Maneskin’s gig in Manchester will go on sale on Monday 20 March at 10am through See Tickets.
Maneskin Rush World Tour Dates in full
Maneskin after winning Eurovision. Credit: Publicity picture
SEPTEMBER 3 – Hanover, Germany – EXPO Plaza 6 – Nancy, France – Nancy Open Air 21 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden 23 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion 25 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 27 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 29 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena
OCTOBER 1 – Detroit, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill 3 – Nashville, Nashville, TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium 6 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 13 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena 15 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 20 – Mexico City, Mexico – Palacio De Los Deportes 24 – Bogotá, Colombia – Movistar Arena 27 – Santiago, Chile – Estadio Bicentenario La Florida 29 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Movistar Arena
NOVEMBER 1 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Qualistage 3 – San Paulo, Brazil – Espaço Unimed 20 – Brisbane, QLD – BCEC 22 – Sydney, NSW – Hordern Pavilion 23 – Melbourne, VIC – Margaret Court Arena 25 – Adelaide, SA – AEC Theatre 27 – Singapore
DECEMBER 2 – Tokyo, Japan 3 – Tokyo, Japan 7 – Kobe, Japan 14 – Dublin, Ireland – 3 Arena 19 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
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My Chemical Romance fans are losing it as emo favourites appear to tease UK tour
Danny Jones
American alt-rock and emo favourites My Chemical Romance aren’t just back for one last Black Parade; it looks like they might be heading to the UK for more tour dates.
Not just a phase, never was.
My Chemical Romance (an entirely different kind of MCR) made yet another mighty return to the fore earlier this year, nearly two whole decades on from the release of the seminal album, which dropped in 2006 and has now been toured live again by the New Jersey band.
Playing the album IN FULL for the first time in years, they’ve been busy in North America delighting die-hard crowds, but now a recent teaser has got My Chem fans gearing up for UK and Ireland shows.
As you can see, MCR released the somewhat cryptic comedy sketch above, in which they seem to spoof a gameshow centred around a robot named ‘Quizzo’.
The host of this fictional programme goes on to explain that the result will determine “who will be the next lucky country to win the grand prize of one nuclear winter.”
It might only last for a few seconds, but the main takeaway is that the ‘who’ selected as the recipient of this upcoming prize is none other than the United Kingdom.
Combine that with a simple caption that reads, “Let’s show them what they’ve won”, it’d be hard not to jump to the conclusion that we Brits are about to pretend we’re ‘Teenagers’ again and chant ‘Na Na Na’ until our lungs give out.
In the time since the post went live, fans on this side of the pond have understandably started getting very excited…
My Chemical Romance are coming back to the UK… For the 1st time since 2022 when we all thought it would be the last hurrah…#MCRpic.twitter.com/vHWO5mK89j
At first, some were wondering whether this year’s revival might have also seen the resurrection of their much-mythologised but ultimately scrapped 2019 record, The Paper Kingdom, but it seems pretty much nailed on that their transatlantic followers are about to get some gigs.
It remains unclear whether these still TBC dates will be an extension of the current ‘Long Live The Black Parade‘ tour, which began on 11 July, or something new entirely.
Either way, with this current run of shows due to end in September and hints at a ‘nuclear winter’, it’s a fair assumption to guess that My Chemical Romance will be coming to the UK either later this year or early 2026 – and you bank on a big Manchester booking to be thrown in there too.
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Adidas drop Liam and Noel Gallagher SPZL trainers
Daisy Jackson
Liam and Noel Gallagher have teamed up with adidas once again to create their very own SPZL trainers.
The sportswear giant has today dropped the designs for the adidas LG Achille SPZL and the adidas NG Marathon SPZL.
The sure-to-sell-out trainers will officially hit shelves in the new Manchester adidas store, and other stockists, next weekend.
The footwear drop coincides with the ongoing Oasis reunion tour, which attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the city when they played five nights in Heaton Park.
Liam and Noel themselves have maintained a close relationship with Gary Aspden, curator of the adidas SPZL range, for more than two decades.
They’re often seen sporting the iconic trainers and creating product collaborations, and now they’re back with a new Three Stripes partnership and their very own new adidas SPZL trainers.
Up first is Liam Gallaghers’s adidas SPZL, with the Oasis frontman asking to bring back a revised version of an archival runner, the adidas Achille.
The LG Achille SPZL features a khaki mesh base, chocolate brown stripes, a beige suede T-toe overlay, and a sand outside, with a motif of Liam on the tongue of the shoe.
Noel Gallagher’s NG Marathon SPZLs are his first collaborations with the brand since his immediate sell-out shoes back in 2017.
His are a new hybrid inspired by the adidas Marathon 85 silhouette, keeping the suede upper and rubber outsole of the Marathon 85 but with a deep navy/sky blue palette with a reworked toe box and midsole, as well as details like the Eco-Tex tongue and tonal eyelets.
Both shoes feature a portrait of their namesakes on the tongue, as well as spare laces, co-branded sock liners, and commemorative packaging.
The adidas LG Achille SPZL and the adidas NG Marathon SPZL are set to launch via adidas SPZL stockists and the adidas Carnaby and MCR retail stores on 16 August.
Daisy Jackson -
16th March 2023 
