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Jamiroquai announce huge gig at impressive venue next year in Manchester

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Danny Jones Danny Jones - 18th November 2024

Jamiroquai has announced a massive Manchester gig as part of their huge UK and European tour – and yes, for the last time, it’s a band not just one bloke.

Yes, big hat man and his troupe are returning to Manchester for one night only and no we’re not talking about Santa: it’s big JQ – or Jay Kay to his friends – the 90s and noughties hit-maker with the best moves this side of the Mersey and irresistible funk that never fails to make you dance around the kitchen.

After six whole years away from full headline touring, the London-formed band with very Manc ties are set to play 14 dates across here at home and on the continent, with the music veterans landing none other than a Co-op Live debut for their Manchester date.

32 years on from playing pubs and clubs around the country and after being away for more than half a decade you might say that still having this kind of pulling power is ‘Virtual Insanity’. Had to be done…

Known for other much-loved hits like ‘Space Cowboy’, ‘Cosmic Girl’, ‘You Give Me Something’ and many more, Jamiroquai was formed by the Stretford-born frontman (real name Jason Luís Cheetham) back in 1992, with their breakout album Emergency on Planet Earth releasing a year later to great success.

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The acid jazz and funk experts need no introduction really but we’ll give them one anyway. 15 Brit Award nominations, two Guinness World Records, a Grammy, more than 1.7 billion Spotify streams and counting, not to mention the single greatest collection of headwear known to man.

Sending a message to their fans on social media, the band wrote: “One Man’s mission, for 30 years and counting, to put groove music into YOUR LIFE.

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“Will you join us in the fight to Let The Disco Stay The Same – to conquer all your inner fears and boogie like NEVER before? DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES to heal the world through MUSIC?

“DO YOU HAVE…. THE HEELS OF STEEL!” Ever a flare for the theatrical, eh?

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‘The Heels of Steel’ tour kicks off this time next year, with a first night in Barcelona on 6 November kicking a two-month-long party into gear.

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Jamiroquai doesn’t make it to Manchester and the Co-op Live arena until 6 December 2025, but we’re already getting our dancing shoes at the ready.

Pre-sale can be accessed from 9am on Wednesday by registering on the band’s website and general admission tickets go on sale this Friday, 22 November at the same time.

You can grab yours HERE and we’ll see you out on the dancefloor.

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Ex-Hacienda DJs announce new gig series – and it’s way more intimate than you think

Thomas Melia Thomas Melia

DJs from Manchester’s iconic club The Hacienda are returning with a new gig series that lets concertgoers get up close and personal.

The Hacienda might be one of the greatest pieces of Manchester music history, and now people can relive it all over again with a new experience that is bringing clubbing back to its original roots.

Running across 2025, party people have multiple opportunities to relive the high life of traditional clubbing in a venue situated in the heart of Manchester city centre.

Well-established pub and frequent club-night host, Joshua Brooks, is bringing back The Hacienda but on a much more personal level, not like the Warehouse Project event hosting around 10,500 fans.

‘The Hacienda: All Night Long’ is a bi-monthly residency starting in February with a performance from Graeme Park followed by a packed line up of incredible music makers and lovers.

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The original Hacienda club in its hay-day / Credit: Jon Shard.

The next event after the initial launch is in April with David Morales on the decks throughout the evening with good tunes and usual sleek style.

Greg Wilson is taking up a slot in June known for his work in dance music and the ‘re-edit movement’ which is still shaping music today.

Keeping spirits high and vibes even higher, in August, attendees are in good company with your night soundtracked by Manc legend DJ Paulette.

Finishing off a phenomenal run of music mixing events is K-Klass who are notorious within the music scene for working with musical forces like Whitney Houston and Rihanna. The group even first met each other in The Hacienda!

Each event will include an extended set up to six hours long (or even more, if you’re lucky).

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Graeme Park putting on a show.
K-Klass hacienda all night long
K-Klass in their element behind the decks.
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This run of live DJ sets are set to be an unmissable experience, partly due to the fact that there is a ‘No Photos, Just Music’ policy to help people live their life in real time and not through a digital device.

This rule is put in place by event organisers so that people can relive or first-hand experience an original club setting with no distractions and fully focus on the music being played out across the venue.

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Graeme Park said of Haçienda – All Night Long: “A long time ago, in a nightclub, far, far away, I started DJing in a dark booth in the corner of a dark room, in a dark nightclub.

“I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, but over the next few years I learnt my craft by DJing all night long. Back then, it was all about the music and the crowd with the DJ being the person in the corner playing the tunes that mattered.

“This is why, after more than 40 years on the decks, I’m really excited to be back at the fabulous Joshua Brooks in February for another All Night Long session where I can play an extended DJ set in intimate surroundings, close up and personal with a superb sound system and an enthusiastic crowd right in front of me.

“Last time we were all connected through the music and I can’t wait to do it all again.”

If you fancy celebrating clubbing in its truest form guided through the night by some Hacienda greats, you can grab tickets here.

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First wave of acts confirmed for Manchester’s Outbreak Festival 2025

Danny Jones Danny Jones Outbreak Festival lineup summer 2025 Manchester

The first wave of acts has been officially announced for Outbreak Festival Manchester 2025 and the lineup is already shaping up to be a rager.

Having quickly established itself as the biggest celebration of hardcore, pop-punk and alternative in Greater Manchester, Outbreak Festival is growing fast, especially after a super successful pair of events earlier this year.

Broken down into summer and autumn events, the two lineups just gone had the likes of Hot Mulligan, American Football, Movements; Action Bronson, Soccer Mommy, comeback kings The Story So Far and many more take the stage. Summer 2025’s weekender is looking equally promising so far.

Landing back in Manchester on the 15 and 16 June, the next edition of Outbreak Fest will be here before you know it. That’s what we’re telling ourselves, anyway – we’re literally fidgeting with excitement.

Founded back in 2011 by two teenagers, Jordan Coupland and Lee Follows (and by teenagers, we’re talking literally 14), Outbreak is approaching a decade and a half on the live music circuit, having seen a noticeable ramp up in popularity over the past couple of years.

Taking place over at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre, more commonly known as the BEC Arena – a hugely underrated venue, by the way – the next summer lineup not only features shoegaze legends Slowdive, hardcore heavyweights Knocked Loose, as well Manchester’s genre-bending Maruja and more.

One of the best things about the festival is the mix of music on show too, with alternative hip-hop favourites Danny Brown and Denzel Curry both joining the lineup.

Better still, this is just the tip of the iceberg: there are yet more artists to be confirmed and if previous years are anything to go by, there’ll be some big hitters still to come for the BEC over in Stretford.

Outbreak is also heading outdoors and to London’s Victoria Park for the first time ever later this year, with contemporary icons Turnstile already confirmed as the headliners for the one-day festival. Fire.

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We can only pray that they will be making their way to Manchester too but even if not, a name this huge must mean there’s someone just as big coming to 0161, surely?

Sign-up for pre-sale is already live with tickets going on sale from 10am this Thursday, 28 November; as for general admission, they go live at the same time on Friday (29 Nov).

You can get ready to smash and grab your tickets to see that incredible lineup at Outbreak Festival Manchester HERE – and believe us, it will be a smash and grab…

See you in the pits!

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