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The Warehouse Project has revealed its full lineup for 2022 – how to get tickets

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Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 27th July 2022

Manchester party The Warehouse Project has revealed its full lineup for 2022 as it returns to its home at Depot, Mayfield for another star-studded season.

As the city’s ravers gear up for an action-packed four months of unmissable moments, we take a look at the full roster of artists confirmed for this year – with line-ups spanning a host of genres, from DnB and tech house to industrial techno, disco, classic house and dub reggae.

From in-demand global tastemaker Peggy Gou, who comes to Manchester to play her only UK Gou Talk show of the A/W season, to a headline set from techno legend Michael Bibi (also the only opportunity for fans to see him in the north this year), as ever, there is a lot to get excited about.

The Hacienda also returns, celebrating forty years of FAC51 on Saturday 12 November – marking its largest ever club event across four rooms. This very special party will see electronic groups Orbital and Happy Mondays performing live, with Inner City and 808 State also headlining the show amongst other legendary acts.

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Speaking on the new season’s line-up, which sees the party series return free of restrictions for the first time since Covid, Co-Founder Sam Kandel said: “We can now concentrate on delivering the best WHP season to date.

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“Musically we’ve cast the net even wider this year and so far the response has been incredible.

“We all know that Depot Mayfield is the dream location for The Warehouse Project and it’s just fantastic to be involved whilst this corner of Manchester continues to transform before our eyes.”’

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Peggy Gou will land at Depot Mayfield on Friday 21st October for her only show in England after the summer – bringing her Gou Talk event series to Manchester for the very first time.

The global tastemaker has carefully curated a unique blend of artists to deliver stunning musical and cultural visions – with Laurent Garnier, Robert Hood, TSHA, Saoirse, Anz and more joining her on the night.

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Following the success of their previous Manchester parties, one of the UK’s finest House & Techno labels Solid Grooves will welcome Michael Bibi on Friday 28 October for what will be his only UK date in the North this year. The label showcase will also be joined by musical legends including Sven Väth, Skream, Hot Since 82 and more.

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On Saturday 29 October, a Halloween special will bring some very familiar faces and sought-after names – amongst the headliners, former BBC Radio 1 legend Annie Mac, Patrick Topping, Special Request and more.

The following Friday 4 November will see a huge Worried About Henry showcase, taking over the full expanse of Depot Mayfield with an array of world-class artists from the DnB scene for what will be the final drum n bass show of WHP22. Another huge line-up featuring the likes of Sub Focus, Shy FX, Netsky, Inja and more.

How to get tickets

With the WHP22 drawing closer in time, The Warehouse Project is delighted to bring in another season of spectacular shows throughout the Autumn/Winter season.

Pre-sale tickets will be available on Thursday 28 July from 10am, with ticket prices starting from £29.50.

General sale tickets will then become available on Friday 29 July from 10am.

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Tickets can be purchased via The Warehouse Project website.

New shows announced for The Warehouse Project 2022

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Friday 21 October – Gou Talk

Times: 20.00 – 04.00

Depot

Peggy Gou  

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Dixon

Job Jobse

 TSHA 

 Hiver 

Concourse

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Laurent Garnier

Robert Hood & Lyric Hood Presents Floorplan

Chaos In The CBD

 Saoirse 

 Archive 

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Ryan Elliott

Josey Rebelle 

Anz

Mogwaa

Brain De Palma  

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Solid Grooves – Friday 28 October

Times: 20.00 – 04.00

(A-Z)

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Bassel Darwish

Dennis Cruz

Hot Since 82

Ilario Alicante

Lauren Lo Sung

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Lindsey Matthews

Mason Collective

Michael Bibi

Pawsa

Rossko

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Skream B2B Jackmaster

Sven Väth

Sweely

Toman

Traumer

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Saturday 29 October – Halloween At The Warehouse Project

Full Halloween Production Across All 3 Rooms Of Depot Mayfield

Times: 19.00 – 04.00

(A-Z)

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Annie Mac / Patrick Topping

Ammara | DJ Boring | Emerald

Ewan Mcvicar | Hammer | Jaguar

Jordan Villa | Junior Simba | KETTAMA

LF System | Prospa – Live | Nia Archives

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Sarah Story | Special Request | Tibasko

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Friday 4 November – Worried About Henry

Times: 20.00 – 04.00

(A-Z):

Hybrid Minds & Tempza

Netsky

Sub Focus & Id

A-Z:

Bou & Haribo

Charlie Tee

Critical Soundsystem XX: Enei x Halogenix x Kasra Ft GQ

Mollie Collins B2B Kleu

Rob Rinseout B2B Ezair

Special Guest:

Bru-C

Concourse: Shy Fx Presents

Shy Fx

David Rodigan

Voltage

Dj Marky 

Clipz

Breakage

Mungo’s Hi Fi Ft Gardna

Chimpo

Salo

MC’s: GQ, Stamina & Dread MC

Archive: Hospitality (A-Z)

Camo & Krooked

Etherwood B2B LSB 

Flava D

Kings Of The Rollers & Inja

Metrik

S.P.Y

Solah (Live) Feat Emma B

Unglued B2B Mozey 

MC’s: Daxta, Ruthless, MC AD & Lowqui

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Saturday 12 November

Haçienda 40

Times: 14.00 – 02.00

Saturday 12 November – Haçienda 40

Times: 14.00 – 02.00

Orbital [Live]

Happy Mondays Kerri Chandler

David Morales

Kenny Dope Grandmaster Flash

Inner City [live]

808 State [Live]

Marshall Jefferson

Todd Terry

House Gospel ChoirCe Ce Rodgers [Live]

Greg Wilson

Peter HookJustin Robertson

K Klass

Graeme Park

Jon Dasilva

Dj Paulette

Kath McDermott

Tom Wainwright

Russ 

To see the full WHP 2022 lineup, visit the website here.

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Royal Mail fined £21m by Ofcom failing to meet its delivery targets

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Ofcom has fined Royal Mail a whopping £21 million for failing to meet its delivery targets in the last financial year.

Each year, it’s the watchdog’s job to look at and measure Royal Mail’s delivery performance against nationwide annual delivery targets, and for the 2024/25 season, the company was required to deliver 93% of First Class mail within one working day of collection, and 98.5% of Second Class mail within three working days.

If Royal Mail misses its annual targets, Ofcom will first consider evidence of any ‘exceptional circumstances’ beyond the company’s control, and whether it would have achieved its targets had those events not occurred. 

However, even after accounting for extreme weather events, Royal Mail was still found to have fallen short of its targets… and this time, they’ve been fined their highest sum so far.

This is the third time in a row that Ofcom has found the company to be in breach of its regulatory obligations, after it was first fined a substantial £5.6m in November 2023, and then a further £10.5m in December 2024.

Royal Mail only delivered 77% of First Class mail and 92.5% of Second Class mail on time between April 2024 and March 2025.

Ofcom says it has therefore decided that the company breached its obligations by failing to provide ‘an acceptable level of service’ without justification, and took ‘insufficient and ineffective’ steps to try and prevent this failure.

“Hiding behind the pandemic as a driving factor in failures at Royal Mail does not cut it.”

Royal Mail has been fined £21m by Ofcom failing to meet its delivery targets / Credit: Royal Mail

The watchdog says this is likely to have impacted millions of customers who did not get the service they paid for. 

“Millions of important letters are arriving late, and people aren’t getting what they pay for when they buy a stamp,” explained Ian Strawhorne, who is the Director of Enforcement at Ofcom.

“These persistent failures are unacceptable, and customers expect and deserve better. 

“Royal Mail must rebuild consumers’ confidence as a matter of urgency, and that means making actual significant improvements, not more empty promises.

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“We’ve told the company to publicly set out how it’s going to deliver this change, and we expect to start seeing meaningful progress soon. If this doesn’t happen, fines are likely to continue.”

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Thousands of elderly and disabled people to get free 24-hour bus travel across Greater Manchester

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Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people in Greater Manchester are set to benefit from round-the-clock bus travel for free.

Currently, as part on an ongoing pilot scheme, people with a Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)-issued concessionary travel pass have free unlimited travel on Bee Network buses between 9.30am and midnight during the week, and all day on weekends and public holidays.

The rule was lifted in August on a trial basis for a month, meaning older and disabled residents in Greater Manchester had access to unlimited free bus travel any time between the allocated hours.

During the August trial, more than 100,000 journeys were made by older and disabled people – with up to 6,000 people a day making use of the pilot.

But now, after proving to be a huge success, the pilot is being extended even further, so that 400,000 eligible residents will now get free bus travel 24-hours a day, seven days a week, starting from 1 November.

As well as free early-morning bus travel, during the trial starting in November, eligible residents will be able to board the Bee Network’s night buses for free too.

TfGM says allowing concessionary pass holders to travel at any time will ‘better connect’ them to healthcare, leisure, and retail opportunities.

“The last trial in August was a brilliant success, which saw more than 100,000 journeys made by our older and disabled people before 9.30am,” commented Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

“We are now carrying out this second trial, at a busier time of year, to see whether we can safely remove the restriction permanently and help our older and disabled people to get to work, go shopping, and get to medical appointments.

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“We want the Bee Network to be the best public transport system possible and this means it needs to support all of our residents and communities to make the journeys they need to make and use the bus more.”

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