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THE AC/DC EXPERIENCE

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Manchester Academy 3

Thursday 2^nd March 2017

Doors 7.30pm | Curfew 11pm

Tickets £13.00 advance STBF

All ages welcome, U14s to be accompanied by an adult at all times

ACDC tribute rock band will take you on a tour of rock history with a set list covering the band’s entire career. You can expect knockout hits like “You Shook Me All Night Long”, “Back in Black” and “Highway to Hell” to have the entire crowd singing along. This AC/DC band nails the attitude and look of the band’s legendary stage act with their school uniform style costumes and state of the art lighting and projection show. And they have the skills to match- each dazzling guitar solo and hard-rocking riff will have audiences convinced they’re watching the real thing. Our lead vocalist is the real deal, able to deliver the signature vocal styles of both Bon Scott and Brian Johnson to ensure a set list that covers both eras of the band’s unparalleled career. This rock tribute act have already played the main stage of some of the biggest tribute festivals in the UK  and are guaranteed to bring an unforgettable night of rock wherever they go.

Having just finished their main support slot on the UK leg of Neck Deep’s huge UK tour, As It Is have today announced their biggest UK headline tour to date for March 2018. The six date run will see the band ending on a high at London’s famous KOKO venue. Support comes from Like Pacific and Grayscale, with one more act still to be announced.

Speaking of the tour, lead singer Patty Walters says, “These shows will land nearly two years after our last UK headline shows, and we truly can’t wait to show you the band we’ve become in that time. We’ll be playing both new and old songs, songs we’ve never played before, and possibly some particularly old songs we thought we’d never be playing again. These will be far and away our biggest, most ambitious headline shows to date, and we’re so excited and humbled to be playing these rooms next year. We hope you’re looking forward to the OKAY UK TOUR as much as we are!”

Remarkably, the ‘okay. U.K’ dates signal the band’s first UK headline shows since the release of the album in January 2017. Since the band launched the ‘okay.’ campaign with a single of the same name, the band have headlined in the United States, Australia, Japan, and Europe, as well as a host of notable support slots and festival appearances.

In addition to the title-track, ‘Pretty Little Distance’ and upcoming single ‘No Way Out’, perfectly showcase the album’s deeply personal subject matters, set in fictional 1950’s America, with an overriding message that reality is not always what it seems and that it’s OK to not feel OK sometimes.

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‘THE BEST OF’ TOUR

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Manchester Academy

Saturday 10th March 2018
Doors 7pm | Curfew 11pm

Tickets £27.50 GA advance STBF

All ages welcome, U14s to be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Manchester Academy Presents 
SKID ROW
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Doors 7.00pm / Curfew 11pm

Tickets: £24.00 plus booking fee

All ages welcome. Under 14s must be accompanied by an adult over 18 at all times

METROPOLIS MUSIC PRESENTS:

CARPENTER BRUT

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Manchester Academy 2

Thursday 22nd March 2018

Doors 7.30pm | Curfew 11pm

Tickets £15.00 advance STBF

All ages welcome, U14s to be accompanied by an adult at all times

Glasgow trio The Fratellis are back with a new tour and a new album. The band’s 5^th album ‘In Your Own Sweet Time’ will be released on 9^th March 2018 before heading out on a full UK tour. The Fratelllis had phenomenal success with their debut album 'Costello Music' entering the U.K Album Chart at number 2, and went on to win the Best British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards in 2007.

SIGRID

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Manchester Academy 2

Saturday 24th March 2018

Doors 7.30pm | Curfew 11pm

Tickets £12.00 advance STBF

 All ages welcome, U14s to be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Phoenix are based in Paris, France and their music has been featured in such films as Shallow Hal and Lost In Translation. In 2006 the band themselves appeared in Marie Antoinette, which like Lost In Translation, was directed by Sofia Coppola, Thomas Mars’ partner.

The band’s fourth album, “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix” was released in 2009. It contains “1901”, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in January 2010. The album won for Best Alternative Album at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Their fifth album, “Bankrupt!” was released in 2013.