Full Listings
Chameleons - Home is Where the Heart is 2021
Plus Very Special Guests Theatre of Hate & B-Movie
Saturday 1st May
Academy
Twisted Wheel
Saturday 1st May
Academy 2
Limehouse Lizzy
Saturday 1st May
Academy 3
Chameleons - Official Aftershow
Home Is Where The Heart Is 2020
Saturday 1st May
Club Academy
The Psychedelic Furs
+ Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls
Monday 3rd May
Academy 2
The Vamps
Plus Support
Tuesday 4th May
Academy
Lime Cordiale
+ Special Guests
Wednesday 5th May
Academy 3
Headie One
Edna Live - The Tour Plus special guests
Thursday 6th May
Academy
Inglorious
+ Special Guests
Thursday 6th May
Academy 3
Ricky Warwick & The Fighting Hearts + The Virginmarys
Friday 7th May
Club Academy
The Magic Numbers
15th Anniversary of 'The Magic Numbers' Album Tour + Special Guests
Friday 7th May
Academy 2
Brand X
Saturday 8th May
Academy 3
IST IST
Saturday 8th May
Academy 2
Mr Sam & The Dednutz
Saturday 8th May
Club Academy
I Prevail
The Trauma Tour
Sunday 9th May
Academy
The Allman Betts Band
Sunday 9th May
Academy 3
D Double E
Sunday 9th May
Academy 3
Oranssi Pazuzu
+ Special Guests
Tuesday 11th May
Club Academy
The Snuts
+ Support
Wednesday 12th May
Academy 2
With a slew of floor-stomping hits and sold-out shows, 2019 saw The Snuts (West Lothian, Scotland) cement their place as one of the UK’s most exciting new bands. They continue their rapid rise into 2020 with the announcement of their UK and Ireland tour, including a massive show at London’s Kentish Town Forum on 30th April and their biggest homeland headliner to date at Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 9th May.
With a slew of floor-stomping hits and sold-out shows, 2019 saw The Snuts (West Lothian, Scotland) cement their place as one of the UK’s most exciting new bands. They continue their rapid rise into 2020 with the announcement of their UK and Ireland tour, including a massive show at London’s Kentish Town Forum on 30th April and their biggest homeland headliner to date at Edinburgh Corn Exchange on 9th May.
Thundercat
Plus Support
Thursday 13th May
Academy
Mark Chadwick & Red Ken
Saturday 15th May
Academy
Mark Chadwick & Red Ken
Saturday 15th May
Academy
Secret Affair
+ Support
Saturday 15th May
Club Academy
Stonebwoy
Saturday 15th May
Academy 3
Gracie Abrams
+ Support
Tuesday 18th May
Academy 3
Tom Robinson: Never Too Late
71st Birthday Party Tour
Wednesday 19th May
Academy 3
Set It Off
Thursday 20th May
Academy 2
Bang Bang Romeo
+ Support
Thursday 20th May
Club Academy
Deathstars
+ Support
Thursday 20th May
Academy 3
DEATHSTARS were formed in Strömstad, Sweden in 2000 – born of a variety of influences ranging from black and death metal, to rock ’n’ roll and industrial. They’ve released four full-length studio albums to date; Synthetic Generation (2003), Termination Bliss (2006), Night Electric Night (2009), and The Perfect Cult (2014). The band has stated that Synthetic Generation was a bit of an experiment and challenge, the members all having come from underground extreme metal bands, which was more familiar territory at that point.Termination Bliss garnered the group immediate attention, the band touring with Cradle Of Filth in 2006 in its wake - whilst follow-up Night Electric Night launched them internationally, lauding them enormous praise and landing them a tour with Rammstein in arenas throughout Europe. Latest album The Perfect Cult saw them continue their impeccable run – welcoming their first ever North American tour, and sadly the departure of Cat Casino, who has now returned to the fold.
DEATHSTARS were formed in Strömstad, Sweden in 2000 – born of a variety of influences ranging from black and death metal, to rock ’n’ roll and industrial. They’ve released four full-length studio albums to date; Synthetic Generation (2003), Termination Bliss (2006), Night Electric Night (2009), and The Perfect Cult (2014). The band has stated that Synthetic Generation was a bit of an experiment and challenge, the members all having come from underground extreme metal bands, which was more familiar territory at that point.Termination Bliss garnered the group immediate attention, the band touring with Cradle Of Filth in 2006 in its wake - whilst follow-up Night Electric Night launched them internationally, lauding them enormous praise and landing them a tour with Rammstein in arenas throughout Europe. Latest album The Perfect Cult saw them continue their impeccable run – welcoming their first ever North American tour, and sadly the departure of Cat Casino, who has now returned to the fold.
The Hara
+ Special Guests
Friday 21st May
Academy 3
The Hara - Josh Taylor (lead vocals), Jack Kennedy (drums) and Zack Breen (guitar) - having toured their first headline tour last year & being special guests on X-Factor's Ben Haenow's tour, the boys are back with their new headline tour and brand-new EP. Hailing from the North West, the band are regularly featured on BBC Music Introduces in Lancashire. Their debut single - Only Young - is taken from their forthcoming EP which will be showcased alongside other fan favourites on the new tour!
The Hara - Josh Taylor (lead vocals), Jack Kennedy (drums) and Zack Breen (guitar) - having toured their first headline tour last year & being special guests on X-Factor's Ben Haenow's tour, the boys are back with their new headline tour and brand-new EP. Hailing from the North West, the band are regularly featured on BBC Music Introduces in Lancashire. Their debut single - Only Young - is taken from their forthcoming EP which will be showcased alongside other fan favourites on the new tour!
You Me At Six
Plus Support
Friday 21st May
Academy
KSI
+ Special Guests
Friday 21st May
Academy 2
Olajide William ‘JJ’ Olatunji, known publicly as KSI, is one of YouTube’s biggest stars, a chart-topping music artist, and a professional boxer with a combined social media reach of over 40 million. KSI’s two YouTube channels have amassed over 30 million subscribers and over 6 billion views on YouTube alone. He also possesses the third most-followed music channel in the UK behind Ed Sheeran and One Direction. His album Dissimulation via BMG / RBC Records is the biggest debut studio album of 2020 so far and includes features with AJ Tracey, Tion Wayne, and Offset. He has previously covered The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer Magazine, and Music Week.
Olajide William ‘JJ’ Olatunji, known publicly as KSI, is one of YouTube’s biggest stars, a chart-topping music artist, and a professional boxer with a combined social media reach of over 40 million. KSI’s two YouTube channels have amassed over 30 million subscribers and over 6 billion views on YouTube alone. He also possesses the third most-followed music channel in the UK behind Ed Sheeran and One Direction. His album Dissimulation via BMG / RBC Records is the biggest debut studio album of 2020 so far and includes features with AJ Tracey, Tion Wayne, and Offset. He has previously covered The Sunday Times Magazine, The Observer Magazine, and Music Week.
Helloween
United Alive Part II tour
Saturday 22nd May
Academy
Dutchavelli
+ Special Guests
Saturday 22nd May
Academy 2
Kiana Lede
+ Support
Sunday 23rd May
Club Academy
The Twang
A Month of Sundays
Sunday 23rd May
Academy 2
King Krule
Tuesday 25th May
Academy
With Confidence
plus support
Tuesday 25th May
Academy 3
Queens of Holland
Wednesday 26th May
Club Academy
The Rifles
+ Support
Thursday 27th May
Academy 2
bbno$
+ Special Guests
Thursday 27th May
Academy
Kranium
by an adult over 18 at all times
Thursday 27th May
Club Academy
A Manchester Academy 30th Anniversary Celebration - Feeder
A Manchester Academy 30th Anniversary Celebration
Friday 28th May
Academy
Commemorating three-decades of storming rock’n’roll shows in the North, the Academy are very pleased to announce a special celebratory show in the new year from a band who have earned a special place in its history.
On 28th May 2021, the venue will welcome Welsh indie-rock mainstays: FEEDER.
Having blown-away crowds on its turf some 12 times since their formation, The Academy has been a reliable haunt and regular pit-stop for Feeder at all stages of their twisting career.
From their incendiary first visit as a fledgling grunge upstarts on the Kerrang Twist Tour of 1996 (supporting Lodestar and Crazy Gods), to taking the stage as bonafide world-conquering arena slayers on the ‘Tallulah’ tour of 2018; Feeder have proven themselves time-after-time and are established favourites with the Academy crowd.
Returning to the venue in 2021, expect a roller-coaster ride down memory lane with a set packed with the innumerable anthems that have lined their extraordinary career. With 10 celebrated studio albums
Commemorating three-decades of storming rock’n’roll shows in the North, the Academy are very pleased to announce a special celebratory show in the new year from a band who have earned a special place in its history.
On 28th May 2021, the venue will welcome Welsh indie-rock mainstays: FEEDER.
Having blown-away crowds on its turf some 12 times since their formation, The Academy has been a reliable haunt and regular pit-stop for Feeder at all stages of their twisting career.
From their incendiary first visit as a fledgling grunge upstarts on the Kerrang Twist Tour of 1996 (supporting Lodestar and Crazy Gods), to taking the stage as bonafide world-conquering arena slayers on the ‘Tallulah’ tour of 2018; Feeder have proven themselves time-after-time and are established favourites with the Academy crowd.
Returning to the venue in 2021, expect a roller-coaster ride down memory lane with a set packed with the innumerable anthems that have lined their extraordinary career. With 10 celebrated studio albums
Grayscale
+ Special Guests
Friday 28th May
Academy 3
Blancmange
+ Support
Saturday 29th May
Club Academy