Tag: Manchester gigs

  • My top 5 gigs of 2025

    My top 5 gigs of 2025

    Over the course of the next few days, I’ll be sharing with you my top five films, books and gigs of 2025.  While there’s still time to fit in another book or film that could sneak their way into my list, my last gig was mid-December and so nothing is going to unfairly miss out Read more

  • The Royston Club at Manchester Academy – gig review

    The Royston Club at Manchester Academy – gig review

    Sometimes you go to a gig and it just feels special. This was my sixth time watching The Royston Club and I’ve always felt that they deserve to be bigger than they are, but standing among 2,500 or so people at their headline Manchester Academy show, it feels as if it’s surely only a matter Read more

  • The Wombats at AO Arena Manchester – gig review

    The Wombats at AO Arena Manchester – gig review

    The Wombats are one of the very few mid-2000s British indie bands who are still managing to get mainstream radio play every time they bring out a new album and last month’s release ‘Oh! The Ocean’ is their fifth successive appearance in the top five of the UK Official Albums Chart.  Therefore, it should be Read more