It definitely is the “most wonderful time of the year”, as we’ve had a huge host of shows announced over the past couple of weeks and we’re ecstatic to share that they’re, for the most part – not quite yet, Amyl and The Sniffers fans – now on-sale! With a return to the stage to … Continued
By 1984, British independent music had reached a kind of impasse. The early forward motion of punk, and then post-punk, had stalled towards diminishing returns. The promise of New Pop had curdled into the Old Pop. Enter the Reid brothers. Jim and William quit their dead-end jobs in East Kilbride and began working at something … Continued
It’s not long until we celebrate the Queen of Pop with Burlesque, Drag, Circus, and live music so, we’re taking a look at the Material Girls, Lucky Stars, and Beautiful strangers that’ll be bringing the show to life… Jenna G A self confessed music fiend, actress, broadcaster, performer and artist, Jenna G is a Manchester … Continued
We want everyone who comes to an event at Albert Hall to feel safe enough to report any issues to our team, and that our team handle these responsibility. We would like to raise awareness of some procedures that we already have in place: A team of medics is on hand at all live and … Continued
ON SALE NOW AT THE ALBERT HALL. It’s good to be back after the past couple of months and wow do we have some gems coming to grace our stage. Getting back to normality one amazing show at a time! BAND OF HORSES. The Grammy nominated indie rock veterans return to our stage on the … Continued
Words by Leon Shaw The lyrics and production are interesting and unique to only Simz; no song on Sometimes I Might Be Introvert – aka SIMBA – sounds like it could be performed by anyone else but her. Songs like Fear No Man and Point And Kill give more than a nod to her Nigerian … Continued
What a week we’ve had for new shows! The Horrors bring their ‘Metal Life’ bill on Friday 26th November with a great group of acts curated by the band themselves including Manchester’s very own Mandy Indiana. Blurring the lines between hip hop R&B and Jazz, BadBadNotGood are poised for their first visit to Albert Hall … Continued
We’re back to being busy with exciting new announcements again at Albert Hall and we’re thrilled to have three brilliant shows for you in 2022. Firstly the legendary former Last Shadow Puppets man, Miles Kane will be here on Friday 28th January, then we’ve got The Coral coming to town to celebrate the 20th anniversary … Continued
ON THIS DAY: JOHNNY MARR We take a look back at some of our favourite shows over the years. On this day in 2019 we hosted Mancunian legend and NME God Like Genius Award winner, Johnny Marr. Equal parts Mancunian and Bohemian, the guitar tones of Mr.Johnny Marr are recognisable across the globe but hit … Continued
Well, we do have a selection of Manchester’s finest this week with both Talking Drums (with Neil Diablo) and Space Afrika laying at complete opposite ends of the dynamic spectrum, the former a midday beach-bar vibe (maybe moving in to early evening), and the latter beautifully soundtracking an eyes-closed home-listening session. If you need something … Continued