Tag: academy

LIVE: Kygo – Manchester Academy 1 21.04.16

Over 2500 people can fit inside Manchester’s Academy 1; A big black box full to the brim with people. Guys with shirts off and girls with heels strut around, some more rowdily than others, trying to get the best spot…

LIVE: Alvvays – Academy 2, Manchester 10.09.15

It’s a calm and pleasant evening down Manchester’s Oxford Road, and Alvvays are performing in Academy 2 of Manchester University’s Student Union building as part of their full UK tour. Most students haven’t moved in yet, so it’s significantly less…

LIVE: The Stranglers – Manchester Academy 21.03.15

Legendary rockers The Stranglers are one of the most continually successful bands still around from the punk/new wave artists of the late ’70s/’80s. They tour pretty much every year to huge crowds; their legacy will always live on. Tonight in…

Kid Ink LIVE @ Manchester Academy 16.10.14

Rating: Kid Ink is playing Manchester Academy 1 tonight after being upgraded from Academy 3. There’s over 2000 people’s worth of capacity difference in these venues, which is mental. Although he is incredibly well-known in the US and less so…

Eels LIVE @ Liverpool 02 Academy

Not ones to do things by the rock n roll handbook, the fact that EELS have selected an unusual support line up is not surprising. First up is a magician who fixates the few early comers with some card tricks…