Manchester Academy Gig Guide 15.05.2008

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JUST CONFIRMED:

Cajun Dance Party
Okkervil River
Watermelon Slim
Twisted Wheel
Liars With Deerhunter
The Rifles
Little Man Tate (Now in Club Academy)
Rival Schools
Bushart – (John Lever – Ex Chameleons)
Blood Red Shoes
Glamour For Better vs. Partyshank
Reverend Horton Heat
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Morcheeba (MOVED FROM MANCHESTER LOWRY)
Cartel (Cancelled)
Lupe Fiasco
Paul Gilbert
Never Say Die
Gary Numan
The Aggrolites (Now in Club Academy)

**PETER DOHERTY WILL BE PERFORMING HERE ON SAT 17TH MAY IN ACADEMY 1. GET YOUR TICKETS QUICK TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!**

Academy Recommends!
**Scout Niblett on Tue 20th May**
**Black Keys on Wed 21st May**
Get your tickets now before these shows sell out.


FULL LISTINGS FOLLOW:

MANCHESTER ACADEMY

Peter Doherty
Sat 17th May - £17.50 Adv

The Black Keys + The Ettes
Wed 21st May - £15 Adv

Amy MacDonald
Thu 22nd May - £14 Adv

The Charlatans + The Lines
Sat 24th May - £25 Adv SOLD OUT

Public Enemy + Dr Octagon (aka Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt) + Anti Pop Consortium (Edan & MC Dagha) + Guest DJ’s
Mon 26th May - £22 Adv Doors 6.30pm - Midnight

Ministry
Thu 29th May - £16.50 Adv

Cat Power
Wed 11th June - £17.50 Adv

Queensryche
Tue 17th June - £22.50 Adv / £60 VIP Available from Ticketmaster Doors 7pm

John Mayer
Wed 25th June - £25 Adv SOLD OUT

The Music
Tue 1st July - £13.50 Adv MAX 4 TICKETS PER PERSON

Lupe Fiasco
Sun 13th July - £14.50 Adv Doors 7pm

B52s
Tue 22nd July - £27.50 Adv

Gary Numan
Fri 5th Sept - £19 Adv

Stray Cats
Thu 11th Sept - £28.50 Adv

Dragonforce + Turisas
Fri 26th Sept - £14 Adv

Puressence
Sat 27th Sept - £12.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED TO SAT 18TH OCT)

Foals
Wed 8th Oct - £13.50 Adv

Puressence
Sat 18th Oct - £12.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.)

One Night Only
Fri 24th Oct - £10.50 Adv

The Stranglers
Fri 7th Nov - £23 Adv

Joe Bonamassa
Sun 9th Nov - £20 Adv Doors 7pm

Marillion – Happiness Is The Road Tour 2008
Fri 14th Nov - £22 Adv

New Found Glory + Set Your Goals + Four Year Strong + Crime in Stereo
Fri 21st Nov - £15 Adv

Thunder
Sat 22nd Nov - £21 Adv

Opeth
Sun 23rd Nov - £17 Adv Doors 7pm

Roisin Murphy
Fri 28th Nov - £16.50 Adv

The Complete Stone Roses
Sat 29th Nov - £12.50 Adv

MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2 and 3

The Music – Fri 16th May - £12.50 Adv MAX 4 PER PERSON SOLD OUT

All Time Low & Cobra Starship Co-Headline Tour + Broadway Calls – Fri 16th May - £9.50 Adv SOLD OUT

The Quireboys, Dan Baird and Homemade Sin (The Homewreckers and Heartbreakers Tour 2008) + Diamond Dogs – Fri 16th May - £12.50

We Are Scientists + Sergeant + Voltz – Sat 17th May - £16 Adv

Ghetto + Flowzart + Twisted Mindz + Mayhem + Hit Em Up + Highrise Ent + Jermaine + Crown Jewlz – Sat 17th May - £8 Adv

Ting Tings – Sun 18th May - £10 Adv Doors 7pm SOLD OUT

O2 Wireless Weekender – Young Knives – Sun 18th May - £12.50 Adv Doors 7pm

Robben Ford + Oli Brown Band – Sun 18th May - £16 Adv @ Club Academy (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) Doors 7pm

Little Man Tate + The Lines + Blah Blah Blah – Mon 19th May - £10 Adv (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE. NOW IN CLUB ACADEMY)

Jens Lekman + Jaymay + Wildbirds + Peacedrums – Mon 19th May - £11 Adv

MGMT + Florence & The Machine – Tue 20th May - £10 Adv SOLD OUT

Scout Niblett + Liz Green – Tue 20th May - £8 Adv

Crystal Castles – Tue 20th May - £7 Adv @ Club Academy Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale

Sonic Boom Six / Big D and the Kids Table + Random Hand – Wed 21st May - £9 Adv @ Club Academy

XX Teens + Witches – Wed 21st May - £6 Adv

Robben Ford – Thu 22nd May - £16 Adv @ Club Academy (Rescheduled to Sun 18th May)

The Whip + South Central – Thu 22nd May - £7 Adv SOLD OUT

Story of the Year + The Blackout – Thu 22nd May - £12.50 Adv

Kids in Glass Houses + Valencia – Fri 23rd May - £8 Adv

Billy Inferno + Seven Deadly Sins + Kapptive + Bleed the Skyline – Fri 23rd May - £5 Adv @ Club Academy

Bob Mould Band + The Recovery – Sat 24th May - £15 Adv

Livewire AC/DC Tribute – Sat 24th May - £12 Adv

Robin Trower and Band + Ainsley Lister– Sat 24th May - £15 Adv

Dead Kennedys – Sun 25th May - £16 Adv Doors 7pm

Skindred + Idiom – Sun 25th May - £12 Adv Doors 7pm @ Club Academy

The Futureheads – Mon 26th May - £11 Adv Doors 7pm

Cute is What We Aim For / Boys Like Girls + We the Kings – Mon 26th May - £10 Adv Doors 7pm SOLD OUT

Zebrahead – Mon 26th May - £8.50 Adv

Fightstar + Brigade + We Are The Ocean – Wed 28th May - £12.50 Adv SOLD OUT

Ministry – Thu 29th May - £16.50 Adv NOW IN THE MAIN ACADEMY – ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID

Pete Murray – Thu 29th May - £12.50 Adv

Feeder – Fri 30th May - £15 Adv SOLD OUT

Ida Maria + Red Vinyl Fur – Sat 31st May - £6.50 Adv

3 Doors Down – Sat 31st May - £18 Adv

VmanEvents Unsigned – Pariah + Babylon Fire + Propax + Sindicate – Sat 31st May - £5 Adv

Vampire Weekend + White Williams – Sun 1st June - £10 Adv SOLD OUT (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.)

Kinky Friedman feat. Washington Ratso + Little Jewford – Sun 1st June - £18.50 Adv – Doors 7pm (SEATED SHOW)

Tapes and Tapes – Sun 1st June - £8.50 Adv @ Club Academy – Doors 7pm

The Weakerthans + Dawn Landes + Christine Fellows – Tue 3rd June - £11 Adv

Flogging Molly + Pepper – Tue 3rd June - £13 Adv

The Rascals – Tue 3rd June - £7.50 Adv @ Club Academy

Black Kids – Fri 6th June - £8 Adv SOLD OUT

John Sebastian – Sat 7th June - £20 Adv (SEATED SHOW) Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Sat 7th June - £13.50 Adv

Say Anything – Sat 7th June - £8.50 Adv

Thea Gilmore + Pete Du Pon – Sat 7th June - £14.50 Adv @ Club Academy

I Was A Cub Scout – Sun 8th June - £8 Adv Doors 7pm

Morcheeba – Sun 8th June - £18.50 Adv Doors 7pm PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW HAS MOVED FROM MANCHESTER LOWRY.

Cartel – Mon 9th June - £8.50 Adv @ Club Academy Cancelled – Refunds available from point of sale

Robyn + Sam Sparrow – Tue 10th June - £11 Adv

The Road to Download feat. A Day to Remember + The Devil Wears Prada + Alesana – Tue 10th June – £9 Adv

Alphabeat + Popjustice DJ’s – Tue 10th June - £8.50 Adv

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Thu 12th June - £12.50 Adv

The Nouvelles + The Uzual Suspectz + The Merge + The Ronnies – Fri 13th June - £5 Adv

The Lancashire Hotpots – Fri 13th June - £7 Adv @ Club Academy

The Automatic + Fear of Music + Friends Electric – Sat 14th June - £11 Adv (Rescheduled to Thu 2nd Oct)

Karma + Dirty Disco + The Chase + The Hems – Sat 14th June - £5 Adv

Blue Oyster Cult – Sun 15th June - £22 Adv Doors 7pm

Rival Schools – Mon 16th June - £10 Adv

The Aliens – Tue 17th June - £12.50 Adv

Toots & The Maytals + Neville Staple – Tue 17th June - £22.50 Adv

Liars with Deerhunter + High Places – Thu 19th June - £11 Adv @ Club Academy

The Tides & Juno Ashes (Official Singles Launch) + Jesus in India + My Captive Audience – Fri 20th June - £5 Adv

Uninformed + Subrosa Tryst + Other Side of Sound + Fixxer – Sat 21st June - £6 Adv

VmanEvents Unsigned feat: Elivation + The Jade Assembly + The Debonair + Little Big Noise – Sat 21st June - £6 Adv @ Club Academy

Kathleen Edwards – Wed 25th June - £12.50 Adv

My Morning Jacket – Fri 27th June - £13.50 Adv

Stone Gods – Fri 27th June - £12 Adv

Matt Schofield – Fri 27th June - £10 Adv @ Club Academy

Cool Kids – Sat 28th June - £10.50 Adv

Funeral For A Friend – Mon 30th June - £10 Adv SOLD OUT

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Tue 1st July - £12.50 Adv

Spocks Beard – Fri 4th July - £16 Adv

You Me At Six – Fri 4th July - £7 Adv

Paul Heaton – Fri 4th July - £15 Adv

Tiff Merritt (Full Band Show) – Sat 5th July - £14 Adv

Butthole Surfers – Sat 5th July - £15 Adv

Eddy Grant – Wed 9th July - £22.50 Adv

Comeback Kid + Shai Hulud + Crime In Stereo + Dead Swan – Wed 9th July - £10 Adv

The Rocket Summer – Fri 11th July - £7.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.) SOLD OUT

Reemer + Bright Kicks + Teamnoir + The Gekko – Fri 11th July - £6 Adv

Yngwie Malmsteen – Sat 12th July - £20 Adv

Watermelon Slim – Wed 16th July - £12 Adv

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Wed 16th July - £11 Adv @ Club Academy

An Evening With The Punch Brothers – Fri 18th July - £16 Adv

Drive By Truckers – Fri 8th Aug - £15 Adv

Reverend Horton Heat – Fri 8th Aug - £14 Adv @ Club Academy

Glamour For Better vs. Partyshank + Henry Homesweet – Sun 10th Aug - £10 Adv @ Club Academy Doors 7pm

Eskimo Smile + Walton Hesse + A Foreign Town + The Thursdays – Fri 22nd Aug - £6 Adv

Twisted Wheel – Thu 4th Sept - £8 Adv

Downtown Rag + The Fayre + The Jade Assembly + Feral Man – Sat 6th Sept - £6 Adv

Backyard Babies – Sun 7th Sept - £11 Adv Doors 7pm

Meshuggah – Tue 9th Sept - £13 Adv

Nearly Dan – Sun 13th Sept - £12 Adv Doors 7pm (SEATED SHOW)

Mostly Autumn – Fri 19th Sept - £15 Adv (Rescheduled to Fri 27th Feb 09)

Devon Allmans Honeytribe – Fri 26th Sept - £12 Adv

Frank Sidebottom + Charlie Chuck – Fri 26th Sept - £14.94 Adv @ Club Academy

It Bites – Sat 27th Sept - £17.50 Adv (Rescheduled to Sat 4th Oct)

The Automatic + Fear of Music + Friends Electric – Thu 2nd Oct - £11 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.)

Cajun Dance Party – Fri 3rd Oct - £9 Adv

Allan Holdsworth – Fri 3rd Oct - £15 Adv @ Club Academy

It Bites – Sat 4th Oct - £17.50 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.)

The Lizzies + Jealous + Maria Jordan – Sat 4th Oct - £5 Adv @ Club Academy

Bushart – John Lever (Ex Chameleons) – Fri 10th Oct - £15 Adv

Glenn Tilbrook & the Fluffers – Sun 12th Oct - £15 Adv Doors 7pm

Blood Red Shoes – Thu 16th Oct - £8 Adv

Wishbone Ash v The Hamsters – Sat 18th Oct - £17.50 Adv

Jackie Leven – Sun 19th Oct - £12 Adv Doors 7pm (Seated Show)

Brand New Heavies – Wed 22nd Oct - £15 Adv

Baby Lemonade (A celebration of the music of Arthur Lee & Love) – Thu 23rd Oct - £12 Adv

The Jamm – Sat 25th Oct - £12 Adv

Whole Lotta Led – Sat 1st Nov - £11 Adv

Ian McNabb – Sat 1st Nov - £15 Adv

Okkervil River – Thu 6th Nov - £11.50 Adv

The Aggrolites – Thu 6th Nov - £10 Adv PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW HAS NOW MOVED TO CLUB ACADEMY.

Never Say Die – Tue 11th Nov - £14 Adv (On sale Tue 20th May @ 9am)

The Rifles – Wed 12th Nov - £12 Adv

Sham 69 – Fri 14th Nov - £10 Adv

Limehouse Lizzy – Fri 14th Nov - £10 Adv @ Club Academy

Paul Gilbert – Sun 16th Nov - £16.50 Adv @ Club Academy Doors 7pm

Cardiacs – Thu 20th Nov - £16 Adv

Bad Manners – Fri 28th Nov - £14 Adv @ Club Academy

Ezio – Sat 29th Nov - £12.50 Adv

Nouvelle Vague – Tue 2nd Dec - £17.50 Adv

The Other Smiths – Sat 6th Dec - £10 Adv

Hawkwind – Fri 12th Dec - £18 Adv

Mostly Autumn – Fri 27th Feb - £15 Adv (RESCHEDULED DATE. ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID.)

**Academy Unsigned**

**Academy Unsigned 285**
Sun 18th May - £5 Adv Doors 7pm

**Academy Unsigned 286**
My Lizard + NewBlood Stories + Green Vigo
Sun 25th May - £5 Adv Doors 7pm

**Academy Unsigned 287**
Lap + Manic Wave + TBC + TBC
Tue 27th May - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 288**
Eskimo Smile + Smith 6079 + Hadies Elysium
Thu 29th May - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 289**
Sac Mal De Mer + Of The True Class + TBC + TBC
Mon 22nd June - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 290**
Not Ned + You and What Army + OrtoPilot + Mandigans
Mon 9th June - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 291**
The Void + TBC + TBC + TBC
Wed 11th June - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 292**
Killheathen + The Uplift + Crossfire + TBC
Thu 12th June - £5 Adv

**Academy Unsigned 293**
The Circus Electric + The Truth About Lloyd + Sgt. Wolfbanger + Flux Dynamite
Sun 15th June - £5 Adv Doors 7pm

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All information correct at time of press.

I'm still hunting down gig guides for other locations, but they are proving quite difficult to find and most seem to only publish their lists to selected publications. I will keep trying though.