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Oasis triumphantly return to Manchester after 16 years

Oasis made a triumphant return to their hometown of Manchester in nearly 16 years on Friday night.

Punk rap duo Bob Vylan will no longer play Radar Festival in Manchester

Bob Vylan no longer playing Manchester festival

Punk rap duo Bob Vylan will no longer play at a festival in Manchester this weekend after a controversial appearance at Glastonbury.

Music • 02 Jul

Liam and Noel Gallagher will play Croke Park on 16 and 17 August 2025

Oasis add more UK dates and announce ticket prices

Oasis ticket prices have been announced after three more dates were added in Manchester, London and Edinburgh for the Britpop band's reunion tour.

Music • 29 Aug 24

Nicki Minaj misses gig due to Amsterdam airport arrest

Nicki Minaj's Co-op Live Arena show in Manchester on Saturday night was postponed following her arrest in the Netherlands.

Music • 26 May 24

Co-op Live Arena in Manchester will be the UK's biggest indoor arena

Biggest UK indoor venue postpones opening show again

A crisis-hit new music venue in the UK is being "monitored closely" as contractors continue work to complete the £365 million (€426m) Co-op Live arena in Manchester.

Music • 02 May 24

Coronation Street's Wyllie Longmore dies aged 82

British actor Wyllie Longmore, who had roles in Love Actually and Coronation Street, has died at the age of 82.

Television • 06 Jan 23

808 State's Andrew Barker dies at the age of 53

The death has been announced of 808 State bass guitarist and keyboard player Andrew Barker at the age of 53.

Music • 07 Nov 21

Ariana Grande pays tribute to Manchester ahead of gig

Ariana Grande paid tribute to Manchester ahead of her return to the city two years after a terrorist attack killed 22 people at one of her concerts.

Music • 25 Aug 19

Grande to return to Manchester for Pride concert

Ariana Grande has been announced as the headliner for Manchester Pride this year.

Music • 25 Feb 19

Bruno Langley at Manchester Magistrates' Court in November - "I am ashamed of myself. I'm truly sorry"

Bruno Langley apologises for sex assaults

Disgraced former Coronation Street star Bruno Langley has spoken of his remorse and shame after sexually assaulting two women in a Manchester club and says he is "truly sorry" for his crimes.

Bruno Langley • 17 Dec 17

Ariana Grande performing at the One Love Manchester concert

Ariana Grande "moved" by Manchester honour

Ariana Grande has said she is "moved and honoured" by the news that she has been made the first honorary citizen of the city of Manchester adding that her heart is "very much still there."

Ariana Grande • 13 Jul 17

Casting call for Coronation Street on Social Media is a fake

Corrie warns fans over fake casting ads

Coronation Street bosses have warned soap fans that there is a fake advert doing the rounds on social media offering paid walk-on parts on the show.

Coronation Street • 05 Jul 17

Ariana Grande performing at the One Love Manchester benefit concert

Ariana Grande to receive Manchester honour in July

Ariana Grande will become an honorary citizen of the city of Manchester in July after staging a benefit concert to raise money for the victims of a terror attack in the city on May 22.

ariana grande • 19 Jun 17

Noel Gallagher has reportedly made a generous donation to the Manchester Victims fund

Noel Gallagher donates Don't Look Back in Anger profits

Noel Gallagher is said to be donating all recent profits from Oasis' hit song Don't Look Back in Anger to the Manchester fund, amid reports that he was not asked to perform at the One Love Manchester charity concert because he was on holidays.

noel gallagher • 08 Jun 17

Ariana Grande has gathered a host of performers for the One Love Manchester concert

RTÉ 2FM to broadcast Manchester benefit gig on Sunday

RTÉ 2FM are set to broadcast Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert live on Sunday, with other performers on the night including Niall Horan, Katy Perry and Coldplay.

Manchester Attack • 03 Jun 17

Niall Horan is among those set to perform at the One Love Manchester benefit concert on Sunday

Horan says joining Manchester lineup a 'no brainer'

Niall Horan has described the decision to join the star-studded line-up of Ariana Grande's One Love Manchester benefit concert as a 'no brainer' adding that it is 'the least we can do as artists'.

Manchester Attack • 02 Jun 17

Ariana Grande is among the performers that will take to the stage at the concert

Ariana Grande to headline Manchester benefit concert

Ariana Grande is to headline a star studded benefit concert in Manchester on Sunday following last week's terror attack at one of her gigs which left twenty two people dead and dozens injured.

Manchester Attack • 31 May 17

The group have donated the proceeds of their rescheduled gig to the I Love Manchester fund

Take That donate gig proceeds to Manchester fund

Take That have donated the proceeds from their rescheduled concert in Liverpool to the victims of the Manchester bombing.

take that • 27 May 17

Liam Gallagher teases new album and announces Irish gig

Liam Gallagher will launch his first solo tour with a homecoming gig in Manchester and he will also be playing in Dublin's Olympia Theatre this June.

Entertainment • 26 May 17

U2 on Jimmy Kimmel Live! - "Manchester has an undefeatable spirit"

U2 salute Manchester's 'undefeatable spirit'

U2 have paid tribute to the victims of Monday night's terrorist attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, saying that the city has an "undefeatable spirit".

U2 • 25 May 17

Take That cancel Liverpool show after Manchester attack

Take That have announced that they have cancelled their show tonight at the Liverpool Echo Arena following a terrorist attack in their hometown of Manchester on Monday night during a concert by Ariana Grande.

take that • 23 May 17

Ariana Grande tweeted that she was "broken" after the attack at her Manchester gig

Musicians share tributes after Ariana Grande gig attack

Ed Sheeran, Niall Horan, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and Harry Styles are among celebrities who have shared tributes for the people who were killed in the terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday.

ariana grande • 24 May 17

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