The Ritz
- Telephone 0161 236 3234
- Website www.mamacolive.com/theritz
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There are 44 events at this location
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The 1975
Manchester four-piece who have toured with Little Comets.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra
The American singer-songwriter and member of The Dresden Dolls performs alt rock with her band from the album Theatre Is Evil.
Thu 11 Jul
£17.50 / 0161 236 3234
Bad Religion
The American band, by singer Greg Graffin, performs punk-rock and melodic hardcore with harmonious three-way vocals to promote the album True North.
Mon 19 Aug
£18.50 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Bad Religion
Beady Eye
Singer Liam Gallagher, with former Oasis members Gem Archer and Andy Bell, performs rock to promote the album BE.
Beth Hart, Martin Harley
Soulful rock from the American singer-songwriter.
Wed 20 Nov
£21 adv / 0161 236 3234
Black Star Riders
Hard rock by the Los Angeles-based band formed mainly of ex-members of Thin Lizzy.
Fri 13 Dec
£22.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:00 The Ritz Black Star Riders
Bonobo
Downtempo, hip hop, funk and dub from this Brighton-based DJ/producer.
The Breeders
The American four-piece, formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses, play alternative rock songs to celebrate the 20th anniversary since the release of the album Last Splash.
Tue 18 Jun
£20 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz The Breeders
Caitlin Rose
The singer-songwriter and musician from Nashville, Tennessee performs alternative country, rock and Americana folk to promote the album The Stand-In
Fri 13 Sep
£14 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:30 The Ritz Caitlin Rose
The Cat Empire
Alternative rock with influences from a number of genres by the eight-piece Australian band.
Thu 24 Oct
£20 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz The Cat Empire
Chic
The veteran American band, led by songwriter and guitarist Nile Rodgers, performs its disco and R&B hits including Good Times, I Want Your Love and Le Freak.
Clutch
The four-piece from Germantown, Maryland, led by singer Neil Fallon, plays a mixture of hard rock, stoner rock and blues-rock to promote the album Earth Rocker.
Craig David
The singer from Southampton, known for the songs Fill Me In, 7 Days and Rise & Fall, performs UK garage, R&B and dance to promote his album Following My Intuition.
Mon 20 May
£27.50 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Craig David
The Damned
The original punk band, formed in London in 1976 and responsible for what is considered the first punk single, New Rose. The line-up has changed over but front man Dave Vanian has remained throughout.
Sat 14 Dec
£18 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:30 The Ritz The Damned
Daughter
Singer Elena Tonra fronts the experimental, London-based three-piece in a performance of brooding, ethereal folk-rock.
Devendra Banhart
The American indie-folk artist from Houston, Texas takes to the stage to promote his seventh studio album What Will We Be, stopping off in the UK after visiting the Unites States, France and Spain amongst other countries. Banhart co-produced the album with Paul Butler from the indie-rock group, A Band Of Bees. As well as…
Wed 17 Jul
£17.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Devendra Banhart
Die Antwoord
The four-piece from Cape Town, South Africa performs rave-rap and alt-hip hop from the album Ten$Ion.
Fri 21 Jun
£16.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:00 The Ritz Die Antwoord
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetics Zeros
Indie collective from Los Angeles with a psychedelic streak.
Tue 16 Jul
£17.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Edward Sharpe & the Magnetics Zeros
Emilie Autumn
The Los Angeles-born singer-songwriter, poet, and violinist performs electronic glam songs with her band, The Bloody Crumpets. Emilie Autumn is known for her use of theatrics in her shows and as an extremely creative person she has also been influenced to make some of her own shows costumes and clothing which adds to the…
Sun 25 Aug
£15 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:00 – 22:00 The Ritz Emilie Autumn
Everything Everything
Dummy and Dollop have got together to put on a night of awesome weird pop music.Playing will be bands Everything Everything and Fiction, as well as Dummy DJs. We're really, really looking forward to this, hope to see you there.Some facts -Everything Everything (as no-one knows them) play tropical rock music and packed the…
Sat 12 Oct
£16 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:00 The Ritz Everything Everything
Gabrielle Aplin
The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs acoustic indie folk and soft rock, including her version of The Power Of Love from John Lewis's Christmas advert.
Thu 31 Oct
£14 / 0161 236 3234
- 18:00 The Ritz Gabrielle Aplin
Iyanya: Kukere Concert
The Nigerian singer performs an Afrobeat and hip hop fusion.
Fri 14 Jun
£25 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:00 – 00:00 The Ritz Iyanya: Kukere Concert
James Blake
The London-based singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist plays a mixture of post-dubstep, electronica and soul.
Fri 20 Sep
£12.50 / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:00 The Ritz James Blake
Keyshia Cole
A mix of R&B and hip hop soul from the American singer-songwriter to promote the album Woman To Woman.
Thu 30 May
£55; £27.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Keyshia Cole
Thu 13 Jun
£35; £20 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz KRS One, Immortal Technique
Laura Mvula, Peter & Kerry
The singer-songwriter from Birmingham performs soulful R&B, which takes influences from free-jazz, gospel and psychedelic rock
Wed 9 Oct
£15 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Laura Mvula, Peter & Kerry
Local Natives
LA band, described as a cross between Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes, who all live together, Monkees-style.
Sat 26 Oct
£15.50 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Local Natives
Mark Owen
Little Mark Owen out of Take That heads out without his compadres to punt new solo album The Art of Doing Nothing.
New Model Army
Classic agit-rock with punky overtones played with conviction and intensity by Justin Sullivan and colleagues.
Sat 16 Nov
£20 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 18:30 – 22:00 The Ritz New Model Army
Pierce The Veil, Woe, Is Me
Contemporary metal by the band from San Diego, California in support of the album Collide With The Sky.
Mon 3 Jun
£10 adv, adv £10 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Pierce The Veil, Woe, Is Me
Queensryche
Heavy metal and conceptual progressive metal from the veteran American band, fronted by Crimson Glory singer Todd La Torre.
Wed 16 Oct
£22.50 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Queensryche
Reef
The West Country-born blues-rock four-piece and Britpop veterans play the hits from their career which spans over a decade, including Place Your Hands from their 1997 album Glow. Place Your Hands became the groups most successful single to date reaching number six in the UK singles chart. The band formed in 1993 and…
Sean Paul
The singer-songwriter and musician from Kingston, Jamaica, plays his dancehall and reggae hits with his band.
Sham 69
Jimmy Pursey re-forms the veteran punk band to play their hits.
Sleeping With Sirens
Post-hardcore by the band originating from Orlando, Florida.
Thu 23 May
£12 phone for availabilty, adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Sleeping With Sirens
So Solid Crew
Garage, hip hop and grime collective.
Fri 4 Oct
£13.50 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz So Solid Crew
Soul II Soul
The band formed by the singer Jazzie B in London in 1988 plays soul and funk.
Thu 14 Nov
£22.50; £20 early bird / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Soul II Soul
Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
The Marillion singer and former keyboardist of Japan, now playing in Porcupine Tree, performs progressive rock from the album Not The Weapon But The Hand.
Wed 11 Sep
£20 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Steve Hogarth & Richard Barbieri
Stornoway
The Oxford-based four-piece, who often perform with guest members, performs new wave indie-folk and pop-rock to promote the album Tales From Terra Firma.
Tegan And Sara
The identical twin sisters from Calgary, Alberta perform synth-pop and indie-electro in support of the album Heartthrob.
Sat 8 Jun
£18 / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 The Ritz Tegan And Sara
Toots And The Maytals
The Jamaican band are long-established pioneers of ska and reggae.
Thu 8 Aug
£22 adv / 0161 236 3234
- 19:00 – 23:00 The Ritz Toots And The Maytals
Tyga
Hip hop and rap by Compton-born, Michael Nguyen Stevenson.
Walter Trout, Virgil & The Accelerators, Ben Poole, Federal Charm, Mitch Laddie
The veteran American singer-songwriter and guitarist plays blues and blues-rock from his album Blues For The Modern Daze.
Sun 10 Nov
£20 adv / 0161 236 3234








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