Beth Ray Writes

Autumn has finally arrived and for me this signifies the end of the festival season and so begins the transition into gig season. The albums are slowly being released and the tours are starting before we start the process all over again in Spring.

Gigs are no longer quite as easy to go to anymore, gone are the days of rocking up on the night and purchasing a ticket at the Box Office. Now we have to set alarms and wait in Ticketmaster queues to try and guarantee a ticket to see our favourite artist. Fear not though, I have looked through Ticketmaster and found that there are still tickets out there and some really good artists to go and see. So I’ve compiled a list of some gigs that are still showing tickets, all on Ticketmaster only I should add – no resale sites here, that you should treat yourself before Christmas arrives.

• Cat Burns – 20th Nov Manchester Apollo
• Feeder – 11th October O2 Academy Birmingham
• Flo – 1st October Manchester Academy
• Haim – 28th October The O2 London
• Lightning Seeds- 19th December O2 Academy Liverpool
• Little Simz – 17th October The O2 London
• Lola Young – 7th October Manchester Victoria Warehouse (Verified Fan Resale tickets)
• Mimi Webb – 16th October Manchester Academy
• Nell Mescal – 16th November Manchester Academy 3
• Newton Faulkner – 14th October Manchester Academy 3
• Ocean Alley – 27th September London Alexandra Palace
• One Republic – 24th September Co-Op Live
• Ravyn Lenae – 2nd November Manchester Albert Hall
• Royel Otis – 23rd November O2 Academy Brixton, London
• Role Model – 6th November Manchester Apollo
• Self Esteem- 15th September O2 Academy Birmingham
• The Kooks – 3rd October Co-Op Live
• The Lilacs – 22nd November Manchester Academy
• Tom Odell – 28th October Co-Op Live
• We Are Scientists – 27th October Manchester New Century Hall

Let me know if you do go to any of these gigs – I’ve only included those I’d be interested in going so I’d love to know what you think!

Please note these all had tickets available for general sale (apart from Lola Young) when writing on the 11th September. I think it is obvious as this is an independent blog, but I don’t benefit from any sales from mentioning any of the gigs above.