Co-op Live Manchester events including Sam Fender, Lionel Richie and Sir Paul McCartney - full list

Co-op Live announcements continue to come thick and fast, with music legend Lionel Richie being the latest. Sam Fender and Iron Maiden are a couple of the other more recent announcements.

Liam Gallagher Justin Timberlake, and Nicky Minaj have all conquered the Co-op Live stage in the first six months of the venue being open. The jam packed schedule keeps on being added to.

Other huge names including Sir Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish will be at Co-op Live in the coming months. Courteeners will also be playing a hometown show at the new venue later this year.

We’ve collected together all of the dates which have so far been announced for Co-op Live, in 2024 and in 2025. Tickets are available through major providers including Ticketmaster and See Tickets.

Gigs announced for Co-op Live 

Several gigs have already been announced for the new arena for when it opens. The list of these is below

• Sam Fender- December 6 and 7 2024
• Culture Club- December 11 2024
• Paul McCartney - December 14 and 15 2024
• Slipknot- December 17 2024
• Manchester at the Musicals- December 20 2024
• Tommy Fury v Darren Till- January 18 2025
• Bullet For My Valentine and Trivium- January 30 2025

• Chisora v Wallin- February 8 2025
• Cyndi Lauper- February 9 2025
• Craig David- February 14 2025
• Snow Patrol- February 22 2025
• Gracie Abrams- March 7 2025
• Teddy Swims- March 10 2025
• Sabrina Carpenter- March 13 and 14 2025
• Dr John Cooper Clarke- Saturday March 29 2025

• Andre Rieu- April 3 2025
• Jeff Wayne's The War of the World's- April 6 2025
• Sugababes- April 11 2025
• Playstation the concert- April 22 2025
• Andrea Bocelli- April 25 2025
• Chase & Status- May 1 2025
• Chase Atlantic- Friday May 2 2025
• Olly Murs- May 8 2025
• Gregory Porter- Saturday May 10 2025
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band- May 14 and May 20 2025
• Scissor Sisters- Wednesday May 21 2025
• Tate McRae- May 24 2025
• Robbie Williams- Wednesday June 11 2025
• Lionel Richie- Thursday June 12 and Friday June 13 2025
• Jeff Dunham- Saturday June 14 2025
• Iron Maiden- June 22 2025
• Olivia Rodrigo June 30 and July 1 2025
• Ludovico Einaudi- July 6 2025
• Jeff Lynne’s ELO- July 9 and 10 2025
• Billie Eilish- July 19, 20, 22, 23 2025
• Dude Perfect- September 16 2025
• One Republic- September 24 2025
• Pierce The Veil- September 25 2025
• Simply Red - September 27 2025
• John Bishop- October 4 and 5 2025
• Jason Manford- October 24 2025
• Busted v McFly- November 5 2025
• Hits Radio Live- November 22 2025
• hans Zimmer Live- December 2 2025
• Sabaton- December 5 2025
• Jamiroquai- December 6 2025