Celebrate this Christmas in style at Manchester’s King Street – the city’s premium shopping and dining destination.

What better way to celebrate the festive season than on the picturesque King Street against a backdrop of 18th and 19th century buildings featuring a variety of premium shopping and dining destinations, plus plenty more.

Nestled in between historic landmarks in the city’s old banking district are a host of Alpine festive market stalls selling a tempting selection of European goods as well as crafts, food and drinks.

This beautiful street features an eclectic collection of fantastic high-end and designer brands, salons, an art gallery and even a tailor-made travel agents. Just some of these include the likes of The White Company, Hobbs, Patagonia, Kuoni Castle Fine Art, and Nailed It.

Some fantastic dining destinations here include El Gato Negro, Franco Manca, Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat, Miller & Carter, and many more.

To add an extra sprinkle of festive magic, weekly competitions will be held where visitors to King Street will be in with the chance of winning prizes from various brands and shops situated here.

Visitors can simply scan the QR code, located on King Street, to enter the competition and be in with the chance of winning.

Winners of prizes will be announced each week with goodies from the likes of: TAST, Charles Tyrwhitt, Franco Manca, Kala, Castle Fine Art, and Kuoni.

For those dreaming of jet-setting off to a sunny paradise on a luxury holiday, Kuoni will be giving away a £500 voucher towards flights as one of the prizes to be won, which will be announced at the end of December.

For those wishing to enter the competition, just visit one of the two vinyl screens located on 35 King Street and scan the QR code – you can’t miss them!

There will be POS signage in some stores for people to scan as well.

Once you’ve scanned the code, just sign up to the mailing list to enter the competition. Prizes will be announced each week with weekly giveaways until Christmas – find out more and sign up for the mailing list HERE.

Paddy McGuinness has announced his first stand-up comedy tour in eight years and he’s coming to Greater Manchester.

The Bolton-born comedian, best known for his roles in Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy, and  The Keith and Paddy Picture Show, will perform his Nearly There tour on 40 dates at selected venues around the UK in 2024 and 2025.

McGuinness is a much-loved presence on British TV, presenting primetime shows such as Take Me Out and BBC’s Top Gear, as well as having previously sold out hundreds of venues across the country on his stand-up tours. 

In 2021 he released his acclaimed autobiography My Lifey, and is now raring and ready to get back to where he belongs – on stage, making people laugh, with his hotly anticipated show.

Paddy said: “It’s been eight years since my last tour and there’s lots of things to laugh about!

“I’m looking forward to getting back in front of a live audience, along with running the gauntlet of cancel culture, click bait and fake news!”

Tickets go on sale Friday December 8th at 10am, book yours by clicking HERE.

Paddy McGuinness will perform his Nearly There tour to venues around the UK next year on the following dates:

Thursday October 24th 2024     Blackburn King Georges              

Friday October 25th 2024          Sunderland Empire        

Saturday October 26th 2024      Hull Connexin Live         

Thursday Oct 31st 2024             Llandudno Venue Cymru Theatre            

Friday November 1st 2024         Leicester De Montfort Hall         

Sunday November 3rd 2024       Milton Keynes Theatre 

Thursday November 27th 2024  Middlesbrough Town Hall          

Friday November 8th 2024         Dunfermline Alhambra

Saturday November 9th 2024     Dundee Caird Hall          

Sunday November 10th 2024      Aberdeen Music Hall    

Thursday November 14th 2024   Leeds Grand Theatre     

Friday November 15th 2024        Leeds Grand Theatre     

Saturday November 16th 2024    Glasgow SEC Armadillo

Sunday November 17th 2024       Edinburgh Usher Hall    

Friday November 22nd 2024        Bradford St Georges Hall            

Saturday November 13rd 2024     Stoke-On-Trent Regent Theatre

Sunday November 25th 2024        Oxford New Theatre     

Thursday November 28th 2024     Halifax Victoria Theatre

Friday November 29th 2024          Sheffield City Hall

Saturday November 30th 2024      Newcastle O2 City Hall 

Sunday December 1st 2024           Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

The tour will continue on the following dates in 2025:

Thursday February 13th 2025        Truro Hall for Cornwall

Friday February 14th 2025             Swansea Arena

Saturday February 15th 2025         Cardiff New Theatre      

Thursday February 20th 2025        Ipswich Regent

Friday February 21st 2025             Southend Cliffs Pavilion              

Sunday February 23rd 2025          Dartford Orchard Theatre

Friday February 28th 2025            Birmingham Alexandra Theatre

Saturday March 1st 2025            Wolverhampton The Civic at The Halls

Sunday March 2nd 2025          Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

Thursday March 6th 2025          Eastbourne Congress Theatre   

Saturday March 8th 2025            Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

Sunday March 9th 2025          Torquay Princess Theatre           

Thursday March 13th 2025          Bath Forum       

Friday March 14th 2025             London Palladium          

Thursday March 20th 2025          York Barbican   

Friday March 21st 2025             Scunthorpe Baths Hall

Sunday March 23rd 2025          Stockton Globe

Friday March 28th 2025             Salford Lowry Lyric Theatre

Saturday March 29th 2025            Blackpool Opera House

The Killers have just announced a huge UK and Ireland tour for next year, including three shows in Manchester.

Ahead of the release of their brand new compilation album, Rebel Diamonds, on December 8th, the band confirmed a celebratory tour for summer 2024.

The Rebel Diamonds Tour will celebrate the band’s 20 years of hits in a series of arena shows, including three nights at Manchester’s very own Co-op Live.

The Killers will be bringing 20 years of hits to Manchester on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th, and Friday 21st June 2024.

Co-op Live

The new dates are the first time The Killers have played arena shows in the UK since 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful tour, and follow the band’s most recent stadium tour, which saw them play to 400,000 fans at sold out shows.

The Rebel Diamonds album and tour will celebrate 20 years of iconic hits including ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘When We Were Young’, ‘Read my Mind’ and ‘The Man’. 

It’s the fourth multi-night announcement for Co-op Live’s opening season, following on from Olivia Rodrigo, Take That, and Liam Gallagher.

Co-op Live

Co-op Live – Europe’s most sustainable music-first arena – is edging closer to its official opening in April 2024, when a diverse range of global superstars will head to Manchester.

Expected to be the busiest UK arena opening season ever, Co-op Live will host 25 shows within its first month of opening.

A joint venture between Oak View Group and City Football Group and backed by pop-singer Harry Styles, Co-op Live has been designed to transform the live music experience for both artists and fans and is set to host some of the biggest acts from around the globe.

Co-op Presale tickets will go live on Wednesday December 6th, 2023 at 9:30am – exclusively for Co-op members. For Presale tickets, click HERE.

The Killers UK and Ireland tour will visit:

• Friday 14th June: DUBLIN, 3Arena
• Saturday 15th June: DUBLIN, 3Arena
• Tuesday 18th June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Wednesday 19th June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Friday 21st June: MANCHESTER, Co-Op Live
• Tuesday 25th June: GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
• Wednesday 26th June: GLASGOW, Ovo Hydro
• Thursday 4th July: LONDON, The O2
• Friday 5th July: LONDON, The O2
• Sunday 7th July: LONDON, The O2