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Formerly known as the Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN Arena) and the Phones 4U Arena.

Current Productions

Strictly Come Dancing – Manchester – The Live Tour 2026

Strictly Come Dancing – Manchester – The Live Tour 2026

Jan 31, 2026 – Feb 1, 2026

Marti PellowLove is All Around 30th Anniversary

The Offspring

Busted vs McFly

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Matilda The Musical UK and Ireland tour – first look photos

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Past Productions

Katy PerryThe Lifetimes Tour

Parkway Drive

Darius Rucker

Deacon BlueThe Great Western Road Trip

Peter KayBetter Late Than Never

Peter KayBetter Late Than Never

The Lumineers

Olly Murs

Kylie MinogueThe Tension Tour

Bryan Adams

Paul SmithPablo

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Legacy of the Khans

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe

The Wombats

Tom SeguraCome Together

Limp Bizkit

Arenacross

James Blunt20th Anniversary of Back to Bedlam

Peter KayBetter Late Than Never

TotoDogz of Oz

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks LiveGlow-N-Fire

Les MiserablesARENA World Tour

Falling in Reverse

Black Stone CherryScreamin’ At The Sky Tour

London Grammar

Girls AloudArena Tour

NickelbackGet Rockin’ Tour

Take That

Tenacious DTenacious D and the Spicy Meatball Tour

Thirty Seconds to MarsSeasons 2024 World Tour

James BluntThe Who We Used to Be Tour

The World of Hans Zimmer

Celine Dion – Courage – World Tour

Premier League Darts

SlashThe River is Rising Tour Featuring Myles Kenned and The Conspirators

OVO

John MayerSolo

Michael McIntyreMacnificent

Marti PellowPopped In Souled Out

Simple Minds

James ArthurBitter Sweet Love World Tour

Jason DeruloNu King World Tour

Ne-YoChampagne and Roses Tour

Niall HoranThe Show

Rick AstleyAre We There Yet? Tour

Bill BaileyThoughtifier

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live

The Harlem GlobetrottersThe Original Harlem Globetrotters 2024

The 1975At Their Very Best Tour

Strictly Come Dancing – Live Show 2024

Depeche ModeMemento Mori World Tour

Bring me the Horizon

Elf! The Musical

Tom JonesAges & Stages Tour

Disney on Ice100 Years of Wonder

Madness’C’est La Vie Tour 2023

Ice CubeHigh Rollers UK Tour

Shagged, Married, Annoyed

Donny OsmondVegas Show

Anne-Marie

Pete TongPete Tong presents Ibiza Classics

Greta van FleetStarcatcher World Tour

The ProdigyArmy of the Ants

Queens of the Stone Age

Louis TomlinsonFaith in the Future World Tour

50 CentThe Final Lap Tour

JLSEverybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour

J HusBeautiful and Brutal Yard

Fall Out BoySo Much for (Tour) Dust

The Chemical Brothers

The Best of ElvisLive on Screen

S Club 7The 25th Anniversary Tour

Jurassic Park in Concert30th Anniversary

Luke Combs

Blink 182

RuPaul’s Drag RaceWerq The World Tour

Deacon Blue – All the Old 45s

5 Seconds of Summer

Shania TwainQueen of Me Tour

Busted20th Anniversary & Greatest Hits Tour

Shawn Mendes – Wonder

Hollywood Vampires

KissEnd of the Road Tour

The ChicksWorld Tour

Iron MaidenThe Future Past

UK Garage All Stars

Jack WhitehallSettle Down

Peter Gabrieli/o The Tour

The Black KeysDropout Boogie Tour

Hans Zimmer

Roger WatersFarewell Tour

Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tours 2

Disney 100 – The Concert

Disney 100 – The Concert

Sir Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road

John Fogerty

Sam Smith – GLORIA Tour

Olly Murs

Darts – Cazoo Premier League Darts

Magic Mike Live

Duran Duran

The Harlem Globetrotters

Wrestling – WWE Live

Kevin Hart – Reality Check

Michael Buble

Paramore

Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe’s Parenting Hell Live

Dermot Kennedy

Ed Sheeran

Tom Grennan

Snoop Dogg

Chris Brown – Under the Influence Tour

Chris Brown – Under the Influence Tour

Lizzo

Panic! At the Disco – Viva Las Vengeance Tour

Chris Brown – Under the Influence Tour

Justin Bieber – Justice World Tour

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals

Yungblud

Florence + The Machine

Black Stone Cherry

Strictly Come Dancing – Live Show 2023

The 1975

Lewis Capaldi

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live

Rod Stewart

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

Alter Bridge – Pawns & Kings Tour

Blue

N-Dubz

Peter Kay

Pete Tong – Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics

Westlife – The Wild Dreams Tour

Florence + The Machine – Dance Fever Tour

N-Dubz

N-Dubz

N-Dubz

Kendrick Lamar

Backstreet Boys

Disney on Ice – Dream Big

Kasabian

Deep Purple

Bon Iver

Robbie Williams – XXV UK + IRE Tour 22 – 25 Years of Hits

Jason Manford – Like Me

Richard Ashcroft

Billy Idol & The Go-Go’s – The Roadside Tour

Roxy Music

The Weeknd – After Hours Tour

Corteo – Cirque du Soleil

Parkway Drive

The Four Tops and The Temptations

Swedish House Mafia – Paradise Again European Tour

Adam Kay – This is Going to Hurt… More

Professor Brian Cox – Horizons

Joe Lycett – More, More, More! How Do You Lycett? How Do You Lycett?

George Ezra

Machine Head and Amon Amarth – Vikings and Lionhearts Tour 2022 – Featuring special guests The Halo Effec

Arcade Fire – The ‘We’ Tour

Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Thank Me

Kings of Leon

Aerosmith

Alanis Morissette

Barry Manilow

Diana Ross – Top of the World Tour

Alicia Keys – ALICIA The World Tour

Billie Eilish

Celine Dion – Courage – World Tour

Ashanti

Magic Mike Live

Queen + Adam Lambert

Years & Years

Alice Cooper

The Script – I Want it All

Pet Shop Boys – Dreamworld

Whitesnake, Foreigner and Europe

Bryan Adams

Chris Rock – Ego Death World Tour 2022

Alan Partridge – STRATAGEM

Gregory Porter

Little Mix – The Confetti Tour

Blondie – Against The Odds

Craig David – Hold That Thought

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Tour

Royal Blood

The Masked Singer Live

Ghost – Imperatour

Bastille

Royal Blood

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds

Planet Earth II in Concert

Hans Zimmer

Stormzy

Stereophonics

The Wanted

Ice Cube

Snoop Dogg – I Wanna Thank Me

The Lumineers

John Bishop – Right Here, Right Now

Dave

Simply Red

James Blunt – The Stars Beneath My Feet

Strictly Come Dancing – The Live Tour

The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals

L.O.L. Surprise! Live

Bill Bailey – En Route to Normal

Shagged, Married, Annoyed

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe – Together at Christmas

Madness – The Ladykillers Tour

The Human League

Gary Barlow – Music Played By Humans – The Tour

Tom Jones – A Celebration

D-Block Europe

James – + The Happy Mondays

Sir Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road

The Offspring

Pete Tong – Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics

JLS – Beat Again

AJ Tracey

Sir Elton John – Farewell Yellow Brick Road

Steps – What the Future Holds

Wrestling – WWE Live

Disney on Ice – Find Your Hero

Professor Brian Cox – Horizons

Bon Iver

The Weeknd

The Weekend – After Hours Tour

Alanis Morisette

The Four Tops and The Temptations

Deep Purple

Gerry Cinnamon

Genesis – The Last Domino?

McFly

Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia Tour

Diana Ross – Top of the World Tour

Aerosmith

Alicia Keys – ALICIA The World Tour

Gerry Cinnamon

Little Mix – The Confetti Tour

D-Block Europe

Pussycat Dolls

Pet Shop Boys

Andre Rieu and His Orchestra – 70 Years Young

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Stormzy – H.I.T.H.

Celine Dion – Courage – World Tour

Craig David – Hold That Thought

Blossoms

The Who

Planet Earth II in Concert

Harry Styles

Gregory Porter

80s Classical

80s Classical

80s Classical

Rick Astley

Niall Horan – Nice to Meet Ya Tour

Jeff Lynne’s ELO

Stormzy – H.I.T.H.

Billie Eilish

Whitesnake & Foreigner

Alicia Keys – ALICIA The World Tour

Gerry Cinnamon

Camila Cabello – The Romance Tour

Gregory Porter

RuPaul’s Drag Race – Werq the World

Bon Iver

Harry Styles

Gods of Rap – II

Darts

Pussycat Dolls

Crystal – Cirque du Soleil

Blossoms

Steve Martin & Martin Short – The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment

The Who – Who

James Arthur – You – Up Close and Personal UK Tour

Stereophonics

Halsey – Manic World Tour

The Harlem Globetrotters – Pushing the Limits World Tour

KISSTORY

The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe – Back Together

Lana Del Rey – The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour

The Script – Sunsets & Full Moons

James Blunt

Jonas Brothers

Ozzy Osbourne – Judas Priest

Trevor Noah – Loud and Clear

Strictly Come Dancing – The Live Tour 2020

Slipknot

Hot Wheels Monster Truck Live

Grandpa’s Great Escape – The Christmas Arena Tour

Jack Whitehall – Stood Up

We Love the 90’s

Alter Bridge – Walk The Sky

The Courteeners

Ibiza Classics – Pete Tong The Heritage Orchestra

Pete Tong – Pete Tong presents Ibiza Classics

Jim Jefferies – The Night Talker Tour

Marvel Universe LIVE!

Elvis in Concert – Live on Screen

Elvis Presley in Concert

The Lumineers

Rod Stewart

The Chemical Brothers

Liam Gallagher

Little Mix – The LM5 Tour

Christina Aguilera

Wrestling – WWE Smackdown

JoJo Siwa – D.R.E.A.M.

Andrea Bocelli

Stepback – 90s vs 00s

Stepback! 90s vs 00s

Cher – Here We Go Again

Boyzone – Thank You & Goodnight

John Mayer

Impractical Jokers – The Cranjis McBasketball World Comedy Tour

Disney on Ice – 100 Years of Magic

Alice Cooper

Russell Howard – Respite

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert

Professor Brian Cox – Live!

Kiss – End of the Road Tour

DanTDM – The Contest

Carrie Underwood – The Cry Pretty Tour UK

Westlife – The Twenty Tour

Lynyrd Skynyrd – with Special Guests Status Quo

The Eagles

TORUK: The First Flight – Cirque Du Soleil

Backstreet Boys

Mumford and Sons

Olly Murs – You Know I Know

Westlife – The Twenty Tour

Mark Knopfler – Down the Road Wherever Tour

Michael Buble

Hugh Jackman – The Man. The Music. The Show.

Gods of Rap – UK Tour 2019

Bill Bailey – Larks in Transit

Catfish and the Bottlemen

Darts – Unibet Premier League Darts

Daryl Hall and John Oates

Take That – Greatest Hits Live

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Musical?

Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes: The Tour

Titanic Live

Panic! At the Disco – Pray for the Wicked Tour

Busted

Blue Planet II – Live in Concert

George Ezra

The World of Hans Zimmer

Nicki Minaj

George Ezra – Staying at Tamara’s

Drake – Assassination Vacation Tour

Twenty One Pilots – The Bandito Tour

The X Factor Live Tour

Fatboy Slim – In the Round

Steely Dan

Post Malone

Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tours 2

Boyzone – Thank You & Goodnight

Snow Patrol

Massive Attack

Strictly Come Dancing – Live UK Arena Tour

The 1975

Peter Pan – The Arena Adventure

Andre Rieu and His Orchestra

Nile Rodgers & Chic – with support from Mistrjam

Josh Groban

Nightwish

Black Stone Cherry

James & The Charlatans

Madness – The Sound of Madness

Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill World Tour 2018

Florence + The Machine

Mumford and Sons – Delta Tour

Boy George and Culture Club – The Life Tour

Jess Glynne

Slayer – Plus Lamb of God, Anthrax and Obituary

Wrestling – WWE Live

David Byrne – American Utopia Tour

Rick Astley

Enrique Iglesias

Disney on Ice – Dream Big

Early Doors

Kylie Minogue – Golden Tour 2018

Jason Derulo

50 Cent

Arctic Monkeys

Barry Manilow

Justin Timberlake – The Man of the Woods Tour

Paw Patrol Live – Race to the Rescue

Flight of the Conchords (FOTC)

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