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It has been announced that pop princess Ariana Grande and the amazing Years & Years will headline Manchester Pride Live in the festival's biggest ever live line-up!
Grammy and Brit Award winner and honorary Mancunian Ariana Grande will return to the city to headline the LGBT+ charity’s new event Manchester Pride Live at Mayfield this August Bank Holiday Weekend.
The singer will join a stellar line-up which also including British synth-pop band Years & Years, Basement Jaxx, Becky Hill and Pixie Lott.
The event marks Ariana Grande's first show back in Manchester since the One Love Manchester concert in 2017, which raised thousands of pounds for the victims of the Manchester bombing, which targeted fans leaving her concert at the Manchester Arena on 22nd May.
Manchester Pride Live will take place throughout the Mayfield site based in the Piccadilly area of Manchester and will feature a number of performance spaces including a huge 9000 capacity outdoor performance space 'The Yard'. The cavernous indoor Depot will play host to DJs and dance acts and 'The Sorting Room' will host street food market, bars and another stage area hosting pop-up performances.
There are three ticket options for Manchester Pride Live. The Rainbow Pass Saturday (£34.50), Sunday (£38.50) or Weekend (£64.50) also provides unlimited weekend access to The Gay Village Party. These tickets provide access to each of Manchester Pride Live performance areas, pop up performances and fairground.
For those that don’t want to attend Manchester Pride Live the Gay Village Party will be the heart of the Manchester Pride Festival with the ultimate street party. With community performances in Sackville Gardens, plus markets and parties across the village’s venues, it will continue to be home to the hub of the festival’s LGBT+ celebration.
For more information, the full line-up and to get tickets head to Manchester Pride website
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2 of 13Olly Murs - You Know I Know Tour
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3 of 13Spice Girls - Spice World - 2019 UK Tour
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4 of 13Ed Sheeran - ÷ Tour
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5 of 13Rita Ora - Phoenix World Tour
Rita Ora will be taking her brand new album, 'Phoenix', on a tour in 2019. Fresh off the back of her 'The Girls Tour' in 2018, she will be performing songs from the new album like 'Your Song' and 'Let You Love Me' as well as old hits like 'RIP' and 'I Will Never Let You Down'. Click for more info and ticket prices.
6 of 13P!nk - Beautiful Trauma World Tour
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7 of 13Take That - Greatest Hits Live
Take That will be kicking off their 'Greatest Hits' tour in April 2019 with four dates in Sheffield. The trio - Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald - will be going on their eleventh tour to showcase their biggest songs throughout the last almost 30 years. Click for more info about how you can buy tickets.
8 of 13Busted - Busted: Half Way There Tour
Busted fans everywhere rejoiced when Matt Willis, James Bourne and Charlie Simpson announced that they would be reforming the band. Their fourth album, 'Half Way There', is set to be released in 2019, and they will follow it up with the tour which will start in March 2019. Click for more information and for ticket availability.
9 of 13The X Factor Live tour
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10 of 13Hugh Jackman - The Man. The Music. The Show.
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11 of 13Westlife - The Twenty Tour
Westlife announced that they were reuniting for a tour in October 2018, and 'The Twenty Tour' will kick off in Northern Ireland in May 2019. The tour, the band's thirteenth in total, will see the four of them - Kian Egan, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan and Mark Feehily - sing some brand new tracks as well as the old favourites. Click for more information about the tour and for ticket info.
12 of 13Boyzone - Thank You & Goodnight Tour
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13 of 13Ariana Grande - Sweetener World Tour
Ariana Grande has gone from strength to strength in 2018, and will be topping off her amazing success with a world tour in 2019. Taking her brand new album 'Sweetener' on the road, Ariana will be playing a whopping 72 dates in total. Click for more info about tickets.
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