O2 Apollo Manchester

Best concert I’ve seen in a long time. So much growth in the music by the lathums. Crowd was bouncing so so good. Security at venue awful !!! Fight in second song, took over 5 mins for security to step in. Never witnessed such a scary scene and was astonished how long it took to get help. Lathums again were brilliant and attempted to bring calm and love.

Now that was a proper rock concert. The audience was lively and the support band, Shane Smith & The Saints ramped up another couple of notches with a fabulous set - will be seeking out their albums. Then came the main act and Kaleo were amazing, as they always are. A band of few words, which was good as we got more music. It was loud, rocking and the crowd lapped it up, only disappointment was that it was over so quickly and there was only one encore. Looking forward to their next tour already.

First time seeing Kaleo live and won’t be the last. Expected great performance by JJ but whole band incredibly talented and loved the harmonica and violin solos. All the expected hits from Surface Sounds and A/B plus great performance of Lonely Cowboy and Rock n Roller as final song. Can’t wait for new album to be released.

Incredible as always. Did miss the bongos and backing singers for the more soulful songs. Jjs voice and thors musical & harmonica skills bring any stage to life though. They are truly stunning live and I’m already looking forward to seeing them again next this they’re in Europe. Meet and greet was very disappointing. 2 hours waiting in a freezing corridor with security and o2 staff constantly barging past without so much as a thank you smile. No water or drinks available at all - despite asking for a glass of tap water I was told “no, the bar isn’t open yet”. Bar didn’t open until 7.30 even though we had to arrive at 5pm. Couldn’t leave the venue to get food & drinks then return even though doors hadn’t even opened yet by the time the 2 minute meet and greet & 1 acoustic song had finished. JJ was lovely and friendly although he did look exhausted from the insane amount of shows and travelling. Overall I’m glad I did the M&G because I love KALEO and hearing automobile like that was epic but I’d definitely hesitate before booking another VIP experience at an o2 venue as the experience was anything but VIP.

Best concert I’ve been to by a mile! Ross Lynch what a man, the band had the best stage presence and best songs. Even the support acts were amazing The venue wasn’t too big so it had a good atmosphere and everyone was not far from the stage in general admission standing. If you haven’t already been to a driver era show you have to go!!!!

Was such a good show, I wish rocky was abit more interactive, he looked quite sad so I hope he’s okay but either way I love him. I love how interactive Ross and riker are and it was the best night. I’ve been going since I was 8 and they were R5 and I wasn’t disappointed:)

Crackin show, as always... Darius referenced seeing a father n son, with the father in an original classic Hootie t-shirt. I think that was me n my son. I had on my Kootchypop shirt, from seeing him at the Royal Court, Liverpool & the Wetlands, NY... if this email can be passed on, please thank him for signing my Hootie baseball jersey, when he was back in the Manchester with Hootie a few years ago... BW

As a fan of Avril Lavigne since the beginning with her Let Go album, she’s been the one artist I thought I could never find a fault with. 2011 - I was lucky enough to see A.L. at Manchester Apollo, nearly 12 years later I’ve had to wait to see her again and this time at her Love Sux tour I decided to wait to see her afterwards (the only artist I’ve ever waited for) and was let down massively. She greeted fans that was waiting outside for a quick few minutes. People started leaving, but me along with about 10 others by the end of it waited for her until 1:30AM! When her bus started to leave. It was raining on/off, we were cold and I just had a T shirt on! All she had to do was acknowledge us, from the bus even, but we didn’t even get that… This did ruin the experience for me, as I’ve always thought of Avril so highly & nobody could match her. She’s been my favourite artist since 2002. I’m gutted

A phenomenally fantastic concert.Lucky enough to be at front of the stage. Support act was good, but Blossoms really delivered. Best gig I have been to this year. Venue well organised and pleasant staff.Anyone reading this review-GO and see this great group.Highly recommended.I came across Blossoms as a support act for The Killers earlier this year-TBH Blossoms were that tad better!!!. Enjoy.

Shinedown are the best live band ever. I've seen them solid for the past decade and every time I do it just gets better and better. The dedication to music that this band has shown to the fans and the craft is second to none. "Put your hands in the air if you hear me out there, I've been looking for you day and night."

Great gig ..very nice venue ..long time fan but first time seeing The Gaslight Anthem ..thought I’d missed out when they split a few years back ..good set list with stuff from all albums played only gripe was the price of Merch but I suppose it reflects on the times we’re in now but all in all a good night out tho

The gig was always going to be special because the tunes where fantastic back when they where made and they are still magical now I think Andy mccluskey is an inspirational person who just didn't stop bouncing around the stage like a teenager the only negative was the venue crammed and because of that it was getting hotter and people were fainting when they could of opened the exit doors

This concert was my third time seeing 5sos live, and they didn't disappoint. It was the best show I've been to in my life. The venue was great and we were the second tier, but the view was amazing. The support act, lovelytheband, were amazing and a good start to an amazing show. 5sos are so talented, their live vocals are outstanding, and they are so good at interacting with the audience.

It was literally the beSt!! I got limelight and vip, also the after party vip! So a little storytime, during limelight and vip- Zachy remeMbered mE from the boys of summEr tour from the year of 2016 and corbyn, jonah remembered me from Magcon! I literally criEd when i met them, so then when dani saw me tearing up, he passed me a tissue.... i got them gifts Wdw: i got all of them a journal on how they changed me life Jonah: starbucks card, a coffee stuffie Corbyn: a nasa shirt, moon necklace Dani: Giraffe, sour patch Jack: stuffie of noodles, bracelets Zach: panda ( chubs ;) ), necklace ( a heart ) and i picture of when we met and lastly a journal of how he changed my life

The Concert was the best night of my life.Within Temptation were totally amazing and Sharon was totally mesmerising her vocals I cannot give her enough praise for to say what hell she’s been through in her personal life she was totally awesome I can’t praise her enough,every song came from her heart and soul I saw them a few times ago and her voice was beautifully powerful better than ever the show wasn’t packed with amazing stage props or effects the only effect was an L C D screen at the Back they showed various video clips most from the promo videos and a few more clips relevant to the songs.2 songs made me cry and at the end I broke down with emotion as the song Stairway To The Skies was performed with Sharon wearing a short beautiful white dress with a long white veil draped to the floor and as she was lifted up in a harness she never faltered in voice abs the White veil draped beautifully and it was so romantic to sum things up I can’t give enough marks as it would be so unfair. Go and see them I’m begging you

It was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to, I had been looking forward to it for so long and was so excited for it and it was more than I imagined. It was incredible, I highly recommend going to see Why Don’t We, they made my night the best it could of been. I loved every minute x

I would suggest wearing high comfortable shoes that you could stand in for 2+ hours though. I'm 5'5 and was close to the front but I still struggled to see. Also I don't know whether or not other people had this problem but I struggled to understand what they were saying because the sound quality wasn't the best. Altogether though the show was amazing and energetic so I would recommend.