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Top 10 Best Selling Concerts in Manchester, listed by Genre

We realise that not everyone has the patience to trawl through week's and week's of gig listings looking at bands they've never even heard of, so we've added a new summary page with the Top 10 best selling gigs for each genre, including...

• Pop	• Jazz, Soul, Blues & Funk
• Classic Rock	• Opera & Classical
• Indie & other rock	• R'n'B & Hip Hop
• Heavy Metal & Punk	• Reggae, Ska, World & Latin
• Folk & Country	• Manchester bands

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Top 10 Classic Rock concerts in Manchester

Cliff Richard & The Shadows in Manchester

• Tina Turner - MEN Arena - 30th, 31st Mar, 3rd & 4th Apr 2009

• Cliff Richard & The Shadows - MEN Arena - 17 & 18 Oct

• Eagles - MEN Arena - 11 & 12th Jul

• Eric Clapton - MEN Arena - 14 May

• AC/DC - MEN Arena - 21 Apr

• Crosby, Stills & Nash - MEN Arena - 10 Jul

• BB King & John Mayall - MEN Arena - 24 Jun

• Australian Pink Floyd Show - MEN Arena - 22 Apr

• Morrissey - Apollo - 22 & 23 May

• Magazine - Manchester Academy - 14 & 17 Feb

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Top 10 Indie & other Rock concerts in Manchester

• Oasis, Kasabian & The Enemy - Heaton Park - 4th, 6th & 7th Jun 2009

• Coldplay - MEN Arena - Old Trafford - 12th Sep

• Kings Of Leon - MEN Arena - 22 & 23 Jun

• The Killers - MEN Arena - 9 & 10 Mar

• Kaiser Chiefs - MEN Arena - 2 Mar

• The Prodigy - MEN Arena - 10 Apr

• Snow Patrol - MEN Arena - 7 Mar

• Razorlight - MEN Arena - 9 May

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Top 10 Pop concerts in Manchester

• Take That - Old Trafford - 23, 24, 26, 27 & 28 Jun

• Girls Aloud - MEN Arena - 24th Apr & 16th, 17 & 29th May

• Pink - MEN Arena - 25 & 26 Apr & 23 Oct

• X Factor Live - MEN Arena - 27 Feb & 2 shows on 28 Feb

• Madonna - MEN Arena - 7 & 8 Jul

• Cliff Richard & The Shadows - MEN Arena - 17 & 18 Oct 2009

• Boyzone - MEN Arena -19 & 20 Jun

• Lionel Richie - MEN Arena - 20 & 21 Mar

• Simply Red - MEN Arena - 5 Apr

• Enrique Iglesias - MEN Arena - 8 May

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Top 10 Heavy Metal & Punk gigs in Manchester

• Metallica - MEN Arena - 26 Feb

• AC/DC - MEN Arena - 21 Apr

• Fall Out Boy - MEN Arena - 5th Mar

• Judas Priest & Megadeth - MEN Arena - 17 Feb

• Magazine - Manchester Academy - 14 & 17 Feb

• Motorhead - Manchester Apollo - 21 Nov

• Staind - Manchester Academy - 22 Jan

• Buzzcocks - Manchester Academy - 16 Jan

• Alkaline Trio - Manchester Academy - 11 Feb

• Rise Against - Manchester Academy - 27 Feb

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Top 10 Folk & Country shows in Manchester

• Eagles - MEN Arena - 11 Jul

• James Taylor - MEN Arena - 30 Jun

• Crosby, Stills & Nash - MEN Arena - 10 Jul

• Kenny Rogers - MEN Arena - 29 Mar

• Jackson Browne - Manchester Apollo - 30 & 31 Mar

• Christy Moore - Bridgewater Hall - 28 & 29 Mar 2009

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Top 10 Jazz, Soul, Blues & Funk concerts in Manchester

• Lionel Richie - MEN Arena - 20 & 21 Mar

• Simply Red - MEN Arena - 5th Apr

• Commodores, Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves, Miracles, Jr.Walker - 27 Jun

• BB King & John Mayall - MEN Arena - 24 Jun

• Duffy - Manchester Apollo - 29th & 30th Nov

• James Morrison - Manchester Apollo - 19 & 20 Mar

• Errol Brown - Bridgewater Hall - 23 Feb

• Lemar - Manchester Apollo - 17 Apr

• Leon Jackson - Manchester Apollo - 13 May

• Kenny G - Manchester Apollo - 21 Apr

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Top Reggae, Ska, Latin & World concerts in Manchester

• UB40 - MEN Arena - 5th Dec 2009

• The Specials - Manchester Apollo - 3rd & 4th May

• Ali Campbell (UB40) - Manchester Apollo - 24th Jun 2009

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Top R'n'B, Urban & Hip Hop gigs in Manchester

• Beyonce - MEN Arena - 27 May

• Lemar - Manchester Apollo - 17 Apr

• John Legend - Manchester Apollo - 13 Mar 2009

• N-Dubz - Manchester Academy 1 - 8 Apr

• Ghostface Killah - Manchester Academy 3 - 10 May

• Breakin' Convention Hip Hop Dance Show - Lowry - 31 May

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Top 10 Opera & Classical shows in Manchester

• Il Divo - MEN Arena - 21 & 22 Feb

• Katherine Jenkins - MEN Arena - 18 Dec & Delamere Forest - 14 Jun

• Classical Spectacular - MEN Arena - 29 Nov

• Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds - MEN Arena - 13 Jun

• Russell Watson - The Lowry - 27 & 28 Apr

• Paul Potts - Manchester Apollo - 27 Oct

• Blake & Natasha Marsh - Bridgewater Hall - 23 Mar

• Sir Willard White - Bridgewater Hall - 13 Feb

• Only Men Aloud - Bridgewater Hall - 11 May 2009

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Top 10 Homecoming gigs in Manchester

• Take That - Old Trafford - 23, 24, 26, 27 & 28 Jun 2009

• Oasis - Heaton Park - 4, 6 & 7 Jun 2009

• Simply Red - MEN Arena - 5th Apr 2009

• Graham Nash - MEN Arena - 10 Jul

• John Mayall - MEN Arena - 24 Jun

• Morrissey - Apollo - 22 & 23 May

• The Ting Tings - Manchester Apollo - 26 Feb 2009

• Russell Watson - The Lowry - 27 & 28 Apr

• Doves - Manchester Academy 1 - 26th Apr

• The Clone Roses & Re:Order - Manchester Academy 2 - 16th May

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