WHAT'S ON AT THE O2 ACADEMY, LEEDS
What's On at the O2 Academy, Leeds
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Academy, Leeds
What's On at the O2 Academy, Leeds
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Thursday 9 April 2026
One of the truly unique musical voices of the last ten years, the venerable and inimitable Canadian ensemble GY! BE deliver raw power through large-format noisy post-rock. Comprising three guitarists, two bassists, a drummer, a percussionis...
Jessie J
Saturday 11 April 2026
With a body of work that effortlessly blends old-skool alt-R&B, upfront pop, and contemporary R&B, L.A. based London pop singer Jessica Cornish (better known as Jessie J) scored great success in 2011 with her 4 x Platinum selling debut albu...
The Greatest Musicals Disco
Saturday 18 April 2026
Security - Bag Policy Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small bag...
The Greatest MUSICALS Disco - Leeds
Saturday 18 April 2026
Expect music from Hamilton, Grease, Dirty Dancing, High School Musical, Wicked & Mama Mia to The Greatest Showman, Frozen & Six....
Fishies Presents Varsity After Party 2026
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
Indie Thursdays
Thursday 30 April - Thursday 4 June 2026
This is a student based event you may be asked by security to provide student ID (physical university issued student card) if you are unable to do so when requested you may be turned away from the event - Tickets guarantee entry until midni...
RNB vs GARAGE
Saturday 16 May 2026
The Original RNB vs GARAGE Throwback Party for grown-ups! Get ready for pure party vibes as RNB vs GARAGE brings the biggest anthems and top DJs, spinning back-to-back classics all night long. Whether you?re shouting ?Boooo!? to Ms Dynamite...
Thomas Dolby
Sunday 24 May 2026
London musician, producer, film composer, entrepreneur and teacher Thomas Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including "She Blinded Me with Science" and "Windpower" (1982), "Hyperactive!" (1984), "Close but No Ciga...
Kiefer Sutherland
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Ol' fashioned denim-and-dusty-boots country rock from the quintessential Brat Packer. Kiefer Sutherland will be instantly recognisable to most as the award-winning star of the hit series 24, as well as the star of countless indellible big s...
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Friday 29 May 2026
As if channeling another dimension where genres simply don't exist, Rainbow Kitten Surprise find harmony in unpredictability - weaving together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies, and a rush of instrumental eccentricities. The genre-defying ...
Country Club
Saturday 30 May 2026
Saddle up cowboys & cowgirls the UK's first ever country music day party is riding into town for the ultimate hoedown. Expect Non-stop country music hits all night long, rodeo bull, line dancing, cowboy & cowgirl hat giveaways, red solo cup...
Country Club - Indoor Country Music Festival
Saturday 30 May 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
Boyband in the Buff starring Gareth Gates
Friday 5 June 2026
Get ready to scream like it's 1999! Boyband in the Buff is the ultimate throwback concert - starring pop heartthrob Gareth Gates and a cast of ripped and ridiculously talented performers. With nothing but harmonies, dance moves, and a whole...
Glitterfest - Leeds
Saturday 13 June 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
WORLD CUP 2026 : ENGLAND V CROATIA
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
WORLD CUP 2026 : ENGLAND V GHANA
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Security ? Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag ? and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
American Football
Friday 26 June 2026
American Football has partnered with PLUS1 so that ?1/?1 gross per ticket goes to Safe Passage International and their work reuniting child refugees with their families in safe countries, after becoming forcibly displaced. www. plus1. org S...
World Cup 2026 : England v Panama
Saturday 27 June 2026
Security ? Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag ? and it?s preferable you don?t, please make sure it?s small. Only one small ba...
Alkaline Trio
Tuesday 7 July 2026
With multiple world tours and numerous chart successes under their belts, Chicago's high-energy melodic cult rockers Alkaline Trio have cemented their legacy as one of dark punk's greatest forces. They have scored UK Top 40 singles with "Me...
Audrey Hobert
Monday 24 August 2026
New York pop singer Audrey Hobert co-write several songs with her childhood best friend Gracie Abrams on her 2024 album The Secret of Us including hit singles "That's So True", "I Love You, I'm Sorry", and "Risk". The former Nickelodeon s...
Gareth Taylor and his Queenies - A Performance of Queen's Music
Thursday 3 September 2026
Foormally Bulsara and his Queenies, internationally recognised singer of Queen's music, Gareth Taylor is known for his remarkable and uncanny resemblance to the vocals of Freddie Mercury. Gareth Taylor and His Queenies are a world-class ban...
The Tumbling Paddies
Friday 11 September 2026
Famous for their hit "The Way I Am", The Tumbling Paddies are one of Ireland's most popular music acts. Their exuberant, energy-filled live shows see them perform a mix of original folk songs and classic Irish hits. ...
London African Gospel Choir - Paul Simon's Graceland Reimagined
Sunday 13 September 2026
Hot off the back of multiple sell-outs across the UK, the 23-strong London African Gospel Choir (LAGC) return with their totally uplifting rendition of Paul Simon's iconic 1986 Graceland album. Don't miss this astounding musical reinte...
I Prevail
Saturday 19 September 2026
I Prevail is an American metalcore band formed in New Baltimore, Michigan in 2013. They released their debut EP Heart vs. Mind (2014) and rose to popularity from releasing a metal cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" as a single, which eve...
I Prevail: The Violent Nature Tour
Saturday 19 September 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
Serena Terry
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Join Serena Terry, creator of online sensation Mammy Banter, on her biggest UK & Ireland stand up tour to date, Therapy. Over the last 6 months, Serena has tried and tested 22 different types of therapy in a bid to improve her physical and ...
Transvision Vamp
Saturday 10 October 2026
Iconic 80's alternative rock band Transvision Vamp enjoyed massive chart success with a string of hits including Baby I Don't Care, I Want Your Love and Revolution Baby. Fronted by Wendy James, her sexually charged and rebellious image won ...
Warren Zeiders
Monday 12 October 2026
Pennsylvania country music singer and songwriter Warren Zeiders found fame posting covers on TikTok before his original songs, including "Ride the Lightning", gained over 500 million views. He signed with Warner Records and re-released "Rid...
Band Of Horses
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Delivering strikingly beautiful woodsy, dreamy indie folk rock with sophisticated arrangements which ooze amorphous tension, longing and hope, the raw ethos that lies at the heart of the Charleston, South Carolina band is the emotionally i...
THE bEAT
Wednesday 14 October 2026
The singer, songwriter and guitarist behind the biggest 1980's 2-Tone Band, The Beat, Dave Wakeling is the consummate showman, touring the world with an all-star line-up, performing all the hits of The Beat, General Public and his new songs...
Red Rum Club
Thursday 15 October 2026
A band truly like no other, Liverpool-based alternative/indie sextet Red Rum Club craft catchy songs with western-inspired undertones. The group's retro-centric style has scattered steamy, brass-flecked singles onto radio playlists, across ...
The Wonder Stuff + Insprial Carpets
Friday 16 October 2026
A co-headline gig from the Baggy favourites. Fronted by Miles Hunt, West Midlands indie legends The Wonder Stuff are best known for the hits "The Size of a Cow", "Unbearable", "Caught in My Shadow", "Don't Let Me Down, Gently" and the U...
Fat Freddy'S Drop
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Fat Freddy's Drop is a New Zealand seven-piece band from Wellington, whose musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by m...
Lake Street Dive
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Since forming in 2004, Lake Street Dive have matched their sophisticated musicianship with a fearless refusal to limit their sound, creating joyously soulful rock & roll with equal parts ingenuity, intelligence, and irresistible abandon....
The Wedding Present
Saturday 24 October 2026
Stalwarts of the flourishing independent scene from the mid-eighties onwards and continuing to impact to this day, the Leeds-formed indie band, fronted by Manchester-raised David Gedge, were avidly championed by BBC Radio One's John Peel. T...
Fin Taylor
Thursday 29 October 2026
Men want to be him, Women want their boyfriends to stop showing them his videos. The King of the Internet Jungle is back where he belongs, doing stand-up in front of a live audience. After the whirlwind success of his chart-topping podcas...
Freya Skye
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Buckinghamshire pop star and actress Freya Skye has gone from representing the United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 to voicing video games including Final Fantasy XVI, and appearing in Disney's Zombies 4: Dawn of the V...
Yard Act
Friday 6 November 2026
Just like Shed Seven, The Wedding Present, and Level 42 before them, Yard Act are a Yorkshire-formed act fronted by a charasmatic Mancunian, witty lyricist James Smith. Often compared to The Fall and Arctic Monkeys, the Leeds indie-rocke...
Del Amitri
Monday 9 November 2026
Formed in 1982, Glaswegian semi-acoustic jangly rockers Del Amitri boast a back catalogue of pure pop gems that cover a gamut of rock styles and observations on life's ironies. With six million record sales worldwide, the Dels are best...
Embrace
Friday 13 November 2026
West Yorkshire brothers Danny and Richard McNamara have come a long way since the days of out-of-tune criticisms and gags about being Oasis' little brothers. With three UK number 1 albums to their name, and smash hit Top 10 singles "Natu...
Little Angels
Saturday 14 November 2026
Legendary Scarborough hard rockers Little Angels are Big, Bad & Back with an ultra-rare UK tour, featuring the full original line-up of vocalist Toby Jepson, guitarist Bruce Dickinson, Jim Dickinson on keyboards, Mark Plunkett on bass guita...
The Orb + the Ozric Tentacles
Thursday 19 November 2026
Security - Bag Policy: Large bags including rucksacks are not allowed. There are no facilities to leave large bags or luggage. If you really have to bring a bag - and it's preferable you don't, please make sure it's small. Only one small ba...
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