WHAT'S ON AT THE O2 ACADEMY, LIVERPOOL
What's On at the O2 Academy, Liverpool
Below you will find what's on at Liverpool Academy on Hotham Street. It hosts music gigs with the main 1,200 capacity hall split over floor and balcony, while an adjoining 500 capacity room is known as Liverpool Academy 2.
Below you will find what's on at Liverpool Academy on Hotham Street. It hosts music gigs with the main 1,200 capacity hall split over floor and balcony, while an adjoining 500 capacity room is known as Liverpool Academy 2.
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Academy, Liverpool
What's On at the O2 Academy, Liverpool
Amble
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Wednesday 19 November 2025
3 piece contemporary folk based ensemble formed over a mutual gra for the music they curate. Hailing from the midlands and west of Ireland. ...Amble Liverpool Tickets
Lil Tracy
O2 Academy
Thursday 20 November 2025
For years, Jazz Butler has consistently remained an innovator of alternative hip-hop. Best known as Lil Tracy, Butler has also gained acclaim for his music under various names including Yung Bruh, Souljawitch, Tracy Minajj, and others. As a...Keyside
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 21 November 2025
Liverpool four-piece Keyside play pristine jangle-pop of powerful substance. With lyrics evidencing a social conscience that goes deeper than their uplifting melodies might suggest, frontman Dan Parker's nuanced songcraft will charm you as ...Absolute Bowie - Tribute to David Bowie
O2 Academy 2
Saturday 22 November 2025
There will only ever be one David Bowie, he was unique in every way and an inspiration to millions. Absolute Bowie continue to celebrate the life and music of the Starman with a spectacular show uniting Bowie fans across the UK. Absolute Bo...Definitely Mightbe - Tribute to Oasis
O2 Academy
Saturday 22 November 2025
The longest established Oasis tribute in the world with over 2,000 shows under their belt. So, as good as the real thing? Well the lengendary Alan McGee thought so when he recently introduced the band live on stage! So they..... DEFINITELY ...Bad Nerves
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Sunday 23 November 2025
The bastard child of a Ramones/Strokes one night stand, Bad Nerves play ferociously fast distorted pop songs which has earned them tours with Royal Blood and The Darkness, drawing comparisons to Supergrass, the Ramones and Jay Reatard. And ...The Wailers
O2 Academy
Friday 28 November 2025
Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded, toured and made history together between 1972 and 1981. It was Bob Marley himself that requested the Wailers stayed together. Today, carrying on the mission are legitimate members, children-of-legends an...Antarctic Monkeys - The Official Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band
O2 Academy
Saturday 29 November 2025
The Official International Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band formed from a jamming session, and became a phenomenon in their own right, travelling the UK and Europe with numerous tours. The demand is now more than ever. Firmly established on the ...Gary Numan
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Sunday 30 November 2025
London-born Gary Anthony James Webb helped turn the UK's budding new wave scene on its head in the late '70s. He launched his music career by starting the band Tubeway Army, who released their eponymous debut in 1978. At the time, he adopte...Electric Six
O2 Academy
Thursday 4 December 2025
Detroit's fun-loving alternative garage rock collective Electric Six celebrate 20 years of their UK Top 10 debut album "Fire" in 2003. The high-octane collection, mixing garage rock, disco, punk, new wave, and metal into cleverly dumb, in-y...Ian Prowse & Amsterdam
O2 Academy
Saturday 6 December 2025
Ian Prowse is a singer/songwriter from Ellesmere Port who wears his heart on his sleeve and writes straight from the cuff. Formed in 1999 with former Blow Monkeys drummer Tony Kiley and cousin Johnny Barlow, his Liverpool pop rock outfit...PINK by Vicky Jackson
O2 Academy 2
Friday 12 December 2025
Vicky Jackson's tribute to Pink has been a run-away success and has consistently been her most booked act since 2008. Whilst the Pink tribute show was not her first tribute act, Vicky found herself being compared both physically and vocally...Dave Hill's Slade
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 12 December 2025
The farewell tour from Dave Hill and the boys end with a Christmas gig at the O2 Ritz in Manchester. Slade's unique blend of pop and rock'n'roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top 20 singles, they have become a fi...The Icicle Works
O2 Academy
Saturday 13 December 2025
The Liverpool alt rock trio, fronted by Ian McNabb, are best known for their 1983 UK Top 20 hit "Love is a Wonderful Colour" and their 1984 US Top 40 hit, "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)". ...
Harry Fazakerley Future Sounds
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 13 December 2025
Acts: Harry Fazakerley The Way Off Hourglass Gabriel Roberts Shells Dads Club 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 - ...The Icicle Works Liverpool Tickets
Lightning Seeds
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 19 - Saturday 20 December 2025
Ian Broudie's Liverpool indie power pop act are famed for their UK Top 20 singles "You Showed Me", "Sugar Coated Iceberg", "Change", "What If...", "Lucky You", "Pure", "Perfect", "Ready or Not", plus their chart-topping England anthem "...Hothouse Flowers
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Sunday 21 December 2025
Irish folk rock band Hothouse Flowers feel like they are turning new corners and writing new chapters every day. No two shows are ever the same having dispensed with any premeditated programme over two decades ago and set about putting the...Ocean Colour Scene
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 9 January 2026
In their 30 years together, multi-Platinum selling Birmingham indie legends OCS have enjoyed five Top 10 albums, six Top 10 singles and a mantelpiece full of awards. But behind all the swagger and the style there are great songs, with words...The Highstool Prophets
Then Jerico
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 17 January 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...Then Jerico Liverpool Tickets
The Chris Stapleton Experience
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 23 January 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...Gareth Taylor & His Queenies
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 30 January 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...A Band Called Malice + The Phonics (The Jam + Stereophonics Tributes)
O2 Academy 2
Saturday 31 January 2026
A Band Called Malice - The Definitive Tribute to The Jam - have quickly taken the tribute sector by storm in their quest to become the number one choice tribute act of the devoted fans of The Jam. The talented musicians are the real deal a...Guns 2 Roses - Tribute to Guns n' Roses
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 31 January 2026
Guns 2 Roses the UK's longest running Guns N Roses tribute have existed since late 2002 and in 11 years have become biggest GNR tribute in history. Some tributes tried but not one has and will come close to the authenticity, charisma and hu...Age Of Madness: Mount Olympus UK Tour
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Thursday 5 February 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...Neil Noa
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 7 February 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...Maximo Park
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Sunday 8 February 2026
Rakish Newcastle post-punks Maximo Park are a hyper-tuneful indie-rock outfit in the vein of XTC, Gang of Four, and particularly modern peers The Futureheads. They turn out the sort of breathless, keyboard-drenched art-pop numbers that ne...
Maximo Park Liverpool Tickets
Sleaford Mods
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 13 February 2026
Sprechgesang electro-punk duo Sleaford Mods pull no punches either live or on record and not one inch of their rhetoric - alternately cheeky and blood-and-guts, occasionally both - is inauthentic or posed. Thrown out of school and disdainfu...The Lilacs
O2 Academy
Saturday 21 February 2026
Wigan band The Lilacs have hit the scene with a bang already performing on stages at Manchester Academy, o2 Ritz and London's O2 Academy Islington ...Campaign For Musical Destruction ft. Napalm Death Whiplash Varuker
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 27 February 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...The Southmartins - A Tribute to The Beautiful South & The Housemartins
O2 Academy 2
Saturday 28 February 2026
The Southmartins are a tribute act to the songs of Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins. The seven-piece collective has built up a loyal following playing arenas, festivals, clubs and pubs (including Paul ...The Southmartins Liverpool Tickets
Bleed From Within
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 6 March 2026
Glaswegian heavy metal band Bleed From Within "have breathed life into a kind of metal that has long become stagnant and they have done this on their own terms. No backing down and no comprising can be found." - Ghost Cult Magazine. "If you...The Clone Roses + Definitely Mightbe + The James Experience + DJ Clint Boon
O2 Academy
Saturday 7 March 2026
Following their hugely successful 25th Anniversary Tour in 2023 culminating in a 6000+ sellout headline show at Manchester's' Heaton Park, The Clone Roses return, performing all the Madchester anthems we all know and love. The band have...The Clone RosesDefinitely Mightbe(Oasis)Gerry Cinna-Man ExpKazabian
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 7 March 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...Short Notice - Future Sounds: Short Notice
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 14 March 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...Scouting for Girls
O2 Academy
Monday 23 March 2026
Friends since they were five, London indie pop three-piece Scouting For Girls have never changed to chase success. Success came to them; their 2007 self-titled debut went on to become triple platinum and birthed the generation-bridging anth...Brooke Combe
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Friday 10 April 2026
Liverpool-based viral-sensation, Edinburgh soul singer-songwriter Brooke Combe shot to fame online with her bedroom cover versions, watched by millions. Working with The Coral and Blossoms and supporting the likes of Courteeners and Miles K...Daft Funk - A Retrospective Celebration of Daft Punk
O2 Academy 2
Saturday 25 April 2026
Dedicated to recreating the sound and atmosphere of a Daft Punk live experience, Daft Funk's meticulously crafted stage productions feature authentic costumes and synchronised custom light shows, with over 1500 LEDs and a three-metre pyr...Joey Valence & Brae
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 9 May 2026
Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue (a.k.a. Joey Valence & Brae), scored a TikTok viral hit during Lockdown with their song "Crank It Up," a celebration of rap music's early boom bap sound. ...Joey Valence & Brae Liverpool Tickets
Danny Beard
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 30 May 2026
Descibed by Graham Norton as "high fashion, hilarious and hairy! What's not to love?", the Liverpool-born, Manchester-living winner of RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. is hitting the road with the Straight Expectations tour! Join multi-award winni...Erasured - The Ultimate Erasure Tribute
O2 Academy, Liverpool
Saturday 19 September 2026
In 1995 Mark Rodway appeared on ITV's "Stars In Their Eyes" (and again for the 1995 Christmas Special) as Erasure's Andy Bell, to universal acclaim. He met Pete Faint in 1996 and the pair began writing original material together and at th...The Tumbling Paddies
O2 Academy
Friday 23 October 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. ...How to get to the O2 Academy, Liverpool
Most Popular Shows and Events at O2 Academy, Liverpool
