Castlefield Bowl Sounds of the City gig guide - set times, support acts, getting there and everything else you need to know
23.06.2022 - 20:01
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Next week, Castlefield Bowl will welcome thousands of music fans back to Manchester as the 2022 edition of Sounds of the City gets underway. Each year, the open-air music extravaganza brings together some of the biggest names in rock, indie and pop - and this year is no exception.
Kicking off on Tuesday, June 28 with Scotsman Lewis Capaldi opening the series, it will close on Saturday, July 9 with Primal Scream’s Screamadelica Live. The Castlefield show has become an integral part of Manchester’s rich music tapestry over recent years, with past concerts seeing show stopping performances from Arcade Fire, The Streets, New Order, Chic and Elbow.
Last year’s series took place in September due, with Foals, Lewis Capaldi and Crowded House being moved to 2022 - hence the bumper edition. If you’re heading out to any of this year’s shows, here’s everything you need to know, from door times for artists and how to plan your night at the gig.
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To say Capaldi had a rapid rise to fame would be somewhat of an understatement. After releasing his EP ‘Bruises’ in 2017, he quickly became a household name, becoming the fastest unsigned artist to reach 25 million plays on Spotify.
His hit songs, ‘Someone You Loved’ - which reached number 1 in the US - and ‘Bruises’, ‘Hold Me While You Wait’, confirmed his star status and his album ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ topped 1 million UK sales, and more than 3 billion streams worldwide.
His Castlefield Bowl gig will be the second time the Scottish singer has performed in Manchester this month, after taking to the stage at Parklife Festival just a few weeks ago. It might have been three years since he released any new music, but he’s still drawing in the crowds. He’ll be