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Pixies, James And Royal Blood To Play Manchester’s Summer In The City
Castlefield Bowl, Manchester, hosts two-day festival this July.

Manchester’s set to host a new event that’s calling itself Summer In The City. It takes place on 10th-11th July at Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl.
The bill’s headed up by previously disbanded bands who’ve since gotten back together: Pixies and James headline, with Royal Blood and Starsailor completing the bill.
Summer In The City is split into two days:
Pixies and Royal Blood play on Thursday 10th July (tickets £37.50).
James and Starsailor play on Friday 11th July (tickets £35.00).
Tickets are onsale from 9am on Friday 21st February.
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