{"id":691555,"date":"2026-01-12T17:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691555\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:57:16","slug":"lois-announces-manchester-castle-hotel-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/691555\/","title":{"rendered":"Lois announces Manchester Castle Hotel gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutmanchester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7B594754-B762-4AD0-BF22-EFCE07758344-scaled.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1044\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7B594754-B762-4AD0-BF22-EFCE07758344-696x1044.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"7B594754-B762-4AD0-BF22-EFCE07758344\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lois has today announced a new headline tour, which includes shows at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on Monday 9th March <\/p>\n<p>The news comes as Lois has been named \u2018Best Of The Year\u2019 in 2025 and \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in 2026 by BBC Introducing Leeds and Sheffield and her recent EP \u2018SEVEN\u2019 was BBC Introducing Lancashire and Cumbria\u2019s EP Of The Year.<\/p>\n<p>Carving out her own space in the pop landscape, Lois has quickly established herself as an important rising voice amongst the next wave of Northern artists. Navigating topics ranging from grief and trauma to self-exploration and identity through her cathartic alt-pop cuts, the Leeds-based songwriter has honed a lyrical eye for the emotions that often go unspoken. <\/p>\n<p>Having started songwriting in her teenage years as an outlet for processing experiences that were hard to describe with words, Lois left her small hometown of Morecambe at age 16 to study music in Liverpool. Since debuting with 2023 EP, \u2018Strange Men\u2019, the fast-rising singer has captivated audiences with her emotionally literate lyricism and infectious live shows, with sold-out headlines, support shows alongside The Lottery Winners, Etta Marcus, SOFY, and sets at Live At Leeds, and Liverpool Sound City.<\/p>\n<p>Pairing her love for \u201880s pop in Prince and Talking Heads with today\u2019s leading names in Self Esteem and Wolf Alice, Lois\u2019 sophomore EP \u2018SEVEN\u2019 saw her let go of the experiences that once defined her and step into a new version of herself. With support from BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, BBC Introducing, DIY Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Notion, alongside highlight sets at Kendal Calling and the Royal Albert Hall, 2026 promises to be an exciting year for Lois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lois has today announced a new headline tour, which includes shows at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-691555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115883425679066661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}