Manchester Orchestra @ Jannus Live

Manchester Orchestra played at Jannus Live in Tampa, FL on November 27, 2023. Supporting them was The Get Up Kids. Enjoy our coverage!

The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids’ hyper melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and punk-driven, high-energy sound helped them become one of the most popular and influential of the second wave of emo bands that crested in the late ’90s. After a series of singles & a scrappy debut album, 1997’s Four Minute Mile, they released the critically acclaimed Something to Write Home About album in 1999. Over the next few years, their sound shifted to a more mature and measured approach. Though the band split in 2005, they were playing live shows together again by the late 2000s. They also returned to the studio sporadically to record new music. This included 2011’s self-released full-length There Are Rules and 2019s Problems. These harked back to the energetic emo-pop sound of their early days while adding lyrical perspective.

The band, made up of vocalist/guitarist Matthew Pryor, guitarist/vocalist Jim Suptic, bassist Robert Pope, and drummer Ryan Pope (Robert’s younger brother, who replaced Nathan Shay early on), formed in Kansas City during 1995 and debuted in 1996 with a slew of 7″s, including Shorty on the Huey Proudhon label and All Stars on Doghouse Records.

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Manchester Orchestra

Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, that formed in 2004. The group’s current line-up is composed of lead singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, bassist Andy Prince and drummer Tim Very. Hull is the band’s only original member, having overseen every iteration of the band to date. Former drummer Jeremiah Edmond parted ways with the band in January 2010 to focus on his family and on running the band’s record label, Favorite Gentlemen. The band’s original bassist, Jonathan Corley, parted ways with the band in 2013. Keyboardist/percussionist Chris Freeman announced his departure from the band in September 2016.

Manchester Orchestra has released several extended plays and six studio albums to date: I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child (2006), Mean Everything to Nothing (2009), Simple Math (2011), Cope (2014) (as well as its accompanying acoustic version, Hope), A Black Mile to the Surface (2017), and The Million Masks of God (2021). They are signed to independent record label Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, which is distributed through Sony Music Entertainment and Loma Vista Recordings.

The band has performed at major music festivals such as Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Riot Fest, Shaky Knees Music Festival, Firefly Music Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Austin City Limits Music Festival.

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