Manchester has the biggest live music scene outside London, according to a new study ranking towns and cities across the UK.
The report, conducted by entertainment listings site Ents24, places central London at the top of the list, followed by Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow.
Since March 2015, over 13,000 fans have tracked gigs in the M postcode area on the Ents24 website.
Manchester Arena, O2 Apollo, Academy and the O2 Ritz are the most popular venues in the city centre, followed closely by The Lowry in Salford.
Other major cities represented in the regional top 10 are Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool.
However, Nottingham (14th), Edinburgh (19th) and Sheffield (20th) fail to make the chart.
Out of the bottom 20 postcode districts on the map, eight are in Greater London, two in the West Midlands (Dudley and Walsall) and two in Greater Manchester (Wigan and Oldham).
The study states that these satellite towns - conurbations located in close proximity to major cities - often struggle to build live music scenes of their own.
For example, Luton, a town located close to London which has a population of over 200,000, ‘doesn't have a single music venue on the national circuit’.
Ents24 searched its database of more than 22,000 active venue to compile the chart, saying that their expansive coverage of the UK’s live sector gives them ‘great insight into which gigs - and areas - are the most popular’.
Top 10 live music towns:
1. London
2. Manchester
3. Bristol
4. Glasgow
5. Leeds
6. Cardiff
7. Birmingham
8. Brighton
9. Liverpool
10. Wolverhampton
Read the full study by Ents24.
The report, conducted by entertainment listings site Ents24, places central London at the top of the list, followed by Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow.
Since March 2015, over 13,000 fans have tracked gigs in the M postcode area on the Ents24 website.
Manchester Arena, O2 Apollo, Academy and the O2 Ritz are the most popular venues in the city centre, followed closely by The Lowry in Salford.
Other major cities represented in the regional top 10 are Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Birmingham and Liverpool.
However, Nottingham (14th), Edinburgh (19th) and Sheffield (20th) fail to make the chart.
Out of the bottom 20 postcode districts on the map, eight are in Greater London, two in the West Midlands (Dudley and Walsall) and two in Greater Manchester (Wigan and Oldham).
The study states that these satellite towns - conurbations located in close proximity to major cities - often struggle to build live music scenes of their own.
For example, Luton, a town located close to London which has a population of over 200,000, ‘doesn't have a single music venue on the national circuit’.
Ents24 searched its database of more than 22,000 active venue to compile the chart, saying that their expansive coverage of the UK’s live sector gives them ‘great insight into which gigs - and areas - are the most popular’.
Top 10 live music towns:
1. London
2. Manchester
3. Bristol
4. Glasgow
5. Leeds
6. Cardiff
7. Birmingham
8. Brighton
9. Liverpool
10. Wolverhampton
Read the full study by Ents24.
