{"id":1168,"date":"2023-05-24T14:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T14:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:21:40","slug":"the-hara-manchester-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hara – Manchester Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hara have a loyal following, that goes without saying, but one thing we are always blown away by is their manic stage show which is only matched by their fans.<\/p>\n

Fresh off their successful SXSW show in Austin, Texas, they come to their hometown of Manchester to headline the legendary Academy 2. Following in the footsteps of some of their heroes like The Darkness and Blink 182, this is a stage fit for kings, and the kings have come home.<\/p>\n

What I have learnt as they have developed is they have a passion, for performing, everything is carefully put in place, and it\u2019s not just a gig its an invitation, to join the mayhem, we have a full 90-minute set, no let-up, a full-on assault of the senses. A large screen at the back of the stage comes to life and starts downloading, in a very retro, street fighter mode, we then have an introduction from the devil, \u201cAutobiography\u201d, \u201cOff The Edge\u201d, and \u201cFire\u201d, gives us a quick-fire start, which also sees Josh, disappear over the barrier and into his first crowd surf of the evening.<\/p>\n

The band are relishing playing their biggest headline gig to date, here in their hometown of Manchester, something that is not lost on a raucous crowd. Whilst the band are showcasing their debut album, \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d<\/strong>, these fans that have been with them from the start, and go crazy when treated to tracks from early EPs, \u201cFool and The Thief\u201d, \u201cFYI\u201d, whilst\u2019 \u201cWe All Wear Black\u201d, and \u201cOff The Edge\u201d, are becoming staple crowd favourites.<\/p>\n

Zack Green makes sure all riffs are provided to the begging audience via his trusty Ironheart rig. Running an IRT120H, GS412IA, IRT-SLS and his BCC-Monolith on his board. Zack struts across the stage commanding the crowd to soak in his riffs. It is passionate and it is brilliant, EXACTLY how a rock n roll show should be. The perfect blend of power and intricacy.<\/p>\n

A connection between the band and the crowd is as essential. Josh is a demon of a performer, constantly on the move, always reaching out to the crowd. None of it is forced or manufactured, it\u2019s a two-way commitment, between performer and fans. As the set developed the simmering crowd was brought to the boil with the last offering, \u201cFriends\u201d, the crowd have played their part, but it is the band that has delivered, it won\u2019t be long before bigger venues are needed to play host to this rapidly growing band.<\/p>\n

The Hara are here to stay, where they belong and the only thing we can see changing is bigger venues and bigger crowds. They are on the rise!<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Hara have a loyal following, that goes without saying, but one thing we are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist","category-guitar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Laney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1442\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fenn Zander\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fenn Zander\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fenn Zander\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945\"},\"headline\":\"The Hara – Manchester Academy\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":453,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"artist\",\"guitar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945\"},\"description\":\"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1442,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/the-hara-manchester-academy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Hara – Manchester Academy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Laney\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945\",\"name\":\"Fenn Zander\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fenn Zander\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.laney.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/fenn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney","description":"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney","og_description":"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/","og_site_name":"Laney","article_published_time":"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1442,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fenn Zander","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fenn Zander","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/"},"author":{"name":"Fenn Zander","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945"},"headline":"The Hara – Manchester Academy","datePublished":"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/"},"wordCount":453,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["artist","guitar"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/","name":"The Hara - Manchester Academy - Laney","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-24T14:24:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-21T09:21:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945"},"description":"The Hara storm Manchester with their new album 'Survival Mode', Zack Breen and his Laney Ironhearts ensure rock is had in abundance!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","width":1442,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/the-hara-manchester-academy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Hara – Manchester Academy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Laney","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c45ce9f4bbb1fcfe81afa35c6f7b3945","name":"Fenn Zander","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/27df931f82c8c6c2c1009b59c4d2a36bff6072d926f0ae1a190a254947346590?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fenn Zander"},"url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/author\/fenn\/"}]}},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3603-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laney.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}