Warren Zeiders

On 14 October 2026, Warren Zeiders brings his gravel-voiced country rock to Manchester Academy. The singer and songwriter from Hershey, Pennsylvania, now splitting his time between Nashville and his home state, first surfaced online with covers and early originals before Ride the Lightning found a wide audience in 2021 and placed him firmly in the newer wave of country rock. Since then he has shaped a sound that moves between acoustic confessionals and harder-edged riffs, folding Nashville’s contemporary codes into stories of the road, faith and disillusion.

Zeiders arrives with material from the 717 Tapes sessions (2021) and 717 Tapes, Vol. 2 (2022), alongside his 2023 debut album Pretty Little Poison. Live, that catalog tends to unfold as a tight, unfussy set: intimate ballads, straight-ahead country rock and choruses made to carry, delivered with a husky tone and an ear for narrative detail. Ride the Lightning remains a pivot, while the newer tracks lean into the same blend of melody and grit, keeping the focus on songwriting and the push-pull between acoustic warmth and amplified drive.