Karan Aujla will head to Co-op Live in Manchester in October 2026, adding a major arena date to his headline UK arena tour. Ikky is listed as the special guest, and the show is being positioned around Punjabi pop, hip-hop and songs including Softly and Tauba Tauba.
Wednesday 29 July at 10:00 is the first key moment for buyers, when the Co-op Member Presale opens. The venue is already laying out the event in practical terms: Co-op Backstage Club is listed at 17:30, Premium Doors at 18:00, and General Admission at 18:30, while Official Vertu Parking on campus opens from 14:30.
Manchester and the October 2026 booking
The Manchester stop is the clearest piece of the rollout so far. Karan Aujla is heading to Co-op Live in October 2026 as part of a headline UK arena tour, and the booking places him in one of the city’s biggest live-music rooms rather than a smaller club run.
The source also says he has redefined the global reach of Punjabi music, which fits the scale of the booking more than a standard tour announcement would. For readers, that means the event is not being sold as a one-off appearance but as part of a broader arena push with Manchester as the named anchor point.
Co-op Member Presale on 29 July
Wednesday 29 July at 10:00 is the only sale timing given, and that is the piece people trying to buy early need to act on first. Co-op Member Presale sits ahead of the general on-sale flow, so anyone with access to that window gets the earliest shot at tickets tied to the Manchester date.
The package details also set expectations for how the venue is handling demand. Co-op Backstage Club includes access to the exclusive space and a guaranteed ticket to the show with one of the best seats in the house, while the listed door times separate package entry from standard admission.
Softly, Tauba Tauba, Ikky
Softly and Tauba Tauba are the two named songs attached to the show, and that gives a better read on the night than a generic tour label would. The set is being framed around Punjabi pop, hip-hop and chart-topping anthems, with Ikky appearing as the special guest alongside Aujla.
That combination is a strong tell about how the Manchester date is being sold: not as background catalog material, but as a tightly packaged arena night built around recognizable tracks and a guest slot that broadens the draw. For anyone deciding whether to buy early, the presale window is the cleanest next step.
Etihad Campus access details
Co-op Live sits on the Etihad Campus in East Manchester, and the venue has already published the practical access rules that go with the booking. Anyone aged 14 or under must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over, and anybody under the age of 16 is not permitted in the standing area.
Those conditions make the Manchester date straightforward to plan for, especially for families and younger ticket holders. If the Co-op Member Presale matters, it is because it opens before the wider rush and gives the first route into an October 2026 arena show that is already being marketed as part of Karan Aujla’s biggest UK run yet.
