The UK’s largest indoor arena will open its doors for the first time with a headline act performed by Peter Kay.

The Bolton comedian will perform at the opening night of the new 23,500-seater Co-op Live venue in Manchester on 23 April.

Liam Gallagher, Take That, Pearl Jam and Olivia Rodrigo are also set to separately perform at the £350m arena.

Co-op general manager Gary Roden said Kay was the “perfect” opening act who “embodies what this city is about”.

The new venue, set to open opposite Manchester City’s Etihad stadium, featured a “unique bowl design” that would bring fans “closer to the artist than at other arenas of equivalent size”, a spokesman for the Co-op said.