When 2 titans of Manchester’s music scene collide, you expect musical fireworks. Looking back on 3 of music’s big wig collaborations Blind Faith featuring Traffic’s Steve Winwood and Cream’s Eric Clapton lived up to the hype; New Order’s Bernard Sumner and The Smiths Johnny Marr brought…
On Friday 18 November, a very special fundraising Stone Roses event will take place at The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel Ballroom, Manchester. This is The One is curated by Stone Roses bassist and Manchester music legend Gary Mani Mounfield and his…
In and around the northern quarters of Manchester have been many names associated with its cultural movements including Peter Hook, Mani, Tony Wilson, even John Cooper Clarke. Names that might not trip off the tongue as easily as the aforenoted…
The legendary Spike Island gathering held at Widnes, Cheshire on May 27th 1990 featuring a bevy of DJ’s in support of, at the time, world dominating headliners The Stone Roses, has been spoken of time and time again sometimes in…