Tue 29 Jul – k.d. lang

Review from Manchester Evening News:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/live_reviews/s/1060326_kd_lang__bridgewater_hall?rss=yes?rss=yes

Sat 3 Aug – Cities In The Park (Sunday)

Extract from Q Magazine's review of the event:
It could almost have been called The World Versus Factory Records. Day One featured alternative rock from all over the country, while Day Two was almost exclusively Factory acts. Day One never stood a chance with a local crowd bedecked from head to toe with self-congratulating Manchester T-shirts. Best reception of the day was, not surprisingly, for The Fall and Buzzcocks and, surprisingly, the ever-unhip OMD. Day Two was hotter, louder and more replete with atmosphere. From Cath Carroll to Happy Mondays, Tony…

Sun 27 May – The Stone Roses

http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?aid=1902&bid=921

Image of the ticket from that day
http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?aid=2969&bid=921

Sat 16 Mar – In Your Face Turbo Rave

http://www.808state.com/live/1991/turborave.htm

Sat 11 Aug – World of Twist, Intastella, DJ Dave Booth

http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/archive/showartefact.php?bid=1086

Sat 24 Mar – Happy Mondays Party

http://www.808state.com/live/1990/happymondays-gmex.htm

Sat 12 Aug – The Stone Roses

My friend Jane & I couldn't believe we were going to this concert! We were so excited!
We booked to go on an organised coach from Manchester, and the whole day was just fab.
Sitting on the top deck of one of a fleet of double decker buses heading north out of Manchester & a hot summer's day, we inhaled weed all the way from the smoke that was constantly billowing from behind us.

We hung out on the beach for a while, went to the arcades, had chips… all the time with…

Tony Wilson (sometimes known as Anthony H Wilson) died on Friday 10th August 2007

It feels like Manchester has lost it's leading light, and I'm feeling so down & sad at the thought that i'll not experience anymore of his passion for the North-West (England).

http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/remembering_tony_wilson_1950-2007.html