Category Archives: Music
Madchester: Tales of Rock n Roll Excess
Next tour: Bank Holiday Monday 26 May 2025. Meet: At the Queen Victoria Statue, Piccadilly Gardens, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Come and drink in a cocktail of excess and revelry drunk by those overdosing … Continue reading
MANCHESTER MUSIC COACH TOUR
You’ve heard the songs, seen the groups, played the records…now visit the sights and hear the stories where Manchester music history was made on a music bus tour …
Our set list includes most of the following:
* The Hacienda * Salford Lads’ Club * The Ritz * The Cemetery Gates
* The Boardwalk * Free Trade Hall * The Church of the Holy Name
* Sifter’s record shop * The house where the Smiths were born * The original Factory Records HQ
* This is a 3-hour tour, starting from Albert Square opposite the Town Hall.
Please book with eventbrite. Press “Continue Reading” and click.
* Sun 14 Jan, 11am. Continue reading
Tony Wilson’s Manchester
Tony Wilson never wrote a song, sang one or played an instrument. Yet he created the modern Manchester music scene. He made things happen; he cajoled people into doing important things. He harried, encouraged, pushed, promoted. It might be fair to say without him Manchester’s music history might have stopped with Sad Café.
As part of the Manchester Heroes and Heroines weekend in April, Fri 20– Sun 22 we honour one of the most popular figures in recent Manchester history: a vainglorious, proud, arrogant, infuriating but genius impresario.
* 11.30am, HOME Arts Centre. No need to book. Continue reading
Manchester in 10 Songs
As Ian Curtis sang: “I’ve been waiting for a guide…” Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square, time tbc. Booking: Private tour: Please contact New Manchester Walks The sounds of the city, courtesy of the Smiths, … Continue reading
The Beatles’ Liverpool
Next walking tour: “Help!”, 60th Anniversary, with Mojo’s Ed Glinert: Date: Wednesday 6 August 2025, 1pm. To Commemorate: 60 Years since the classic LP, “Help!”, was released. Meet: Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station. Booking: Please press here to book … Continue reading
Mastercard Priceless Tours: The Beatles’ Liverpool & Manchester Music City
We are delighted to announce that New Manchester Walks and our Merseyside branch, New Liverpool Walks, we will be working with Mastercard’s Priceless.com outlet to run a series of exclusive Beatles’ Liverpool tours and Manchester Music tours this autumn and … Continue reading
Control – Ian Curtis’s Manchester
Next public tour: Sunday 18 May 2025, 3pm. Meet: Outside Mercure Hotel, Portland St, near Piccadilly Gdns. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Private Tours: Please e-mail info@newmanchesterwalks.com. Calling all Ian Curtis/Joy Division fans. We meet hundreds of … Continue reading
The Smiths’ Manchester
Next tour: No dates yet. Meet: Underneath the Chinese Arch, Faulkner Street. Booking: Where we go: • The Hacienda, vilified in his the Smiths’ most famous song. • HOME cinema to recall The Smiths’ cinematic links. • The building where … Continue reading
Mr Halle’s Band
Next public tour: No dates set yet. Private tours: We recently took a group of choristers from the Home Counties on this walk – with great success. To follow in their footsteps, please contact New Manchester Walks. The Halle is … Continue reading
Manchester Music: The Hacienda Years
Official Manchester Music Tours The tours have been organised by Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading historian and long-time music writer, co-author of Fodor’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Traveller books, and launch production editor for Mojo. Next tour: Saturday 12 July 2025. Meet: … Continue reading
