Music
Madchester: Tales of Rock n Roll Excess
Next event is a FREE talk: Thursday 8 June 2023, 7pm. Meet: inside Altrincham Library. Booking: Please book with Trafford Libraries. Come and drink in a cocktail of excess and revelry drunk by those overdosing on their own egos and out to lunch in their own lifetimes on this irreverent, Rabelasian, rabble-rousing tour. Here are …
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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.
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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, the Fall, Elbow, Joy Division, Bob Dylan, John Cooper Clarke… We will walk in search …
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The Beatles’ Liverpool
Next walking tour: No dates yet. Meet: Ken Dodd statue, Lime Street station. Booking: Soon! Join the North’s most prolific tour guide, Ed Glinert, former Mojo Production editor and author of Fodor’s Rock ’n’ Roll Traveller books, on this “Beatles’ Liverpool” tour. It’s been a long time. Now we’re coming back home, to… * The …
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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 winter. The tours will cost £15 (inc. booking fee) with a maximum of 15 people …
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Control – Ian Curtis’s Manchester
Next public tour: No dates yet. Meet: Outside Mercure Hotel, Portland St/Piccadilly Gdns. Booking: Private Tours: Please e-mail info@newmanchesterwalks.com. Calling all Ian Curtis/Joy Division fans. We meet hundreds of you every year aimlessly wandering around Manchester city centre looking for relevant locations: the Hacienda, Rafter’s, the Briton’s Protection …. If you came on our tour, …
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The Smiths’ Manchester
Next tour: Saturday 10 June 2023, 11am. Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Piccadilly Gardens/Portland Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Cost: £10.50 Where we go: • The Hacienda, vilified in his the Smiths’ most famous song. • HOME cinema to recall The Smiths’ cinematic links. • The building where Moz actually had …
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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 Britain’s first and oldest professional symphony orchestra (and the fourth oldest in the world). It …
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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 tours: 1. Saturday 10 June 2023. Meet: Outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, 2pm. Booking: Please press here to book with …
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Control – Ian Curtis’s Manchester
Public tour No dates yet. Meet: outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street. Booking: Private tours We have been inundated with requests. It’s been so enjoyable taking good folk from San Francisco, London and all places in between on a custom-made tour, and there’s nothing like playing the right track at the right spot. For instance …
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- Book a political tour of Manchester with hard-hitting, no-nonsense, die-hard politico Ed Glinert!
Join me, Ed Glinert, hungry political animal, for an expert tour or talk on the Pankhursts, Peterloo, Slavery, Marx & Engels in Manchester or anything that involves socialism, capitalism, communism, even fascism. Ideal for school syllabuses, trade union groups….anyone who wants to know how the world works and used to work.
