LONGFELLA
Poet Tony Walsh (aka “Longfella”) reads his work, This Is The Place, at Manchester Vigil on May 23: bit.ly/2rDqtcw.
AUTECHRE
Manchester electronic duo live in Vancouver, 1998: bit.ly/2qThSBi.
DUB SMUGGLERS
Conscious vibe from Manchester Sound System on Reform Radio: bit.ly/2qg5ZH8.
ANTHONY BURGESS
Manchester writer saturated his material with musical references. He considered himself a musician who wrote novels: bit.ly/2qjNHAN and bit.ly/2qnRHiB.
THE FALL
“Telephone Thing” from Mark E. Smith’s lifelong Mancunian punk project: bit.ly/2rlqQsA.
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
Michael Winterbottom’s brilliant docudrama about the Manchester music scene of the 1980s and ’90s: bit.ly/1rGiFlL.
IAN BROWN
“F.E.A.R.” from Stone Roses frontman’s solo album, Music of the Spheres, 2007: bit.ly/1uGWQ1Q.
JOY DIVISION
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” video filmed by the band themselves on April 28, 1980 during a rehearsal at T.J. Davidson’s studio on Little Peter Street in Manchester: bit.ly/1eyQqHM.
ARIANA GRANDE/THE WEEKND
“Love Me Harder” (Acoustic version): bit.ly/1tZJSkA.
OASIS
“Wonderwall” from (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995): bit.ly/1jbKbQV and Lydia Bernsmeier-Rullow singing “Don’t Look Back in Anger” in St. Anne’s Square on May 25: bit.ly/2rltoa4.