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Iconic music venue Band on the Wall will reopen in the autumn with a huge homecoming party for fans.
The club will be re-launched on September 25 with a month-long music showcase called Back to Our Place.
The venue has been redeveloped with help from Arts Council, National Lottery and Manchester council grants.
It closed in 2005 because the building was deteriorating.
Back to Our Place - from September 25 to October 31 - will feature artists from around the world.
Mike Chadwick, the club's music programmer, said: "The diverse showcase is there to both celebrate it reopening with a world-class programme of artists and to give fans a taste of what's to come."
Band on the Wall was the centre of Manchester's punk scene in the late 1970s, when The Fall, Buzzcocks and Joy Division first played there.
But the building dates back to 1865, when it opened as the George and Dragon pub.
The venue got its name after landlord Ernie Tyson put a drummer and an accordion player on a small platform on the wall away from the flying glasses in the 1930s.
It was in decline by 1975, but it was saved by saxophonist and entrepreneur Steve Morris.
He turned it into a jazz, blues and reggae venue and officially adopted the Band on the Wall name. The venue, in Swan Street, closed briefly in 1982 before being bought by the Jazz Centre Society and reopened.
Highlights of the Back to Our Place showcase include an unmissable double bill of soul diva Mica Paris with jazz pianist Julian Joseph. Can You Help?
Mike Brown emailed us from the States to ask for help with a novel he is planning. He writes:
I am working on a piece of fiction. I
want to include the 28 July '79 (Joy Divsion/The Fall/The Distractions) show at the Mayflower as a prominent event in
the life of my story's protagonist. Wherever the fictional events cross
over into actual events I strive to maintain historical accuracy.
Any chance that anyone who was actually
there could tell what was the weather like? Sun, rain, was it hot?
and so on..
Also, were there any notable events going on in
the area about that time? Anything happening outside the venue either
before, during or after the show?
Any recollections greatly appreciated!
Please email: mike.brown5@comcast.net Manchester International Festival are trying to track down people who went to a particular recording at
Granada of Jerry Lee Lewis playing 'Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On'. It
took place in 1964, and there is a YouTube clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifEc-RazQlY
Please email: procession@mif.co.uk Dick Witts from the University of Edinburgh is looking for artefacts and information relating to Kraftwerk gigs in Manchester in the '70s for a book he's been asked to contribute to.
Did you see Kraftwerk at the Free Trade Hall on 14 Sep 1975, 15 Oct 1978 or 15 June 1981?
Godley and Creme Strawberry Recording Studios other, 1974 A receipt on UMIST headed paper signed by Paul McCartney for a loan of a Godley + Creme-designed Gizmo.... see more
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Bette Davis And The Balconettes other, 1996 BETTE DAVIS AND THE BALCONETTES
The main focus of the band was Sam Ingleson - vocals, Tracy Rees -... see more
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Isadoras photograph, 1990 a few of us lads from alty had stopped off first at lazy lils to make a purchase from the the dj. then... see more
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Buzzcocks Academy 2 (Main Debating Hall) ticket, 2004 Don't remember too much about this one! see more
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Number One Son Star And Garter, The flyer, 1998 Karate were fantastic
Number One Son:
By this stage Lean (Bass) had left to move to Germany. Replaced... see more
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Number One Son Star And Garter, The flyer, 1998 Number One Son - myopic Alexi Sayle impersonator throws a wobbler ; refers to Peet from Liverpool who... see more
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Number One Son Star And Garter, The flyer, 1997 Another night of noisy mayhem! see more
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Number One Son Star And Garter, The flyer, 1997 There was a very supportive scene for hardcore punk at the Star and Garter and always felt like a party... see more
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Distractions, Slaughter and the Dogs Mayflower Club flyer, 1979 Flyer for Funhouse at the Mayflower Club featuring another Stuff the Superstars event - much less well... see more
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Quigley, The Montgolfier Brothers, Gnac press article, 2009 I always said that if there was a British (let alone Manc) band that was massively underrated it was... see more
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Manicured Noise, Mothmen, Pure Product Ardri, Coupland Street, The flyer, 1980 Flyer for "Manchester's New Venue" 1980-81? see more
