Author: Chris Payne

Laugh Local Comes Of Age

Laugh Local, the funny younger brother of Bop Local, has been a strictly South Manchester affair since the first one was staged in November 2012. Until now. On Saturday a packed Heaton Park Sports & Social Bar saw four top...

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In At The Deep End

Nearly ten years to the day that Manchester’s Victoria Baths was voted winner of BBC’s Restoration, on a rainy Thursday evening I found myself sitting in the deep end of a 107-year-old swimming pool, drinking a pint...

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Hey Country Boy

I noted the Stone Roses (Mani), Oasis (Bonehead) and New Order (Stephen Morris) among the bands with representatives at Tim Burgess’s solo gig at Band on the Wall – all supporting an old mate in an intimate setting,...

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