Why Manchester has so much to answer for

Why Stone Roses frontman's mega-gig in Manchester's Platt Fields park was the final straw for anti-Manc cliche blog FUC51When people say "Manchester'", many immediately think of its musical legacy: a romantic, wistful notion of slate-grey skies pelting with rain, melancholic romantics in trenchcoats listening to Unknown Pleasures for the 51st time that day. And if it's not these imagined industrial dreamers, then the other Manchester image that dominates is one of Oasis-esque thick-skulled lads ...

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