Madchester arrives on the nation's TV screens

23 November 1989: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe 80s looked destined to end in musical ignominy. The charts were dominated by the steely machinations of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and Jive Bunny's repeated attempts to sample the heart out of classic rock'n'roll. Salvation seemed unlikely – until, as a popular T-shirt of the time put it, God created Manchester. Actually, it was the north's golden pop past colliding with the dance revolution that ga...

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