Ticket
Buzzcocks, John Cooper Clarke, New Order, The Smiths, Pete Shelley
G-MEX
13th July 1986

As any 'Manchester-watchers' will know, the late 1980s and early 1990s was a great time to be in the city (and, as I keep telling my daughter, nobody ever called it 'Madchester'). The line-up at the Factory organised Festival of the 10th Summer almost read like a who's-who of the North West music scene: The Smiths, New Order, The Fall, OMD, Buzzcocks, amongst others.

Despite being the arts editor of The Mancunion, it suddenly dawned on me when I became aware of this archive that this is the only ticket stub I have kept from my time in Manchester.