Elbow
Just back from a quick visit to the capital of North, or if you are to believe Mancunians, the capital of all England. Indeed this is a city over brimming with ballsy self-confidence.
Manchester has always had a ladish swagger but glamorous football teams, shiny hotels and a vast new shopping precinct have replaced some of the grit with an unlikely sparkle. Recently added to this is the bleedingly hip new Manchester International Festival, described as the world’s first international festival of original, new work and special events.
In practice this means a new opera by Rufus Wainwright, a public procession by Turner prize winner Jeremy Deller and a homecoming par excellence by local legends Elbow united with Britain’s oldest orchestra, The Hallé.
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