Image source, ReutersImage caption, Following on from the recent Brit Awards, Aitch's home city of Manchester will also host the Mobos and 6 Music Festival this weekByPaul GlynnCulture reporterPublished25 March 2026 In the late 1980s and early 90s, Manchester was a city transformed by music. For a brief but powerful period, music, drugs and fashion all intertwined to make the city – dubbed Madchester – the place to be. "There came a point where about a third of the office would go to Manchester every Friday night," said former NME journalist and BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Steve Lamacq while promoting his new podcast on the subject. "They'd just decamp to Manchester and you wouldn't see them again until Tuesday or Wednesday the next week, looking like they'd had quite a good time." The second summer of love – as it became known – shone brightly for several years, from the Hacienda to Spike Island, before burning out… blazing a trail for Britpop and Oasis.
Published: March 25, 2026 2:03 am
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