manchester is awesome!
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“GOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT A BEACH!” - IAN BROWN
IS AWESOME
MANCHESTERWHY
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
WE WERE THE WORLD’S
& BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
BRITISH MUSIC & CREATIVITYFOR THE LAST 40 YEARS!
WE’VE �GURED OUT HOW
TO SPLIT THE ATOM…WE INVENTED THE COMPUTER
FIRST INDUSTRIALISED CITY
NEED MORE REASON TO BE A PROUD MANCUNIAN? HERE'S WHY OUR CITY IS SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME…
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
MANCHESTER BY NUMBERS1
2ND HAPPIESTROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL
CITY IN THE UKSOCIETY STUDY
3RD LARGEST
& 65 FTSE 100 COMPANIES
ANNUAL GDP UKOF £60 BILLIONBASED IN THE CITY
BEST CITY IN THE UK
(EIU STUDY)TO LIVE IN
5TH BESTSPORTS CITY IN THE WORLD
4TH MOST BIKEFRIENDLY BIG CITY
IN THE UK
3RD LARGESTNUMBER OF VISITORS
IN THE UKMANCHESTERWAS THE WORLD’S1ST INDUSTRIALISED CITY
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
WE'VE GOT THE BRAINS
MANCHESTER HAS 3 UNIVERSITIES
MANCHESTER SPLIT THE ATOM!
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
WITH EUROPE’S LARGEST URBAN HIGHER EDUCATION PRECINCT
& IS THE LARGEST FULL-TIME NON-COLLEGIATEUNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
HAS WON 25 NOBEL PRIZES
FEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE CAN BE SAID TO HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD BUT ONE MUST SURELY BE THE 'SPLITTING OF THE ATOM' BY ERNEST RUTHERFORD IN MANCHESTER.
MANCHESTER DISCOVERED GRAPHENEWORLDS STRONGEST/LIGHTEST/CONDUCTIVE FUTURE SUPER MATERIAL
MANCHESTER REVOLUTIONISED COMPUTINGUNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER BUILT THE WORLD'S �RST & THEN FASTEST STORED COMPUTER DUE TO THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK OF SCIENTISTS SUCH AS ALAN TURING & TOM KILBURN
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
OASIS(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY?
5TH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUMOF ALL TIME
SIMPLY REDSTARSSALES: 3,600,000 (UK)SALES: 4,517,000 (UK)14TH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME
WE'VE GOT THE BANDS!3
TOP40 UK
TOP40 UK
THE VERVEURBAN HYMNS
17TH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUMOF ALL TIME
TAKE THATBEAUTIFUL WORLDSALES: 2,800,000 (UK)SALES: 3,167,875 (UK)32ND HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME
CHEMICAL BROTHERSSURRENDER
RELEASED 5 NUMBER ONE ALBUMS AND 13 TOP 20 SINGLES IN THE UK
ELBOWTHE SELDOM SEEN KIDSALES: 900,000+ (UK)SALES: 600,000 +RANKED #8 IN Q MAGAZINE’S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008
TOP40 UK
TOP40 UK
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
THE STONE ROSESTHE STONE ROSES
TOPPED NME’S 100 GREATEST BRITISH ALBUMS EVER LIST IN 2006
NEW ORDERSUBSTANCESALES: 300,000+ (UK)SALES: 600,000+SUBSTANCE ACCOUNTS OF 1/3 OF ALL NEW ORDERS 20 MILLION WORLDWIDE SALES
THE SMITHSMEAT IS MURDERIN 1987, A FAN HELD UP A DENVER RADIO STATION AT GUNPOINT, DEMANDING THEY PLAY THE SMITHS, WHICH THEY DID FOR 5 HOURS
JAMESGOLD MOTHER SALES: 100,000+ (UK)SALES: 100,000+“COME HOME” WON STEVE LAMACQ’S BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC MANCHESTER ANTHEMS WORLD CUP IN 2014
BEE GEESSPIRITS HAVING �OWN
13 SINGLES IN THE HOT 100 IN 1978. THEY HAVE BEEN COVERED BY OVER 2,500 ARTISTS TO DATE
HAPPY MONDAYSPILLS ‘N THRILLS AND BELLYACHESSALES: 100,000+ (UK)SALES: 300,000 (UK)SHAUN RYDER RECEIVED THE NME AWARD FOR GODLIKE SERVICES TO MUSIC IN 2000
JOY DIVISIONCLOSER
“CLOSER” IS RANKED #157 ON ROLLING STONE’S �VE HUNDRED GREATEST ALBUMS EVER
THE 1975THE 1975SALES: 100,000+ (UK)SALES: 100,000 (UK)THE 1975’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM DEBUTED AT NO. 1 IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
“MANCHESTERCONTINUES TO BE
A MUSICAL POWERHOUSEWITH XFM MANCHESTER
HAS TO O�ER!”
BEST THE NORTH WEST
INDIE SCENE
STILL PROMOTING THE
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
WE LOVE IT LIVE!4
MANCHESTER
ARENAONE OF THE BUSIEST
INDOOR ARENAS
PHONES 4 U ARENA
IN THE WORLD
WAREHOUSEVICTORIA
CAPACITY5,000
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
6 MUSICFESTIVAL28TH FEBRUARY-1ST MARCH 2014WITH DAMON
ALBARN
WAREHOUSEPROJECTVOTED MIXMAG’SBEST CLUBIN THE UK
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
WE'VE GOT THE NIGHTLIFE & THE BEER!5
1,000 PUBS
IN CITY OF MANCHESTER 100 BARS
1,032 PEOPLE PER DRINKING HOLE
LOWEST IN THE UK
long historicbrewing TRADITION
£100 MilGENERATED EACH YEAR
& EMPLOYS 12,000
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
OUR TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN YOUR TEAMS6
WE HAVE THE BEST DERBY
OLD TRA�ORD 75,811 CAPACITY ETIHAD STADIUM 47,642 CAPACITY LARGEST PREMIER LEAGUE STADIUM
WON 69 WON47DRAWN
50
EXPANDING TO 60,000 IN 2015 TO BECOME 3RD LARGEST IN UK
HIGHEST VALUED
£2.02 BILLIONIN THE UK
20 LEAGUE TITLES64 TROPHIES WON
4TH HIGHEST VALUED
£439 MILLIONIN THE UK
3 LEAGUE TITLES22 TROPHIES WON
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
MANCHESTER TOP& OUR OWN CURRY HOUSESFESTIVAL STAR CHEFS
FOOD & DRINKRENOWNED FOR
FROM MICHELIN CONCENTRATION OFCUISINE LARGEST INTERNATIONAL
CHINATOWN
RESTAURANTSCURRY MILE
IN THE UK!IN SEPTEMBER
WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT FOOD7
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
FUTURE EVERYTHINGMUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL (MAY)
EUROCULTURED STREET FESTIVALSERIES OF STREET FESTIVALS AND LINKED PROJECTS CELEBRATING DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN CULTURE
MANCHESTER PRIDEONE OF THE OLDEST GAY PRIDE FESTIVALS IN THE UK, HOSTED IN THE GAY VILLAGEON CANAL STREET
MANCHESTER LITERATUREFESTIVAL (OCT)
24:7 THEATRE FESTIVALBRINGING THE MOST EXCITING ELEMENTS OF THE FRINGE TO MANCHESTER (JULY)
VIVA! SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
MANCHESTER JAZZFESTIVAL (JULY)
WE CELEBRATE CREATIVITY, CULTURE & DIVERSITY8
MANCHESTER INTERNATIONALBIENNIAL FESTIVAL IN JUNE AND JULY: INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
THE MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL IS ALREADY IN CONTENTION FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STATUS
COURNERHOUSE CELEBRATES WORLD & INDEPENDANT CINEMA IN MARCH
RUNS FOR 10 DAYS AND TYPICALLY HAS 400 MUSICIANS, 70 & 80 EVENTS, 7- 10 VENUES
WHYMANCHESTERISAWESOME
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