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15 years ago, The Stone Roses stood in front of the world at the Soho Hotel in London and announced the reunion nobody thought would ever happen.
18 October 2011 a date burned into Madchester history.
Madchester is built on unity, love, and togetherness past, present & future.
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Joy Division: Transmissions — First Reactions to Unknown Pleasures Clip 2 goes even deeper here else in 1979.
Unknown Pleasures has echoed through generations of musicians.
A rare, honest insight into the birth of one of the most important albums in madchester’s music history.
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The Tony Wilson 24 Hour Party People, interview. the swagger, the philosophy, the chaos, the absolute belief that Manchester wasn’t just a city it is the centre of the cultural universe.
Past. Present. Future.
All one story. All one city.
All Madchester.
Of course in real time some folks don’t understand that
@nas is our Miles Davis and like Basquiat there ain’t a non-valuable piece he’s ever done. His run of 3+3 albums with hitboy was unprecedented. As with 33 years of his work. Nas is Art and art ain’t hubcaps & fried wings. Yeah @nas is Miles to us
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Of course in real time some folks don’t understand that
@nas is our Miles Davis and like Basquiat there ain’t a non-valuable piece he’s ever done. His run of 3+3 albums with hitboy was unprecedented. As with 33 years of his work. Nas is Art and art ain’t hubcaps & fried wings. Yeah @nas is Miles to us
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Racist School Bullying Is On The Rise: Here’s How Black Mothers Are Dealing With It
It’s an issue that’s most prevalent in secondary schools, however, 12% of suspensions for racist abuse between 2020-21 and 2024-25 happened in primary schools.
blackballad.co.uk/education/…
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“Ease up on these booze and fags.”
@rootsmanuva youtu.be/rMKlE6A99Ug
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24 Hour Party People returns to cinemas in a brand‑new 4K restoration for its 24th anniversary and Salford Docks got the perfect warm‑up last night.
The spirit that built the scene and still powers it today.
This is Madchester.















