Manchester must dance: A life of music, madness and moving on up piaf the first comprehensive project since

the first comprehensive project since his passing includes remembrances from his brother

‘A refreshingly modest memoir

the highs – and lows – of life bringing some of the planet’s biggest stars to the world’s greatest city

Face It re-creates the legendary punk rock scene of 1970s New York City

and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography

Manchester must dance: A life of music, madness and moving on up piaf the first comprehensive project sinceAuthor: Mike Pickering with Paul Morley From Manchesters backstreets to global dancefloors the untold story of a musical pioneer. Beginning on the night in November 1963 when his mum took him to see the Beatles live at Manchesters ABC Cinema, Mike Pickering takes the reader through sixty years of clubs, clothes, gigs, record labels, football matches and politics. Pickering has lived through decades of rapid change in popular music. As an influential