manchester is awesome!

“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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