On a wet but deceptively warm Wednesday evening in Manchester, those heading to Ancoats to seek some solace from the rain might have found themselves stepping into one of the greatest musical moments to happen in the city-region’s history.
Forget The Sex Pistols’ show at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in 1976 or trading moves on the Hacienda’s dancefloor during the height of the Madchester scene, being at Ramona on the night of August 3, 2022 will now forever be known as the moment music well and truly came back to Manchester.
For it was the night Manchester’s Mayor Andy Burnham - or DJ Bambi Burnham as we will now affectionately call him - spun the decks at the popular Swan Street venue with a playlist crammed full of some of his favourite tunes from Manchester’s musical past and present.
