May 23, 2026

Manchester

Manchester is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of over 589,000 in 2024. It borders the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom’s most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million.

Chameleons

The Chameleons: Arctic Moon

vusleeper October 4, 2025

Manchester’s The Chameleons formed in 1981 (with a debut record Script of the Bridge in 1983), in an already crowded ‘Madchester’ music scene, such as The Smiths, New Order, Magazine, The Fall, and so on… but tragedy hit the band with the band manager’s death, so they agreed to break up in 1987.

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Mpls: September 20, 2025

vusleeper August 22, 2025

Minneapolis: September 20, 2025
SPARKS at Fitzgerald Theater (Sep 20, 2025)
Pulp at Armory (Sep 20, 2025)
Farm Aid 40 at Huntington Bank Stadium (Sep 20)
Dakota 40th Anniversary Block Party (Sep 20, 2025)

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Blitz Vega

Smiths is it!

vusleeper February 27, 2024

In celebration of the late Andy Rourke, Blitz Vega announced his final album Northern Gentlemen. This was Rourke’s last project with Kav Blaggers. Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr is a greatest hits album from guitarist extraordinaire Johnny Marr came out last year. Unfortunately, no The Smiths songs on the tracklisting. This is probably due to rights issue and most likely because they wanted to keep this strictly Marr’s solo work. The official Morrissey merchandise store, Mporium is offering a limited-edition Morrissey Peace Sign Harrington Jacket for £85 pre-order (shipping in April 2024). Unfortunately, this is only offered on their UK website. I kind of want it, I would’ve ordered it, but unfortunately, I don’t live in the UK.

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