An inquest has opened into the death of Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton. The 31-year-old was fatally stabbed outside a bar in the Goose Green area of Altrincham in the early hours of Sunday, August 21.
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Amazon have issued an apology after a mural dedicated to the iconic Ian Curtis was painted over to promote a new album by Manchester rapper, Aitch.
People were left outraged after the black-and-white painting of the Joy Division frontman, on Port Street in the Northern Quarter, was painted over with an advert.
Fans of the artwork noticed the the name 'Aitch' had been painted in white over the mural earlier this week, which was originally created by street and graffiti artist Akse in 2020.
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In a statement on Tuesday night (August 16), the Moston-born rapper said it was the first time had heard about the advert, and was working with his team to get it fixed "pronto."
"No way on earth would I want to disrespect a local hero like Ian," he said, adding 'MCR' to the end of his tweet with a love heart and bee emoji.
Bosses at Amazon have since issued a statement on social media confirming they commissioned the advert for Aitch to promote his new album in his hometown of Manchester.
They have since apologised for the upset caused, and claimed they were unaware that the agency they'd instructed to create the advert had chosen the wall on Port Street.
"As part of our efforts to promote Aitch's new album we asked our ad agency to create a mural in his hometown of Manchester," a spokesperson for the company said.
"Unbeknownst to us or to Aitch the wall agency chose for the new artwork already had a mural on it - one honouring the late Ian Curtis. As soon as we learned of this we ordered the production to stop, and are working with Aitch to restore or replace the original Ian Curtis mural as soon as possible. Our apologies to all who are
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An appeal has been launched to find a new permanent site in Manchester’s Northern Quarter for a mural of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, which was painted over with an advert for Aitch’s debut album last month.Manchester councillor Pat Karney says that a new location for the artwork needs to be found because the owner of the building where it previously appeared now wants to use the walls for advertising. Which would explain the whole it being painted over by an Aitch ad thing.“It would be silly to put the mural back up there because it could be taken down again quite quickly and we’d go through the same routine”, Karney told BBC Radio Manchester yesterday.
A man accused of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton could go on trial at the beginning of next year. Liam O'Prey, 21, faces four counts relating to the same incident in Goose Green, Altrincham, which left 31-year-old Rico dead in the early hours of Sunday morning (August 21).
World champion boxer Tyson Fury has called for the government to take action on knife crime after his cousin, 31-year-old Rico Burton, was fatally stabbed in Altrincham over the weekend. He told talkSPORT radio that knife crime is "the most cowardly little s**th**** thing anybody can do", and called on the government to take tougher action on those who carry it out.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Tyson Fury's cousin Rico Burton.
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A 21 year old man has been charged in connection with the murder of Tyson Fury ’s cousin Rico Burton, after he was fatally stabbed in Greater Manchester on Sunday morning, Greater Manchester Police has confirmed. Liam O’Prey of no fixed abode, has been remanded in custody and will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on 24 August, after being arrested following the death of Rico Burton, who was the cousin of world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury.
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Aitch has said that he was “fuming” after he learned that a mural of Ian Curtis in Manchester had been painted over with an advert for his debut album, ‘Close To Home’, which came out last week.The rapper said that the first he heard about it was on Twitter, telling the BBC: “There was an outrage burst of like, ‘what’s Aitch doing putting his album over Ian’s mural?’, and then I was like, ‘oh god, what’s this?’ I don’t pick and choose where I put my billboards or album promo. I just wake up and drive past it, or see it on the internet, just like everyone else”.“I was fuming for Ian, and his people and what that mural stands for, and then I was fuming for myself, because I was having such a good week”, he went on.
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