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After entertaining some 15,000 fans at Manchester's AO Arena on Saturday night, Blossoms star Joe Donovan had an even bigger moment to celebrate - getting engaged to his girlfriend Sophia Rosemary Barrese.
The Stockport band played a triumphant homecoming to a sold out crowd at the arena's first live music event for almost 18 months.
And afterwards, Joe cemented the "best day of his life" by getting down on
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On Manchester’s music scene this week, there’s a great crop of gigs scheduled for autumn and beyond, with tickets currently on sale for Picture This, The Skints and Nothing But Thieves.
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Johnny Marr has told NME that the row surrounding Blossoms and Rick Astley‘s The Smiths covers band has been “dealt with”.Astley and Blossoms made headlines last week when they appeared on stage together at the Stockport band’s headline show at the O2 Kentish Town Forum to play surprise covers of The Smiths’ ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’, before announcing two special one-off tribute shows to the Manchester indie legends in London and Manchester.Not long after, former Smiths guitarist Johnny
Haçienda Classical returns to Castlefield Bowl this weekend for what is set to be one huge musical party night in the city.
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Rick Astley has spoken out about his upcoming The Smiths covers shows with Blossoms, admitting that he “doesn’t want to tread on the history” of the legendary Manchester band.The Lancashire ’80s pop icon and the Stockport band made headlines last week when they appeared on stage together at Blossoms’ headline show at the O2 Kentish Town Forum in London to play surprise covers of The Smiths’ ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’, before announcing two special one-off tribute shows to the Manchester
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Morrissey‘s website has shared a blog entry discussing the response to Rick Astley and Blossoms‘ divisive Smiths cover shows.Blossoms and Astley teamed up last week week at the former’s gig in London to cover Smiths classics ‘Panic’ and ‘This Charming Man’, with the artists subsequently announcing two Smiths covers shows in Manchester and London next month.In the new piece on Morrissey Central, written by freelance journalist Fiona Dodwell and titled ‘Morrissey, Astley and the usual suspects’,
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