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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dave Tomlinson,2,Saturday,23 May,post-punk,newwave,live,music,concert,stage,performance,keyboards,player,synthesiser,guitar,vocalist,vocals,songs,revival,scene,British,UK,post,punk,legacy,new wave,band,alternative,rock,art,alt,cult,Howard Devoto,heritage,veteran,musicians,French
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0CY - Live music photograph shows Dave Formula and Noko performing on the 2026 Floorboards tour at Manchester Academy 2 on 23 May 2026, with Peter Petersen of the French band Affection Place on vocals and Dave Tomlinson, better known as Dave Formula, at the keyboards and synthesisers. The wide stage view captures Noko on guitar at the left, Petersen at centre microphone, Formula seated among keyboards and music stands to the right, plus drum kit, amplifiers, monitor wedges and blue and purple stock-photo/gotonysmith-Lighting.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>lighting across the venue. The image has clear editorial value because it records a contemporary live performance built around the legacy of Magazine, one of Manchester's defining post-punk bands. Event listings for the tour described Magazine's Dave Formula and Noko presenting classic songs from the Magazine catalogue, including material associated with the band's celebrated post-punk and new wave period. Formula's keyboard textures were central to Magazine's tense, dramatic sound, while Noko's later role with the group connected the performance to the band's longer history and continuing audience. The Manchester date adds resonance because Magazine emerged from the city's late 1970s music scene after Howard Devoto left Buzzcocks, and Manchester Academy remains a major live venue for alternative, indie and heritage acts. This photograph can illustrate features on Magazine, post-punk revival, Manchester music history, live concert photography, veteran musicians still touring, keyboard-led rock, synth performance, new wave, art rock, cult music audiences and intergenerational live performance. For stock image buyers, the value lies in the named artists, precise venue and date, strong lighting, clear stage layout and recognisable concert atmosphere. It works well for editorial use around the continuing appeal of Magazine's songbook, the enduring influence of Manchester post-punk, and the way classic independent music is being reinterpreted on modern stages.
Manchester Academy 2, University of Manchester Students' Union, Oxford Road, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9139,Gang of Four,Leeds University Union,concert,poster,Leeds,England,UK,post-punk,punk,music,British,band,live,gig,graphic,design,memorabilia,1978,student,venue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGG81W - . Gang of Four Leeds University Union concert poster for Saturday 6 December 1978, Leeds, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The densely designed black, red and white poster repeatedly uses LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION and features GANG OF FOUR among the event information, creating a strong period graphic associated with the city's late-1970s music scene. Gang of Four emerged from Leeds and became internationally influential for a sharp post-punk sound combining angular guitar, funk rhythms and political themes. The preserved poster can illustrate stories about the Leeds alternative music scene, student venues, gig promotion, band history and late-1970s British popular culture. For campus, the historical context is that school and university imagery documents the social history of education: buildings, uniforms, ceremonies and signs reveal how institutions present identity and how access to learning has changed. Looking at music history, the longer history is that live-music photographs preserve performances that are otherwise transient, recording musicians, venues, stage lighting and audiences at a particular point in a career
Tickets, posters and venue exteriors add another layer of music-industry history. The background to manual is that graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small paper items preserve prices, slogans and events that may otherwise leave little physical trace. For campus, the 2026 context is that universities face continuing pressure around funding, international recruitment, student living costs and the value of degrees, while graduation remains an important public ritual marking educational achievement. In 2026, music history remains relevant because streaming dominates recorded music , increasing the importance of touring, merchandise and live events to many artists.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Brew Dog,city,centre,West Midlands,British,Aberdeen,bar,brewer,brewers,interior,inside,skull sign,hop cones,hops,skull,skulls,punk,branding,IPA,branded,hospitality,nightlife,night life,licensed,premises,administration,rescue,deal,Tilray,Brands,closures,company,corporate,PLC,marketing,edgy,logo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8PTY5 - A red neon Birmingham Hop Club sign glows behind a protective mesh inside BrewDog Birmingham on John Bright Street, using a skull, crossed hop cones and biker-style lettering to create a bold craft beer bar image. The photograph is useful for editorial stories about BrewDog, craft beer culture, punk branding, city centre bars, hospitality, beer marketing, nightlife and the changing fortunes of UK licensed premises. BrewDog Birmingham is listed by the company at 81 John Bright Street, Birmingham, B1 1BL, close to New Street station and the city centre leisure circuit. The image has extra news value because BrewDog's UK and Irish operations went through administration in 2026, with the business and selected bars bought by Tilray Brands in a rescue deal while many other bars closed and hundreds of jobs were lost. The Birmingham venue still appears on BrewDog's own bar listing, so the image should be captioned carefully as a BrewDog Birmingham interior sign rather than as proof that this individual bar was closed. The red neon, skull motif and Hop Club wording fit BrewDog's long-standing rebellious beer identity and make the picture commercially useful for stories about brand reinvention, craft beer expansion, private equity, failed crowdfunding expectations, bar closures, debt, hospitality costs and the pressure on city centre drinking venues. It can also illustrate wider themes including pub and bar culture in Birmingham, independent-style beer marketing, corporate craft beer, nightlife economy, consumer habits, beer enthusiasts and the tension between edgy branding and mainstream business reality. The dark background and intense red light give the image strong atmosphere, suitable for news, business, food and drink, leisure, hospitality and urban culture features.
Red neon Birmingham Hop Club skull sign inside BrewDog on John Bright Street, Birmingham, reflecting
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E6T4DK - Editorial live music photograph of Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir, vocalist of Dream Wife, performing at Future Yard in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, on 2 November 2024 during the band's Social Lubrication Tour 2023/24. The singer is shown mid-stock-photo/gotonysmith-Performance.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>performance under vivid red and magenta stage lighting, holding a microphone close to her mouth, with bright LED bars, amplifier equipment and part of the drum kit visible behind her. Her expressive pose, colourful patterned stage outfit and direct engagement with the crowd capture the energy, attitude and theatrical presence associated with Dream Wife's live shows.
This image is suitable for editorial use covering Dream Wife, Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir, live music in Birkenhead, Future Yard gigs, Merseyside music culture, UK touring bands, women in rock, feminist punk, indie rock, alternative rock and contemporary guitar music. Dream Wife are widely described as an English-Icelandic, London-based band, and this performance fits their reputation for sharp, energetic, politically aware live sets. The photograph works well for concert reviews, music journalism, venue features, tour coverage, album promotion and wider articles about grassroots venues, independent music spaces and the Liverpool City Region live music scene.
The compact venue setting, saturated lighting and close stage perspective give the image a strong documentary feel, making it useful for newspapers, magazines, blogs and music press needing a clear, recognisable performance shot. It also has wider stock value for themes such as female fronted bands, vocalist on stage, microphone performance, stagecraft, modern punk pop aesthetics, intimate gigs, artist touring schedules and the continuing appeal of energetic live alternative music in smaller British venues. Future Yard's independent status also makes the picture useful for local culture and grassroots venue coverage.
Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir of Dream Wife performs live at Future Yard, Birkenhead, on the Social Lubric
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG3G - This night-time image shows the exterior of the Pizza Punks restaurant in Leeds city centre, illuminated by bold red neon signage. Multiple neon signs are visible through the glass frontage, including the words Pizza Punks and Sourdough Pizza, reinforcing the brand's focus on customisable sourdough-based pizzas. The intense red glow of the neon lighting reflects off the windows and interior surfaces, creating a striking urban visual typical of contemporary city-centre dining districts.
Pizza Punks is a UK restaurant chain known for its informal, fast-casual approach to pizza, combining sourdough bases with a wide choice of toppings in a modern, industrial-style setting. The Leeds branch is located on Park Row, a central commercial street close to major retail, office, and nightlife areas, making it a popular destination for evening dining.
The photograph captures broader themes of modern British food culture, the hospitality and casual dining sector, and the visual language of urban nightlife. Neon signage, once associated with traditional takeaways and late-night venues, has been adopted by newer restaurant brands to create a bold, contemporary identity. The image is suitable for editorial use illustrating UK restaurant chains, city-centre nightlife, food culture, branding, and the hospitality economy.
37 Bond St, Leeds ,West Yorkshire, England, LS1 5BQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA236D - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,grave,graves,graveyard,memorials,east,side,eastside,and,headstone,head,stone,of,face,image,facemask,1946-2010,MM,1946,Swains Lane,N6 6PJ,N6,death,sculpture,tomb,bust,closed eyes,punk,British,music,coffin,Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die,historic,figure,McLaran
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA238A - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA238D - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRM8 - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery eastside, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RADRMX - Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 “ 8 April 2010) was an English impresario, visual artist, singer, songwriter, musician, clothes designer and boutique owner, who combined these activities in an inventive and provocative way. He promoted and managed the bands New York Dolls, the Sex Pistols, and Bow Wow Wow, and recorded music in his own name.
McLaren was brought up by his grandmother after his father, Peter, left the family home, and attended a number of British art colleges and adopted the stance of the social rebel in the style of French revolutionaries the Situationists. McLaren realised that a new protest style was needed for the 1970s,[citation needed] and involved himself in the punk movement, for which he supplied fashions from the Chelsea boutique SEX, which he operated with girlfriend Vivienne Westwood.
After a period advising the New York Dolls in the U.S., McLaren managed the Sex Pistols, for which he recruited the nihilistic frontman Johnny Rotten. The issue of a controversial record, God Save the Queen, satirising the Queen's Jubilee in 1977, was typical of McLaren's shock tactics, and he gained publicity by being arrested after a promotional boat trip outside the Houses of Parliament.
From 1974, McLaren had advised SEX customers Paul Cook and Steve Jones on their musical aspirations, having proposed that one of his shop assistants, Glen Matlock, join them as the bass-player in a group McLaren named Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols. In the summer of 1975, McLaren ejected the bespectacled guitarist/singer Wally Nightingale from the line-up because he lacked visual appeal.
McLaren's one-time associate Bernie Rhodes (later manager of the Clash) has claimed he spotted a new frontman in another customer, John Lydon, then sporting green hair and torn clothes with the words I hate scribbled on his Pink Floyd T-shirt. Lydon, dubbed Johnny Rotten, joined and McLaren shortened the name to Sex Pistols
Highgate Cemetery eastside, Swain's Lane, London, England, UK, N6 6PJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJ2M - John Joseph Lydon (born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is a British singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the late-1970s punk band the Sex Pistols, which was active from 1975 to 1978, and again for various revivals during the 1990s and 2000s. He is also the lead singer of post-punk band Public Image Ltd (PiL), which he founded and fronted from 1978 until 1993, and again since 2009.
Lydon's outspoken personality, rebellious image and fashion style led to his being asked to become the singer of the Sex Pistols by their manager, Malcolm McLaren. With the Sex Pistols, he penned singles including Anarchy in the U.K., God Save the Queen and Holidays in the Sun, the content of which precipitated what one commentator described as the 'last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium' in Britain. The band scandalised much of the media, and Lydon was seen as a figurehead of the burgeoning punk movement. Because of their controversial lyrics and disrepute at the time, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.
After the Sex Pistols disbanded in 1978, Lydon founded his own band, Public Image Ltd, which was far more experimental in nature and described in a 2005 review by NME as 'arguably the first post-rock group'
9 Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJB7 - Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 October 1976 in the basement of The Fruit Exchange in Victoria Street, with performances by The Runaways and The Sex Pistols (their only Liverpool gig) before soon moving around the block to its long-term site on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.[1]
The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of cult Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label Inevitable and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'
The club played host to many local, national and international bands primarily within the music sub-cultures of the time, such as Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Joy Division, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cardiacs, The Slits, Talking Heads, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Wire, XTC, X-Ray Spex and early gigs by New Order and Mick Hucknall (pre Simply Red).
The club acted as a catalyst for local musicians (often also from the Runcorn, Southport, Skelmersdale, Wirral areas) and saw many local artists later become successful acts, including Dead or Alive, Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ellery Bop and Wah! Heat
9 Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEJC - Black and white live music photograph of Hugh Cornwell performing on guitar and vocals at The Live Rooms in Chester during the Moments of Madness UK tour on 20 November 2022. The image shows the former Stranglers frontman under strong stage lighting, framed against a brick wall with microphone stand, electric guitar, amplifier, drum kit and audience silhouettes visible in the foreground. The monochrome treatment gives the scene a documentary concert photography feel, with high contrast, grain, shadows and spotlighting emphasising the atmosphere of a small UK music venue. Cornwell was a founding member, singer, guitarist and songwriter with The Stranglers, one of the key British bands associated with punk, new wave and post punk, before developing a long solo career. The Chester date formed part of the November 2022 tour supporting the Moments of Madness album, with contemporary listings confirming The Live Rooms show on Sunday 20 November 2022. For stock photography buyers, this image offers strong editorial use around British rock music, veteran performers, independent venues, live gigs after the pandemic period, touring musicians, alternative music culture, nostalgia, punk heritage and regional nightlife. The Live Rooms, close to Chester railway station, is a compact independent venue rather than an arena, so the photograph has an intimate, close-quarters quality, showing the reality of touring life and audience connection rather than polished stadium spectacle. The visible stage equipment, dark clothing, guitar posture and concentrated facial expression all help communicate performance, craft, sound and mood. The picture could support editorial features about Hugh Cornwell, The Stranglers legacy, Moments of Madness, UK concert venues, Chester nightlife, music tourism, ageing rock artists, black and white music photography, grassroots entertainment spaces, and the continuing importance of medium and small venues in sustaining British live music.
Hugh Cornwell performs at The Live Rooms, Chester, during the Moments of Madness UK tour, 20 Novembe
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEJE - Black and white live music photograph of Hugh Cornwell and his band performing on stage at The Live Rooms in Chester, Cheshire, on 20 November 2022 during the Moments of Madness UK tour. The image shows Cornwell at the left of frame singing into a microphone and playing electric guitar, with a drummer positioned centrally behind the kit and a bassist or second guitarist standing to the right. Audience silhouettes fill the foreground, helping to convey the atmosphere of an intimate indoor gig in a busy independent venue. The brick wall backdrop, stage lights, amplifier, drum hardware and strong contrast all add to the gritty documentary feel of the picture. This image has clear editorial value for stories about Hugh Cornwell's solo career, the 2022 Moments of Madness album campaign, British punk and new wave history, the legacy of The Stranglers, veteran touring musicians, small venue concerts and the resilience of the UK live music circuit. Cornwell remains one of the defining figures of late twentieth century British alternative music, and photographs such as this work well for features on legacy artists still performing to loyal audiences in regional venues across England. The monochrome presentation reinforces a classic rock and punk aesthetic, while the full band lineup makes the image useful for music press, tour coverage, archive use, venue promotion and general editorial content about live performance. The Live Rooms is a well-known independent venue near Chester railway station, and this concert setting adds local relevance for searches around Chester nightlife, Cheshire arts venues, North West music culture and grassroots entertainment. Useful commercial and editorial concepts include live music, concert crowd, guitarist, singer, drummer, bassist, stage performance, black and white concert photography, British rock musician, post-punk icon, intimate venue and UK tour.
Hugh Cornwell and his band perform live on stage at The Live Rooms, Chester, during the Moments of M
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD2MX - Mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis painted over with advert
Rapper Aitch has vowed to remove advert for his new album and restore the painting of ˜local hero' in Manchester
A mural of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis on Port Street, Manchester, has been painted over with an advert for local rapper Aitch, prompting such an outcry that the rapper has promised to restore the original painting.
Aitch, an MC from Moston in north Manchester, said he had no control over which billboards were used to advertise his new album and would never have sanctioned such an act of disrespect against a local hero .
It's come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork. This is the first time I've heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto. No way on earth would I want to disrespect a local hero like Ian, he tweeted. I don't just choose locations for billboards, he added.
The monochrome mural by graffiti artist Akse P19 was created in October 2020 to commemorate World Mental Health Day. It depicts Curtis performing in Brussels in 1979, a year before he killed himself.
Port Street, NQ4, Northern Quarter,Manchester, England, UK, M1 2EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K7E - Peter Hook helped unveil a new mural of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis in Macclesfield town centre this afternoon (March 26).
The bassist and co-founder of New Order cut the ribbon alongside Akse, the Manchester-based street artist who painted the mural, telling those in attendance: I am actually very honoured to be here, and to do this, because to me it's about time Ian came home.
The mural, funded by Cheshire East Council, is based on an original photograph taken by Kevin Cummins at The Factory/Russell Club in Hulme, Manchester on 13 July 1979. It adorns a building on Mill Street opposite Macclesfield bus station.
Ahead of the unveiling, Hook said earlier in the week: I'm watching all the people going down the street and every single one of them is drawn to it.
Some young kids walking down had no idea who he was but now they do. Hopefully they'll listen to the music and get the gist of what we were trying to do as kids.
He said it was an honour to paint the portrait of Curtis and hoped local people were excited about it.
Aske said,Although I've been working on murals most of my life, it's still always an incredible feeling to get to the end of the journey “ well the end of my journey at least, Akse said. Now it's time for the people of Macclesfield to enjoy the mural, as I know how much Ian meant to so many of them.
Councillor Nick Mannion, chair of the authority's economy and growth committee, said: Before today, I spoke about how perhaps this beautiful mural has been somewhat overdue but now that I'm here seeing it for myself for the first time, I can say without any doubt that it has truly been worth the wait.
I am a huge fan of Joy Division “ the cultural significance of the band and Ian stretches well beyond my home town of Macclesfield. This is such a proud moment, I'm feeling very emotional about it right now.
Curtis, who was brought up in the town and is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery, was the lead singer of Joy Division
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K91 - Peter Hook helped unveil a new mural of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis in Macclesfield town centre this afternoon (March 26).
The bassist and co-founder of New Order cut the ribbon alongside Akse, the Manchester-based street artist who painted the mural, telling those in attendance: I am actually very honoured to be here, and to do this, because to me it's about time Ian came home.
The mural, funded by Cheshire East Council, is based on an original photograph taken by Kevin Cummins at The Factory/Russell Club in Hulme, Manchester on 13 July 1979. It adorns a building on Mill Street opposite Macclesfield bus station.
Ahead of the unveiling, Hook said earlier in the week: I'm watching all the people going down the street and every single one of them is drawn to it.
Some young kids walking down had no idea who he was but now they do. Hopefully they'll listen to the music and get the gist of what we were trying to do as kids.
He said it was an honour to paint the portrait of Curtis and hoped local people were excited about it.
Aske said,Although I've been working on murals most of my life, it's still always an incredible feeling to get to the end of the journey “ well the end of my journey at least, Akse said. Now it's time for the people of Macclesfield to enjoy the mural, as I know how much Ian meant to so many of them.
Councillor Nick Mannion, chair of the authority's economy and growth committee, said: Before today, I spoke about how perhaps this beautiful mural has been somewhat overdue but now that I'm here seeing it for myself for the first time, I can say without any doubt that it has truly been worth the wait.
I am a huge fan of Joy Division “ the cultural significance of the band and Ian stretches well beyond my home town of Macclesfield. This is such a proud moment, I'm feeling very emotional about it right now.
Curtis, who was brought up in the town and is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery, was the lead singer of Joy Division
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AWC - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 243 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Namaste Chic and pre-loved Fashion 243 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR. The wider scene also brings together street-level business, canal transport, everyday life, towpath landscape, community identity, waterway conservation, historical comparison, changing land use, mixed-use town centre, local character, town-centre economy, retail property, high-street commerce, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by waterway maintenance, biodiversity and the continuing question of how museum collections preserve working waterway history. From a 2025-onward perspective, online shopping and store closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. The image fixes building condition and alterations within 243 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. The wider setting retains connections with canal heritage, industrial navigation, inland transport history, independent trading, waterborne freight, before-and-after reference, destination shopping, and place identity. Elements such as Camden, Fashion, Namaste, pre-loved, and London add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 243 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
243 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AX3 - . This location-specific image from 249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents 4FeetShoes Chic and pre-loved Fashion 249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU. Further facets of the scene include boat museum collection, industrial navigation, high-street commerce, archival record, period detail, destination shopping, waterborne freight, everyday life, independent trading, documentary photography, canal heritage, public realm, mixed-use town centre, and historic narrowboat. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into funding and biodiversity, not least because of the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures. Today's relevance is strengthened by changing footfall, store closures and the continuing question of how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around 249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU before replacement signage alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are inland transport history, local character, visual archive, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer retail, local enterprise, and waterway conservation. Details involving Fashion, 4FeetShoes, Camden, pre-loved, and London make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around 249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene captures a local visual benchmark within the wider story of 249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU.
249 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 7BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AX5 - . This scene at 210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The photograph centres on Tower LDN Camden, chic and pre-loved Fashion 210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR. The frame also records themes of street-level business, commercial frontage, customer footfall, archival record, canal transport, community identity, waterborne freight, boat museum collection, destination shopping, regional identity, local history, working waterway, local enterprise, and mixed-use town centre. For current editorial use, industrial heritage and public access provide additional context, especially through how museum collections preserve working waterway history. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and business rates, particularly through how physical retail adapts to online competition. Future viewers can use this scene from 210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are waterway conservation, industrial waterway history, navigation engineering, public realm, place identity, period detail, consumer retail, and social history. Elements such as Fashion, Tower, London, Camden, and pre-loved add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at 210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is industrial heritage and how museum collections preserve working waterway history within the real-world context of 210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR.
210 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AX8 - . Made at 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents New Rock boots Chic and pre-loved Fashion 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR. The broader subject matter reaches into canal heritage, bricks-and-mortar retail, place identity, changing land use, visual archive, local character, commercial streetscape, waterway conservation, inland navigation, street-level business, regional identity, historical comparison, boat museum collection, and contemporary social history. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, consumer spending and how physical retail adapts to online competition. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with biodiversity, volunteering and the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR before new ownership alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes working waterway, inland transport history, before-and-after reference, towpath landscape, customer footfall, commercial frontage, public realm, and documentary photography. The combination of London, boots, Camden, pre-loved, and Fashion anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is store closures and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the real-world context of 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR.
212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AXB - . An on-location photograph from 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is New Rock boots Chic and pre-loved Fashion 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR. The setting additionally reflects retail property, inland navigation, consumer retail, heritage boating, local character, town-centre economy, street-level business, industrial navigation, shopfront economy, independent trading, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, destination shopping, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing footfall, business rates and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, flood resilience and the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR before new construction alters the character of the place. The location also brings in archival record, waterway conservation, changing streetscape, navigation engineering, everyday life, waterborne freight, mixed-use town centre, and regional identity. The combination of London, Camden, Fashion, boots, and pre-loved anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
212 Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06KG - Wigan Council has worked closely with The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign to place the mural close to the new archive facilities at Leigh Town Hall and the historic Turnpike Centre.
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish
17 April 1955 “ 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career
his song Homosapien charted in the US in 1981.
Shelley's stage name is inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley, his favourite Romantic poet
Shelley formed Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto after they met at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in 1975 and subsequently travelled to High Wycombe, near London, to see the Sex Pistols. The band included bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher
they made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols.
In 1981 Shelley released his first solo single, Homosapien, produced by Rushent. On this recording he returned to his original interests in electronic music and shifted emphasis from guitar to synthesiser
Rushent's elaborate drum machine and synthesiser programming laid the groundwork for his next production, the chart-topping album Dare by the Human League. Homosapien was banned by the BBC for explicit reference to gay sex. Homosapien peaked at number fourteen in the US dance chart
10 Back Salford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06KJ - Initiated by The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign, the new 200msq mural sits at the heart of the late punk rocker's hometown.
Huge new mural of punk rock singer and guitarist Pete Shelley has appeared in Leigh, Greater Manchester
Created in tribute to the late punk rock icon, it sits in the heart of the community where he was born and grew up and still has family today.
Based on the cover of The Buzzcocks' 1978 single Ever Fallen In Love and a portrait of Shelley, created by artist Chris Gabrin in the same year, it's been designed by artists Malcolm Garrett and Akse P19.
The latter is well known in the city for his photo-realistic portraits of pop culture icons, and his work is often seen popping up in prime locations across Manchester.
Situated close to Leigh Town Hall and the historic Turnpike Centre, the new mural is Akse's biggest yet “ sitting smack bang in the heart of Leigh. Initiated by The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign, it has taken over three years of fundraising in order to complete the project.
At a whopping 200 meters squared, it's not an easy one to miss if you're in the area and has taken around a week to complete “ with the finishing touches, including a final coat of protective varnish, being applied by the street artist this afternoon.
Whilst the artwork has been unfolding over the past week, locals have had some fun trying to guess who it might be “ with Akse posting a range of updates to his social media showing the piece at various stages of completion
Pete was always incredibly proud of his northern roots, and we hope that the mural will help Pete's legacy live on and inspire more young artists and musicians to break down barriers and follow their dreams
10 Back Salford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06M5 - Wigan Council has worked closely with The Pete Shelley Memorial Campaign to place the mural close to the new archive facilities at Leigh Town Hall and the historic Turnpike Centre.
Pete Shelley (born Peter Campbell McNeish
17 April 1955 “ 6 December 2018) was an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He formed early punk band Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto in 1976, and became the lead singer and guitarist in 1977 when Devoto left. The group released their biggest hit Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) in 1978. The band broke up in 1981 and reformed at the end of the decade. Shelley also had a solo career
his song Homosapien charted in the US in 1981.
Shelley's stage name is inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley, his favourite Romantic poet
Shelley formed Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto after they met at the Bolton Institute of Technology (now the University of Bolton) in 1975 and subsequently travelled to High Wycombe, near London, to see the Sex Pistols. The band included bass guitarist Steve Diggle and drummer John Maher
they made their first appearance in 1976 in Manchester, opening for the Sex Pistols.
In 1981 Shelley released his first solo single, Homosapien, produced by Rushent. On this recording he returned to his original interests in electronic music and shifted emphasis from guitar to synthesiser
Rushent's elaborate drum machine and synthesiser programming laid the groundwork for his next production, the chart-topping album Dare by the Human League. Homosapien was banned by the BBC for explicit reference to gay sex. Homosapien peaked at number fourteen in the US dance chart
10 Back Salford, Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7 4AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH06PY - . This dated documentary view of 10 ,Back Salford, Leigh , Lancs, England, UK, WN7 4AZ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The main point of reference is Musical son of Leigh town, Pete Shelley mural, Ever Fallen in love, a Buzzcocks song, 1955-2018, Bengal St Car Park, 10 Back Salford, Leigh WN7 4AZ. The subject also carries associations with pedestrian environment, interactive public realm, informal play space, regional identity, everyday street life, everyday life, urban change, historical comparison, pedestrian square, contemporary social history, documentary photography, urban social history, community identity, and summer city life. Current relevance extends to city-centre footfall and family access, particularly through how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into transport and footfall, not least because of the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. As a dated visual record of 10 ,Back Salford, Leigh , Lancs, England, UK, WN7 4AZ, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside urban gathering place, local history, local character, community life, street-level documentary, before-and-after reference, public-realm activation, and period detail. The combination of Buzzcocks, Bengal, Salford, mural, and Leigh anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 10 ,Back Salford, Leigh , Lancs, England, UK, WN7 4AZ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains part of the area's social history for later comparison. The scene captures details of everyday use within the wider story of 10 ,Back Salford, Leigh , Lancs, England, UK, WN7 4AZ.
10 ,Back Salford, Leigh , Lancs, England, UK, WN7 4AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3TJW4 - The Ruts (later known as Ruts DC) are an English reggae-influenced punk rock band, notable for the 1979 UK top 10 hit single Babylon's Burning, and an earlier single In a Rut, which was not a hit but was highly regarded and regularly played by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey John Peel. The band's newfound success was cut short by the death of lead singer Malcolm Owen from a heroin overdose in 1980. Despite this the band continued under a different musical style as Ruts D.C. until 1983 when they disbanded, the band later reformed in 2007.
Career
Formation and early days
The Ruts were formed on 18 August 1977. On 16 September 1977, the band made their live debut, playing three songs during a break in a set by Mr Softy (another Fox band) at The Target, a pub in Northolt, Middlesex. The band consisted of singer Malcolm Owen (vocals), Paul Fox (guitar), John Segs Jennings (bass) and Dave Ruffy (drums). Ruffy moved from bass to drums after original drummer Paul Mattocks left, and the band was active in anti-racist causes as part of the Misty in Roots People Unite collective based in Southall, West London, playing several benefits for Rock Against Racism. Although the band were often described as coming from Southall, Owen was from Hayes, Fox moved from Kilburn to Hayes in the 1960s, whilst Ruffy and Segs were based in South London. Ruffy had been born in York, but spent his formative years in the East End of London, whilst Segs grew up in Southend-on-Sea, having been born in the East End.
Schoolboy friends Fox and Owen shared a mutual interest in music, having met at Hayes Manor School. In the early 1970s they lived together in a commune on the Isle of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales, where they formed a rock band called Aslan with Paul Mattock, who played flute, guitar and keyboards and later became the Ruts' first drummer.
Post Office telephone engineer Jennings met record shop manager Ruffy in 1976
Stockport Rd, Manchester, England, UK, M12 6AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3CA - . An identifiable period record of Manchester, England, UK in 2021, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Kim Philby Reappears,Joy Division,A Certain Ratio,Section25,New Osbourne,Feb7 FAC for city funds poster. Another layer of the photograph includes music-themed hospitality, visual archive, commercial redevelopment, documentary photography, period architecture, popular culture, cultural branding, civic architecture, mixed-use redevelopment, public-realm investment, historical comparison, local music culture, community identity, and archival record. Today's relevance is strengthened by public-realm investment, construction costs and the continuing question of the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. From a 2025-onward perspective, night-time economy and licensing are closely linked to this subject, alongside the enduring commercial appeal of Beatles imagery. The archival value lies partly in recording period objects and surrounding context around Manchester, England, UK before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with heritage-led regeneration, cultural nostalgia, Beatles memorabilia, period detail, public realm, music tourism, music iconography, and local history. References to Reappears, funds, Osbourne, Certain, and Philby give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Manchester, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is public-realm investment and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK.
Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0G5 - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0GF - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF144B - The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Career lasted just two and a half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music.
The Sex Pistols originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten (John Lydon), guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock. Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious in early 1977. Under the management of Malcolm McLaren, the band attracted controversies that both captivated and appalled Britain. Through an obscenity-laced television interview in December 1976 and their May 1977 single God Save the Queen, attacking Britons' social conformity and deference to the Crown, they precipitated the punk rock movement.
Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. The Pistols played there 15/10/1976. It opened on 1 October 1976 in a building basement on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.
The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of cult Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label Inevitable and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'
9 Mathew St, Liverpool,Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK65H - Large graphic mural depicting Debbie Harry, singer and co-founder of the American rock band Blondie, covers a wall at 2 Bleecker Street near its junction with the Bowery in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Created in 2017 by artist Shepard Fairey in association with the LISA Project NYC, the artwork presents Harry with platinum-blonde hair, red lips, angular earrings and leopard-print clothing. Its bold black, cream, orange and red palette combines portraiture with concert posters, typography and imagery linked to Blondie's career.
The central portrait was based on a photograph by New York music photographer Bobby Grossman. Surrounding details include Blondie graphics, stylised band figures and a ticket advertising a Central Park performance on Wednesday 27 June. The collage-like composition reflects Fairey's poster, screen-printing and street-art aesthetic while celebrating Harry as an influential female figure in punk, new wave and popular music.
The mural stood close to the former CBGB nightclub at 315 Bowery. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, CBGB initially took its name from Country, Bluegrass and Blues, although it became internationally associated with original underground rock. During the 1970s, its small stage helped establish a distinctive New York scene that included Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith Group, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and other emerging performers.
Blondie developed within this downtown artistic community before achieving international commercial success with songs blending punk, pop, disco, reggae and new wave. Harry's distinctive appearance, commanding stage presence and songwriting partnership with Chris Stein made her one of the period's most recognisable performers.
The photograph records the mural beneath a partly cloudy sky before it was replaced in 2022 by Fairey's tribute to the New York hardcore band Bad Brains. It therefore preserves a temporary work of public art and a changing Bowery streetsca
Blecker Street, Lower Manhatten, New York City, NY, USA, North America
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HKR6 - . This scene at Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The scene records Baker House, Cavern Walks, Liverpool. Formally Probe record shop. The setting additionally reflects commercial streetscape, street-level business, changing streetscape, changing land use, public realm, everyday life, customer footfall, high-street commerce, regional identity, documentary photography, community identity, social history, shopfront economy, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after conservation work. The location also brings in local trading, local history, commercial frontage, visual archive, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, local character, and town-centre economy. Elements such as Baker, Liverpool, Cavern, Walks, and House add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding within the specific setting of Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The wider significance includes online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1101585000 - 'I caught the legendary New York band Television at the Manchester Academy last Sunday. Their d\u00e9but 1975 album Marque Moon is in my top 50 LPs and certainly did hail the true start of the punk era.
Television made their vinyl debut with 'Little Johnny Jewel', a 7-inch single on the independent label Ork Records in 1975. Ork Records was owned by their manager, Terry Ork. The song was split into two parts, one on each side of the single. Richard Lloyd apparently disagreed with the selection of this song, preferring the never-released 'O Mi Amore' for their debut, to the extent that he seriously considered leaving the band.
Tom Verlaine &
Fender Jazzmaster, shown here with Billy Ficca on drums. Jimmy Rip on guitar and Fred Smith on bass made a tight unit, despite Tom Verlaine's criticism of the Academy sound mix and lighting. Great to see after all this time.
The set list was:
Prove it
Little Johnny Jewel
Elevation
1880
Torn Curtain
Venus
Persia
Guiding Light
Marque Moon
-- Encore --
Gonna Find You
Friction (not played due to 10:30 curfew)
Television tour 2013:
30th October Enmore Theatre, Sydney Australia
1st November Museum of old &
New Art, Hobart Australia
5th November The Independent, San Francisco CA USA
7th November Georga Theatre Athens GA USA
9th November FunFunFun Festival Austin TX USA
15th November Sage Gateshead England
17th November Manchester Academy 2
19th November London Roundhouse England
21st November Vicar Street Dublin Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8447033337 - 'View this whole set of portrait images here. If you do Twitter add me here.
I photographed Chad &
Shez at their wedding in Manchester. Top punks and top parents!
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7148349357 - 'Dave Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956, Hemel Hempstead, England) is a rock musician, famous for being the lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned. The band formed in 1976 in London and Vanian is the only ever-present member of the group. They were the first of the British punk bands to release a single, an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States.
Lett changed his name to Dave Vanian (pronounced as in 'Transylvanian') when he became a musician, having previously worked as a gravedigger.
He was one of the early influencers of gothic fashion by wearing dark and otherworldly clothing both on-stage and off. In November 1976, the British music magazine, NME, commented that Vanian 'resembles a runaway from The Addams Family'.
This was a cracking gig at The Parr Hall in Warrington 5th May 2012.
Support was from Utopian Love Revival.
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![iPod Shuffle2 - Laughing man in the mask [Arguments Yard Whitby, North Yorks, England UK] 8395105582 iPodShuffle2,iPod,Shuffle2,Shuffle,leather,coat,venician,mask,venice,Whitby,North,Yorks,Yorkshire,Coast,Seaside,Goth,Steampunk,steam,punk,weekend,November,October,tony,smith,hotpix,Thomas,Argument,Alley,yard,England,UK,sepia,selective,colour](https://live.staticflickr.com/8052/8395105582_a742da07ea_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8395105582 - 'Tony Iommi - 'Laughing Man: In the Devil Mask' - Play this track here.
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Anthony Frank 'Tony' Iommi (born 19 February 1948) is an English guitarist and songwriter, best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, its sole continual member through multiple personnel changes. This track is from from his excellent 2000 solo album 'Iommi'. A 'Brummy' from Handsworth, he has a star on the Birmingham walk of fame.
This shot was taken on a Whitby goth weekend, when more than usual the streets are filled with characters a mix of goth, steampunk, new romantic and may other creative styles. I was there for afew hours with Freddie Bernard. The alley is named after Thomas Argument.
Arguments Yard on Church Street leading up to Whitby Abbey is a well known local feature, once owned by the Arguments. Unlike the name suggests it is not a place to meet for a quarrel! It is named after our relative Thomas Argument who built a cottage on Church Street with its back garden running down to the harbour. To raise some more income he built five more cottages in the garden area which he then rented out. In 1871
The census return shows the tenants for 1b were Esther Knaggs (49) Charwoman and her son John (17) a Jet Ornament Maker, hence the link with both family business interests. Although Arguments Yard does not have public access, many of the little alleyways are well worth exploring if ever you visit Whitby.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BTY79M - John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a punk poet. He released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and continues to perform regularly.
His recorded output has mainly relied on musical backing from the Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, and Paul Burgess.
Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1949. He lived in the Higher Broughton area of the city and became interested in poetry after being inspired by his English teacher, John Malone
In 1979 he had his only UK top 40 hit with Gimmix! (Play Loud). Clarke toured with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and has performed on the same bill as bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Fall, Joy Division, the Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Elvis Costello, Rockpile and New Order (including at their May 1984 Music for Miners benefit concert at London's Royal Festival Hall). His set is characterised by lively, rapid-fire renditions of his poems, usually performed a cappella. Often referred to as the bard of Salford, he usually refers to himself on stage as Johnny Clarke, the name behind the hairstyle.
Clarke appeared in a 1982 music documentary compilation Urgh! A Music War, in which he performed his poem Health Fanatic. The film featured live performances of mainstream artists (the Police, the Go-Go's, XTC, Devo) as well as more obscure bands (Pere Ubu, Invisible Girls, the Alley Cats, Athletico Spizz '80, Chelsea) using concert footage from around the world. He also starred in another 1982 film titled John Cooper Clarke - Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt directed by Nick May and produced for the Arts Council of Great Britain and Channel 4. Somewhere between a narrative film, a series of music videos and a documentary, the film features interviews and performances by Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson among others.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BTY79R - John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a punk poet. He released several albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and continues to perform regularly.
His recorded output has mainly relied on musical backing from the Invisible Girls, which featured Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins, Pete Shelley, Bill Nelson, and Paul Burgess.
Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire, in 1949. He lived in the Higher Broughton area of the city and became interested in poetry after being inspired by his English teacher, John Malone
In 1979 he had his only UK top 40 hit with Gimmix! (Play Loud). Clarke toured with Linton Kwesi Johnson, and has performed on the same bill as bands such as the Sex Pistols, the Fall, Joy Division, the Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Elvis Costello, Rockpile and New Order (including at their May 1984 Music for Miners benefit concert at London's Royal Festival Hall). His set is characterised by lively, rapid-fire renditions of his poems, usually performed a cappella. Often referred to as the bard of Salford, he usually refers to himself on stage as Johnny Clarke, the name behind the hairstyle.
Clarke appeared in a 1982 music documentary compilation Urgh! A Music War, in which he performed his poem Health Fanatic. The film featured live performances of mainstream artists (the Police, the Go-Go's, XTC, Devo) as well as more obscure bands (Pere Ubu, Invisible Girls, the Alley Cats, Athletico Spizz '80, Chelsea) using concert footage from around the world. He also starred in another 1982 film titled John Cooper Clarke - Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt directed by Nick May and produced for the Arts Council of Great Britain and Channel 4. Somewhere between a narrative film, a series of music videos and a documentary, the film features interviews and performances by Clarke and Linton Kwesi Johnson among others.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5903757821 - 'The timeless Johnny Clark ('the name behind the Hairstyle'), the Bard of Salford with his ring bound scribblings, on stage at the Stanley Theatre. He was on a bill with 'The Temps' and Mark E Smiths 'The Fall'.
He had changed little since I first saw him at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1978, although he is now pushing 62.
His early work, including the essential 'Disguise In Love' used backing from 'The Invisible Girls', which featured Martin Hannett, the producer. Clarke was born in Salford, Lancashire in 1949. His first job was a laboratory technician at the University of Salford. He began his performance career in Manchester folk clubs, where he began working with Rick Goldstraw and his band The Ferrets. His first releases were on the independent label Rabid, starting with the EP Innocents in October 1977. He toured with Bill Nelson's band Be-Bop Deluxe in 1978 and was signed by Epic Records, who issued the Nelson-produced debut album Disguise In Love in 1978.
Sadly, he spent much of the 1980s addicted to heroin, living in a 'domestic partnership' with singer and fellow addict Nico (of the Velvet Underground). He made an appearance in two UK adverts for Sugar Puffs in 1988, taking second billing to the Honey Monster. Quite often these days he takes second billing from MES and The Fall.
His set included Beasley St, the updated Beasley Boulavard (now the poem has had some investment from Urban Splash), Chicken Town, Hire Car and the brilliant 'Bongos Trousers'. This is a satirical take on the effects of U2's Bono struggling to save the world and have an audience with the pope minus his kecks.
Brilliant Stuff! - Listen to it here, live from the gig (Adults Only).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5638551384 - 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - 'The Ramones' - Play this track here. If the link is broken, please comment with an alternative..
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Well it took me a while to get to a hundred images. I hope you enjoyed the journey!
There were many bands I will have to come back to in 'son of iPod Shuffle' some time in the future. So expect more Magazine, Pink Floyd, Elbow, Cabaret Voltaire, Fall, John cale, Decemberists, Joy Division, Deep Purple, Qemist, Ruts, Smiths, Todd Rundgren, Vaselines and X-Wife when I get back to this.
If you have enjoyed it or any of the music has moved you, feel free to leave a commet on the set.
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'Sheena Is a Punk Rocker' is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, 'Rocket to Russia', in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, 'Leave Home'. It was released as a single, reaching no 81 in the US, and no 22 in the UK singles charts, backed with 'I Don't Care', which was also included on Rocket to Russia. I have a battered copy in my loft somewhere.
The song was written by Joey Ramone, and is one of the Ramones' more popular and enduring songs, showing the band's surf rock influences.
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974. they have been cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
All of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname 'Ramone', though none of them were related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years.
In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. By a little more than eight years after the breakup, the band's three founding members\u2014lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone\u2014had died.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0N8H - . Ian Curtis 18-5-80 Love Will Tear Us Apart, memorial stone, Macclesfield Crematorium, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 31 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include 18/05/1980, 18th, May, singer, frontman, memory, anniversary, Control, memorial stone, Macclesfield, Crematorium, Cheshire, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NCD - . Ian Curtis 18-5-80 Love Will Tear Us Apart, memorial stone, Macclesfield Crematorium, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 31 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include 18/05/1980, 18th, May, singer, frontman, memory, anniversary, Control, memorial stone, Macclesfield, Crematorium, Cheshire, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NCJ - . Ian Curtis 18-5-80 Love Will Tear Us Apart, memorial stone, Macclesfield Crematorium, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 31 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include 18/05/1980, 18th, May, singer, frontman, memory, anniversary, Control, memorial stone, Macclesfield, Crematorium, Cheshire, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Prestbury Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK, SK10 3BU
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Keywords: vehicle,funeral,hearse,moto,bike,cycle,motorbike,motorcycle,UK,s vehicle,service,die,death,safety,northwich,thundersprint,cheshire,england,race,event,thunder,sprint,tonysmith,hotpix,tony,smith365,project,project365,365project,JCC,joun,cooper,clarke,punk,poet,salford,bard,The Bard of Salford,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4610912265 - 'This is an interesting service I came across while at the Northwich Thundersprint this weekend. If I was a bike enthusiast I think I would like to make my final journey like this. A black motorcycle hearse. In recent times, the Motorcycle plus side-hearse has become more popular. This type of hearse is a motorcycle with a special side-vehicle built to carry a casket or an urn. These hearses are often used during the funeral of motorcycle enthusiasts around the world.
Motorbikes have a higher fatality rate per unit of distance travelled when compared with cars. In 2004, figures from the UK Department for Transport indicated that motorcycles have 121 deaths or serious injuries per 100 million vehicle kilometers, compared to the corresponding figure of 2.6 for motorists. IE over 50 times more likely. This is due to the increased power and acceleration of bikes, but also size and ability of motorists to spot and make allowance for them.
This situation is helped by higher-visibility gear (not as sexy as the all-black leather iconic approach, but more practical), use of abrasion resistive gear and padding, Full face helmet (skidlid) with gloves and boots. All this gear on mopeds can look rather silly (although safe) and I remember in my first job a workmate being nicknamed 'Evil Kenevil' due to how bizarre this looked.
In the UK, for example, organizations such as the IAM and RoSPA offer advanced motorcycle rider training with the aim of reducing accident rates. There is often an added incentive to riders in the form of reduced insurance premiums.
A final quote from the Managing Director of www.MotorcycleFunerals.com Rev. Paul Sinclair. He believes we should reflect people's lifestyles in their funerals.
'No one submits a Catholic to a Muslim service or places a Liverpool fan in an Arsenal strip when they die so why should motorcycle enthusiasts be last seen in a car?'
Er.. Quite!
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Keywords: Ian,Curtis,JD,joy,div,division,Joy Division,macclesfield,chesh Division,cheshire,england,uk,manchester,band,bands,music,musicians,factory,record,records,love,will,tear,us,apart,unknown,pleasures,tonysmith,cemetary,crematorium,grave,stone,gravestone,britain,new,order,goth,gothic,post,punk,postpunk,narrative,art,arty,sex,sexy,wide,angle,wideangle,lens,sigma,12-24mm,10-20mm,hotpix!,last,resting,place
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4596581097 - 'To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you,
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you,
I was moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you,
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth.
In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more,
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor,
And with cold streel, odour on their bodies mad a move to connect,
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left.
I did everything, everything I wanted to,
I let them use you for their own ends,
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
Ian Curtis (Ian Kevin Curtis to be precise) was songwriter and lyricist of the Manchester band Joy Division.
I was lucky enough to see Joy Division a couple of times. Once at the manchester Free Trade Hall 25/06/1979, with Fashion supporting Salford Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke. Secondly at the Factory / PSV / Russel club in Hulme, Manchester 28/09/1979. The latter time on a bill with The Teardrop Explodes (we were too late to see Foreign Press), before they were signed and had just released the Sleeping Gas EP on Zoo records.
I remember that friday night well as me and my pal from school David Hague were dropped off by his brother Nick in his nippy red leather seated Mazda. This was to be totalled some weeks later in Sheffield with over a hundred charges being cooked up by the south Yorkshire police. As you would expect the case was chucked out! But thats another story as they say.
The first time I saw Ian Curtis I was amazed at the power he had. I like everyone else it seemed at the FTH was drawn down to the stage to look at this man and his unique dancing style. Similar to an epileptic Northern Soul dancer. To this day I have not witnessed a vocalist with those same powers. He and his writing was special, dark, urban.
He explained the motivation as 'Instead of just singing about something you could show it as well, put it over in the way that it is, if you were totally involved in what you were doing'.
Songs like 'Transmission', 'Shes Lost Control again' and Shadowplay encapsulated Manchester and the late 1970's.
In the early hours of 18 May 1980, on the eve of a first tour in America, Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield. He had just viewed Werner Herzog's film 'Stroszek' and listened to Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot'. At the time of his death, his health was failing as a result of the epilepsy and attempting to balance his musical ambitions with his marriage, which was foundering in the aftermath of his affair with journalist Annik Honor\u00e9. His wife Deborah found his body the next morning.
Curtis's memorial stone, which is inscribed with 'Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80' and 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' (the single released just before his death), was stolen in July 2008 from the grounds of Macclesfield Cemetery. The missing memorial stone was later replaced by a new one shown here.
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Keywords: shez,brinnington,stockport,punk,punx,rock,rebel,trouble,caos,anarchy,UK,manchester,england,english,1977,70's,1970's,hotpix,sepia,red,hair,selective,color,colour,black,white,b/w,mono,monochrome,tonysmith,tony,smith,dark,disturbia,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,narrative,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,art,arty,retro,hotpicks,chaos,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4467301878 - 'A great shot of Cheryls red mohawk, sepia with selective colours
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Keywords: punx,punk,rock,rockers,music,mohawk,mo,hawk,mohechan,spiky,red,hair,pins,safety,leather,top,shaved,tattoo,tat2,pierce,piercings,england,britain,cheshire,stockport,yellow,sexy,fetish,eye,liner,eyeliner,brinnington,extreme,haircut,hairdo,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,cool,person,people,portrait,image,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,interesting,persons,persona,interesante,arty,sex,HOT PIX,retro,sensual,hotpicks,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393545884 - 'Chad and Shez, punk philosophers, keeping the feeling of 1977 alive in Stockport.
Manchester was the biggest place outside London on the Punk music scene. The Buzzcocks (I still have my Spiral Scratch EP somewhere in the loft) , Magazine, Joy Division, The Frantic Elevators, Slaughter &
The Dogs, Ed Banger &
The Nosebleeds(whose lineup included Vini Reilly of DC), The Fall and The Drones all characters on the scene, The biggest was not even a musician, the late Tony Wilson. (RIP 10th August 2007, aged 57, Withington, Manchester, England). As with everything else in the Manchester Factory empire, Tony Wilson's coffin was also given a Factory catalogue number - FAC 501.
I have memories of my old mum, coming home from catholic church on Sunday talking about that scruffy 'Tony Wilson' turning with 'dodgy shoes'. This was when he lived in Charlesworth with Lindsay Reade. In his youth he lived in affluent Marple, Stockport Cheshire.
I was lucky enought to photograph Chad &
Shez at their punk wedding. One of my most enjoyable days out ever. Brilliant people and family.
On another punx session www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4331017264/
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Keywords: bell,confess,confessional,press,home,every,box,secrets,punishment,luxury,punishment of luxury,best,friends,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,TDKTony,Laughing,academy,Laughing academy,Punilux,post,punk,post-punk,group,The,Three,Tuns,Gateshead,button,St,Wilfrids,Church,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK,GB,britain,Europe
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4207436982 - 'Every home or workplace should have one.
'Curtains moving, Door handle turning, the next room is empty but theres someone jumping up and down, Secrets, I thought they were my best friends....'
As always in life, theres a twist, you need to placate this guy first... www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4001962813/
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Keywords: damned,manchester,apollo,2009,reunion,tour,girlschool,Motorhead,england,UK,GB,Captain,sensible,ManchesterApolly,ardwick,venue,gig,Dave,Vanian,Monty,Oxy,Moron,Stu,West,pinch,punk,1977,stage,stiff,buy6,rock,punkrock,rockers,365days,music,musician,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,s1500,bands,concert,concerts,musicians,gigs,performing,playing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4126303732 - 'Wow its 1977 again!
The last time I saw them was in 1981 at a Rock Against Racism gig in Moss Side. I recall Captain Sensible batting off some thrown sandwiches with a cricket bat shaped guitar.
They started tonight with 'New Rose' .
They had the first true punk vinyl single on Stiff Records (strap line 'If it aint Stiff, it aint worth a f**k'). I still have BUY6 with a poor cover of the Beatles Help! on the B-Side.
I was too young to see them in Manchester supporting T.Rex before Marc Bolans untimely death.
The Damned's Captan Sensible played with Lemmy &
Motorhead for sometime forming the link with why they are on the bill with Motorhead and Girlschool this rainy night in Manchester at the Apollo (where they supported T.Rex)
Another old punk here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356737726/
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Keywords: punk,roker,spikey,hair,smoking,ashtray,tattoo,Stockport,Brinnington,Cheshire,UK,Chad,Chez,Channon,BW,Monochrome,girl,woman,female,punkette,pierced,tatoo,tattood,tatto,tat2,smoker,spliff,weed,reefer,fish,net,fishnet,stockings,stocking,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,ink,skin,tattwo,erotic,smoky,ripped,nets,fishnets,punky,cigs,cigarette,ash,tray,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,rocker,punk rockers,sexy,tonysmith,tony,smith,altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3804964709 - 'Chez at home in Brinnington, Stockport, Manchester, Cheshire England UK.
I photographed Chad and Sheryl's wedding in central Manchester (next to the old MEN newsroom) with a great party of punks. Two brilliant people and so was Ryan their little lad. Old school punks at heart, spirit of 1977.
Carlos and Time were at Dunstable www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3808854783/
Gothic portrait here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805743676/in/photostream/
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Keywords: goth,northwich,cheshire,england,UK,gothic,portrait,girl,woman,lady,fishnet,fishnets,lace,lacy,gothess,punkette,punk,factory,salt,village,michelle,manion,mannion,weaverham,river,weaver,chemical,plant,ici,anderton,britain,canal,saline,process,processing,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,sex,sexy,porn,porno,girlie,erotic,pretty,fetish,fetishist,cool,person,people,image,gothy,gothing,babes,female,tonysmith,tony,smith,HOT PIX,hotpicks,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,racy,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3805820568 - 'Another pose from Mechelle www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3812249683/
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,Magazine,Buzzcocks,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,tonysmith,tony,smith,concert,gigs,bands,musicians,performing,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3355920547 - 'Ipso facto on stage supporting Mmagazine on teh reunion tour
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,Magazine,Buzzcocks,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,manc,mancunion,mancunian,northwest,north,west,scene,gigs,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,concert,bands,musicians,performing,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356735418 - 'Manchester musician Howard Devoto, ex Buzzcocks, ex Magazine and ex Luxuria (et Noko ). Here shown at the UK reunion tour 2009.
Howard Devoto was born Howard Trafford 15/03/1952 in Scunthorpe. He began his career as the front man for the Manchester punk band Buzzcocks. He left early on to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands and who influenced the whole post 1977 scene. After Magazine, he went solo. After Magazine split in 1981 Devoto spent two years putting together a solo album with former Magazine keyboard player Dave Formula (the guy who precipitated the 2009 reunion). Though reception of Jerky Versions of the Dream was mixed, the single 'Rainy Season' was consistently picked as a stand-out track. Later, formed indie band Luxuria with Noko.
For most of the 1990s, Devoto was little involved in music, earning his living by working for a photo agency.
In 2001, Devoto teamed up for the first time in twenty-five years with Buzzcocks Pete Shelley and released the much-anticipated Buzzkunst under the name ShelleyDevoto.
In 2002, Devoto had a small part in the movie 24 Hour Party People, a film about Manchester's Factory Records. In his brief cameo appearance, Devoto appears as a janitor cleaning a men's toilet while actor Martin Hancock (who bears no major resemblance to Devoto) portrays Devoto having a tryst with the wife of promoter/journalist Tony Wilson. The real-life Devoto breaks the fourth wall by addressing the camera and stating in dead pan, 'I definitely don't remember this happening'.
In February 2009 Magazine reformed as shown, with former Luxuria guitarist Noko replacing the deceased John McGeoch on guitar.
On July 9, 2009, Devoto was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bolton for his contribution to music.
Another reunion in 2009, the Comsat Angels (the Yorkshire Joy Division) www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4051548558/
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,magazine,reunion,manchester,academy,14-02-2009,2009-02-14,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,Buzzcocks,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,shot,by,both,sides,tonysmith,tony,smith,concert,gigs,bands,musicians,performing,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356737726 - 'Howard Devoto or was it Adam Faith?
Another shot here with IF www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3355914373/
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Keywords: Magazine reunion gig Manchester academy 1,20090214 14-03-2009,music,musician,gig,stage,live,performer,player,event,signed,band,group,lighting,anbiant,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,Magazine,Buzzcocks,Luxuria,HD,Devoto,Howard,light,pours,out,me,manchester,academy,night,city,punk,rock,legend,legendary,playing,play,tour,reunion,shot,by,both,sides,tonysmith,tony,smith,concert,gigs,bands,musicians,performing,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3356739276 - 'Magazine manchester academy Setlist
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Keywords: TheFall,The,Fall,Liverpool,Nation,courtyard,TheNation,MTV,music,week,30/10/2008,2008,tour,markesmith,mark,e,smith,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,hotpixuk,Live,stage,band,punk,alternative,imperial,wax,solvent,imperialwaxsolvent,album,cover,black,white,mono,50,year,old,man,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,musician,gig,performer,player,event,signed,lighting,anbiant,B/W,monochrome,merseyside,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3077851821 - 'Mark E Smith &
The Fall, Liverpool live at The Nation Courtyard 30/10/2008. Imperial Wax Solvent tour.
I'm a 50 year old man......
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www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078683718/
Another shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3078683718/in/photostream/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3078683718 - 'Mark e Smith &
The Fall, Liverpool live at The Nation Courtyard 30/10/2008
www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077852217/
www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3077851821/
And here Magazine from the 2009 reunion tour www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356735418/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K7P - Monumental monochrome mural of Ian Curtis, singer and frontman of the influential post-punk band Joy Division, fills the gable wall of a building on Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The close view shows Curtis holding a microphone during a performance, his face turned upwards against a deep black background. Manchester-based street artist Akse created the spray-painted portrait from a 1979 photograph by music photographer Kevin Cummins. The black-and-white artwork stands out beneath a clear blue summer sky, with the artist's signature visible at the lower right.
Commissioned by Cheshire East Council, the mural was completed in March 2022 and officially unveiled on 26 March by Joy Division co-founder and bass player Peter Hook. Positioned opposite Macclesfield bus station, it gives the town-centre building a powerful cultural presence and has become a public-art landmark for residents, visitors and fans exploring northern England's music heritage. The work also supports efforts to celebrate Macclesfield's identity and encourage town-centre regeneration.
Ian Curtis was born in Stretford in 1956 but was brought up in Macclesfield, attended King's School and remained closely associated with the town. His ashes are buried at Macclesfield Cemetery. Joy Division emerged from the Greater Manchester music scene in the late 1970s and became one of Britain's most important post-punk groups. Their albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer, released through Factory Records, and songs including Love Will Tear Us Apart, Transmission and Atmosphere established an enduring international reputation. Following Curtis's death in May 1980, the remaining members formed New Order.
This tightly framed image emphasises the scale, emotional intensity and photographic detail of Akse's work, presenting Curtis as both a locally connected musician and an internationally recognised figure in British alternative music
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0G3 - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
78 Digbeth, Birmingham, England, UK, B5 6DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KE64RG - The Ian Curtis mural in Macclesfield
An artwork dedicated to one of Macclesfield's finest musicians has pride of place in the town centre. The mural of Ian Curtis, the iconic former frontman of Joy Division, is a fully funded Cheshire East Council project and has been painted by well-known street artist ˜Akse'. It adorns a building on Mill Street, just across from the bus station.
Ian Curtis singing into a microphone
Ian was brought up in Macclesfield, won a scholarship to King's School in the town and his ashes are buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. He took his own life in 1980.
The commissioning of the mural follows on from Cheshire East Council's approval of the Macclesfield town centre strategic regeneration framework, which the council is continuing to deliver against.
The framework sets out the council's vision for the town centre as a place which celebrates its quirkiness and provides the development sector with the confidence and certainty needed to bring forward investment, jobs and economic growth.
As part of the council funded project, you can watch Macclesfield residents share their thoughts on what the mural brings to their town.
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K7J - Peter Hook helped unveil a new mural of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis in Macclesfield town centre this afternoon (March 26).
The bassist and co-founder of New Order cut the ribbon alongside Akse, the Manchester-based street artist who painted the mural, telling those in attendance: I am actually very honoured to be here, and to do this, because to me it's about time Ian came home.
The mural, funded by Cheshire East Council, is based on an original photograph taken by Kevin Cummins at The Factory/Russell Club in Hulme, Manchester on 13 July 1979. It adorns a building on Mill Street opposite Macclesfield bus station.
Ahead of the unveiling, Hook said earlier in the week: I'm watching all the people going down the street and every single one of them is drawn to it.
Some young kids walking down had no idea who he was but now they do. Hopefully they'll listen to the music and get the gist of what we were trying to do as kids.
He said it was an honour to paint the portrait of Curtis and hoped local people were excited about it.
Aske said,Although I've been working on murals most of my life, it's still always an incredible feeling to get to the end of the journey “ well the end of my journey at least, Akse said. Now it's time for the people of Macclesfield to enjoy the mural, as I know how much Ian meant to so many of them.
Councillor Nick Mannion, chair of the authority's economy and growth committee, said: Before today, I spoke about how perhaps this beautiful mural has been somewhat overdue but now that I'm here seeing it for myself for the first time, I can say without any doubt that it has truly been worth the wait.
I am a huge fan of Joy Division “ the cultural significance of the band and Ian stretches well beyond my home town of Macclesfield. This is such a proud moment, I'm feeling very emotional about it right now.
Curtis, who was brought up in the town and is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery, was the lead singer of Joy Division
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0GA - Fontaines D.C. are a post-punk rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The band released their debut studio album, Dogrel, on April 12, 2019. Winners of Album of the Year 2019 from both Rough Trade and BBC 6Music.
Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met in Dublin while attending music college at British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Liberties, Dublin. They bonded over a common love of poetry and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). None of the published poems were translated into songs, but the track Television Screens off their debut Dogrel started out as a poem and was turned into a song.
Lead singer Grian Chatten is half-British (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England but grew up in the County Dublin town of Skerries, Dublin.[10] Coll, Curley, and Deegan are from Ireland “ Mayo, County Mayo, Emyvale in County Monaghan, and Mayo, County Mayo, respectively, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain.
The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. They added the initials D.C. when a band in Los Angeles had the same name. The initials D.C. stand for Dublin City.
Fontaines started out self-releasing singles. In May 2017, Fontaines released the single Liberty Belle followed by the split Hurricane Laughter / Winter In the Sun. Liberty Belle is in homage to the Liberties, a neighborhood in Dublin where many band members lived.
78 Digbeth, Birmingham, England, UK, B5 6DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K4N - Large monochrome mural of Ian Curtis, singer and lyricist of the influential post-punk band Joy Division, dominates the gable wall above a convenience store at 86 Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Manchester-based street artist Akse P19 created the portrait from a 1979 photograph by music photographer Kevin Cummins. The completed artwork was formally unveiled on 26 March 2022, with Joy Division co-founder and bass player Peter Hook attending alongside local representatives. Funded by Cheshire East Council, the mural gives one of Macclesfield's best-known musicians a prominent public memorial in his home town and stands opposite the bus station, visible to residents, visitors and music tourists.
This elevated view looks downhill along the busy town-centre street, placing the vast black-and-white portrait within an everyday urban setting of independent shops, signs, vehicles and pedestrians. A barber's pole and letting boards project from the right-hand buildings, while green Cheshire hills rise beyond the rooftops in bright summer sunshine. The contemplative image of Curtis above the colourful commercial street makes the building a striking cultural landmark on local Joy Division heritage trails.
Curtis was born in Stretford in 1956 but grew up and lived in Macclesfield, where he developed strong personal associations and was later buried. Joy Division emerged from the Greater Manchester music scene in the late 1970s, releasing the landmark albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer through Factory Records. Songs including Love Will Tear Us Apart, Atmosphere and Transmission established the group's enduring international reputation. Following Curtis's death in May 1980, the remaining members formed New Order. The mural links Macclesfield's traditional identity as a Cheshire market and former silk town with its internationally recognised place in British post-punk history, attracting fans who visit locations connected with Curtis and the band.
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3C6 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Manchester, England, UK in 2021, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on The Factory Fridays,at the Russell Club,Royce Rd,Hulme,21st July 1978,Culture,Tradition,Friday,28th July,Suicide,Joy Division & The Actors. The subject also carries associations with music tourism, changing streetscape, local music culture, place-making, place identity, heritage-led regeneration, song-inspired design, public realm, period architecture, commercial redevelopment, civic architecture, period detail, architectural character, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to commercial viability and construction costs, particularly through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into venue survival and local tourism, not least because of how memorial benches and themed venues turn music into place-based memory. As a dated visual record of Manchester, England, UK, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, social history, tribute venue, music iconography, community identity, archival record, and local history. References to Division, Royce, Factory, Actors, and Hulme give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Manchester, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK.
Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPC80P - 17/08/2022 - more at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/17/mural-of-joy-division-frontman-ian-curtis-painted-over-with-advert-aitch
Mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis painted over with advert
Rapper Aitch has vowed to remove advert for his new album and restore the painting of ˜local hero' in Manchester
A mural of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis on Port Street, Manchester, has been painted over with an advert for local rapper Aitch, prompting such an outcry that the rapper has promised to restore the original painting.
Aitch, an MC from Moston in north Manchester, said he had no control over which billboards were used to advertise his new album and would never have sanctioned such an act of disrespect against a local hero .
It's come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been painted over with my album artwork. This is the first time I've heard of this, me and my team are getting this fixed pronto. No way on earth would I want to disrespect a local hero like Ian, he tweeted. I don't just choose locations for billboards, he added.
Aitch's response was welcomed by Peter Hook, Joy Division's bassist, who had responded with dismay to the mural being painted over as very sad to see .
Thank you @OfficialAitch great gesture, he tweeted.
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, also commended Aitch for fixing the mistake.
It should never have happened and he shouldn't have been put in this position. Ian is a true icon of our city. He must be fully restored and left in his place for time in memoriam. Thanks to everyone for showing what Ian means to us, tweeted Burnham.
The monochrome mural by graffiti artist Akse P19 was created in October 2020 to commemorate World Mental Health Day. It depicts Curtis performing in Brussels in 1979, a year before he killed himself.
Port street, NQ4, Northern Quarter, Manchester , England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF79K - Buzzcocks is an English punk rock band formed in Bolton, England in 1976 by singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto. They are regarded as a seminal influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, and pop punk. They achieved commercial success with singles that fused pop craftsmanship with rapid-fire punk energy. These singles were collected on Singles Going Steady, an acclaimed compilation album described by music journalist and critic, Ned Raggett, as a punk masterpiece.
Devoto left the band in 1977, after which Pete Shelley became the principal singer-songwriter. After releasing three albums, as well as Singles Going Steady, the band broke up in 1981 following a dispute with their then-record label, but reunited in 1989 and released six more albums before Shelley's death in 2018, but the band has remained active. Steve Diggle, the guitarist and co-founder of the band, is now singer. They added a new guitarist Mani Perazzoli. They are still touring and released their tenth album in 2022
Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJ1P - Eric's Club was a music club in Liverpool, England. It opened on 1 October 1976 in the basement of The Fruit Exchange in Victoria Street, with performances by The Runaways and The Sex Pistols (their only Liverpool gig) before soon moving around the block to its long-term site on Mathew Street opposite The Cavern Club where The Beatles and other bands of the 1960s played, and became notable for hosting early performances by many punk and post-punk bands.[1]
The club was started by Roger Eagle and Ken Testi (manager of cult Liverpool band Deaf School) and joined later by Pete Fulwell (owner of a small record label Inevitable and later to become manager of Liverpool bands It's Immaterial and The Christians). The club was given the name 'Eric's' by Ken Testi as an antidote to disco clubs with names such as 'Tiffany's' and 'Samantha's'
The club played host to many local, national and international bands primarily within the music sub-cultures of the time, such as Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Joy Division, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cardiacs, The Slits, Talking Heads, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Wire, XTC, X-Ray Spex and early gigs by New Order and Mick Hucknall (pre Simply Red).
The club acted as a catalyst for local musicians (often also from the Runcorn, Southport, Skelmersdale, Wirral areas) and saw many local artists later become successful acts, including Dead or Alive, Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ellery Bop and Wah! Heat
9 Mathew Street, Cavern Walks, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B92 - . Tom Verlaine in concert at the Manchester Academy, 17/11/2013 England tour , UK with seminal band Television. Photographed at Manchester Academy, Oxford Rd, Manchester , England UK, M13 9PR. The photograph was taken on 17 November 2013. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Tom, Verlaine, concert, Manchester, Academy, 17/11, Marque Moon, album, Television and gig, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Manchester Academy, Oxford Rd, Manchester , England UK, M13 9PR
