We are delighted to host the public launch of The Manchester Chronicles: an exhilarating and highly personal folk-telling of the Manchester music scene, as seen through the eyes and ears Inspiral Carpets’ Clint Boon.

A born storyteller, Clint Boon pieces together a collage of often hilarious stories to give us a unique take on the city’s coming of age alongside his own. At art school, rehearsal studios and sweaty gigs, we meet the movers and shakers of Manchester, often well before they were famous, as they came together to forge their identities and put the city on the map.

Doors at 6pm. Ticket with Book option includes a copy of The Manchester Chronicles, to be collected at the event.

About The Manchester Chronicles

From early days of punk in the mid-1970s through the crucible of the 1980s indie and psychedelic scenes, the explosion of Madchester, Rave and then Brit Pop in the 1990s, The Manchester Chronicles is an intimately told adventure of an extraordinary musical renaissance.

Be it a near-fatal car crash, or suffering the ignominy of being on Top of The Pops one week and signing on the dole the next – while your former roadie, Noel, makes pop history – Clint entertainingly captures the mayhem of music, success and the city’s extraordinary musical family.

Encountering bands like Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Fall, New Order, the Smiths, James, the Stone Roses, the Happy Mondays, Elbow, Inspiral Carpets and Oasis, raconteur Clint tells the Manchester legend not as an exhaustive history, but as what it felt like to be there at the time, taking the trip of a lifetime.

About the author

Oldham-born Clint Boon rose to fame as the keyboard player (and sometimes vocalist) of Inspiral Carpets. The band were at the forefront of the Madchester music scene with ‘This is How it Feels’, ‘Dragging Me Down’ and ‘Saturn 5’ amongst their many hits. After their split in 1995, Clint went on to form The Clint Boon Experience and establish his own record label, ‘Booney Tunes’. Of recent years, Clint is recognised as one of the region’s most prolific DJs with residences at a number of nightclubs around the North West.

His DJ work goes hand in hand with his career as a broadcaster. He has worked as a radio presenter for several Manchester based radio stations, 96.2 The Revolution, XFM Manchester, Radio X, BBC Radio Manchester and currently, drive time on XS Manchester. Clint is a passionate promoter of Manchester’s music and culture.