Johnny Marr gives helping hand to schoolboy busker
A schoolboy aged 12 who started busking on the streets of Manchester is hoping to break into the music scene
Review: Kermode’s How Does It Feel? @ HOME, Manchester
Film critic and Manchester alumnus Mark Kermode returned to HOME last night for a one-off evening of musical mischief and bass slapping with his old band The Railtown Bottlers.
From city streets to stardom: Why Manchester music scene can make or break buskers
MM speak to buskers, city councillors and the passing crowds to get their views on street performers along with industry experts who gave us an insight into how busking can be the platform for success
Classical singer sues GMP after PCSO uses ‘aggressive begging’ law to stop him performing Pavarotti in Sale
Professional flautist and singer Barry Jackson, 48, was singing Luciano Pavarotti arias and playing music in a shopping precinct when the female community officer ordered him to move on saying he was a ‘beggar and a vagrant’ and was causing an obstruction.