Manchester



November 2013

 
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A trip to Manchester to see Depeche Mode and to spend a weekend having a look around.

The Town Hall by streetlight on the way to the Chop House...


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Christmas markets in Albert Square in front of the Town Hall...


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Depeche Mode at the Phones 4 U Arena...

Set List:

Welcome to My World   

Angel   

Walking in My Shoes   

Precious   

Black Celebration   

Should Be Higher   

Policy of Truth   

The Child Inside   

But Not Tonight   (Acoustic; Sung by Martin Gore)

Heaven   

Behind the Wheel   

A Pain That I'm Used To   

A Question of Time   

Enjoy the Silence   

Personal Jesus   

Encore:

Condemnation   (Acoustic; Sung by Martin Gore)

Halo   

Just Can't Get Enough   

I Feel You   

Never Let Me Down Again  


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Dave Gahan in between bouts of spinning...


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and twerking...


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The crowd were all pretty much our age too...


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Not sure what the dog relevance was (though I always mistook 'God' for 'dog' in the lyrics to Blasphemous Rumours as a kid)...

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Martin L Gore and dog..


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Miche back at the hotel for an Espresso Martini...


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Town Hall by day...

 

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Plenty of delicious treats at the markets...

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Hot...

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The markets covered the square and a number of other streets and was the most impressive I've seen outside of Germany...


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John Rylands Library...


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Sitting next to the Armani store on Deansgate...


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Manchester Cathedral...

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Shambles Square...


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At the Salford Lads Club (finally), after managing to not go in 3 years of living in the city
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Miche striking a far more Moz-like pose
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Outside the site of the former Hacienda...

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All change, though Beetham Tower always freaks me out - it looks so off-balance...

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Near the former entrance...


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I can't resist a cheery mural
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Miche...


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Abraham Lincoln statue...

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More cocktails...


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Miche in the room...


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Our hotel...

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