Manchester

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...

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

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

 
Dave Gahan in between bouts of spinning...

and twerking...

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

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

Town Hall by day...

 

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

Manchester Cathedral...

At the Salford Lads Club (finally), after managing to not go in 3 years of living in the city...

Miche striking a far more Moz-like pose...

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

Abraham Lincoln statue...

Our hotel...