50th Anniversary of the Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall TOUR

Schedule

Thu Jun 04 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:40 pm

UTC+01:00

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HOME Manchester | Manchester, EN

4 June 1976: the Sex Pistols played at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. Manchester music was born. 50th anniversary tour with Mojo's Ed Glinert.
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Join Ed Glinert, Manchester's leading historian, music writer since 1981, and the city's most prolific tour guide to celebrate the most important gig in Manchester music history, a gig that spawned a scene and led to Joy Division, The Fall, the Smiths...
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HOME Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Manchester, United Kingdom
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