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  2. Manchester Central Convention Complex - Wikipedia

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    Manchester Oxford Road. Manchester Central Convention Complex (commonly known as Manchester Central or GMEX (G reater M anchester Ex hibition Centre)) is an exhibition and conference centre converted from the former Manchester Central railway station in Manchester, England. The building has a distinctive arched roof with a span of 64 metres ...

  3. Manchester Central railway station - Wikipedia

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    1 July 1880. Opened. 5 May 1969. Closed. Manchester Central railway station was a railway station in Manchester city centre, England. One of Manchester 's main railway terminals between 1880 and 1969, the building was converted into an exhibition and conference centre which was opened in 1986, originally known as G-MEX, but now named Manchester ...

  4. Manchester Conference Centre - Wikipedia

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    Manchester Conference Centre. The Manchester Conference Centre is a conference centre in Manchester, England that used to be owned and managed by the Opal Property Group, which has several locations, distributed over the campus of Manchester University. As the Weston Building it was originally built, owned and operated by UMIST .

  5. Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop - Wikipedia

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    Deansgate-Castlefield is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system, on Deansgate in the Castlefield area of Manchester city centre.It opened on 27 April 1992 as G-Mex tram stop, taking its name from the adjacent G-Mex Centre, a concert, conference and exhibition venue; the G-Mex Centre was rebranded as Manchester Central in 2007, prompting the Metrolink stop to be renamed ...

  6. Be Here Now Tour - Wikipedia

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    The Be Here Now Tour was a concert tour by English rock band Oasis in support of their third album Be Here Now. The tour, which spanned the UK, Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America, included 85 shows over a period of several months in 1997 and 1998. The tour started on 14 June 1997 in support of U2 at the KROQ Weenie Roast in ...

  7. Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Wikipedia

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    In March 1990, they embarked on a tour of mainland Europe, leading into two headlining shows at the GMEX Centre in Manchester. [17] The band's version of Kongos' track, shortened to "Step On", was released as a single on 26 March 1990. [18] The song's music video was filmed while in Barcelona on the roof of a hotel with directors the Bailey ...

  8. Deansgate railway station - Wikipedia

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    Deansgate is a railway station in Manchester city centre, England; it is located 1,100 yards (1 km) west of Manchester Piccadilly, close to Castlefield at the junction of Deansgate and Whitworth Street West. It is part of the Manchester station group. It is linked to Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop and the Manchester Central Convention Complex ...

  9. Greater Manchester - Wikipedia

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    Manchester city centre, the central business district of Greater Manchester, is a major centre of trade and commerce and provides Greater Manchester with a global identity, specialist activities and employment opportunities; similarly, the economy of the city centre is dependent upon the rest of the county for its population as an employment ...