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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. Festival of the Tenth Summer - Wikipedia

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    Dates. 12 July and 19 July 1986. Location (s) Manchester. Years active. 1986. The Festival of the Tenth Summer was a music and art festival that took place in Manchester in July 1986. The festival was organised by Factory Records to 'celebrate Manchester' specifically with reference to the first performance by the Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Manchester Conference Centre - Wikipedia

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    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 . When it was built in 1992, British ...

  7. City of Blinding Lights - Wikipedia

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    Audio sample. file. help. " City of Blinding Lights " is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the fifth track on their eleventh studio album, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), and was released as the album's fourth single on 6 June 2005. It was produced by Flood, with additional production by Chris Thomas and Jacknife Lee.

  8. Bridgewater Hall - Wikipedia

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    11 September 1996. Website. www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk. The Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build in the 1990s, [2] and hosts over 250 performances a year. It is home to the 165-year-old Hallé Orchestra as well as to the Hallé Choir and Hallé Youth Orchestra and it serves ...

  9. Greater Manchester - Wikipedia

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    The Greater Manchester Exhibition Centre (better known as the G-Mex centre and now rebranded as Manchester Central) was the converted former Manchester Central railway station, in Manchester city centre, used for hosting the county's cultural events.