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Manchester: Manchester has repeatedly reinvented popular music across several decades. In the late 1970s and 80s it produced pioneering post-punk bands like Joy Division and their successor New Order, closely tied to the influential label Factory Records and the iconic club The Haçienda. The 1990s saw the rise of Britpop with bands such as Oasis and The Stone Roses dominating UK charts and culture.

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Manchester has also produced major artists like The Smiths and Take That, giving the city a reputation as one of the UK’s most consistently influential music scenes, known for shaping entire movements from post-punk to Madchester and Britpop.

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