I have lived in Manchester since 1988 but never managed to play the Apollo until 2017 when the Extricated supported The Charlatans. The two pics of the stage are one week apart – the more colourful one is from the Saturday before The Extricated played where Mrs Brown played the Apollo too (with Hacienda Classical). If you look carefully in there you will see Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio)…

The B&W pics are ©TrustAFox Photography.