Pubs and shops witness surge in sales as global visitors join born and bred Mancunians to attend sold-out five night run
All around the world, you’ve gotta spread the word. And if the lyrics to the song are right, the word is well and truly out. Behind the bar at an Oasis-themed pub in Manchester’s buzzy Northern Quarter, fans from across the world have planted their flags in a giant map of the globe to show the extraordinary international appeal of the city’s most famous musical sons.
They stretch from New Zealand to Kazakhstan, Greenland to Sudan, with a deluge from the US, South America and China. Most have descended on the bar this week before the band’s first concert in the city in 16 years this Friday.