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European Capital of Culture 2008 – Liverpool
February 22nd, 2010 | 
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Fact of the matter is there will be a life after and life before the European Capital of Culture 2008 for Liverpool. Liverpool will take its place next to the previous culture capitals, a formidable list of great European cities. The programme started in 1985 with Athens being the first to gain this great honour, and since then Paris, Florence, Prague, Lisbon and Madrid have followed suit.
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Manchester: The Music Capital of the World
Most cities become renowned for at least one thing in particular. Paris is synonymous with romance and fine-dining, New York is famous for skyscrapers and yellow taxis, whilst London is known as the home of the Queen and red double-decker buses. And Manchester, England’s unofficial ‘capital of the north’, is no different.
But whilst its illustrious and world renowned football club Manchester United may well be the first thing that comes to people’s minds when asked to think about one thing they associate with the city, Manchester has produced some of the world’s greatest and most influential bands ever.