NICO – Heroine: Manchester Library Theatre 1980 – LP clear – TB6041C

Nico had spent the best part of the 1980s living in Manchester – yet another unexpected footnote in the story of her life, “Manchester, during that period of the late 70s, early 80s, had a great music scene. After 1981’s ‘Drama of Exile’, Nico found herself in this rather unexpected city of Manchester and remained there for the best part of a decade. Initially paired up with a local promoter (who replied: “who’s he?” when asked to put her on), Nico soon found herself managed by this man, Alan Wise. Basing herself in Manchester during the 1980s may seem a bizarre choice for someone who has a history attached to the elegance of 1950s Paris or the bohemian boom of 1960s and ’70s New York but Young feels the city was something she could relate to. “Nico liked Manchester. It was a dark gothic city and was in a state of semi-dereliction at the time; empty Victorian warehouses, factories closing down. She said it reminded her of Berlin, the ruined city of her youth.”

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