Mark Berry alias Bez of legendary Manchester band Happy Mondays vocalising over dance music at the Peter Saville Show party at the Circle Club. He is watched by Mike Pickering, founder of M People and writer of many hits including 'Search For a Hero' and 'One Night in Heaven'. The Circle Club is a private members club with a sophisticated atmosphere where people working in the creative industries can network and socialise - hence the 'Circle Hub' promo. Go to The Circle Club website.

Comment: Bez has lost none of his manic charisma. I first heard Mike Pickering's 'One Night in Heaven' at the Hilton Disco Abu Dhabi UAE in 1993. It reminds me of my time there. Both Bez and Mike Pickering are ambassadors of a Manchester sound which has travelled all over the world. Who will provide the next wave of Manchester music, which according to Tony Wilson's '13 year cycle' theory should have happened by 2002?

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