http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=121&p=6443&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Its probably been discussed on here already, but this is so ill judged. NME has been the most laughably terrible publication on the shelves for years now, and now they make an ill informed shot at somewhere because it isn't churning out the pop/pap that their readership spend their miserable existence wanking over.

"Before it can claim to be the number one musical city once more, Manchester needs to revive its togetherness and spirit." BOLLOCKS