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Miranda Sawyer: Uncommon People – A History of Britpop

19 Oct 2024

17:00 - 18:00

Ilkley Playhouse

Head backstage with music journalist *Miranda Sawyer* for vivid stories of nineties Britpop. Sawyer, who’s interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Irvine Welsh, reminisces on the moment when British music suddenly meant everything, when Jarvis Cocker was a national hero,* Trainspotting * was an international hit and Cool Britannia ruled the airwaves. Relive the mad exhilaration of hearing the era’s most definitive anthems for the first time and discover the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators.

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General/Concession £12/9

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Ilkley Playhouse

Weston Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire,
LS29 8DW

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