electronic :: live :: cities in the park

this two-day event took place at manchester’s heaton park on the 3rd and 4th of august 1991, and was held in honour of maverick producer martin hannett, who had passed away four months before. the first day featured the buzzcocks and the beautiful south amongst others, while the second comprised a brace of factory artists including a certain ratio, revenge and happy mondays. flanked by donald johnson, kesta martinez (both on percussion), andrew robinson, johnny’s brother ian (both on keys) and denise johnson, electronic played seven songs from their first album on this day, plus getting away with it (on which pet shop boys guested) and the instrumental free will. the festival was filmed and highlights were included on a video that november (plans to compile a live album were aborted), including electronic’s feel every beat—presumably their entire set still exists on film and could be released on dvd.