Johnny Marr and Sounds of the City

Johnny Marr has released five solo albums, including Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr, and the memoir Set The Boy Free. He received the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award and an Academy Award nomination for his work on Inception with Hans Zimmer, and recorded a James Bond theme with Billie Eilish.

Sounds of the City is an annual series of high-profile outdoor concerts held at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester. The series has been running for over 15 years, organized by Manchester-based promoters SJM Concerts. Castlefield Bowl is part of an urban heritage site—the world's first industrial heritage park. To accommodate larger crowds, designers once famously built a 22-meter "floating" stage over a spur of the Bridgewater Canal to maximize space and sightlines.