Manchester Rocks

Any self respecting resident of Greater Manchester would not hesitate to tell you. Now a survey produced by a leading music website has found that the city has 'produced more rock and roll stars' per head of population than any other city in the UK. A kind of modern music domestic product that Manchester artists like Morrissey and Oasis have exported to the world.

Guitarrockstar.co.uk conducted the survey by examining where rock stars were born and raised. Manchester came top as the Manchester Evening News reported today, Wednesday, August 13: "Manchester has one rock star per 17,855, followed by Oxford, with one in 24,100..."

Manchester has been at the forefront of change in transport, industry and music for years, as visitors and interested locals can discover with the Manchester: Then & Now audio walking tour. Customers downloading the Walk Talk Tour Manchester visitor guide to their own device pay just £5. Three people can enjoy the Manchester city guide for £7, four folks for £9. For more information about the costs of undertaking the tour as a group please click here.

Listeners to the Walk Talk Tour city walking tour of Manchester are free to hear about the city's sights and attractions whenever they want. With a Walk Talk Tour, Manchester travel guide you're in charge. No need to feel conspicuous with a guidebook in your hands or struggle to follow - let alone hear - the tour guide with the umbrella.

Walk along part of the Rochdale Canal by the side of the Bridgewater Hall, home to Britain's first symphony orchestra. Listeners to the Walk Talk Tour Manchester iPod travel guide will walk behind the back of the Hacienda nightclub, which was once the heart of the city's Madchester scene. Feel the new beat of the city as you walk on to Deansgate Locks. To hear an audio sample from the Manchester: Then & Now podcast guided tour please click here.

Don't have an iPod, MP3 or MP3 enabled phone? Don't worry, you can hire a pre-loaded version of the Manchester: Then & Now mp3 guided tour from the Manchester Visitor Information Centre. Each pre-loaded tour can be hired for £6 per person. Customers are asked for a £20 deposit, refundable once the pre-loaded tour is return to the Visitor Information Centre The pre-loaded tours come with disposable headphones and a tour plan (map).

Many of Manchester's top attractions like the Museum of Science and Industry, which is home to the world's first passenger railway station, Liverpool Road, are free to enter. To make the most of your time in Manchester check out our Where & When pages, which provide information about the opening times and admission charges along the tour's route.

In addition there are five Walk Talk Tour audio walking tours of London (available in French, German and Spanish), two Walk Talk Tours of Edinburgh and a Walk Talk Tour mp3 guided tour of York.