31st May 1982, more than 250,000 people packed into Heaton Park to hear Pope John Paul II celebrate mass from a specially constructed open-air altar.

Following the grand tradition of rocur, each week a different citizen, visitor, or random person of Manchester will take over @PeopleofMCR. And they need people to sign up! So drop them a line if you're local, and give them a follow and a hello if you're not.

Hello People of Twitter! We are currently looking for people to get involved with the account. We'd like to get up and running for the first week of July. DM us or email [email protected] to apply to give your 7 day snapshot experience of Greater Manchester. 🐝

Tune in at 12pm to catch interviews with Rebecca Downes and The Magpie Arc plus great tunes!

Tony's Time Machine The Magpie Arc Thanks so much for inviting me on xxx

If you'd like to get involved and take over the account for a week - to give us your #7DaySnapshot of living, working or playing in Greater Manchester - DM us or email [email protected]. We can't wait to meet you! 🐝

More great music and fabulous guests on today. Don't miss it! player.broadcast.radio/allfm?

Tune in now! player.broadcast.radio/allfm?

Happy 73 birthday to the legendary Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer!

June 21, 1995. The album called “Sacrifice” is released in Japan. It is the twelfth studio album by British rock band MOTÖRHEAD. It is the second, and last, of the formation of four members Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Würzel, and Mikkey Dee.

Tune in at 12pm for a cracking new show!

Settle a debate for me about an idiom my Salfordian father used: Whose warning is red sky in the morning according to you?

A message from Alex Van Halen on his birthday today. #AlexVanHalen #EddieVanHalen #VanHalenForever

#TBT #8424 This week 40 years ago I was on tour with The Cult and here’s my itinerary. These few dates came shortly after we finished recording our debut album ‘Dreamtime’.

Now playing … #elp #brainsaladsurgery

📸: Armando Gallo

“The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”, Live in Vienna - 1978 #tbt

In 1934, an aspiring writer asked Ernest Hemingway what books he should read. He responded with a list of 16 classic works. They're Great Books. I suggest you read them. Or, at least, read this thread about them:

What’s your favorite Song that has a Color in the Title?

ADMIN: Just popping up to memorialize a particularly dazzling event last night that could be seen all over Greater Manchester. Please comment your Aurora Borealis pics and where you are in Greater Manchester/UK! 👇 Scenes from Whitefield, Manchester