Tom Hingley's book Carpet Burns: My Life with Inspiral Carpets, is an account of his life as lead singer of Inspiral Carpets, one of the big three bands of the Manchester movement who, along with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, changed music for a generation. He sang on 15 top twenty hits, appeared on TOTP 7 times, sold a million records and toured the world many times. Tom now performs solo as well as touring with his band.Tom will be talking about what it's like to be in the eye of a pop hurricane and what happens when the hits end and the arguments kick in. The event includes a live acoustic set from Tom. Expect an eclectic mix of old Manchester classics, Blues originals and standards.

"Oh my God! Every band is the same. I couldn't put it down." -