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I Was There: Alan Edwards in conversation with Andy Spinoza (11 July 24)
Watch the godfather of modern music PR Alan Edwards in conversation with journalist and author Andy Spinoza for an evening discussing his memoir, detailing his work with everyone from Bowie to Blondie; the Rolling Stones to the Spice Girls; Prince to Amy Winehouse.
Published by Simon & Schuster on 6 June 2024 ‘I Was There‘ traces Edwards’ career from the thriving punk scene of ’70s London, which inspired him to set up his own PR company, through his work with acts such as Blondie and the Rolling Stones, his collaboration with David Bowie over nearly four decades, his move into the pop world with the Spice Girls, and beyond.
In an intimate conversation with journalist and author Andy Spinoza in the John Rylands’ Historic Reading Room you can find out more about all the entertaining tales of rock-star antics one might expect, but also dive further into Edwards’ fascinating observations about the brilliant artists he has worked with, and what makes them tick.
This event gave guests a unique opportunity to explore the rise of PR as a major force in British society from one of the trailblazers in the industry. Even as Edwards’ career takes off and allows him to play a crucial background role in the lives and careers of some of the world’s biggest stars, he retains a powerful sense of being an outsider - never forgetting how lucky he is to look back on decades of music and culture and say, ‘I was there’.
The event was presented by Creative Manchester in partnership with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
Connect with Creative Manchester
Creative Manchester is an interdisciplinary research platform based at The University of Manchester. The platform champions research in creativity and creative practice, bringing together research communities with external stakeholders to explore new research areas and address strategic opportunities. Please visit the website for more information about Creative Manchester.
Find out more about Creative Manchester: linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr
About the speakers
Alan Edwards is the Founder of public relations agency The Outside Organisation and an instinctive storyteller. The company has represented an eclectic range of clients, including some of the biggest music stars on the planet, corporations and brands, government, royalty, celebrities, charities, events and sports legends.
During an illustrious 45-year career, Alan has worked with an incredible number of high-profile artists, bands and companies; David Bowie (for nearly four decades), The Who, Victoria and David Beckham, the NFL, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Shakira, P Diddy, Britney Spears, Naomi Campbell, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Michael Jackson, WME, Channel 5, Red Bull, Iron Maiden, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sir Paul McCartney, entertainment company AEG, Sony and EMI record labels, the Big Brother TV franchise, One Love Manchester and, of course, The Spice Girls.
Alan was the third recipient of the huge honour of being inducted into PR Week’s Hall of Fame in 2017, and is also probably the only PR in the world who has been an “exhibit” twice at the coveted Victoria and Albert Museum. In April 2015, through a unique 3-week long live event, (“Always Print The Myth: PR in the Modern Age”), Alan reflected on the evolving role of PR within fashion, culture, media, entertainment, sports and politics across the past 40 years. And as contributor to Pink Floyd’s “Their Mortal Remains” in 2017.
Alan is also a regular contributor to TV and Radio. He fronted the BBC’s “Music Moguls” programme in 2016 - examining how PR and music are intertwined -and in 2018 did a second BBC series, “Hip Hype and Hustle”.
From his early days representing punk bands in the 70s to working with global superstars, brands and businesses today, Alan and Outside have always lived by an ethos of telling compelling stories for clients in an honest and creative way.
As of March 2024, Alan has been named by PR Week the No 1 in Entertainment PR for an unprecedented tenth year in a row.
Andy Spinoza arrived in the city in 1979 as a student at the University of Manchester. He founded 'what’s on' magazine City Life in 1983 and from 1988-1998 reported on the music scene for the Manchester Evening News. He then had a 25-year PR career with own agency, including promoting the city worldwide. Now an author, his 2023 book Manchester Unspun is an account of the city’s extraordinary transformation.
Published by Simon & Schuster on 6 June 2024 ‘I Was There‘ traces Edwards’ career from the thriving punk scene of ’70s London, which inspired him to set up his own PR company, through his work with acts such as Blondie and the Rolling Stones, his collaboration with David Bowie over nearly four decades, his move into the pop world with the Spice Girls, and beyond.
In an intimate conversation with journalist and author Andy Spinoza in the John Rylands’ Historic Reading Room you can find out more about all the entertaining tales of rock-star antics one might expect, but also dive further into Edwards’ fascinating observations about the brilliant artists he has worked with, and what makes them tick.
This event gave guests a unique opportunity to explore the rise of PR as a major force in British society from one of the trailblazers in the industry. Even as Edwards’ career takes off and allows him to play a crucial background role in the lives and careers of some of the world’s biggest stars, he retains a powerful sense of being an outsider - never forgetting how lucky he is to look back on decades of music and culture and say, ‘I was there’.
The event was presented by Creative Manchester in partnership with the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
Connect with Creative Manchester
Creative Manchester is an interdisciplinary research platform based at The University of Manchester. The platform champions research in creativity and creative practice, bringing together research communities with external stakeholders to explore new research areas and address strategic opportunities. Please visit the website for more information about Creative Manchester.
Find out more about Creative Manchester: linktr.ee/uomcreativemcr
About the speakers
Alan Edwards is the Founder of public relations agency The Outside Organisation and an instinctive storyteller. The company has represented an eclectic range of clients, including some of the biggest music stars on the planet, corporations and brands, government, royalty, celebrities, charities, events and sports legends.
During an illustrious 45-year career, Alan has worked with an incredible number of high-profile artists, bands and companies; David Bowie (for nearly four decades), The Who, Victoria and David Beckham, the NFL, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Shakira, P Diddy, Britney Spears, Naomi Campbell, The Rolling Stones, Prince, Michael Jackson, WME, Channel 5, Red Bull, Iron Maiden, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sir Paul McCartney, entertainment company AEG, Sony and EMI record labels, the Big Brother TV franchise, One Love Manchester and, of course, The Spice Girls.
Alan was the third recipient of the huge honour of being inducted into PR Week’s Hall of Fame in 2017, and is also probably the only PR in the world who has been an “exhibit” twice at the coveted Victoria and Albert Museum. In April 2015, through a unique 3-week long live event, (“Always Print The Myth: PR in the Modern Age”), Alan reflected on the evolving role of PR within fashion, culture, media, entertainment, sports and politics across the past 40 years. And as contributor to Pink Floyd’s “Their Mortal Remains” in 2017.
Alan is also a regular contributor to TV and Radio. He fronted the BBC’s “Music Moguls” programme in 2016 - examining how PR and music are intertwined -and in 2018 did a second BBC series, “Hip Hype and Hustle”.
From his early days representing punk bands in the 70s to working with global superstars, brands and businesses today, Alan and Outside have always lived by an ethos of telling compelling stories for clients in an honest and creative way.
As of March 2024, Alan has been named by PR Week the No 1 in Entertainment PR for an unprecedented tenth year in a row.
Andy Spinoza arrived in the city in 1979 as a student at the University of Manchester. He founded 'what’s on' magazine City Life in 1983 and from 1988-1998 reported on the music scene for the Manchester Evening News. He then had a 25-year PR career with own agency, including promoting the city worldwide. Now an author, his 2023 book Manchester Unspun is an account of the city’s extraordinary transformation.
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Welcome to the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
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Welcome to the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
NOTES ON BRESSON CONFERENCE, 30/31 March 2023
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Much respect! ✊
For GOD's sake why do British people feel the need to appropriate other's cultures? Why does anyone?
Professor Milli Vanilli !
Why are you silent on Gaza David? You haven't uttered a word of moral outrage against Israel's racial genocide. I thought you were one of the good guys. Turns out you are a just a MSM careerist.
“Sometime people ask if studying religion is relevant today”. On 20/07/2022 Alice Wood gained a degree in Theological Studies in Philosophy and Ethics with honours from your illustrious institution; on 02/01/2023 she was found guilty of using her car "as a weapon" to murder her fiance. Still think it’s relevant? Just goes to show how big the gap is between reading ethics and doing ethics.
We really need help at our universities to equip students with skills to respond to disasters
volume is very low
90% of what he writes is race grifting bullshht
This guy is incredible. The reasons we get him is because. He has the ability to project. Which is why we receive so well from him. There’s no one like and his voice…. I could listen to him all day..👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Amazing interview! Thank you. So refreshing to hear. You may find it interesting, that Im a 57yr. Old white male. I have never accepted being put into a category, ever. My oldest daughter came out recently. Amazing, I told her, Love is Love. I did not suffer one negative emotion. Thank you for your first book! I will highly reccommend your work to both of my daughters. I look forward to your next book! Cheers!
Nice!
How was this edited and made, may I ask?
Moving 💪
I had enough of English bollocks concerning Gaelic history and culture. I remain flabbergasted by the sheer purity of this polemicists bullshit! He was a " producer " / manufacturer of his false mythologies ! The wretched Indian servite is equally complicit in this nonsense!
Thank you! My friends and I just did a remembrance walk for the 1842 Plug Plots in the Stockport area and were wondering about poets from around this era.
Shower of liars and tossers. Lol
Professor of fake history lol
Blimey the stadium is packed to listen to this !
If he's an historian I'm the messiah, black and British is fake history., listen to Simon Webb, Masters history students !!!, lol
A real racial "HATE IN" arrest him.
He wrote a forward to a recent book published and it was inaccurate and not true ?
How would you know any more than him??????
90% of what he writes is race grfting bullshht
Blessings upon whoever indexed this video.
Also big up stroud
Id love to big up Wales to and new statue in bay
I feel what that girls saying all like about blm and about understanding etc but I can feel she is saying Lets just go for it. Do you know what I mean. Guys?
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Are any of these programs offered online?
Egyptology is offered online :)
I just checked out this book, Assembly and it is nice to find this recent interview with both pleasant authors. Thank you for sharing a second author Jarred McGinnis, I plan to check this out now!
Surprised comments aren't filled with vitriolic racist statements, thank u David and all others for the work u do keeping the 'spotlight' on these topics!🥳💚👀
Nobody is interested in fake history, that's why , nothing to do with racism.
@@terrencemullins335 get out the cellar, off the web, have a wash, get some much needed vitamin D, and look up the black side of ur Mullins family 👁🤣🤣🤗
@@lunalea1250 what a ridiculous reply, lol, grow up , gain some knowledge and experience instead of this ignorant troll nonsense. Bye Bye
Dose David ever response to ‘ History Debunked ‘ if not why not as ‘ History Debunked ‘ has made many criticisms of your books, documents etc and you never challenged him, why not, are you afraid he might be calling you out and telling the true?
Hello from Brazil
Hope David reads this......can't wait for your informed lecture on what the BLM (started in the USA) has done for the communities with the millions of dollars they've raised all over the world. Even black people in the USA are asking this question....but it seems that some of them have got very rich. But lets not complain about this, lets just keep hitting out at the white population. Years after slavery the UK is still getting the blame, when black people in many countries all over the world are in their conditions because of their corrupt Governments. What about a lecture on why as a black person you wouldn't be welcomed in places like Russia. No just keep knocking us here at home. Or maybe a documentary on modern day slavery where it exists in certain Middle Eastern countries who take advantage of black africans who go there for work. Compared to these places the situation in the UK is petty. You learn to be better from history, but not by removing it. Remember when Nelson Mandela was leader of the ANC who accepted millions from Gaddafi, a sponsor of terrorism. WHY ISN'T ANYONE DEMANDING THE REMOVAL OF HIS STATUE HERE.
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Please i want your email ?
that was interesting!
capacity building at local on disaster management, is very important do you have training modules, please guide us
do you have on line certificate courses
Absolutely wonderful. I studied Latin starting at age 13 and it made all further language study easier. As well, it made fall in love with language and writing and that love has never left me.