Manchester Attack: The Punk Site Response

As a Mancunian writing for The Punk Site I felt compelled to post about the events that struck my city just 24 hours ago, an attack occurred on innocent people attending a concert that resulted in 22 people losing their lives, 12 were children under the age of 16, and dozens more were injured. Manchester‘s response to this event was not to give in to fear and hate, we united together, people opened their homes, restaurants and bars gave shelter and there was a unified and magnificent response from the emergency services. At The Punk Site we feel music matters, more than that it can unite people, the style, genre and venue are all irrelevant at times like this, like Paris we will break through the hate, we will continue to attend concerts, we continue to support live music and we will remember those we have lost and support their families. You can contribute to the appeal to support the families of the victims of the attack here

This Is The Place from tonight’s vigil, that sums up the Mancunian attitude, can be viewed below

We Own This City image by kind permission of Manchester artist Mancsy