{"id":2006502,"date":"2025-09-08T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2006502"},"modified":"2025-09-08T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:45:33","slug":"manchesters-beyond-the-music-announce-networking-event-backed-by-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/manchesters-beyond-the-music-announce-networking-event-backed-by-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester’s Beyond The Music Announce Networking Event Backed By Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOasis<\/a>\u2019 management and label teams have co-signed a unique networking opportunity as part of Beyond The Music<\/a>\u2019s Inspire program in Manchester.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Beyond The Band event, to be held on Oct. 2 at the city\u2019s Co-op Live, will give hopeful professionals aged 16-25 an opportunity to gain insights from local industry leaders and politicians on panels and conversations, and a speed networking event.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeyond The Music was first held in 2023 and co-founded by Sarah Pearson, Rose Marley and Oli Wilson<\/strong>, son of local legend Tony Wilson (co-founder of Factory Records). The conference hosts an array of live performances and industry panels with a goal to promote and champion the local Manchester scene. The Inspire program focuses on generating opportunities for rising professionals looking to get into the industry.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year\u2019s Beyond the Band event has been co-signed by Ignition Records, Oasis\u2019 longtime management and record company; the Co-op Live arena; Abbey Road Studios; Adidas Originals; Andy Burnham<\/strong>, mayor of Greater Manchester; and Bev Craig<\/strong>, leader of Manchester City Council. Marcus Russell<\/strong> and Claire Byrne<\/strong> of Ignition will attend the event, as will the management team of local rapper Aitch<\/a> \u2013 who boasts twenty top 10 singles on the U.K. charts \u2013 as well as representatives of SJM Concerts, Heavenly Records and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking to Billboard U.K.<\/em> Wilson and Marley wanted to capitalize on a spectacular summer of music in Manchester. In July, Oasis performed five homecoming gigs<\/a> at the city\u2019s Heaton Park, and concerts have also been held by Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Fontaines D.C., Sam Fender and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tMarley says that the city has been \u201cbouncing\u201d as a result, and that events and focus on music is part of a longterm commitment from council leaders and politicians to the scene\u2019s heritage and their potential future. Over \u00a3250,000 of the proceeds from Oasis\u2019 Heaton Park shows were invested<\/a> into the grassroots scene in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThose mammoth Oasis shows, Wilson says, gave the city so much hope that working class musicians can make a viable career and should feel inspired by the Gallagher brothers\u2019 journey. \u201cIt showed why the government needs to take music much more seriously as a career prospect for young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe event is the latest step in Manchester\u2019s driven campaign to be known as the music capital of the world. Civic leaders like Burnham and Craig are leading the charge, and in 2025 The BRITs<\/a> will be held outside of London for the first time at Manchester\u2019s Co-op Live arena.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGreater Manchester has always led the way when it comes to music \u2014\u00a0from venues and festivals to the artists who\u2019ve made their mark across the world,\u201d Burnham tells Billboard U.K.<\/em> \u201cOur future depends on inspiring the next generation and making sure they have the access and opportunities to take it even further. Beyond The Band is about opening those doors and giving young people the chance to carry our story forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMarley says that she hopes the event will embolden young people who have struggled to find consistent work, and lost key socializing years of their youth to COVID lockdowns. The \u201cgig economy\u201d \u2014\u00a0which involves holding multiple jobs and employers at any one time \u2014 can be a viable career, she adds. \u201cThese are formidable careers that can earn a good income, but might not be \u2018a job\u2019 like they\u2019re expecting it to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAttendees aged 16-25 can apply for access here<\/a>. Marley says the event is a great opportunity to hustle and get valuable face-to-face time with industry \u201cmovers and shakers\u201d and build confidence. She adds, \u201cOur advice would be that we can open the door, but you need to step into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oasis\u2019 management and label teams have co-signed a unique networking opportunity as part of Beyond The Music\u2019s Inspire program in Manchester. The Beyond The Band event, to be held on Oct. 2 at the city\u2019s Co-op Live, will give hopeful professionals aged 16-25 an opportunity to gain insights from local industry leaders and politicians on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2006503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[300932,21932,365975],"class_list":["post-2006502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-billboard-uk","tag-music-news","tag-uk-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Manchesters-Beyond-The-Music-Announce-Networking-Event-Backed-By-Oasis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}