Organisers of In The City have revealed more details about this year's convention which will, of course, be held in honour of its co-founder, Tony Wilson, who died last month.
The convention will have the overall title of 'A Brand New Dance (But I Don't Know Its Name)', on which ITC Director and co-founder Yvette Livesey says: "Our headline slogan for 2007 is 'A Brand New Dance (But I Don't Know Its Name)' which, of course, is borrowed from the opening line of 'Fashion' by David Bowie. We are living through a fascinating time for our industry - on the one hand we have some very stiff challenges to overcome but clearly there are also major opportunities out there for those individuals and companies who are willing to embrace new ideas and ways of working. We have taken 'inspiration' and 'education' as our main tenets this year and our programme will reflect those two themes".
Organisers also confirmed Xfm and Cokemusic as partners on this year's event, which takes place in Manchester from 20-22 Oct. Mute founder Daniel Miller, ie Music chiefs David Enthoven and Tim Clark, and Sub-Pop Records co-founder Jonathan Poneman are among those set to speak.