The Durutti Column were among the first acts signed to Manchester's Factory Records label - which was also home to Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays.

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The old offices of Factory Records (the label behind Joy Division and the Happy Mondays) are now music venue Factory 251, part-owned by ex-Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook.

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The city is still sprinkled with musicians who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s, when New Orleans was a hit factory cranking out million-selling records by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Ray Charles and Huey (Piano) Smith ("Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu").

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The concerts form part of the Island 50 festival, which includes a photographic exhibition at The Vinyl Factory in London's Soho and the publication of Keep On Running: The Story of Island Records.

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