The album tells the tale of doomed romance during the city's latest gilded age: Beneath the billowing guitar atmospherics, you can detect the rustle of hedge-fund dollars, the triumphal blare of the city's new business and art-world elite.

WSJ: The Musician and the Producer

Either Chelsea or Swansea will provide the opposition on February 24, but thoughts of that can wait while City bask in the glory of a wonderful tale.

CNN: Minnow Bradford in fairytale triumph

The match came at the end of a week in which City had aired the premiere of a film called Blue Moon Rising in a tale about their travails last season when they agonisingly missed out on a Champions League place.

BBC: Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn

Locals have numerous theories, including the popular tale of disgruntled townsfolk attacking city councilmen during a town celebration.

BBC: Spain's La Tomatina festival

But it's a tale of one city and the rest of the county.

BBC: Vote 2013: Oxfordshire to elect fewer councillors