# Event Details - **Event Name**: DAVID NOLAN - I SWEAR I WAS THERE - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 25 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon, 25 May, 2026 at 10:30 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: 50 years since the Sex Pistols played Manchester and the gig that changed the worldAbout this EventOn June the 4th 1976 - 50 years ago - four young men took to the stage of the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester.The noise they made changed everything.David Nolan, author of seminal Manchester punk book ‘I Swear I Was There’, has spent decades finding out the truth behind ‘The Gig That Changed the World’. He’ll be telling the story of how the Pistols first Manchester gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall came about, how the second gig in July happened so quickly afterwards and the story behind the band’s first TV appearance just down the road at Granada Television. And we’ll hear what a furious Tony Wilson said when he confronted David over claims the Factory Records boss wasn’t ‘there’…We welcome David Nolan to Mothers Ruin for a special audio visual talk, chat and Q&A https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1b9e7d20-257c-11f1-a591-7f7175887899-rimg-w592-h740-dc303030-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/1bd56ba0-257c-11f1-886e-e3e40c802de8-rimg-w538-h740-dc1c1813-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/1c1310e0-257c-11f1-8500-4f0c3b0bf48e-rimg-w476-h740-dc2d2d2f-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832 - **Event Categories**: Art, Entertainment, Music, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdavid-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there-tickets-1985356197832 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 9.38, max: 20.21, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Mother's Ruin Gin Palace - **lat**: 51.5837915 - **long**: -0.00823249999996278 - **full address**: Mother's Ruin Gin Palace, Shernhall Street, London, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club (https://allevents.in/org/walthamstow-rock-n-roll-book-club/22534754) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/f7adfa9496b2299986deee943afe36ca457708637429b9891c01b6eac64c0200-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1a1a18-gmir.jpg?v=1774135049 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=DAVID+NOLAN+-+I+SWEAR+I+WAS+THERE&date=25+May ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Mon, 25 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm (+01:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Mother's Ruin Gin Palace, Shernhall Street, London, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 9.38 up to 20.21 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Art, Entertainment, Music, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about DAVID NOLAN - I SWEAR I WAS THERE ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "DAVID NOLAN - I SWEAR I WAS THERE", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/f7adfa9496b2299986deee943afe36ca457708637429b9891c01b6eac64c0200-rimg-w1200-h600-dc1a1a18-gmir.jpg?v=1774135049", "startDate": "2026-05-25T19:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-05-25T22:30:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Mother's Ruin Gin Palace", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Shernhall Street", "postalCode": "E17 9HQ", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.5837915", "longitude": "-0.00823249999996278" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "50 years since the Sex Pistols played Manchester and the gig that changed the world", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "2026-05-25T22:30:00+01:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "lowPrice": "9.38", "highPrice": "20.21", "price": "9.38", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832", "price": "9.38", "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832", "price": "16.96", "name": "Signed book and event entry" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-21", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-21", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/david-nolan-i-swear-i-was-there/100001985356197832", "price": "20.21", "name": "1 Signed book and entry for 2" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Walthamstow Rock n Roll Book Club", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/walthamstow-rock-n-roll-book-club/22534754", "description": "Do you love music? 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