POET Tony Walsh and The Stranglers brought the Head for the Hills festival to a rousing finish.

Prestwich bard, Tony, whose anthem praising Manchester made him the focus of global attention following the Manchester Arena attack, took to the stage for 10 minutes, followed by the 80s headliners.

He led a loud and enthusiastic chorus of his specially-written poem, Head for the Hills.

Then Tony have a passionate rendition of This Is The Place, the gritty love song for Manchester that was claimed by the city as it stood defiant in the face of the terror attack that claimed 22 lives back in May.

The poem has lost none of its power and the crowd cheered as Tony said: "Applaud the 22."

Then the band for which the festival-goers had braved the chill of the Ramsbottom night took to the stage with a nostalgic, crowd-pumping and energetic set. It was filled with the hits, and went down a storm.