Here's my Liverpool so far... go to The Beatles Story, do the Mystery Bus Tour, & Robert Cain Brewery Tour
Here's what my Manchester looks like so far... take the Urbis Factory Records Tour which will include seeing the site of The Hacienda, Factory HQ & that whole Madchester theme thing. Go to Cornerhouse where the company I work at is sponsoring a contemporary art exhibition & where the Factory Records tour starts and ends. See the Madchester Hacienda Exhibition at the Urbis building in Cathedral Gardens. See the site of the old Roman fort circa AD 79 at Castlefield Urban Heritage Park. Go to the People's History Museum. Maybe do a brewery tour at Three Rivers Brewery.