Street artist Akse has been back out in the Northern Quarter paying tribute to another lost icon - legendary musician Prince.

His portrait on the side of The Outhouse's substation building, on the corner of Tib Street and Thomas Street, is a memorial to the American singer who died unexpectedly on April 21 this year, aged 57.

Prince was a global superstar who scored dozens of hits with songs such as Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, Kiss, Raspberry Beret, 1999, Controversy, and The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.

In recent years, he and his band 3RDEYEGIRL stunned audiences around the world playing guerrilla gigs at a moment's notice in a series of small venues - in some cases playing two shows a night to satisfy demand, as happened at Manchester Academy in February 2014.

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French born artist Akse, who is based in Manchester, has several pieces of work around the city's bohemian Northern Quarter now, including a portrait of his son.

Pictures of his portrait of David Bowie, who died in January just days after releasing his acclaimed album Black Star, were tweeted thousands of times.

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