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INSANE: Factory records - The Real Truth

“Every time I hear Love Will Tear Us Apart, I grit my teeth and remember myself shouting down the phone... I can feel the anger in it even now”: The story of Joy Division's swan song

"He was obsessed. Martin sensed it was a song that was going to last forever and wanted to make it really special"

MusicRadar

‘Good for Chanel and good for Manchester’: Fashion show delights city’s luminaries

Catwalk in the city’s fashionable Northern Quarter celebrated its musical, cultural and sporting prowess

The Guardian - UK

Chanel drafts Peter Saville to design record sleeve for its blockbuster Manchester show

Chanel’s Métiers d’art show invitation came encased in a record sleeve by Peter Saville, heralding a blockbuster show that paid ode to his home city of Manchester’s cultural might

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Manchester Unspun: How a City Got High on Music by Andy Spinoza – from Cottonopolis to Manc-hattan

A hugely entertaining account of the city’s resurrection over four decades, relayed by a well-connected former journalist, focuses on the catalytic role of Factory Records and the Haçienda

The Guardian - UK

North and Peter Saville turn landmark new cultural venue into a sharp logo design for Factory International

Architectural influences meet the legacy of Factory Records.

Creative Bloq

Aviva Studios, Manchester review – where’s the joy?

Designed by to morph from small-scale to vast and host the city’s international festival, Manchester’s new £211m complex feels like a missed opportunity

The Guardian - UK

What links Factory Records and the Bosnian war? The Saturday quiz

From Italian desserts to Pet Shop Boys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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A beginner's guide to Factory Records in five essential albums

The story of the Manchester indie label that changed the world

Louder

Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons review – a psychedelic pop-art garden of earthly delights

The 94-year-old Japanese trailblazer goes big – really big – with warehouse-filling inflatables of dolls, pumpkins and writhing tentacles instilling satisfaction and a stupid happiness

The Guardian - UK

‘Poor decision for Manchester’: mixed reaction to Aviva Studios naming deal

Critics say rebranding of arts venue after insurance firm is antithesis of city’s culture, but supporters say funding is vital

The Guardian - UK

Manchester arts venue Factory International renamed after Aviva

New project will now be named Aviva Studios after insurance company bought naming rights for £35m

The Guardian - UK

Abrdn lowers asking price for Auto Trader headquarters by over £20m

The building was renamed after Tony Wilson who founded the Hacienda nightclub and co-founded Factory Records

Birmingham Post

The Mancunian Way: From punk to the pandemic

The nightclub that triggered a Manchester renaissance PLUS Why junior doctors are striking AND GM’s Trailblazer deal

Manchester Evening News

Has Manchester changed too much? 'I feel guilty that I was part of it'

"In 1980 Manchester was summed up in people's minds as Kevin Cummins' picture of Joy Division in Hulme - looking miserable, bleak, around half collapsed buildings."

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11 lost but not forgotten Manchester bars and nightclubs we loved in the 1990s

Manchester's nightlife in the 1990s is the stuff of legend

Manchester Evening News

New Manchester music conference backed by New Order to be held in the city

Beyond the Music will champion new music and is being organised by Oli Wilson, son of Factory Records legend Tony Wilson

Creative Bloq

30 famous graphic designers that everyone should know

These pioneering famous graphic designers have helped shape the industry and inspire creatives.

Manchester Evening News

The lost Manchester bars and clubs that we loved back in the 00s

They still live on in our memories

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Inside the Hacienda... the club that shook Britain - as new BBC documentary prepares to air rare footage of Manchester superclub

It's where Noel Gallagher learned to dance, was the epicentre of rave and played host to Madonna, The Smiths and the Happy Mondays

Manchester Evening News

Lost Manchester 1990s nightclub where people partied 'until 4am' with gay icons and 'top DJs'

The iconic 1990s gay club had two dancefloors and three bars

Manchester Evening News

How Manchester changed during the Queen’s 70 years on the throne

A constant in an ever-changing world, the Queen was the longest serving-monarch in the United Kingdom’s history.

The Independent UK

Paul Ryder: Bass guitarist who brought funk to Happy Mondays

The younger brother of the ‘Madchester’-spawned group’s frontman Shaun, created infectious grooves to underpin the band’s untutored but inimitable indie-dance sound

Manchester Evening News

We just lost Paul Ryder. And all these other Manchester music legends were taken far too soon

We look back at some of pivotal figures from the city's illustrious musical history who we lost prematurely

Manchester Evening News

Factory Records legend Tony Wilson is still turning heads and raising money for good causes

The Hacienda nightclub boss introduced Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays

Daily Mirror

Shaun Ryder and Peter Hook share memories of club where Madonna did first UK gig

Stars of the 1980s 'Madchester' acid house music scene pay tribute to the legendary Hacienda nightclub, which opened in a former warehouse in the city in 1982 but later closed after drug and gun chaos

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