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Forty years of New Order’s Blue Monday: who inspired it and who it inspired

The Mancunians spliced Donna Summer with Ennio Morricone to make a futurist dance smash – and ended up influencing Rihanna, Pet Shop Boys and Detroit techno

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s no good if gigs become the preserve of the posh’ – the crisis facing live music in Britain

Who will fill Britain’s eight new arenas now ticket prices are soaring? Is it true many bands would earn more stacking shelves? And how can official Taylor Swift tickets cost £4,000? Our writer investigates

The Guardian - UK

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

Manchester Evening News

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SXSW Music Festival: line-up and how to get tickets

There will be 300 artists from around the world performing this year

Evening Standard

England fans say winners of tonight's clash with France 'have one hand' on World Cup trophy

Supporters sang Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline and danced to New Order’s football anthem World In Motion as they enjoyed the atmosphere at the Qatari capital’s Radisson Blu Hotel ahead of tonight's match

Daily Mirror

Liverpool's 80s music scene, lost nightclubs and the legends who performed there

"Find something you love to do and you’ll never work a day in your life."

Liverpool Echo

The essential "John Hughes Mixtapes"

Life moves fast ... check out the mixtapes for Hughes movies, from "Ferris Bueller's" to "Pretty in Pink"

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How Craig Johnston co-wrote an iconic New Order song

The New Order song World in Motion was a huge hit.

Newcastle Herald

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

Hacienda Classical to return to the Castlefield Bowl next summer

The seventh installment is all set for July, 2023

Manchester Evening News

New Hacienda BBC documentary will get Manchester premiere - and fans can apply for tickets

The Hacienda: The Club That Shook Britain is being shown on BBC Two

Manchester Evening News

Peter Hook & The Light announce three-night ‘homecoming residency' at the Albert Hall

Hooky and crew will play seminal albums from Joy Division and New Order

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.

Manchester Evening News

‘We had the foundation of a fantastic third album’: Peter Hook talks Joy Division, Ian Curtis, New Order

It’s noon on a Thursday, yet Peter Hook is still lying in his bed in a hotel room in Toronto as he joins our Zoom video call.

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Liverpool Echo

Aitch apologises as Ian Curtis mural covered with album advert

The painting of the late Joy Division singer was unveiled in Manchester in 2020

The Guardian - UK

‘The first time I did cocaine, I thought: That’s expensive’ – Keith Allen on his wild years

He blazed through the 90s, an explosive mix of hellraising laddishness and sheer comic talent. As the 68-year-old resurfaces in Rehab, a musical about a drug-addicted pop star, he hits the Groucho to relive his triumphs and ponder his regrets

Manchester Evening News

Review: Peter Hook and The Light celebrate Joy Division at Manchester Apollo

There was a tribute to Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder amid a night of spine-tingling classics from the Joy Division and New Order bassist

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Dave Baguley obituary

Other lives: Audiology specialist who carried out research into hearing loss and tinnitus

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

Manchester Evening News

Hacienda reveals why 40th anniversary party was split into two halves at last minute

A 'probation notice' was served at 5pm on the Friday night - giving bosses just 24 hours notice

Manchester Evening News

Watch the Hacienda 40th Anniversary rave LIVE stream

Tonight the city raves again at the Hacienda - and if you didn't bag a ticket, you can watch it all unfold on the live stream here

Manchester Evening News

Hacienda ticketholders 'fuming' as 40th anniversary rave night is SPLIT in half in last minute chaos

'In true Hacienda fashion, things rarely go according to plan'

Manchester Evening News

Hacienda at 40: The highs, the lows, the £6m losses - as told by key figures behind 'greatest club on earth'

It's 40 years to the day that the Hacienda first opened its doors in Manchester...

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