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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

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

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 · Jul 23, 2022

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 · Jul 11, 2022

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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

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

The magical place in Manchester where the Hacienda should really have been, revealed by founder Alan Erasmus

Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus reveals his initial reservations about the Hacienda - and the location where HE had wanted the superclub to originally be built in Manchester

Manchester Evening News · May 29, 2022

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 · May 21, 2022

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...

Manchester Evening News · May 21, 2022

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Hacienda to hold huge 40th anniversary rave in car park where original site once stood

Work is underway for a huge Hacienda 40th anniversary party at the original Whitworth Street site, the MEN can reveal

Manchester Evening News · May 5, 2022

Exhibition celebrating British pop culture to launch in Manchester

The British Pop Archive will include items from different aspects of Manchester’s highly recognisable pop scene.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022

Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus returns from his humanitarian mission to Ukraine

The 72-year-old came back to Manchester because his mum was ill - but his charitable work continues

Manchester Evening News · Mar 28, 2022

Factory Records co-founder, 72, arrives in Ukraine to help refugees fleeing the fighting

"My plan wasn't to come and shoot people: I'm 72, my eyesight is crap, my hearing is even worse!"

Manchester Evening News · Mar 11, 2022

'All over the city there was graffiti saying 'Tony Wilson is a w***er'' - Richard Madeley on being neighbours with the former Factory Records boss

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard says the former Hacienda manager taught him a 'valuable life lesson'

Manchester Evening News · Mar 6, 2022

Factory Records founder Alan Erasmus heads to Ukraine on humanitarian mission

Erasmus co-founded the iconic Manchester record label alongside Tony Wilson

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

'I'm not having this - wish me luck': Manchester's Factory Records co-founder flying out to Ukraine to help 'fight bullies'

"I've fought bullies of one kind or another all my life," said Alan Erasmus

Manchester Evening News · Mar 1, 2022

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