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Singer Mick Hucknall hasn't spoken to comic Steve Coogan for 20 years over quip

Comic Steve Coogan and Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall used to be friends and even sang a duet together but the pair stopped speaking after Coogan gave him a ribbing

Daily Mirror

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

‘I did my climactic speech – then took half an E’: Steve Coogan on making 24 Hour Party People

‘We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse,’ says the film’s director, Michael Winterbottom. ‘It was chaos – people were crying because they were so nostalgic’

The Guardian - UK

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Factory flaw: hunt for stolen 1977 sign that put Manchester on pop music map

The very first Factory club night was advertised with this poster. Now its designer wants it back to complete a major archive

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: A reality for too many

There are thousands of homeless in Greater Manchester PLUS Filmed on the wings AND The return of DJ Burnham

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

The long battle to get Britain’s lost employees back to work

In the wake of Covid, many of the economically inactive people in the UK would love to take up a new job. In the first of a series of articles about our changing workforce, we ask what it would take to make them productive again

The Guardian - UK

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In brief: Illuminations; The World: A Family History; From Manchester With Love – reviews

Alan Moore’s short stories enchant, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s dynastic history illuminates and Paul Morley’s biography of Tony Wilson is a moving portrait of Manchester

The Guardian - UK

No club can claim immunity from racism, but Hawthorn has a messy history with its Indigenous players

There are few Australian football clubs who could claim immunity from racially prejudiced pasts, but Hawthorn's history is scattered with dire examples of hurtful moments. Warning: This story contains racist images.

ABC News

Why Shaun Ryder quit drugs after sex parties, 'crack island' and biting dog on LSD

Legendary Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder, who is celebrating his 60th birthday today, gave up his drug-fuelled lifestyle for an emotional reason

Daily Mirror

Amazon apologise after iconic Ian Curtis mural painted over to promote new Aitch album

"Our apologies to all who are justifiably upset"

Manchester Evening News

Peter Hook calls for permanent memorial to Ian Curtis and Tony Wilson after mural outcry

The Manchester music legend has spoken out after a mural of Ian Curtis was painted over this week

Manchester Evening News

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

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

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Daily Record

Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder, 58, dies suddenly hours before show

The sad news was announced on the group's official Facebook page, after Paul was found dead hours before their gig at Kubix Festival.

Daily Mirror

Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder, 58, dies hours before show as band pay tribute

Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder has died hours before the band were going to perform in Sunderland

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

The Guardian - UK

From pandemic solidarity to bitter enemies: how Tories turned on workers

Spirit of consensus has gone as ministers seek a scapegoat for the stagflation affecting the economy

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The Guardian - UK

UK government’s £2.9bn job search scheme has put only 7% of participants in work to date

Intensive ‘Restart’ programme is also struggling to find enough participants to meet predicted caseload

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

Manchester Evening News

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

New degree course aims to find budding music moguls like the legendary late Tony Wilson

"There is something in the water in Manchester that gives birth to bands like Oasis."

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...

The Guardian - UK

Back to the bad old days of the 1990s as recession looms for UK

Inflation is set to jump to 9% this week when official figures are released, and fears of a slump are growing

Manchester Evening News

University of Salford names Granada Reports presenter Lucy Meacock as new Chancellor

“Salford is very close to my heart"

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