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Peter Hook opens new Manchester factory Club |
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Written by Infusion Crew
Saturday, 30 January 2010 09:13 |
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Ex New Order bassist Peter Hook is launching a new nightclub in Manchester called the Factory located where the offices of the band’s legendary label Factory Records used to be. Kicking off promotion for the club with a minimalist website and Facebook group the promoters described the Factory as ‘a new indie rock + roll club and live venue’ and added a typically bleak Mancunian reference to Factory Records’ rise and fall. “20 years since the birth of Madchester the building that started it all and ultimately destroyed it all (is back). FAC251: Head office of Factory Communications... Built by Tony Wilson, designed by Ben Kelly & Peter Saville, paid for by New Order and broken by the Happy Mondays . . .”
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Ex New Order bassist Peter Hook is launching a new nightclub in Manchester called the Factory located where the offices of the band’s legendary label Factory Records used to be. Kicking off promotion for the club with a minimalist website and Facebook group the promoters described the Factory as ‘a new indie rock + roll club and live venue’ and added a typically bleak Mancunian reference to Factory Records’ rise and fall. “20 years since the birth of Madchester the building that started it all and ultimately destroyed it all (is back). FAC251: Head office of Factory Communications... Built by Tony Wilson, designed by Ben Kelly & Peter Saville, paid for by New Order and broken by the Happy Mondays . . .”
