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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

'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

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

'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

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