Manchester’s Factory251 indie and rock club is two this month and is celebrating with not one, but two parties.
DJ sets from Tim Burgess, Hooky, Zane Lowe, Doorly, Norman Jay, Dave Haslam and Tribes all feature in the line-up for ‘Factory251, The Second Birthday In Two Parts’.
Co-owned by Joy Division legend Peter Hook and...
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New Order have become the latest band hoping to surf the wave of nostalgia for all things Eighties Manc music-related.
The band – minus bassist Peter Hook – follow hot on the heels of Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses by announcing a new tour.
Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert are joined by Phil...
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Musicians are being invited to enter the Feel Good Factor, an online talent competition where the winner will get to perform around Manchester and help raise money for the Samaritans charity.
It’s open to all music genres – whether you are into pop, rock, soul, classical, R & B – this is your chance.
Budding stars...
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By Dean Gate
Haven were the so-very-nearly men of British indie rock. Discovered by former Smiths’ manager Joe Moss, they were championed by Johnny Marr who produced their two albums. They also played support slots for Marr’s band The Healers, as well as Badly Drawn Boy.
But their star sadly faded before it was allowed to...
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Celtic folk rockers Big Country, who formed in November 1981, will kick-off their 30th anniversary celebrations by performing their classic 1983 debut album The Crossing live in its entirety during a 13-date tour in Feburary.
The band play Manchester’s Academy on February 3, with The Alarm’s Mike Peters taking the place on vocals of Manchester-born Stuart...
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