Karen Connolly shares a brew with Dave Haslam in his favourite ‘secret’ cafe, Fig + Sparrow on Manchester’s Oldham Street. Miserable Dave. Groovy Dave. Two of the monikers slapped on Dave Haslam in his early DJing days in...
Read MoreThe Manchester punk scene was never meant to be a weighty chapter in history. Quite the opposite: it emerged as a short, sharp breath of fresh air. But looking back now it forged a few copper-bottomed legends, figures who helped...
Read MoreWhile introducing this on-stage interview event, host Dave Haslam makes a surprise announcement. Tonight’s guest Black Francis – Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV to his mum – will finish the evening by performing a...
Read MoreAuthor David Peace now resides in Japan but the Huddersfield-born, former Manchester resident and graduate from Manchester Polytechnic (now MMU) is thrilled to be back to promote his novel about the late, great Bill Shankly, Red...
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At its best, Manchester’s Factory Records was the triumph of caprice over calculation. In a...
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