HaciendaBar.jpg The newly renovated Amber Alehouse will open to the public later this year Manchester Airport's Terminal 2 has renovated one of its bars with a theme around the city's famed Haçienda nightclub. Set to open to the public later this year, The Amber Alehouse now features several design-based references to the storied venue, [...]
Manchester’s iconic nightclub, FAC51 The Haçienda, has announced the release of 51 DJ mixes from its historic archive, spanning both the original club nights and post-club Haçienda events. The collection is available exclusively on Apple Music, offering fans the chance to relive some of the most memorable moments in dance music history, dating back to 1987 up [...]
Released on 30th January 1989, New Order’s fifth album is a sun-flushed pinnacle of dance rock, directly inspired by the hedonistic energy of Ibiza’s burgeoning club scene of the time. 35 years on, with the help of the album’s engineer Michael Johnson, Ben Cardew reflects on its legacy, and its influence on the acid house [...]
In this extract from DJ Paulette's memoir, out later this month, she confronts the discrimination she and other women faced—and celebrates some of the scene's unsung heroines. I have long been aware that there is a marked difference in the way that Black women are allowed to occupy space in the workplace, and how [...]