Today marks the 40th anniversary of Blue Monday, a landmark release by New Order that’s widely acknowledged as the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time.
New Order - and ...
A new Manchester independent label is born today – Small Moves Records. The brainchild of A Certain Ratio's Jez Kerr, Steve Brown from Higuera Records and Factory Records' graphic ...
Warner Music has announced the release of two box sets and a special exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Factory Records.
The two box sets (Use Hearing Protection: Factory ...
As frontman of Manchester legends James, Tim Booth has recorded classics such as Laid, Sit Down and Tomorrow. Ahead of the release of new LP Living In Extraordinary Times on ...
Leaving a seminal band to go it alone is a legend almost as old as rock’n’roll itself, but what sets the Johnny Marr story apart is the 26 years in ...
Nick Drake is being inducted into the Folk Awards Hall Of Fame because…
“He made amazing records that retain all their lustre and mystery. The really fascinating thing, of course, ...
The room was abuzz with excitement. The date was September 13, 1992 and the occasion was In The City, the now-defunct Manchester music conference founded by the late Factory Records ...
He texted me saying, I’ve just watched 24 Hour Party People and I think we should do that!” Felix White is sat in a South London pub garden next to ...
