Belated review of Plug In, Tune Out with David Byrne, Mark Mulligan and Dave Haslam: Does music matter less in the current era? Royal Northern College Of Music,…
Written while Liz Naylor and Cath Carroll ran City Fun, this informative article is steeped in scepticism. Factory is viewed as corporate and highly suspect; men with lots…
On Saturday March 3rd, as part of the Manchester Histories Festival, Dave Haslam gave a talk, A Brief Introduction to Manchester’s Alternative Music Magazines, at the Quaker Meeting…
On 11th and 12th November 2011, Nile Rodgers (of Chic) was in Manchester, appearing at two very different events. The first was an interview with Dave Haslam at…
1986-87 In September 1986, about 4 months after Temperance Club started on Thursdays at the Hacienda, Dave Haslam took over the Saturday night with Dean Johnson, a soul…
Thursday Night @ The Hacienda during the late ’80s Dave Haslam scored a success at The Hacienda in Spring 1986 with The Temperance Club, a Thursday night disco…
Contains adverts from Debris Fanzine, 1985-87 These ads for Identity clothes shops are taken from copies of Debris, an indie music fanzine, from the mid-80s. There are no…