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Between 1994 and 1997 Hacienda FM was a weekly show on Manchester dance station Kiss 102. Security was frequently a problem, particularly in the club's latter years. There were several shootings inside and outside the club, and relations with the police and licensing authorities became troubled.
The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-84737-847-7. Middles, Mick (11 July 2011). Factory: The Story of the Record Label. Random House. ISBN 978-0-7535-4754-0. Reade, Lindsay (15 August 2016). Mr Manchester and the Factory Girl: The Story of Tony and Lindsay Wilson. Plexus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85965-875-1.
[17] [18] He co-created the Playpen nights and the Blood Club and was a resident DJ at several key venues in Manchester's alternative club network. He began his career at the Roxy Room in Pips [ 19 ] and performed at other clubs like Devilles, Berlin, Cloud 9, and Legends, helping to create a network of venues that fostered the growth of ...
It gained him an invite to join Mike Pickering (of M-People fame) at the decks of the renowned The Haçienda club, in 1987, where he played until the venue closed in June 1997. [4] Park and Pickering were credited with putting the club on the map with their successful club nights, notably hosting the visionary "Nude" night on Fridays. [5]
His mixing skills and innovative style were quickly noticed and he was soon offered a residency at legendary Manchester club, Fac 51 The Hacienda. Dasilva and DJ Mike Pickering started the wildly popular Ibiza-inspired HOT nights, which are seen by many as the birthplace of UK acid house , alongside Danny Rampling 's Shoom .
28 June – The Haçienda club in Manchester closes. It is later demolished and turned into flats, whilst still retaining the "Hacienda" name. September – Ten-year-old Nicola Benedetti begins her studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School for young musicians under Lord Menuhin and Natasha Boyarskaya.
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The Factory name was first used for a club in May 1978; the first Factory night was on the 26 May 1978. [2] The club became a Manchester legend in its own right, being known variously as the Russell Club, Caribbean Club, PSV (Public Service Vehicles) Club (so titled as it was originally a social club for bus drivers [3] who worked from the nearby depot) and 'The Factory'. [4]