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Peter Hook – co-owner of iconic Manchester nightclub The Hacienda and co-founder of seminal bands Joy Division and New Order - is back on the road recounting the rollercoaster tales of fun, success, lost money, confusion and true faith that encapsulated the notorious ‘Madchester’ scene.
In this new show - a spoken word, multi-media night based on his 2009 best selling book ‘The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club’ – ‘Hooky’ promises fans a chance to hear it like it was; the real revelations and stories not allowed in the book. A heady era that still bleeds into modern public consciousness having been responsible for some of the most cherished British music of the last few decades, this will also be a rare chance for the audience to dip under the surface with the bass slinging legend in a question and answer session.
As co-founder of Joy Division and New Order Peter Hook has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass guitar melodies of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and the bestselling 12-inch single ever, 'Blue Monday' among many other songs. As co-owner of Manchester's Hacienda club Hook propelled the rise of acid house in the late 1980s, then suffered through its violent fall in the 1990s as gangs, drugs, greed and a hostile police force destroyed everything he and his friends had created. This is his memory of that era, it’s characters and it is ‘far sadder, funnier, scarier and stranger' than anyone has imagined.
Unknown Pleasures with Peter HookSunday 25 April 2010, 7.30pm
The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5BZ
Admission:
£15.00 advance
More on the door
Bookings: 0871 472 0400 or online:
www.glee.co.uk
