Kick out the old and welcome the new with a few Factory New Year's Eves from years gone by...

1986
1992
1998
2006

Labels: FAC471, FAC51_The_Hacienda, Happy_New_Year, New_Order

Central Station Design launched their new exhibition, Central Station Paint Coronation Street Part 1, with a star-studded party at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester.

Joining the Central Station team to celebrate were Anna Kirkbridge ("Deirdre Barlow"), William Roache ("Ken Barlow"), Michael Le Vell ("Kevin Webster"), Tom Bloxham, Sam Allardyce, Matt Greenhalgh, Ron Wood, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Neville Neville, Kevin Cummins, Kieran Roberts (Coronation St Executive Producer) and many others.

Check out the video and photo gallery.

Central Station Paint Coronation Street Part 1 continues at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester until Saturday 15 January.

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Richard Goodall Gallery
103 High Street
Manchester M4 1HQ

Tel: +44 (0) 161 834 3330

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Labels: art, Central_Station_Design

John Cooper Clarke (no relation) makes a welcome return to London with a gig at the Scala in London's King's Cross this Sunday 19 December 2010 on the back of his latest jaunt around the country.

Trevor Johnson has designed some Johnny Clarke t-shirts and these are set to be on sale on the night.

Support comes from Ronnie Golden and tickets priced £17.50 (adv) from TicketWeb. Doors open at 7pm.

The tour continues in the New Year - see dates below.

2011 itinerary

29 Jan - 29.01.11 Arches, Glasgow
12 Feb - Globe, Cardiff
13 Feb - Sub 89, Reading
2 Apr - Princess Pavilion, Falmouth
3 Apr - Phoenix, Exeter
18 Jun - The Junction, Cambridge

Labels: events, gigs, John_Cooper_Clarke, T-Shirt

A new collection of live recordings by The Railway Children is out now on download from Ether Records via www.railwaychildren.co.uk.

"Rarities #2 is a 10 song album, featuring live recordings from the period just before the release of Recurrence in '88. Available only from this site, via download, it includes three previously un-released tracks: Twirl, Step Aside and Different Animals. Note that the recordings have been digitally restored from cassette, so sound quality varies somewhat."

Rarities #1 (2007) is still available.

Tracklisting

Twirl
My Word
Step Aside
I Caught You
Chrysalis
Different Animals
No Great Objections
In The Meantime
Somewhere South
Swallowed

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2010
Ether Records
ETH7D
$9.99

Labels: The_Railway_Children

Shaun William Ryder has just announced a series of live dates for February 2011 with support on most dates from The Twang.

February 2011

Wed 16 - Birmingham O2 Academy at 7:00pm
Thu 17 - Nottingham Rock City Thursday at 7:00pm
Fri 18 - Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield at 6:00pm
Sat 19 - Manchester Academy Saturday at 7:30pm
Mon 21 - Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle at 7:30pm
Tue 22 - Leeds O2 Academy Leeds Tuesday at 7:00pm
Fri 25 - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Friday at 7:30pm
Sun 27 - Cambridge Junction 1 Sunday at 7:00pm [SWR only]

Tickets available from SEE and other outlets.

Labels: events, gigs, Shaun_Ryder

A brand new 30 April 2011 date is announced at Manchester's prestigious Bridgewater Hall by The Durutti Column.

The first 200 bookers of top price (£29.00) tickets through the Box Office will be entitled to a free copy of The Durutti Column's new album which will be released to coincide with the gig. Please note this offer is not available for online bookings. Please call +44 (0)161 907 9000 for information on this offer.

This is a special one-off homecoming gig to launch their forthcoming new album, which will be given its world premiere at this show. The album will also include a selection of Vini Reilly's photographs. Expect to also hear tracks from the band's enormous back catalogue of over 30 albums, many released on Factory Records.

Labels: events, gigs, The_Durutti_Column

A selection of Kevin Cummins's photographs of Joy Division are on display at the Great Arch in the South Wing of Somerset House in London until 13 January 2011.

To celebrate this and the publication of his Joy Division book, Kevin will be signing copies in the Somerset House Great Arch exhibition space Monday 13 December at 12.30.

Labels: Joy_Division, Kevin_Cummins

A Certain Ratio, The Charlatans, Aziz Ibrahim plus DJs Dave Haslam, Stephen Morris, Martin Moscrop, Tim Burgess and Mike Joyce are the highlights of the line-up for the Friends of Mine Festival 2011 which takes place on the weekend of 21-22 May at Capesthorne Hall, 14 miles south of Manchester.

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More info at fomfest.com and the official Facebook group

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Dave_Haslam, Martin_Moscrop, Stephen_Morris, The_Charlatans, Tim_Burgess

There's just two more opportunities to catch Section 25 live this year. First, the band fly to Vienna in Austria for their headline show at the Rhiz this Sunday 5 December (as reported by the local Der Standard - in German).

Second, it's back closer to home for the final gig of the year at the Beat Club in Blackpool where support will come from Kevin Hewick.

Sun 5 Dec - Rhiz, Lerchenfelder Gurtel 37, 1180 Vienna, Austria
Sat 11 Dec - The Beat Club, 22 Corporation Street, Blackpool, Lancs, FY1 1EJ

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More details at section25.com

Labels: events, gigs, Section_25

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