Tag: Hacienda

Video: Pet Shop Boys, 'Vocal' — featuring footage from '80s raves, Hacienda club

Video: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Vocal’ — featuring footage from ’80s raves, Hacienda club

The Pet Shop Boys today debuted the video for Electric single “Vocal,” and it’s a bit of a time warp: The Joost Vandeburg-directed clip — which you can see below — is comprised of “authentic amateur film footage shot at various raves in the late ’80s” as well as images from the Hacienda club in Manchester.

Stream: New Order, 'Blue Monday' — John Digweed & Nick Muir 30th anniversary remix

Stream: New Order, ‘Blue Monday’ — John Digweed & Nick Muir 30th anniversary remix

As we’ve noted already today, it’s the 30th anniversary of the release of New Order’s iconic 12-inch single “Blue Monday” — and to mark the occasion, John Digweed and Nick Muir have produced a new mix of the classic track, dubbed “FAC 73 – 13 Mix.” You can stream it below or over at Peter Hook’s Hacienda website.

The Week in Rock: May 20-26, 2012

The Week in Rock: May 20-26, 2012

This week’s round-up of Slicing Up Eyeballs headlines includes reports about The Stone Roses, The Cure, Buzzcocks, Skinny Puppy, Nick Cave, Redd Kross, Ultravox, Paul Weller, Vince Clarke and Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Morrissey, Sugar, Blondie, Devo and more.

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Haçienda at 30: Watch New Order, Smiths, Stone Roses, Chameleons at Manchester club

Thirty years ago tonight, The Haçienda — the famed Manchester nightclub opened by Factory Records, New Order and Tony Wilson — opened its doors to the public. Check out clips of New Order playing there, plus full sets from The Smiths, The Stone Roses and The Chameleons.

Terry Hall: The Specials to tour in 2011, play self-titled debut, 'More Specials' live

Terry Hall: The Specials to tour in 2011, play self-titled debut, ‘More Specials’ live

The Specials will continue their reunion in 2011 with a ‘lengthy tour’ that will feature the band performing its self-titled 1979 debut and its 1980 follow-up ‘More Specials’ back-to-back, frontman Terry Hall told a Manchester, England, audience last Friday.

Milestones: Mani is 48 today; watch The Stone Roses get 'Adored' at the Hacienda in 1989

Milestones: Mani is 48 today; watch The Stone Roses get ‘Adored’ at the Hacienda in 1989

Today’s the birthday of The Stone Roses’ Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, and to mark the occasion, we present this Snub TV broadcast of the Roses playing ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ — featuring what’s arguably Mani’s single greatest bassline — and ‘Sugar Spun Sister’ at Manchester’s infamous Hacienda in 1989.