
Gay Traitors, Nude Nights and Metal Detectors - Peter Hook's Book Reveals Shrewd Business Sense After the Fact
Posted: 21st September 2009

If you have been a resident on Planet Earth during the last 30-odd years, then you will be familiar with the rise and fall of businesses during boom and bust periods, accompanied by images of bank-workers carrying big boxes of files from freshly-closed offices, run by freshly-laundered banking corporations being beamed to your TV flat-screen, the one hanging on the wall that you can no longer afford to honour repayments for. But even the banking sector and subsequent public outcry is a fly in the rice compared to the heavily-documented legends and myths of one of the most important eras of post-punk excess and idiosyncratic events, namely Factory Records and its very own nightclub, The Hacienda during the 80s.
Peter Hook from Manchester's New Order knows the pitfalls of running a business in such a climate because he had a share and vested financial interest in the aforementioned club and got royally rodgered when the time came for the hammer to fall and the offices to be looted. In short, this was 'how not to run a nightclub', to quote the subtitle and subject of this book and accompanying CD. Forget the rumours, forget the hype and forget the third-rate accounts - this is the real deal and a pretty warts-and-all tale it should prove to be.
"The Hacienda" will be supported with a tour of specialist book and music stores (listed below) and will give avid fans a chance to meet one of the key players in Manchester's musical history, a history that continues to this day with merchandise, music and books being released left, right and centre to cash in. This is not one of those unofficial tomes - Hook has the inside knowledge, memories and scars to bear from this amazing, crazy and inspiring time. The CD will cover off the favoured acid-house and Balaeric anthems of the heady-hedonism of Hacienda club-nights including many of Hook's personal favourites (and some of mine, it must be said) as well as 2 exclusive tracks by the man himself.
Reviews for both the book and the CD, released on October 5th, will soon follow on this very site but meanwhile, below are those P.A.s, running from 3rd October to 15th October 2009.
Events
- Sun 4th Apr 2021 Peter Hook and the Light, The Lovely Eggs, Warmduscher, The Blinders, Theatre of Hate, The Chameleons, Imperial Wax, The Membranes, Heavy Lungs, Sink Ya Teeth The Invisible Wind Factory (Liverpool) Buy Tickets
- Sat 5th Jun 2021 Peter Hook and the Light Ku Bar (Stockton) Buy Tickets
- Fri 23rd Jul 2021 PennFest, The Dualers, Sigma, Razorlight, Rag N Bone Man, Peter Hook and the Light, Johnny Marr, Ella Eyre, Dub Pistols, The Brand New Heavies : First Final UK Tour The Big Park [Penn House] (Buckinghamshire) Buy Tickets
- Fri 6th Aug 2021 Bingley Weekender, Primal Scream, Embrace, Peter Hook and the Light Bradford & Bingley RFC/ Bradford and Bingley Sports Club (Bradford) Buy Tickets
- Tue 11th Jan 2022 Peter Hook and the Light O2 Academy Leeds (Leeds) Buy Tickets
- Wed 12th Jan 2022 Peter Hook and the Light Barrowland Ballroom (Glasgow) Buy Tickets
- Fri 14th Jan 2022 Peter Hook and the Light O2 Apollo (Manchester) Buy Tickets
- Sat 15th Jan 2022 Peter Hook and the Light O2 Academy Brixton (Brixton) Buy Tickets