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FACTORY RECORDS
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Factory Records: Exhibition explores 'vitally important' early years - BBC News




An exhibition charting the rise of Factory Records from punk-inspired start-up to "influential force" has opened in the city it called home.

The Manchester label grew out of a club night, which started in 1978, and went on to find global success with bands like New Order and Happy Mondays.

Former manager Lesley Gilbert said there still being interest in the label would have surprised its founders.

Items such as a guitar used by Joy Division's Ian Curtis will be shown.

The exhibition at the city's Science and Industry Museum looks at the early years of the label, from its formation out of the Factory night at the Russell Club in Hulme by the late Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville and Martin Hannett to the launch of the label's own nightclub, The Hacienda, in 1982.

The label's artists went on to have global success, but its ethos and approach eventually led to its demise and it was declared bankrupt in 1992.

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The Factory: Audiences get first glimpse in £186m Manchester arts venue - BBC News

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A £186m arts venue that is being built in Manchester has given the public the first chance to look inside.

The Factory is £76m over budget and is not due to open properly until 2022, three years behind schedule.

Although it is still a building site, audiences were allowed in for one weekend to see a special installation featuring dozens of glowing tents.

The Manchester International Festival will run The Factory and promises that it will "redraw the UK's cultural map".
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