Both New Order and Joy Division were among the most successful artists on the Factory Records label, run by Granada television personality Tony Wilson, and partnered with Factory in the financing of the Manchester club The Haçienda.

Based around The Haçienda, a nightclub in Manchester owned by New Order and Factory Records, Madchester bands such as Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses mixed acid house dance rhythms, Northern soul and funk with melodic guitar pop.

Factory, and the Haçienda, became a cultural hub of the emerging techno and acid house genres, and their amalgamation with post-punk guitar music ( the " Madchester " scene ).

The 2002 film 24 Hour Party People is centred on Factory Records, the Haçienda, and the infamous, often unsubstantiated anecdotes and stories surrounding them.

FACT was reserved for full-length albums, while FAC was used for both single song releases, and many other Factory " productions ", including: posters ( FAC 1 advertised a club night ), The Haçienda ( FAC 51 ), a hairdressing salon ( FAC 98 ), a broadcast of Channel 4's The Tube ( FAC 104 ), customised packing tape ( FAC 136 ), a bucket on a restored watermill ( FAC 148 ), the Haçienda cat ( FAC 191 ), a bet between Wilson and Gretton ( FAC 253 ), a lawsuit filed against Factory Records by Martin Hannett ( FAC 61 ), and a radio advertisement ( FAC 294 ).

The opening of the Haçienda nightclub, an initiative of Factory Records, in May 1982 was also influential in the development of popular culture in Manchester.

They were signed to Factory Records, supposedly after Haçienda DJ Mike Pickering saw them at a Battle of the Bands contest in which they came last ( the winners being Manchester band The Brigade ).

It included the phrase " the hacienda must be built ", which influenced Tony Wilson of Factory Records in naming his Manchester night-club, The Haçienda.

Factory Records continues with the building of its nightclub, The Haçienda.

Despite all the success, Factory Records is losing vast amounts of money, both on The Haçienda and on recording its bands.

* Mike Pickering ( former DJ at The Haçienda, Factory Records unofficial A & R )

Based around The Haçienda, a nightclub in Manchester owned by New Order and Factory Records, Madchester bands such as The Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays mixed acid house dance rhythms with melodic guitar pop.

On 15 June 1997, Spiritualized became the last band to play at Factory Records ' Manchester nightclub The Haçienda.

A gig at The Haçienda caught the attention of Tony Wilson of Factory Records.

The independent rock scene that had developed in Manchester in the second half of the 1980s, based in The Haçienda nightclub and Factory Records and dubbed Madchester, came to national prominence at the end of the decade, with the Happy Mondays, the Inspiral Carpets, and Stone Roses charting late in 1989.

A new scene developed around The Haçienda night club ( part of the Factory Records empire ), creating what would become known as the Madchester scene, the main proponents being Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Northside and The Stone Roses.

After Factory Records ' Tony Wilson asked New Order for twenty minutes of " pap ", it was first played in public during the opening of The Haçienda on 21 May 1982.

The key English club was The Haçienda in Manchester, founded in 1982 by Factory Records.

In the late 1980s she worked on the reception at the Manchester nightclub The Haçienda, ran The Area ( Factory Records ' shop ) at Afflecks Palace and makes a brief appearance playing herself in the film 24 Hour Party People.

Howard Jones, who had recently left his job as manager of The Haçienda, producer Martin Hannett, and Tim Chambers agreed to work with the band on an album, setting up Thin Line Records to release it, with Jones taking on management of the band, although they had already made a similar agreement with Caroline Reed in London.

Gretton was proprietor of the Rob's Records label and a co-founder along with Tony Wilson of The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, England.

The independent rock scene that had developed in Manchester in the second half of the 1980s, based in The Haçienda nightclub and around Factory Records, dubbed Madchester, came to national prominence at the end of the decade, with the Happy Mondays, the Inspiral Carpets, and Stone Roses charting late in 1989.

Superclub is a term used to refer to a nightclub owned and managed by a dance music record label, such as The Haçienda club, which was owned by Factory Records.

The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together.

At that time, the Haçienda nightclub was a major catalyst for the distinctive musical ethos in the city that was called the Second Summer of Love.

Fac 51 Haçienda ( better known simply as The Haçienda ) was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England.

The movie was filmed in 2001, and required reconstructing the Haçienda as a temporary set in a Manchester factory, which was then opened to ticket holders for a night, acting as a full-scale nightclub ( except with free bar ) as the film shooting took place.

In the opening chapter Bez detailed a revealing incident during a Happy Mondays gig at Manchester's The Haçienda nightclub in 1986.

There is a separate reason why New Order probably saw little profit from the single ’ s success, namely the fact that an investment in the Haçienda nightclub swallowed much of the money they made from their hit.

** The Haçienda nightclub opens in Manchester, England.

The club was managed by Paul Mason, who would go on to manager Manchester's Haçienda nightclub, and had Iron Maiden booked to be the band to open the venue, although unfinished electrics resulted in the gig being cancelled, with the band not returning until 1996.

The Haçienda closed in 1997 and was demolished shortly afterwards, being replaced by a modern luxury apartment block in 2003.

The Haçienda went from making a consistent loss to consistently selling out by early 1987.

The club scene in Manchester continued to grow during 1988 and 1989, with Haçienda launching Ibiza-themed nights in the summer of 1988 and the Hot acid house night ( hosted by Mike Pickering and Jon DaSilva ) in November of the same year.

In the Manchester context, the music can be seen as mainly influenced by the indie music that had dominated the city's music scene during the 1980s, but also absorbing the various influences coming through the Haçienda.

Violent incidents at the Haçienda led to a campaign against it by Greater Manchester Police, and contributed to its closure in 1997.

The Haçienda opened in 1982, and despite considerable and persistent financial troubles survived until 1997 – during much of this time the club was mainly supported by record sales from New Order.

Madonna performed " Holiday " whilst at The Haçienda and the performance was described by Norman Cook ( perhaps better known as Fatboy Slim ) as one that " mesmerised the crowd ".

This night quickly became legendary, and helped to turn around the reputation and fortunes of the Haçienda, which went from making a consistent loss to being full every night of the week by early 1987.

After the Haçienda officially closed, it was used as a venue for two free parties organised by the Manchester free party scene.

The DJ booth was bought by Bobby Langley, ex Haçienda DJ and Head of Merchandise for Sony Music London for an undisclosed fee.

* Pride Of Manchester Haçienda memories by Haçienda DJ Dave Haslam

The Haçienda shown in the film was not the real club, but a replica built in a Manchester factory space ; the original club was closed in 1997 and demolished in 2002, replaced by luxury apartments.

Managed by Warwick Embery, Donavan and the Bay City Rover's manager, Metro Trinity played a number of gigs including The Boardwalk and The Haçienda.

The original footage of their live show ( shot by several cameras and a 24 track mobile studio at the Camden Palace ) was the main part of the DVD but there was also an interview with the band in 2004 ( conducted by David Nichols ) as well as another complete show of the band playing at The Haçienda club in Manchester.

A few clubs began to feature specialist House nights-The Haçienda had " Hots " on Wednesday from July 1988, 2, 500 people could enjoy the British take on the Ibiza scene, the classic " Voodoo Ray " by A Guy Called Gerald ( Gerald Simpson ) was designed for The Haçienda and Madchester.