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The old Factory records Head office is now FAC251, a new indie rock and roll club and it reopened its doors on the 5th of February last!!! Peter Hook (hooky) of New Order and Joy Division fame has spearheaded this venture and is giving back to Manchester some of its total coolness which let’s be frank about it has gone walk abouts for some time now. We will be there so much… CHECK IT OUT: http://www.factorymanchester.com/

Its on in 11 different cities including MANCHESTER and LIVERPOOL. These tunes will go to the root of your soul!! It’s different it’s more like listening to art than a band. http://www.musicbeyondmainstream.org.uk/

So just in case any of you are wondering..John Cooper Clarke? Who is he? Then…

1. You should be ashamed of yourselves and

2. Get your butt down to the Ruby Lounge on Saturday 23rd January and find out!!!

But here’s a quick intro to the master poet that is JCC!!

JOHN COOPER CLARKE is an English performance poet from Salford, Greater Manchester; he is often described as a punk poet, having initially achieved recognition in the late 1970s during the flourishing punk movement.

Clarke has opened for such acts as the Sex Pistols, The Fall, Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, and New Order. His set was, and still is on occasion, characterized by lively, rapid-fire renditions of his poems, which were usually performed a cappella.

His poem “Out of Control Fairground” was printed inside Arctic Monkeys single “Fluorescent Adolescent” CD. The poem is also the inspiration behind the single’s video in which clowns brawl. Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys has said he is very fond of Cooper-Clarke’s work and takes inspiration for lyrics from his poems. A version of his poem “Evidently Chickentown” is performed at the start and end of the video for Joy Division’s “Transmission” single which shows John Cooper Clarke reading the refrain and third verse from the poem whilst coming down escalators and then walking in the Manchester Arndale Centre.

So if you like the sound of the wonderful man that is John Cooper Clarke then head down to the Ruby Lounge on Saturday 23rd January and be ready to be amazed!!!

Not only is Manchester the home of music as we know it and Liverpool the home of the true music wizards of the last century, Elvis apparently thinks so too and we have just got wind of two exclusive concerts that the king is playing next month

Aging has not mellowed this crazy guy as he celebrates his 75th birthday (happy birthday wherever you are) and he plays the MEN in Manchester on February the 26th and the fabulous new Echo Arena in Liverpool on March the 7th. Get your tonsils ready to warble for what promises to be the wierdest gig of the year. And sure you may as well stay with us and we can all sing happy pre army period Elvis songs and argue over his greatest movies (the cowboy one where he gets framed by a bunch of nasty bad cowboys would be ours)