Liam Gallagher performing in Manchester with Beady Eye, 2013 (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever)
It was once at the centre of a genuine youth phenomenon, but by November 2000 Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub was being auctioned off piece-by-piece.
And one of the lucky 69 bidders to get his hands on a piece of memorabilia back then – a £5 dancefloor plank no less – has produced a new documentary telling the story of those people, like him, who now own a small piece of British cultural history.
First time filmmaker Chris Hughes has recruited contributors such as the Inspiral Carpets‘ Clint Boon, Peter Hook, Mike Pickering and former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher for the film – despite Gallagher apparently not fulfilling all the relevant criteria.
“He doesn’t own a piece, but he did play there and you can’t turn Liam Gallagher down, can you,” Hughes has told the Manchester Evening News.
“I think I found more pieces of it than there were sold. Like anything to do with Factory, you don’t know what the truth is. I’ve met a few people who have got ‘the only mirror ball’.”
Do You Own The Dançefloor? will be screened at a charity fundraiser at the Royal Northern College Of Music on August 15th.
