Proving he's still good value for a funny quote, Peter Hook has been dissing Madonna, describing her as a "black widow" who "uses people, then they shrivel up and disappear".
Speaking to Absolute Radio, Hook says he met Madonna back in 1983, at his club The Hacienda, after she'd performed a concert in Manchester. He says Madge's manager had asked him and the rest of the Hacienda management if the singer could film a bit for TV show 'The Tube' at the venue. They'd said yes.
After the filming, Hacidena co-founder and New Order manager Rob Gretton had suggested to Madonna she might like to play at the club later that night. Hook: "She was horrible. She was sat there with her back to us, and Rob went up and said, 'We were wondering if you wanted to appear later at the club', and she just went, 'Fuck off'".
I'm not sure if Hook's entire opinion of Madonna is based on that one run in back in 1983. Possibly it is.