Peter Hook has confirmed he is writing a book about the legendary Manchester nightclub The Hacienda which, of course, was founded by New Order and Factory Records boss Tony Wilson, and kept out of liquidation on more than one occasion by the profits from New Order's record sales.
Although he is yet to secure a publisher for the book, which has a working title of 'How Not To Run A Club', Hook told the Manchester Evening News: "I realised I'd bored my friends for years with tales from The Hacienda so now I thought I'd bore the general public with it. But once I started to get into the writing I realised what a huge endeavour it was, and that I was going to have to work on it properly to do it justice. To us it's a tale of woe, but The Hacienda did change the world of clubbing. Even though it took me to the edge and it took Factory Records to the edge. The stories are legion and legendary."
Aspects of the story behind The Hacienda were, of course, documented in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 movie '24 Hour Party People'.