A huge festival dedicated to the Madchester era is coming to Mayfield Depot this Easter, bringing some of the period’s biggest artists to the stage for a huge one-off show.
Pulling together some of the biggest hitters from the era, the show will see members from iconic 80 and 90s dance groups Faithless, 808 State, The Prodigy and The Happy Mondays all take to the stage inside the huge warehouse in what promises to be a one-of-a-kind event
With a headline Dj set from Faithless and a live performance from Manchester’s own acid house legends 808 State, responsible for creating arguably the closest thing the genre has ever got to a symphony with their standout hit ‘Pacific State’, the show is sure to be a huge nostalgia trip for those who were there the first time around.
Also on the bill are Chicago house and deep house legend Marshall Jefferson, original Hacienda resident and all-around Manchester legend DJ Paulette, electronic dance duo K-Klass, Bez and Rowetta from The Happy Mondays, and former keyboardist for The Prodigy, Leeroy Thornhill.
Another former Hacienda resident, Jon DaSilva, is also down to play some solid selections at the festival, as is co-founder of Gio Goi clothing Chris Donnelly – a key player in shaping the sportswear casual fashions of Manchester’s early rave scene, as well as organising some of the city’s biggest parties, like the infamous ‘Joy’ rave in Rochdale.
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Chris and his brother, Anthony, are also credited with coining the phrase 24-hour party people – a saying now synonymous with the Madchester era.
First brought to life in the late 80,s the Madchester sound was born out of the indie scene, at the time dominated by the likes of The Smiths, The Fall, and New Order.
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Bands like New Order and The Happy Mondays fused guitar music with psychedlic, funk and house music to create something entirely new – first called ‘Baggy’ thanks to the associated fashions, but later termed ‘Madchester’ by Factory Records boss Tony Wilson.
Full lineup for the Madchester festival:
Faithless [DJ Set]
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808 State [Live]
Marshall Jefferson
K-Klass [DJ / PA]
Bez & Rowetta [Happy Mondays]
Leeroy Thornhill [The Prodigy]
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Jon DaSilva
DJ Paulette
Chris Donnelly
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The Boots recycling scheme where you can get £5 off every shop
Thomas Melia
UK high street retailer and healthcare shop Boots has launched an innovative recycling scheme that entitles customers to £5 off their future shopping trips.
If you’re still struggling to come up with a New Year’s resolution, why not try a spot of recycling and earn some money off your next cosmetics shop while you’re at it?
Started in 2020, the Boots Recycling Scheme allows Advantage Card holders the opportunity to get money while also being more conscious about how we recycle our used health and beauty products.
Their third-party app, Recycle at Boots, uses a ‘Scan2Recycle‘ system where users can upload items from various beauty brands by taking a picture of the empty packaging before identifying its form.
This scheme takes items that can’t usually be recycled at home, such as lotion pumps, toothpaste tubes, lipstick, mascaras, travel minis, make-up palettes and more.
Once you have five items approved, head over to your nearest participating Boots store, drop off your empties and scan the QR code on the deposit box.
After you’ve followed all these steps, a voucher will appear entitling you to 500 Advantage Points when you spend £10 in-store at your nearest location, and not only do you have £5 worth of points with your name on it, you’re also an eco-warrior.
There’s even a dedicated section of the app to recycling empty medicine and vitamin blister packs, which gives customers 100 Advantage Points when they spend £5 in-store.
Brilliant.
Credit: Publicity pictures (supplied)
Items dropped into these deposit boxes are taken to MyGroup, a recycling and waste management service which works around the clock to help divert waste from landfill.
These empties will be washed and traditionally recycled into a material called MyBoard, a construction board material most similar to plywood, with lots of different uses.
Nearest Boots locations in Manchester running the Recycle at Boots scheme:
Manchester Market Street – 32 Market Street, M1 1PL
Salford Regent Park – Regents Park, M5 3TP
Manchester Didsbury – 736-740 Wilmslow Road, M20 2DW
The Trafford Centre – 10 Peel Avenue, M17 8BD
Trafford Retail Park – Neary Way, M41 7FN
If you’re up for getting money off your next Boots splurge while also helping recycle cosmetics containers and more, you can download the Recycle at Boots app and find your nearest HERE.
Manchester United issue statement after Bruno Fernandes’ social media is hacked
Danny Jones
Manchester United were forced to issue an official statement following Bruno Fernandes’ social media being hacked.
The Man United star’s digital profile was hijacked in the wake of the defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion this weekend, which saw the Red Devils knocked out of the FA Cup and, it’s fair to say, quite the flurry of activity online.
As if to add insult to injury, with United‘s exit from the competition, a user then commandeered the club captain’s presence to share several fake posts.
With the official Bruno Fernandes X account being targeted following the game, the club had no choice but to respond after several controversial and/or inappropriate posts, not to mention multiple instances of general anti-ownership sentiment.
In case you didn’t see any of the since-deleted posts, besides one understandably troublesome comment which read, “let’s get rid of INEOS“, others were even more provocative/inflammatory.
The comments ranged from everything between messages @ing darts player and United fan Luke Littler to influencers like KSI and Jake Paul.
Offensive language was also present in many of them.
As for the Portuguese midfielder, he also quickly clarified that he obviously had no involvement in the activity; meanwhile, despite plenty of players coming out to apologise for the defeat on Sunday night, the skipper is yet to address the disappointment directly.
The loss to Brighton confirmed that Manchester United will be playing just 40 games for the rest of the campaign – the fewest since the 1914/15 season (i.e. at the outset of the First World War) – which serves as yet another unwanted record for the club of late.
You can see the highlights for the game down below.
It is also likely to have been caretaker manager Darren Fletcher’s final game in charge of the Reds, with an interim replacement set to be appointed imminently following Ruben Amorim’s shock sacking earlier this month.
His predecessor, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, also looked like the frontrunner at one point – and could still be involved in a backroom setup – but The Athletic now has it that Carrick could be is odds-on favourite to be announced before the Manchester derby.
Nevertheless, plenty of supporters still feel the problems remain deeply rooted throughout the club and that a change of personnel among the coaching staff still may not be enough…
Georgina Pellant -
2nd March 2022 
