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Factory Records and 24 Hour Party People

Stephen Dalton, Uncut, April 2002

THEY SAID IT could never happen again. But here we are, trapped in a recurring dream. A chilly Friday night in a cavernous warehouse in Ancoats, Manchester. Outside it's the bleak midwinter, 2001. Inside it's the Summer of Love, circa 1989.

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