Dave Haslam DJ-ed over four hundred and fifty times at the Hacienda, mostly Thursdays and Saturdays through the ‘Madchester’ years in the late 1980s when his eclectic, open-minded and ground-breaking DJing became a focus for Madchester’s indie dance fraternity. Ian Brown, Tim Burgess, Justin Robertson, and the Chemical Brothers have all credited Haslam as an inspiration. His periods at the club were 1986-1990, 1991-1992, and then he returned to play at the club in 1996; he was DJing on the last night the Hacienda was open; June 28th 1997.
In the 1990s he hosted ‘Freedom’ and ‘Yellow’ at the Boardwalk and DJ-ed at the likes of ‘Cream’ in Liverpool, ‘Angels’ in Burnley, Home in London and round the world; including Ibiza, Chicago, Reykjavik, Paris, Lyon, Berlin, Dublin, Zurich, and Detroit. His gigs with bands include shows with the Stone Roses (at the Hacienda, Blackpool Empress Ballroom, Alexandra Palace, and Spike Island) and New Order at G-Mex. He’s played at afterparties for New Order, Gorillaz, and Depeche Mode. His festival appearances include ‘Creamfields’ (1998, 2008), ‘Standon Calling’ (2010), ‘FOM Fest’ (2011), ‘Kendal Calling’ (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), and Festival YEAH! in Lourmarin, France (2014).
He describes his DJing philosophy as “playing the best records ever made one after the other” and his style as “eccentric/eclectic”; he has been described as “the man with golden ears”. As well as his place in the history of Manchester clubs, he has pursued a career as a writer and journalist and has also been identified as one of the earliest and most influential champions of the new generation of Manchester bands; including Everything Everything.
He currently hosts a number of club nights in Manchester, notably the successful guest-list only ‘Sweet Sensation’ night, at various venues, and a once-a-year ‘Yellow’ Reunion. Away from Manchester, he has recently played in Lisbon, Cleveland, New York, Paris, Barcelona, and Geneva.
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A very small selection of previous gigs appears below, some with links to images (flyers etc), more details, random thoughts and/or more information.
9/9/2023 Golden Lion, Todmorden
30/6/2023 Manchester International Festival
7/10/2022 Supersonic, Paris
3/9/2022 Vintage By the Sea Festival, Morecambe
25/3/2022 La Trabendo, Paris
5/2/2022 Preston, New Continental
29/1/2022 Freight Island, Manchester.
3/5/2019 Electropicales Festival, l’île de La Réunion
31/12/2018 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester
21/7/2018 River Terrace, National Theatre, London
4/5/2018 Casa Del Pingone, Torino (New Order pre-party)
22/2/2018 Rex Club, Paris (with Mike Pickering & Paulette Constable)
29/7/2017 House Party, Kendal Calling
13/7/2017 ‘Legacy’ at South, Manchester (with Seth Troxler & Nick Warren)
11/2/2017 Silencio, Paris
26/8/2016 Badaboum, Paris (with Dimitri From Paris)
14/02/2015 Whitworth Art Gallery re-opening party, Manchester
29/11/2014 ‘Back to Blackburn’ at St John’s Centre, Blackburn
08/11/2014 Tender Club di Firenze, Italy
07/11/2014 ‘Pulp’, Parma, Italy
06/09/2014 Vintage Festival, Morecambe Winter Gardens (with Mike Pickering)
08/08/2014 Beacons Festival, Yorkshire
06/06/2014 Festival YEAH!, France (with Laurent Garnier)
19/01/2014 FAC251, Manchester (supporting ESG)
31/12/2013 New Year’s Eve at Gorilla, Manchester
11/10/2013 Jeremy Deller exhibition opening party, 2022NQ, Manchester
27/07/2012 House Party, Kendal Calling
21/05/2012 Hacienda 30th Birthday, Hacienda Apartments Car Park
16/07/2011 Manchester International Festival, Albert Square (with Joey Negro)
24/06/2011 Cafe Carmen, Paris (with Jerry Bouthier)
21/05/2010 ‘Lovegang’, Club Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg
28/03/2010 B-Side Liquor Lounge, Cleveland, Ohio
06/02/2010 La Machine, Paris
18/07/2009 Manchester International Festival, Albert Square (with Ashley Beedle)
23/05/2009 KAB, L’Usine, Geneva
29/04/2009 Hacienda 27th Birthday, Sankey’s, Manchester
24/08/2008 Creamfields, Daresbury, Cheshire
25/05/2008 The Charlatans aftershow party, with Peter Hook
01/05/2008 Aura, Lima, Peru
26/04/2008 ‘Yellow’ Reunion, Mo-Ho Live, Manchester
09/11/2007 South Bank Centre, London
05/10/2007 ‘Another Planet’, South, Manchester
27/04/2007 ‘Yellow’ Reunion, Urbis, Manchester
10/03/2007 ‘Disco Rescue’, South, Manchester
31/10/2006 Cloud 23, Hilton Hotel, Manchester
26/08/2006 ‘Creamfields’, Daresbury, near Warrington
21/04/2006 ‘Yellow’ Reunion, the Music Box, Manchester
11/11/2005 Outta Sight, the Mint Lounge, Manchester
24/03/2005 ‘Tangled’/’Decade’ at the Phoenix, Manchester
25/05/2003 ‘Tangled/Decade’ & ‘Step Back’ Industry, Manchester
23/05/2003 Lemn Sissay’s Birthday, Rossetti, Manchester
15/05/2003 Rex Club, Paris, with Laurent Garnier & Mike Pickering
26/03/2002 ‘Twenty-Four Hour Party People’ London premiere party
20/09/2001 ‘Adventures on the Wheels of Steel’ launch party
31/12/2000 New Year’s Eve at Sankey’s Soap, Manchester & ‘Ultima/Devotion’ Mere Country Club
31/12/1999 New Year’s Eve at Home, London
31/12/1998 New Year’s Eve at ‘Cream, Liverpool & Granada Studios, Manchester
14/11/1998 ‘Cream’, Liverpool, with Nick Warren & Junior Sanchez
01/08/1998 ‘Cream’, Liverpool, with Pete Tong & Paul Oakenfold
30/12/1995 Freedom including P.A by Happy Clappers
07/11/1992 Freedom including P.A by Reese Project
15/09/1992 FFRR Records party Boardwalk, Manchester (with Justin Robertson, Pete Tong, & Andrew Weatherall)
07/08/1992 ‘Yellow’ with guest DJ Norman Cook
06/04/1991 Freedom including P.A by Sub Sub
12/07/1990 La Locomotive, Paris, with the Farm
30/06/1990 Metro, Chicago
29/06/1990 St Andrews, Detroit
28/06/1990 Axis, Boston
09/06/1990 Spike Island, supporting the Stone Roses
18/11/1989 Alexandra Palace, London, supporting the Stone Roses
12/08/1989 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, supporting the Stone Roses
