Dave Haslam

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Dave Haslam is an author and former DJ. Originally from Moseley, Birmingham, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, where the rumours were that Toyah Willcox was his girlfriend. Having moved to Manchester in 1980, he is famous for DJ'ing at the legendary Haçienda nightclub in Manchester, UK. Later he hosted the weekly night Yellow at the Boardwalk nightclub in Manchester.

More recently he has written a book about the Manchester music scene, called Manchester, England, a book about superstar DJs called 'Adventures on the Wheels of Steel', and 'Not Abba; the Real Story of the 1970s'. He currently holds an infrequent guest-only night, 'Sweet Sensation' at various venues in Manchester. He also presents 'The Weekender' on Xfm Manchester.

The www.davehaslam.com website [1] includes a 'gig-ography', information about the books, etc.