31 incredible pictures of Manchester's Hacienda nightclub in the days of Rave and

The Hacienda wasn’t just a nightclub.

It was at the heart of Manchester’s musical revoltion and it was the people who made it.

Pulstating basslines of Acid House, the energy on a crowded dancefloor - it was where friendships were made for life.

It was Madchester in its rawest form, a cultural scene of iconic music from the Happy Mondays, New Order and the Chemical Brothers.

These awesome pictures go back to the late 1980s and 1990s when the music was lived - it was an iconic time. Will we ever dance like that again?

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9. Hacienda

Ravers on the dancefloor, The Hacienda, 1989. | Avalon via Getty Images Photo: Avalon via Getty Images

Clubbers on the main stage on the Temperence night at the Hacienda, 1989. | Avalon via Getty Images Photo: Avalon via Getty Images

A clubber with sunglasses, gurning on the dancefloor of the Hacienda, 1988. | Avalon via Getty Images Photo: Avalon via Getty Images

A clubber on the podium of the main dancefloor of the Hacienda, 1988. | Avalon via Getty Images Photo: Avalon via Getty Images