NEW Order legend Peter Hook has apologised for dropping a foul-mouthed clanger on live TV.
Hooky told interviewers on Sky Sports' Soccer AM that Ryan Giggs had once told him to "f*** off" in the Hacienda.
His outburst left presenters reeling with embarrassment and the bassist quickly added: "Even I'd like to apologise for that one." He then said: "So Ryan Giggs told me to 'go away' and I got the bouncers to throw him out."
Hooky appeared on the footy show, which is popular with children, to plug his collection of anecdotes about his time running the legendary nightclub.
He said Giggs was thrown out of the venue for sitting on Hooky's car. which the bassist had parked on the dancefloor because he was 'too clattered' to drive home.
Later in the interview he made another reference to using bad language, and added: "Sorry Mum!"
His book, The Hacienda - How Not to Run a Club, features outlandish tales of Hooky's 15 years at the helm of the night spot, which played host to thousands of revellers and musicians ranging from Madonna to The Smiths.
New Order pumped around £6m into the Whitworth Street club, but they still don't know quite how much money was lost in the venture.
Hook and the band's manager Rob Gretton were jointly running the venue when it closed in 1997.
A spokesman for Sky Sports said: "It obviously isn't acceptable to swear on television at that time of day, but Peter realised immediately that he had sworn and was very apologetic and embarrassed.
"He made an honest mistake. The two presenters immediately apologised as well."
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Laura Norder, Didsbury (12/10/2009 at 11:17)
Mark,Radcliffe. (12/10/2009 at 11:29)
Simon Cowell's waistband, 7th heaven (12/10/2009 at 12:06)
are you cynical about everything (with the exception of the Labour party of course)?
Army Surplus Special, bringing up the rear. (12/10/2009 at 12:09)
Laura Norder, Didsbury (12/10/2009 at 12:27)
Simon Cowell's waistband, 7th heaven
No, as I'm extremely cynical about (what claims to be the ) the Labour Party... but more frightened, for the majority of people who would suffer greater hardships under the Tories.
And - with regards 'Hooky' - having enjoyed many years in press and PR, I can spot a spoof when I see one. This one's a tad 'schoolboy-error' for me, though. 4/10.
Harry, Benchill (12/10/2009 at 12:30)
Mikes friend Trevor who lives in the bin, The Young Ones House (12/10/2009 at 12:46)
Laura Norder, Didsbury (12/10/2009 at 12:47)
Hard times, indeed, Harry.
BTW, your copy of H & E has arrived. Enjoy.
Panzer 391, Salford (12/10/2009 at 12:53)
Simon Cowell's waistband, 7th heaven (12/10/2009 at 12:57)
What a good post.
Harry, Benchill:
I have had a funny feeling for some time that Laura works for the MEN. He/she/it is ALWAYS in agreement with any MEN campaign, seems to get almost anything posted where we lesser mortals get censored, is clearly in tune with the MEN left wing mentality and now admits to being in the 'press'.
Come on Loz, I think we should be told
JTC Formerley JimC (12/10/2009 at 13:18)
12/10/2009 at 12:57
Great post, i had mine censored and it was only 10 words long.
Laura Norder, Didsbury (12/10/2009 at 13:34)
Yeh, you're right, it's a conspiracy. (LMAO)
You have no idea how many posts, from however many contributors, get 'censored' - and neither do I... 'cos they is (sic) censored. Duh!
I regularly have outbursts and rants that fail to meet the MEN - a company I have never worked for - criteria, but unlike you, I just deal with it, and move on.
minnie royle (12/10/2009 at 15:27)
a has been swears on live tv, people are offended and thats ok.
would Mikes friend trevor... find "let all the fragile people whose lives will have been irreparably damaged by the P word wilt in their own self righteousness" acceptable?
Chelsea Manc, Stockport (12/10/2009 at 15:40)
Just reminds me of Hooky banging on about the Hacienda to anyone who'll care to listen...
Blue Dude, Manchester. (12/10/2009 at 15:43)
I thought Hooky & Barney were Man Utd fans. Hence I'm surprised he told Giggs to "move away".
We know Ian (rip) was a City fan.
Unsure about Steve the drummers football team (probably Macc).
Brock, Hulme (12/10/2009 at 16:46)
uncle bulgaria, Wimbledon Common (12/10/2009 at 20:31)
Because this city is still so obsessed with Joy Division and it's golden age of music, because there is a revisionist approach going on and because we're becoming like Liverpool...marketing music from decades ago. If we're to move on culturally we need to stop listening to old men like Hooky and their stories of the good old days, we need to evolve.
The Hacienda nostalgia trip has seen Tony H Wilson become worshipped as a saviour of Manchester. I recall him being treated with derision, (remember Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People anyone) now he's a hero?
The fact that Peter Saville was employed as Creative Director of Manchester is laughable, and now Hooky is cashing in (or trying to recoup the money he lost). Swearing on live TV, the cliched (yawn) rock and roll star, so rebellious....just another cynical dead eyed marketing ploy from a millionaire whose finger fell off the pulse a long time ago.
Anyway, a Hacienda themed book will keep jobbing 'Mancunian' Paul Morley in work for a while with cultural comments.
Andy stockport (12/10/2009 at 22:18)
Acid, Chadderton (12/10/2009 at 23:09)
Blue Dude, Manchester.
12/10/2009 at 15:43"
Hooky is a dyed-in-the-wool Red. Giggsy was sat on Hooky's car on the dancefloor so he told him to get off it. Giggsy told him to '**** off' so Hooky 'had him removed'.
The ASBO, RN (13/10/2009 at 12:27)
Red Army (13/10/2009 at 13:43)
Red Army (13/10/2009 at 15:45)
The Hacienda nostalgia trip has seen Tony H Wilson become worshipped as a saviour of Manchester. I recall him being treated with derision, (remember Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People anyone) now he's a hero?
The fact that Peter Saville was employed as Creative Director of Manchester is laughable, and now Hooky is cashing in (or trying to recoup the money he lost). Swearing on live TV, the cliched (yawn) rock and roll star, so rebellious....just another cynical dead eyed marketing ploy from a millionaire whose finger fell off the pulse a long time ago.
Anyway, a Hacienda themed book will keep jobbing 'Mancunian' Paul Morley in work for a while with cultural comments.
uncle bulgaria,
Based on your comments you were a Hacienda Johnny come lately (or you got refused every week) my guess is around 1995-1997. To compare it to Densgate Locks and the crowd it attracts is laughable. You must be an outsider who's jealous of the true Capital of England
Stretford Red, Stretford, PRM (13/10/2009 at 16:56)
uncle bulgaria, Wimbledon Common (13/10/2009 at 23:11)
Red Army
13/10/2009 at 15:45"
Get over your Hacienda obsession mate...it started off as a good thing for a few years, I stopped going in 1990 by the way, too many scallies and poseurs (they must have started putting Ryan Giggs on the guest list around then) and better clubs at the time...but then I'm not old enough to be harking back to the good old early/mid 80's days of the Hacienda or lapping up the sentimental parochialism you obviously wallow in.
We need new stories, not the same old ones.
Why don't you set up a Hacienda museum modeled on 'The Beatles Story' you could get a job there telling everyone how great it used to be, before rattling on about not being able to go to any United matches anymore now that the ticket prices are so expensive, what with the recession and all that. You could even play New Orders 'World in Motion' at full blast (I suspect you were probably confused by the whole Joy Division 'thinking, moody, introspective' thing they went through)
Holl., Whitefield (14/10/2009 at 00:36)
Mikes friend Trevor who lives in the bin, The Young Ones House
12/10/2009 at 12:46
LMAO my thoughts exactly
I think its about time people grew up and realised that they are just words