New Order, Tim Burgess and others mourn closure of Manchester’s Deaf Institute and Gorilla venues

A new outdoor restaurant is being set up in Manchester city centre, to support businesses without their own outside space.The pop-up space will appear outside the Great Northern on Peter Street and will be taken over by some of the city's best restaurants.It's a timely move, as Greater Manchester is put under stricter lockdown restrictions that mean people from different households can no longer meet indoors.Similar moves have been taken across the Northern Quarter and Ancoats to provide

despite Greater Manchester's rising infection rates.The Prime Minister has said that shielding will still end this weekend despite the local lockdown - for everyone except those in Blackburn or Darwen and other high risk areas of the country. But people in Greater Manchester who have been shielding told the Manchester Evening News they would either continue as they were - or venture out reluctantly only because they no longer have the Government's protection and have to go to work.

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Denise Johnson was a singer whose vocals were featured by British bands including Primal Scream and New Order.Johnson worked with a number of bands from her hometown of Manchester, England, as well as around the British Isles. She first came to prominence when she sang on the 1991 Primal Scream album “Screamadelica,” which was Melody Maker’s album of the year and widely ranked among the best albums of the ‘90s in the U.K.

Vocalist Denise Johnson – best known for her work with Primal Scream – has died, aged 56. Her family said that she had “died suddenly”, following an illness.Johnson worked with numerous other artists and bands over her career, particularly in her native Manchester, including New Order, 808 State, A Certain Ratio, Ian Brown, Beth Orton and more.

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grassroots venues will permanently shut their doors after suffering a huge financial hit due to the coronavirus crisis.Less than 24 hours later, Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Adviser Sacha Lord told NME that both venues were on the verge of being saved after early talks and now Tokyo Industries, which owns other clubs in the city including Impossible, The Factory and South, has purchased both venues, according to the Manchester Evening News.The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess also took

gig-goers and musicians were mourning their loss after the M.E.N reported the news yesterday. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and night time economy adviser Sacha Lord vowed to do everything in their power to save the venues last night.Now Sacha has shared a glimmer of hope on Twitter.He posted: "Gorilla and Deaf Institute update: There is hope.

the grassroots venues will permanently shut their doors after suffering a huge financial hit due to the coronavirus crisis.But less than 24 hours later, Greater Manchester’s Night Time Economy Adviser Charlie Lord has told NME that both venues are on the verge of being saved after early talks.“There is hope on the horizon.

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Elbow singer Guy Garvey has called on the government to protect the future of music venues in law, after two of Manchester’s most influential venues announced their permanent closure.Gorilla on Whitworth Street and the Deaf Institute on Grosvenor Street announced yesterday that they have been unable to weather the storm of the coronavirus crisis, despite the government’s recent £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces.Garvey, who has been a leading face of Manchester’s music scene for

Mission Mars confirmed this afternoon.

coronavirus crisis, despite the government’s recent £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces.After rumours began swirling on social media that the venues could be closing, Mission Mars, the company behind both sites, confirmed the news earlier today (July 16).“The Deaf Institute and Gorilla have been at the forefront of the music scene in Manchester for many years and it is with great sadness that we announce that we will not be reopening,” Roy Ellis, Mission Mars CEO and founder told

Let the Music Play campaign, appealing for a £50m government rescue package.Around 90 per cent of grassroots venues are believed to be at risk of permanent closure.Deaf Institute has hosted countless intimate gigs and club nights since it opened in 2008, in a Grade-II listed building near Manchester Met University.Spread over three floors, with a bar and restaurant on the ground floor specialising in vegan food, it's known for its eclectic interiors, giant glitter ball, and for launching

Newton Heath, Harpurhey, Moston and Collyhurst.Kyron Blackley, 18, from Harpurhey, committed 41 offences during a period of around nine months last year.These included four robberies in which a knife, machete or hammer were used. The victim of one incident - a disabled man - considered ending his own life.Another, a Deliveroo rider who sought refuge in the UK, now wants to leave the country.Blackley and his associates 'bragged' about their crimes on Snapchat.