it's been run by terry spoma, who's been putting on nights here since the early rave days.losed, were you gutted? the whole city was gutted! i mean, i've honestly — fat tears have been involved in the music industry — i've never seen the city so gutted when a venue closed. when i heard it closed, it just felt. .. somebody needs to be saving these venues for the future. at this stage, their hopes of reopening, like most venues across england, are pinned on 2ijune. my bank manager thinks it's madness. you know, but you've got to have some belief that we will get through this. do you reckon the government really understand your industry? do you think they understand what it will take to get a nightclub open after 21 june? i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector or its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 1990s when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are doing. we are generating new music, new creative talent. and music internationall

it's been run by terry spoma, who's been putting on nights here since the early rave days.n it closed, were you gutted? the whole city was gutted! i mean, i've honestly — fat tears have been involved in the music industry — i've never seen the city —— 30 years of being involved in the music industry — i've never seen the city so gutted when a venue closed. when i heard it closed, it just felt. .. somebody needs to be saving these venues for the future. at this stage, their hopes of reopening, like most venues across england, are pinned on 2ijune. my bank manager thinks it's madness. you know, but you've got to have some belief that we will get through this. do you reckon the government really understand your industry? do you think they understand what it will take to get a nightclub open by 2ijune? i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector and its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 1990s when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are

it's been run by terry spoma, who's been putting on nights here since the early rave days.pes of reopening, like most venues across england, are pinned on 21june. my bank manager thinks it's madness. you know, but you've got to have some belief that we will get through this. do you reckon the government really understand your industry? do you think they understand what it will take to get a nightclub open by 21june? i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector and its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 19905 when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are doing. we are generating new music, new creative talent. and music internationally is one of our last great british exports, you know, we export music around the world better than any other product. and the government seems to not really connect the dots on that — that without venues like the welly, then we don't have new music that we can then export. they paint a pretty bleak picture