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 to Twitter in response, adding: “So, looks like the story is out – @DeafInstitute & @thisisgorilla have been saved and will be kept as live music venues as we know & love them.
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