The 'brilliant' music venue with a revolving dancefloor that's now been reduced to rubble
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThis is all that remains of a once-legendary nightclub and music venue which had a ‘brilliant’ feature. The Hardrock, in Stretford, played host to the likes of David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Tina Turner, Roxy Music, Slade, and Chuck Berry during the 1970s.
Originally a bowling alley, it later became a B&Q store, which closed down in 2016. Since then, it lay dormant — but demolition teams moved in this week (November 16) to clear the site.
Although demolition has been approved by Trafford Council, there are no plans to construct anything on the site. READ MORE: The Manchester restaurants ITV's I'm a Celebrity's Grace Dent loves...
and the ones she doesn't READ MORE: The cold night in 1972 when Black Sabbath rocked Stretford That’s because the last planning bid, to build 332 apartments on the site behind Lancashire Cricket Club, was rejected at an appeal because it ‘would not deliver a high-quality, well-designed building and place’, inspectors found.
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