Iconic Manchester venue The Ruby Lounge is closing down to make way for a new development of shops and cafes, it has been announced.<\/p>\n
The Northern Quarter venue has seen bands like Mumford and Sons and Florence and the Machine play there and was also the backdrop to The Courteeners music video for their 2008 song, Acrylic<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Ruby Lounge will add to the list of small music venues that have closed down in the city including Dry Bar, Sound control and the Roadhouse.<\/p>\n General manager Will Byers said: \u201cWe found out a few years ago, it wasn\u2019t recent. We\u2019ve been under pressure to close for a year\u2019s now so it wasn\u2019t news to us.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s obviously come to a few people as a shock but we knew about it and have come to accept it.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Byers also said he understood why the venue needed to be closed down: \u201cWe don\u2019t want to close, no one ever wants to close, because then you feel like a bit of a failure.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve accepted and agreed why we need to close, the building is out of date and a bit knackered so it\u2019s fair enough.\u201d<\/p>\n It has been reported that the Ruby Lounge and surrounding shops will be replaced by a \u00a379m new development containing 360 new homes and office and retail space.<\/p>\n CEG Developments are behind the new build which will start in late 2019. The main feature of the new development will be a double height mezzanine offering \u201ca vibrant space for independent caf\u00e9s, restaurants and shops, providing around 65 jobs\u201d.<\/p>\n CEG said: \u201cThis is an exciting regeneration opportunity, delivering a design that is befitting of this gateway site and reflects High Street’s former vibrancy and importance in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iconic Manchester venue The Ruby Lounge is closing down to make way for a new development of shops and cafes, it has been announced. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":2667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4972,1],"tags":[2153,7,2154,389,817],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-ceg","tag-manchester","tag-music-venue","tag-northern-quarter","tag-ruby-lounge"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n