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Two Manchester music venues have been saved from closure after a deal was agreed with help from gig promoters and one of the city's best-loved singers.
Mission Mars (MM), which runs Gorilla and The Deaf Institute, announced their closures on Thursday.
However, the sites have been bought by venue group Tokyo Industries (TI).
TI Founder Aaron Mellor said the group had put together "some great ideas" with SSD Concerts and The Charlatans' Tim Burgess "to help save both venues".
Burgess was one of a number of big names who took to social media after the initial closure announcement was made, stating that the venues were "the lifeblood of Manchester's vital network of venues".
He tweeted that he and the new owners would be "doing all we can to help with the next chapter".
In a joint statement, the two firms said terms had been agreed to save all jobs and continue operating the sites "in much the same way as they have done in the past".
The TI founder said it was "vital venues like Gorilla and The Deaf Institute are kept alive, [as] the cultural fabric of our city centres depends venues like these".
"Over the weekend, we have put together some great ideas with SSD Concerts and Tim Burgess to help save both venues and their existing operating style in a post-Covid world.
"We're not so keen on this 'new' normal and want to keep the 'old' normal alive for when we all get through this."
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-53493070
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