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The Ritz (Manchester)
The O2 Ritz (originally known as The Ritz) is a live music venue on Whitworth Street West in Manchester, England. The venue is notable for its sprung dance floor and has a capacity of 1,500.
It was originally built as a dance hall in 1927, before becoming a nightclub in the 1960s.
By the 1970s and 1980s, The Ritz was popular for playing disco, soul, funk and electronic music before the opening of The Haçienda nightclub and music venue on the same street in 1982.
On 5 June 1994, it was designated a Grade II listed building.
The Ritz was taken over by HMV in 2011 and given a £2 million refurbishment, including a new sound and lighting system, as well as soundproofing while preserving its original Art Deco features.
In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation Entertainment, and re-branded as O2 Ritz Manchester, as part of the O2 Academy Group.
Most of the well-known dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s played here.[who?]
In 1961, The Ritz featured beat groups on Sunday afternoons (later replaced by bingo) such as the Fourtones (which included Allan Clarke and Graham Nash, later of the Hollies). In the 1980s, the venue hosted student/Indie discos with 'Dance your Docs off' on Monday nights. In the late 1980s, Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System played a couple of seminal gigs.
The Ritz (Manchester)
The O2 Ritz (originally known as The Ritz) is a live music venue on Whitworth Street West in Manchester, England. The venue is notable for its sprung dance floor and has a capacity of 1,500.
It was originally built as a dance hall in 1927, before becoming a nightclub in the 1960s.
By the 1970s and 1980s, The Ritz was popular for playing disco, soul, funk and electronic music before the opening of The Haçienda nightclub and music venue on the same street in 1982.
On 5 June 1994, it was designated a Grade II listed building.
The Ritz was taken over by HMV in 2011 and given a £2 million refurbishment, including a new sound and lighting system, as well as soundproofing while preserving its original Art Deco features.
In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation Entertainment, and re-branded as O2 Ritz Manchester, as part of the O2 Academy Group.
Most of the well-known dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s played here.[who?]
In 1961, The Ritz featured beat groups on Sunday afternoons (later replaced by bingo) such as the Fourtones (which included Allan Clarke and Graham Nash, later of the Hollies). In the 1980s, the venue hosted student/Indie discos with 'Dance your Docs off' on Monday nights. In the late 1980s, Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System played a couple of seminal gigs.
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