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The Manchester Roadhouse was a long running basement music club based at number 8 Newton Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. In March 2015 it was announced that it was to close for business later that year. ==History== The Roadhouse was founded on the site of a former Victorian Mill in a building which was formerly home to photo printing equipment company E.N. Mason and Sons during the late 1950s.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=New Scientist Magazine: advertistment - page 17 ) 〕 Initially the club was opened by John McBeath who launched it as a blues venue 〔 but in 1999 it was purchased by Kate Mountain who ran the club until its closure in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=XFM News: Beloved Manchester Venue The Roadhouse To Close )〕 Mountain began her career at the Roadhouse in 1994 by working behind the bar and later managing the venue. She remained at the Roadhouse after graduating but when the owners went bankrupt she decided at the age of 25 to buy the venue and did so along with the venue's technical manager Steve Lloyd who had previous experience of running a business. The 200 capacity venue became a central part of the Manchester music scene supporting local artists as well as being an essential stop off for touring bands. Internationally famous bands who have graced the stage during the early part of their careers include Coldplay, Muse and the White Stripes. Four members of the band Elbow worked at the Roadhouse before the band were signed and the band also played regular gigs there. Mountain has said that when they were playing at the venue it produced logistical challenges because it meant she had no staff.〔 The band have always had a close relationship with the Roadhouse and returned to the venue in February 2015 to play a gig there in aid of the War Child charity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=BBC News: Elbow return to Manchester roots for War Child gig )〕 When Mountain announced the following month that the venue was to close, Elbow’s lead singer Guy Garvey told the Manchester Evening News that his former boss should be immortalised with a bronze statue in Manchester. On 29 March 2014 Roadhouse co-owner and sound engineer Steve Lloyd died at the Christie Hospital after being diagnosed with cancer. Musicians from across Manchester paid tribute to Lloyd who had tirelessly worked with bands across the city including Elbow and Doves.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.noiseboxproductions.co.uk/about.html )〕 In July of the same year a gig headlined by 'Badly Drawn Boy' was held at the Roadhouse in Lloyd’s memory which raised money for the Christie Hospital in Manchester. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manchester Roadhouse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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