Who
saw Mancunian Anthony Crolla's fight
against Scotsman Ricky Burns last
night? If you missed it...
I
caught up with it this morning, but had previously set up a meetup
for the afterparty in new Deansgate Locks bar El Diablo,
and secured guestlist from promoter and Love Island competitor Scott Thomas.
He'd suggested it would be £10 on the door, but as my name was down
the girl at the entrance let me straight in.
The
club's dΓ©cor was quite unique, with brown couches and backlit mesh
covers to the arches that make up the Locks, a set of bars built into
the arches of a viaduct. The club's music was refreshingly dancier
than most, but what made it more unique was the luminous
stilt-walking robot men. Obviously.
@scottyspecial tearing up the dance floor @Eldiablobarmcr last night #HeGotTheMovesLikeJagger πΊπ»πΊπ»πΊπ»πΊπ»πΊπ»πΊπ» Brilliant night π₯ππ» #CrollaBurns pic.twitter.com/KwD1GcpqFU— Martine (@martine_marty) October 8, 2017
The
club still has a few growing pains- a couple of plasma screens froze,
and there was a strange smell at times that I couldn't define.
The
clientele seemed pretty chilled out, friendly and with a good mix of
ages. One guy could have passed for a very drunk Michael Fassbender, but I'm
pretty sure the guy who's hand I shook was Love Island season 2
winner Nathan Massey.
Someone in there looked like season 3's Tyne-Lexi Clarson, and she promoted it over
her Twitter a few days ago, so I'm guessing it was her. I didn't
quite ask in time.
As
the night drew to a close I managed to say hi to Anthony Crolla
himself. We'd both been at a youth boxing event in Oldham
a few years ago. A good guy, he remembered the event.
Good
fun. The bar's worth going back to!
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