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 décor 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 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻 Brilliant night 🥊👏🏻 #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!
No comments:
Post a Comment