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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Lifestyle
Lee Grimsditch

The Banshee: Toilet ear piercings and hot sweaty rain - the 'forgotten' goth nightclub with 'no townies' rule

Whether you regularly enjoy a night out in Manchester's clubs, or even if they're a long distant memory, everyone has one place that feels like a second home.

But what if you didn't quite fit in with the Hacienda, Sankeys, or Rotters, crowd? For many alternative music fans, a night out would have peaked at Jilly's Rockworld, or a little earlier, perhaps Pips.

But one venue that hasn't quite been give the same attention is the Banshee nightclub. Described as Manchester's "definitive" goth venue, the Banshee opened on Oxford Street in 1986, taking over the old Henry's venue.

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