| Angels | |
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The Angels Sign |
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| Address | Curzon Street, Burnley, Lancashire |
| City | Burnley |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Owned by | Paul Taylor / Steve Farkas (At Closuer) |
| Opened | 1974 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Demolished | 1999 |
Angels was a nightclub and music venue in Burnley, England. It became most famous during the early 1990s with the rise of the house music scene, drawing visitors from across the country. It occupied part of a Multi-storey car park on Curzon St (Currently the site of another car park and Wilkinson store).
Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sasha, Judge Jules, all regularly DJ'd
There were also memorable appearances from Boy George and Nigel Benn
Anne Savage had her 1st UK residency at Angels.
DJ Paul Taylor held a long residency and started his Retro brand of club night at the club.[1]
Paul Taylor Interview (Retro) on YouTube
June 1974 saw the official opening of Angels by TVs Pan's People and the town's mayor.[2]
In 1992 the first episode of the long running late night dance music show BPM featured footage from Angels in Burnley with Dave Seaman DJing. (Footage can be found on YouTube)
When Pete Waterman visited Angels in 1994 to scout for his TV show The Hit Man and Her, he received so much hassle from the clubgoers that he changed his mind.
Even at the height of its fame, Angels days were numbered. Despite being just over 20 years old, the car park (that the building was part of) had developed serious structural defects (See: Concrete cancer). The land owners Great Portland Estates and Burnley council, decided that demolition and redevelopment of the area was the most economically viable solution.
The last night at Angels was on 27 April 1996??? [3]
Faced with eviction, the club’s owners decided to start a new improved venue on the opposite side of the town centre. Extensive work was untaken to convert a former church into a nightclub intended to rival Liverpool’s Nation (the home of Cream), opening in May 1996 as XPO [4]. This however proved to be disastrous and the receivers had to be called in by February 1997 [5].
The original club reopened briefly under the name Heaven due to a delay in demolishing the building.