in the local news, all seems a bit in the planning stage at but ya never know

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/19229486.music-promoters-bid-bring-back-tonys-empress-ballroom-blackburn/

Thank Mike.  Now that would be special.  All the iconic venues apart from the 100 club have been gone for years, how different to have the possibility of such a venue reopening.  Not sure how much it would have to change with all the health and safety crap that's about now to meet current standards. Tony's is up there with the very best nighters this country has ever had 

that would be great news, it was probably the best nighter at the time