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BBC News
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- Business
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New home for music venue Birmingham Forum after closure
Promoters have found a new home for a music venue which was unexpectedly forced to Birmingham shut when the city's Corporation Square building, which served as base to the venue, was closed by landlords in Global Venues said the closure was "devastating", describing Forum as part of Birmingham's "rich musical legacy".The company has since secured the former Roller Jam site in Digbeth and confirmed it would reopen the venue as Forum Digbeth. The site would undergo phased renovations, Global Venues said, and have a capacity of 2,000 people, along with a "raw, warehouse-style aesthetic".The D&B Audoitechnik sound system from the former Forum Birmingham has also been installed at the site and was debuted during a preview show with Uncle Waffles on 31 Chauhan of Global Venues said he was "extremely excited" about the revival, adding of future shows that there was "world-class talent" in the company has yet to confirm when the full opening of Forum Digbeth will take place. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- BBC News
Bid to reopen Birmingham club after Cody Fisher's murder rejected
A bid to reopen the nightclub where footballer Cody Fisher was murdered has been 23-year-old was fatally stabbed on the dancefloor at the Crane club in Digbeth, Birmingham, on Boxing Day his death, the venue's licence was revoked but businessman Matthew Boulter, of Kanvas Birmingham Ltd, recently applied for a new application was rejected by Birmingham City Council due to concerns from West Midlands Police over a link between the new and former operator. Mr Boulter told a licensing meeting earlier this month that the venue would be "so good for Digbeth" and he wanted to run it "as humanely and safely as possible"."There's a lot of history with the premises which is going to be bad for a lot of people – I understand that. I really feel for the victims," he application was opposed by Mr Fisher's family and a representative told the meeting: "One life lost is one too many and no family should ever have to go through what our client and her family have been through."Mr Fisher, a former Birmingham City FC academy footballer who had also played for Bromsgrove Sporting and Stratford Town, was pronounced dead at the club after suffering stab wounds wounds to the chest and leg. West Midlands Police said the new application from Kanvas was "linked to the previous owners" and was not a detached operator looking to reopen the venue.A representative for the police said officers had met with Mr Boulter but were not satisfied that there was "no connection between the old and the new".The applicant's solicitor claimed it was a "brand new" company and the new team in place would be "well thought-out, resourced and independent of the previous ownership".The council refused the application with a spokesperson saying it was due to the concerns raised by the police about the "connection between…the previous operator and the instant applicant".Digital Arts Media Ltd has appealed against the previous decision to revoke the licence but it was "still months away from being resolved", according to police. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- General
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Fifty firefighters tackle 'severe' building fire in Birmingham
About 50 firefighters are tackling a building fire in were sent to the blaze after it broke out in a three-storey building on Rea Street in Digbeth, near to where Birmingham Pride is being set up, shortly before 09:00 BST on Tuesday.A spokesperson for West Midlands Fire Service described the fire as "severe" and said it was causing a "large amount of smoke".No casualties have been reported and police have been called in to help manage traffic in the area, the spokesperson added. People living nearby have been urged to keep their windows and doors closed as a precaution. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
