{"id":401962,"date":"2025-09-06T06:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401962\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T06:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:34:10","slug":"site-of-legendary-reno-nightclub-to-be-turned-into-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401962\/","title":{"rendered":"Site of legendary Reno nightclub to be turned into apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">DJ Persian started working at the Reno in 1967 and became known for introducing soul records from the United States to the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Those tracks included classic funk records such as Groove On, by Willie &#8220;Beaver&#8221; Hale, Joy and Pain, by Maze, and Turned On To You, by the Eighties Ladies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Previously known for reggae. the club began attracting a whole new audience, and was celebrated for its racially inclusive vibe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The disc jockey said the club was often visited by celebrities, including the cast of Coronation Street, snooker player Alex &#8220;Hurricane&#8221; Higgins, and Mohammad Ali. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;People used to come from Europe, especially on a Sunday night, just for the Reno and go back the next day,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In the end I stopped playing reggae and built the Reno up into the first soul venue.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DJ Persian started working at the Reno in 1967 and became known for introducing soul records from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-401962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115155964204439253","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}