Colston Hall hits out at media over naming row
The soon-to-be-refurbished Bristol venue, named for a 17th-century merchant and slave trader, has quashed rumours it plans to rebrand in response to protests
News By | 1 March 2017
British music venue Colston Hall has denied reports it is to accede to protesters’ demands to change its name. A statement from the 1,932-cap.
British music venue Colston Hall has denied reports it is to accede to protesters’ demands to change its name.
A statement from the 1,932-cap. music venue, in Bristol, south-west England – which recently announced plans for a £48 million programme of refurbishment – says it has “moved to set the record straight on the future name of the…
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