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.
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 venue, after reports in the weekend media suggested that it had bowed to pressure from campaigners to remove all association with Edward Colston”.
Louise Mitchell, chief…
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