Rock City fire: Firefighters deal with incident at Nottingham music venue, is event going ahead tonight?
A busy city centre road in Nottingham has been closed as a result of the fire.
Firefighters were called to popular music venue Rock City in Nottingham at 8:41am on Thursday May 28 after a fire broke out there. A spokesperson for Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue service said: “We received a call at 8.41am this morning to reports of a building fire on Talbot Street in the City Centre. The fire is suspected to have started within the roof space of the building.
"Crews from Stockhill, London Road, Highfields, Arnold and Eastwood fire stations are currently in attendance. We are asking people to avoid the area whilst we carry out our work."
In reaction to the news, one Reddit user said: “Bugger, hope it’s not too serious, as well as for them, I’m meant to be out there tomorrow night,” whilst another user said: “Yeah l I'm meant to be there tonight!”
According to Nottingham Trent Students’ Union website, the event Tuned is due to take place at Rock City on May 28. The website reads: “Nottingham’s most iconic venue, Rock City brings 2-for-1 drinks offers all night, huge lighting shows, 3 rooms of music and a massive party atmosphere!
“Warm up for the night ahead at Quids In at City SU from 8pm.”
In April of this year, Rock City were advertising the World Cup at their venue on Instagram and wrote: “🚨 Total Football is BACK! 🚨⚽️
“Yes, It’s back! Rock City will be hosting Nottingham’s biggest fan park experience this summer! Come and party like you’re in New York City 🦅⚽️💃
“Expect all this and more!:
“⚽️ Ice-cold 2-pinters 🍻
“⚽️ A stadium like atmosphere! 🏟️
“⚽️ State of the art lighting and sound 🔈
“⚽️ Party vibes inspired by 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇨🇦
“🔗 Sign up for early access to tickets by checking out the link in the bio 🔗.”
Will the event tonight at Rock City go ahead?
It is not known at the time of writing if the event will go ahead on May 28. Rock City owner George Akins told The Nottingham Post that "No one is inside, everyone has been evacuated - we will wait to make sure we are all safe before we open tonight.”
George Akins also said: "Everything is fine, I’m sure it’s all fine. It’s nothing major, and compliments to the fire brigade." According to reports, Talbot Street was closed off by emergency services as a result of the fire earlier this morning.