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The campaign to save Afflecks Palace has been backed by some of Britain's biggest music legends.

Members of Manchester supergroups Oasis, Happy Mondays, New Order and the Inspiral Carpets joined other prominent music figures and called on the whole city to stop the legendary northern quarter bazaar from closing its doors for the final time.

"It would be a total crime to let Afflecks close. The council and the other interested parties must get together urgently and do everything possible to save it," said Clint Boon from the Inspiral Carpets.

Clint, whose Inspiral Carpets are to play the Versus Cancer concert at the M.E.N. Arena next month, described Afflecks as 'one of the most important parts of the city's pop culture in the last 30 years'.

Former Oasis guitarist Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs said the three-storey building was used by all the great Manchester pop and rock legends as a meeting place and some even used to style themselves from clothes bought there.

"Afflecks has always been a great meeting place for musicians. We all used to hang around there just seeing who we could spot, listening to new music, having a coffee and checking out the noticeboards," he said.

"We used to buy stuff from there all the time too - me, Liam, Noel, Guigsy - we'd all buy trainers and bits and bobs from there. We once found a drummer for a band I was in by scouring the noticeboards at Afflecks too.

Hundreds are expected to gather outside the store from noon today for a Traders' Day of Action rally protesting at the potential closure of the famous emporium. There could even be a famous face or two among the protesters.

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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