The International 2 was a live music venue located at Plymouth Grove in

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. It existed at the same time as

The Haçienda The Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, North West England, which became famous during the Manchester years of the 1980s and early 1990s. It was run by the record label Factory Records. The club opened in 1982, eventually ...

and other clubs in the late 1980s that were gaining in popularity. Gareth Evans owned the nightclub and was also the manager of

The Stone Roses The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. One of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the band's classic and most prominent lineup consisted of vocalist Ian Brown, ...

who also frequented the club. A partial list of artists who appeared at the Internationals 2 can be found a
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The International 2 was notable as being the live music component of the Manchester music scene and being the base for

who were credited as producing one of the finest British albums of all time. This was written whilst they were part of the scene at the International 2. The nightclub is featured in the first seconds of a Stone Roses promotional video for their single "

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". The story of the International 2 is documented as part of the Blood on the Turntables series. The International 2 was co-owned by Matthew Cummings, and he was also the co-manager of The Stone Roses. The International 2 was sold to Manchester businessman and nightclub owner Paul Coombes in the summer of 1990 and he promoted all the shows up to the closure of the venue in the summer of 1992 after which he sold the site on for redevelopment The International 2 building was demolished and replaced by a gated apartment building complex.

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