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Coming back... - i know so many people who've gone to work at warehouses . for sainsbury's and amazon, and things like that - because it's much more solid and stable. - so i think the appetite - for clubs is there, ijust hope that people who make it. all happen can survive this again and again. well, it's19july — four months on since we came here to the welly. many of the people that work in here frankly never thought this day was going to happen. there's been so many ups and downs. but tonight, the welly is going to party. with just a few more hours to go until the doors open, there's still...

Laughter. yeah, but the idea is to keep it pretty much the same as it is, you know? venues like this are grassroots music venues, so you know... if it had a carpet, it would be a sticky carpet. that's very much part of the atmosphere. it's been run by terry spoma, who's been putting on nights here since the early rave days. when it closed, were you gutted? the whole city was gutted! i mean, i've honestly — fat tears have been involved in the music industry — i've never seen the city so gutted when a venue closed. when i heard it closed, it just felt. .. somebody needs to be saving these ve...

But tonight, the welly is going to party. with just a few more hours to go until the doors open, there's still plenty left to do. feels like we've been closed for 16 months, and we've left opening until the last—minute again. not on purpose, but i think we kind of, we weren't fully sure that 19 july was going to happen, so 21june happened and that was pushed back. so it's almost like a relief and now it's trying to get staff in and try to get security in, and get everything working again. you don't want to build yourself up because we've had so much disappointment over the last 16 months tha...

And listeners engaged, as well. and i don't want to keep it stale for me, you know, we're in lockdown and i'm not playing any shows. i want to get out there and play music, and i want to keep it interesting for myself, as well, because this is who i am, you know? i'm a dj. i drive over to hull to catch up with terry and aaron as they try to get the welly back, ready, and open for 21june. that's the date they've been given to work to — but it all seems in some doubt. that's because of a new variant of covid, first discovered in india. right, what's changed ? we're just trying to get the place...

Got to have some belief that we will get through this. do you reckon the government really understand your industry? do you think they understand what it will take to get a nightclub open by 21june? i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector and its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 19905 when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are doing. we are generating new music, new creative talent. and music internationally is one of our last great british expo...