Matty Healy reportedly tried to buy the flat at the centre of the Night & Day Cafe dispute
nme.comThe 1975 frontman Matty Healy reportedly tried to buy the flat at the centre of the Night & Day Cafe noise dispute in an effort to help save the venue.The venue’s future was put under threat over the past couple of years, after it faced a noise complaint from a resident who had moved to Manchester during the lockdown.
The partner of the man who raised the noise complaint against Night & Day told a court that he’d become a “recluse” and lost 30kg due to stress.Now, the man has given his side of the story to the media for the first time and told The Manchester Mill about the time Healy offered to buy the flat as a means of resolving the dispute.Healy had grown up in Alderley Edge, 12 miles south of Manchester, and had previously pledged his support for the venue when it first came under threat. “This CANNOT happen,” he said in an Instagram post shared by the venue in November 2022.
The council need to drop the case.”A post shared by Night and Day (@nightanddaycafe)Healy first reached out to the man – referred to as ‘Alex’ – over email in July 2023, writing: “It’s true I am very interested in purchasing your flat.
It would be awesome!”. Alex added Healy was “very charming and very interested”: “He essentially said: ‘This is the best outcome for everybody.’”Apparently, Healy went to look at the flat in late August and took a considerable interest in the property. “He was just talking about architecture and interior design,” Alex said, adding that he had a conversation with the artist during the viewing. “He spent a lot of the conversation talking about how I felt and how my partner felt.
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