While the biggest celebs gather for Chanel's exclusive Northern Quarter event... Mancs will still do karaoke in The Millstone
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Millstone is rammed. The queue at the bar is three-deep, it's standing room only, and there's a huddle of smokers outside, including one gent with a cigar.
This might be what one could expect of a Northern Quarter boozer at 10pm on Mad Friday, just before Christmas. But it's not even a weekend, and nor is it the evening.
It's a miserable, cold Wednesday afternoon in November. So why is it so busy? Because The Millstone has a not-so-secret-weapon bringing in punters from every corner of Greater Manchester; from as far afield as Westhoughton in the west, and Hadfield in the east.
That feature is, of course, the all-day and all-night karaoke. READ MORE: World's biggest stars preparing to jet in to Manchester for HUGE Chanel fashion show taking shape in city READ MORE: The gold-wrapped black cabs that might not make it to Chanel's Manchester show Starting every day at 3pm, the small stage in the back-right corner of the small pub on Thomas Street is the site of crooning, swooning, and lampooning some of the most popular tunes from the last 60 years.
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