The long-running Manchester club will shut up shop in May.

Manchester club Sankeys is set to close next month.Since reopening seven years ago from the ashes of Sankeys Soap, the venue has regularly brought international talent to the Northern Quarter. However, it has been revealed that the club will shut in May, with owner David Vincent saying he wants to focus on Sankeys' sister venue in Ibiza. (The closure may also bring the long mooted New York branch of Sankeys closer to reality.) The club's last party will be an all-day affair on the bank holiday weekend of Monday, May 6th, with Joris Voorn Enzo Siragusa and Darius Syrossian all confirmed to play alongside local residents Jozef K and Us & Them , and Sankeys Ibiza regular Bones . Two additional guests will also be announced closer to the date.In a statement made via the club's Facebook page, Vincent said: "I have decided to close Sankeys in Manchester indefinitely this summer as I focus my attention on our third year in Ibiza. I want our Ibiza project to be the best club in the world, just like what we have achieved previously in Manchester, as I get the feeling this could be our summer. But I need my production and staff from Manchester to come to Ibiza with me to achieve this goal and therefore both clubs cannot be open at the same time. Who knows when we will be back in Manchester, or if we ever will be back, or what comes next in this great city I love. I want this current chapter of the club's history to end with a spectacular party, so we are rounding off the May bank holiday with a huge line-up. It's a 12-hour marathon set from 1 PM to 1 AM on Monday [May] 6th, with a stellar cast of names and the Sankeys Manchester residents, in the spirit of our epic 12-hour Tenaglia sessions."