Pluto apologises to Mitre over rash comments

The music editor of university magazine ‘Pluto’ has apologised to The Mitre Tavern for derogatory and inaccurate comments printed in the first edition of the magazine released last week.

The magazine carried bogus information regarding The Mitre as a music venue, both prices and frequency of music events was incorrectly commented upon and available to thousands of students. Pluto have accepted their gaffe and apologised in person for the mistake and vowed against a repeat performance.

Rob Clarke who co-runs The Mitre Tavern with Helen Warner, saw the article as a threat to the establishments' main source of business. Posting on Prestone.co.uk ,a local website he explains:
“It is very important for us to get the students interested in not only The Mitre but Prestons’ music scene as a whole. It’s real difficult when there's only two of us fighting big places like the Adelphi, Roper Hall who are owned by the biggest companies in the country.”

The printing of the magazine enticed a torrent of angry emails from local music followers who see the pub as an important cog in the works of Preston’s rapidly improving music scene. A reply from Pluto’s music editor, Dom Sanna, read:
“As Music Editor for this year I take full responsibility for this shambles. It was a comment that was never meant to be printed and I ran the feature in good faith.

“I've been round to the Mitre to apologise personally to Rob and Helen and they were extremely gracious about it. I did some flyering for them today and now that I have an actual team together, I will have people covering local events there and at various other venues in Preston. There'll be a retraction in the next issue also.”

For the record, the Mitre provides live music on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, and many gigs are free of charge.

Written by Dan Jeoffroy

Photography: Dan Jeoffroy