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CBGB Wants Mayor Bloomberg | Lease to Expire
"CBGB supporters and several City Council members are asking Mayor Michael Bloomberg to step in to mediate the ongoing lease dispute between the legendary club and its landlord, the nonprofit homeless aid group Bowery Residents' Committee.
The lease on the 31-year-old club, where punk rock was born, expires Wednesday. Negotiations are ongoing. However, with less than a week left on the lease, both sides have yet to meet on a series of proposals and counterproposals for a new one." [Newsday]
QUESTIONS
1) What happens to the September shows (CMJ included) if the lease is not renewed?
2) Anyone hear anything about the supposed CBGB event in Washington Square Park on August 31?
Some September CBGB shows...
Dead Men Walking | Tour, CBGB show
Helmet Playing CBGB Benefit Show | Tix
Dandy Warhols @ CBGB for CMJ | Tour
Frenchkiss CMJ Showcase w/ The Hold Steady @ CBGB
What to do? The (not yet) complete 2005 CMJ Lineup/Guide
The Exploited playing CBGB and Brooklyn Music Terminal
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Posted on August 25, 2005 10:28 AM
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This is a very minor correction, but the article is from New York Newsday (a local paper based out of Long Island), not Newsweek (a magazine).
Posted by incarag | August 25, 2005 11:17 AM
thank ya
Posted by brooklynvegan | August 25, 2005 11:20 AM
If the lease isn't renewed, I believe it still takes a while to evict a person/business from a property. It's a longer legal process than just kicking them out. Those September shows aren't in jeopardy.
Posted by Jerry | August 25, 2005 11:23 AM
You're welcome, BV. And I think Jerry's right on here. I didn't get tickets for the September benefit show that I'd like to go to (Circle Jerks on 9/10) and now it's "sold out" (translation: just show up on the day of the show and they'll let you in and overpack the place in the process), but I think they'll be in court for months before a decision is made one way or the other.
Posted by incarag | August 25, 2005 12:40 PM
Eat the homeless!
Posted by Eddie Vedder | August 25, 2005 1:58 PM