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Posted in NYC | music on December 8, 2005

CBGB Closing Halloween 2006

"CBGB, which gave bands like the Ramones and Talking Heads a start, will leave its home on the Bowery next Halloween. Kristal is hoping to move the club to a new spot on the lower East Side and has looked at several spaces." [Daily News]

"The club reached a deal with the Bowery Residents' Committee, a nonprofit organization that helps the homeless and has a long-term lease on the property, to remain at 313 and 315 Bowery through Oct. 31, both sides announced." [The NY Times]

Previously
Blondie in Hall of Fame & more CBGB "news"

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Posted on December 8, 2005 10:48 AM

Comments (4)

"Closing"? Doesn't seem quite an accurate header - More like moving somewhere else come next October. Crazy that Mayor Bloomberg has gotten involved in this, with city officials helping out to find Hilly a new place. I bet Bloomberg never set foot in CBs....Must be the help of the Tourism Office.

Posted by Dfactor | December 8, 2005 11:31 AM

hopefully in this location they will pay rent and book decent acts. it's good to change.

Posted by wes | December 8, 2005 12:39 PM

i don't see why anyone would give a shit that they're relocating, because it's not like that's the original location "which gave bands like the Ramones and Talking Heads a start." If anything, it should be better because i can't conceive of a worse shithole than what it presently is.

Posted by crad | December 8, 2005 6:09 PM

I was there during the mid 80's. Video taped a lot of bands then...I remember...dirty but was cool & was a chance to play for hundreds of band...surely a tradition that must remain...

Posted by Corbett | October 17, 2006 12:18 PM

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