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CBGB Closing September 30 | Rocks Off booking final shows
CBGB isn’t closing on Halloween after all. Blabbermouth is now reporting they’ll be gone a whole month earlier – September 30, 2006 to be exact…
Tokyo Police Club are doing well in Canada
CANADIAN COLLEGE RADIO TOP 50 CHART
1. TOKYO POLICE CLUB A Lesson In Crime (Paper Bag/Universal)
2. VANCOUGER Losin’ It! (Scratch)
3. PONY UP Make Love To The Judges With Your Eyes (Dim Mak)
4…
Neutral Milk Hotel played NYC 7 or 8 times
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL PLAYING ATHENS, GA
I was just talking to somebody about the possiblity of Jeff Mangum returning, and if he did where he would play, and for how many nights in a row, etc…
NPR tells why tickets sell out so quickly
“Fans of Madonna, Radiohead and Bruce Springsteen sometimes find that getting tickets for upcoming concerts a little frustrating. Often, within hours — or even minutes — of tickets going sale, breathless reports indicate the shows have already sold out…
Joey Ramone birthday festivities | Irving Plaza, CBGB, & the Hungry March Band
Joey Ramone‘s birthday is Friday May 19, 2006. The official NYC event is the annual benefit show at Irving Plaza that features the strokes and not all of DKT…
SXSW 2007 dates announced
Music: Wednesday, March 14 – Sunday, March 18, 2007
Film: Friday, March 9 – Saturday, March 17, 2007
Interactive: Friday, March 9 – Tuesday, March 13, 2007
“Registrations and hotel reservations will be accepted beginning about August 2006…
Tom Petty vs. the scalpers | 2006 Tour Dates
“Tom Petty and his fans are fighting back against scalpers who used the Petty fan club to score tickets to an upcoming show with Pearl Jam in St…
Avalon & Clear Channel to Create "top rock club"
If you were around in the early 90’s, you might remember Rock n’ Roll Church at Limelight. Every Sunday night, rock fans (and Hell’s Angels) took over the club that belonged to Michael Alig, club kids and ravers most other nights of the week…
Lenny Kaye | You Call it Madness | Mo Pitkens
“Musician Lenny Kaye is perhaps best known as Patti Smith’s guitarist. But he’s also a music writer, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice and Creem…
Robert Christgau on CBGB & New Orleans & History
“From the moment the eviction threats started, the notion that CBGB should be preserved in amber tripped my nostalgia alarm, which is tuned so fine it goes off after two notesSummerstage Hurricane Benefit Reviews
CBGB’s Gay Presence: A Queer Rocker Remembers
Man with Cat on head @ the CBGB Rally NYC | pics
