Limelight

Former Limelight church becoming a theater

The Episcopal church on the corner of 20th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan has lived many lives over the years, with stints as a high end mall, a gym, an upscale Chinese restuarant, and various clubs following its years as the home for Peter Gaiten’s iconic 80’s/90’s club.

NYC club owner Nicki Camp talks Blackthorn 51's closing & the future of live music

After eight months without revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicki Camp announced the permanent closure of his venue Blackthorn 51 in Elmhurst, Queens. We spoke to him about the unfortunate news.

'In the Limelight' photo book documents '90s NYC club scene (pics)

Nightlife photographer Steve Eichner poured through his archives for this new book featuring NYC clubs like Tunnel, Palladium, the Roxy, Club USA, Webster Hall and, of course, Limelight.

Limelight/Tunnel 'Club King' Peter Gatien releasing memoir

Peter Gatien, the ’80s/’90s NYC nightlife impresario who owned storied clubs Limelight, Tunnel, Club USA and Palladium, has written a memoir, titled The Club King: My Rise, Reign, and Fall in New York Nightlife, which is out in March.

former Limelight owner Peter Gatien suing Dream Hotel for 'stealing' the name

Onetime New York nightclub impresario Peter Gatien is suing the Dream Hotel Group, accusing them of stealing the name of his ’80s/’90s hotspot Limelight. The boutique hotel chain is planning to open a club called Limelight in its yet-to-open Dream Hollywood.

Limelight church now houses high end Chinese restaurant Jue Lan Club, private dining room named for Peter Gatien

The church that housed Peter Gatien’s iconic NYC’s ’80s/’90s club Limeliight has a few different things since the music stopped. A new club, Avalon, then a high-end mall, called Limelight Marketplace that opened in 2010, and part of the space has been a David Barton Gym since 2014…

Michael Alig is out of jail (they let Freeze out years ago)

More than 17 years after being sentenced to jail for killing Angel Melendez, Michael Alig is a free man. Psychecyberadiant Scotto went to pick him up at the prison today with club kid Astro Erle and he’s documenting the whole thing on Instagram, the video you can watch below of his first words out of jail included…

What's going on Monday?

Marina City – subject of Wilco’s art (photo by Kathie Miller) today in Chicago * Warren Haynes Band @ the Vic * Masters of the Hemisphere @ Burlington * Cross Record, Tiny Fireflies @ The Whistler * Andy McKee, Stephen Bennett, Antoine Dufour @ Lincoln Hall * Bane, Defeater, Miles Away, Dead End Path, Restore @ Reggie’s * Ornery Little Darlings, Electra, Yellow Dogs, Black Light Saints @ Empty Bottle (Free Show) Catch a sneak peak of the movie Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, which explores his painful upbringing, successful career, and everything in between…

Lady Miss Kier does not approve of the "Limelight" movie

In my sort-of-review of the new “Limelight” documentary I wrote sort-of-jokingly that “it would have been nice to hear a nasty quote or two in the movie from one of the many ex-Gatien employes who hated Peter’s wife…

'Limelight' documentary opens in theaters

Limelight is a documentary about “the rise and fall of New York’s greatest nightclub empire”, or more specifically, about club owner Peter Gatien…
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