Mercury Lounge
NYC venues temporarily closing & requiring masks amid Omicron surge; Tours cancelling
NYC has fallen rapidly into the grip of a surge of the Omicron COVID variant, and some venues are cancelling and postponing shows, and implementing new mask policies, in response.
Mercury Lounge building listed for sale
Asking price is $7.5 million for the Lower East Side building that Mercury Lounge occupies the ground floor of.
New benefit t-shirt on sale to help keep SOB’s, Baby’s & other independent NYC venues alive
The shirt itself highlights various NYC venues and proceeds go to the National Independent Venue Association’s Emergency Relief Fund, and all venues listed on the tee…
watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs video from their first show at Mercury Lounge, 20 years ago
They shared a bill that night with Candy Darlings, Kid Congo Powers… and The White Stripes
150+ NYC clubs form the NY Independent Venue Association to help survive COVID-19
Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby’s All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe’s Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.
support NYC venues while they're closed during the coronavirus
Like musicians and bands, who are suffering financially while their tours get cancelled, venue staff from bartenders, bouncers, sound technicians and beyond are also going without paychecks while the places they work are closed.
NYC venues close temporarily, postpone shows amid coronavirus
Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Bowl, Town Hall, Public Records, The Shed, House of Yes, Knockdown Center, and Basement are among the venues temporarily shuttering to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
Ambulance LTD, Vapors of Morphine & more playing shows for Mercury Lounge's 25th anniversary
NYC venue Mercury Lounge turned 25 this year and will be hosting special anniversary shows into 2019…
Ticketfly still down (ransom demand??); Music Venues & Bands feeling the pain
Online ticketing service Ticketfly is still down, more than 24 hours since announcing they were the “target of a cyber incident.” It’s staying down as they investigate and “don’t have a specific timeline to share right now. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused by this incident and are working around the clock to resolve the issue and get all Ticketfly systems back up and running.”
Bowery Ballroom + Mercury Lounge and Live Nation form Mercury East Presents
Earlier this year, NYC venues Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge confirmed that they were parting ways with Bowery Presents (which was acquired by AEG), and we heard that Live Nation would be taking over the two Lower East Side venues. Today that news has been officially confirmed, as Bowery Ballroom/Mercury Lounge co-owner Michael Swier and Live Nation announced their new promotions and booking venture, Mercury East Presents.