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Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 04:24 AM

London folks - The Astoria closes today

Ah, the gigs I have seen there. Possibly the sweatiest venue I have been to but with great atmosphere and good view of the stage from just about anywhere.

Being demolished for a new train line.

tranza

01-14-2009 06:36 AM

Yea Sarah, sorry for this but the life is hard... hahahaha

marcjacob

01-14-2009 06:46 AM

I used to love g.a.y there back in the day. I heard they merged with Heaven now. Very sad to see Astoria going :(

SayWhut

01-14-2009 07:29 AM

Thought it was already shut. Astoria 2 is still open though right? I went there a couple of months back for an awesome gig.

Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcjacob (Post 15325580)

I used to love g.a.y there back in the day. I heard they merged with Heaven now. Very sad to see Astoria going :(

One of the funniest gigs I have been to was at the Astoria. It was Cradle of Filth and the gay night club night was going to start right afterwards. This is back when you could smoke in there. During the encore they started spraying the smell of strawberries into the place to 'clean out' the metal guy smell. All these 'tough' metal guys started going 'I smell strawberries?'.

Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SayWhut (Post 15325738)

Thought it was already shut. Astoria 2 is still open though right? I went there a couple of months back for an awesome gig.

I don't know. I was wondering about the mean fiddler where most of the metal gigs are because that is a good venue too. A nightmare to get out from afterwards with the stupid staircases but good once you are in it.

The Victorian

01-14-2009 09:22 AM

It opened in 1927 and so after my time but the news is quite dreadful.

Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Victorian (Post 15326577)

It opened in 1927 and so after my time but the news is quite dreadful.

:1orglaugh

sue	01-14-2009 09:48 AM

Ouch, sad to hear that. I was there the first time in the late 80´s and I try to go everytime I am in London. Had some great nights there for sure.

*hugs and kisses*

borked

01-14-2009 11:08 AM

Only ever went to the astoria to rock my tits off at G.A.Y.
Fantastic venue and sad it's closing - what's it to become?

borked

01-14-2009 11:10 AM

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Being demolished for a new train line.

oops, didn't read that bit, but WTF??? How the hell can a train line fit in that area of London??

Oh, booo, borked does not approve of this venture :mad:

Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borked (Post 15327549)

oops, didn't read that bit, but WTF??? How the hell can a train line fit in that area of London??

Oh, booo, borked does not approve of this venture :mad:

underground.....

borked

01-14-2009 11:31 AM

and they need to demolish to tunnel?

Sarah_Jayne

01-14-2009 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by borked (Post 15327774)

and they need to demolish to tunnel?

I guess..it is very near the existing Tottenham Court Road underground station (like next door) and I think that is all being revamped. It is one of the most cluster fuck prone stations on the line so I can understand it needing to be brought up to date. I hate getting off the train there but it is one of those that you just need to use sometimes.

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