[The Astoria]

Someone I know at Mean Fiddler and I had a discussion about this the other day and she was pretty certain that it is going.

Both Astoria and Mean Fiddler in fact.

well they are connected together i think.

sad sad sad day, to be replaced by flats and offices after crossrail is built

[Carling Academy, Islington]

saw MCR there when they werent too big and in a small venue they excelled, much better than there later efforts at the brixton academy.

astoria still rules in my mind though

[Adios, Electric Ballroom...]

from what I gather London Undergrounds plans have been denied permission and the electiric ballroom and adjacent market are safe

[The Astoria]

Clickety Clack

Eeeeek! Seems that the Astoria is threatend with a compulsory purchase order so that the site its on can be used as access to the works site of the crossrail project.

the site would be 'permenantly' purchased, i.e, no chance of a rebuild either.

So if this goes ahead, not only is London losing (as the petition states) a highly popular and individual club but a cracking gig venue aswell.

im appalled at the possiblity of this happening.

Was advised to post this here aswell as on efests.