:::: METRO CLUB VENUE CLOSURE ::::
press release 19/1/2009
ON SATURDAY 17th JANUARY 2009 THE METRO CLUB CLOSED IT'S DOORS FOR THE LAST TIME
This Saturday the 17th January 2009 was last night ever of the Metro Club,
19-23 Oxford Street, London W1. Thank you to everybody who
celebrated our last night with us and helped us go out with a bang!
A very special and very memorable night (photos to be uploaded soon).
Apologies to everyone who queued in the rain and didn't manage to get in.
The venue was acquired on Monday 19th January 2009 using a
compulsory purchase order issued by Transport
For London under the Crossrail Act.
For info on club nights that have relocated click here.
We have had over seven great years running the Metro Club, one of the last independent live music and club venues in the West End. The end has come far quicker than we could have imagined but it was beyond our control and with only 28 days notice served by Transport For London (and over the Christmas period) we have been left without a suitable venue to relocate to.
Blow Up took over the running of The Metro Club as a separate venture to our club night and record label on November
5th 2001, just as the new new wave of bands were about to really start making their
moves, many of them at the venue. From debut UK appearances from The Killers, Kings
of Leon, to early shows from Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Kaiser Chiefs, to
hundreds of new and breaking acts as well as a few
legendary characters such as Dion (his
first and only UK show in 18 years) and madcap krautrockers Faust.
And from the pop world: Mika (first ever show), Scissor Sisters and
Robyn.
So to all the great bands that have played here, some of whom have gone on to become household names and some never to be heard of again, to all the promoters, audiences, club nights and all the wonderful staff thank you for making it happen.
The powers that be have decreed that this Rock 'n' Roll
corner of London has to go. So be it. Roll on more retail
space and a bigger station, but something will be missing
the next time that you walk out from Tottenham Court Road
Station onto Oxford Street. But not the great memories.
Paul Tunkin
Blow Up Metro
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