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CBGB RIP

09/01/05
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(Punkbands) Yahoo News/Associated Press has just released this article with breaking news in the CBGB's battle to stay open. The news is unfortunate for the club and it's supporters:

As several hundred enthusiastic supporters rallied to keep CBGB's open, the landlord of the venerable punk club announced Wednesday that the lease on the 32-year-old landmark will not be renewed.

The Bowery Residents' Committee, landlord of the building on the Bowery, "believes it is in the best interest of our clients � the homeless and neediest New Yorkers � to sever this relationship," BRC executive director Muzzy Rosenblatt said. The existing lease was to expire at midnight Wednesday. The statement from Rosenblatt called for CBGB's to "vacate the premises both voluntarily and expeditiously"[see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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