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CBGB Moves to Las Vegas

07/13/2006 2:00 PM, Yahoo! Music Dotmusic

CBGB is to close in September, it has been confirmed.

The legendary New York City club has been at the center of the threat of closure for months, in a dispute between the owners and founder and current tenant Hilly Kristal.

It now seems there is no future for the venue in the city, despite its enormous influence on introducing the likes of Blondie, Talking Heads, and the Ramones onto the ’70s music scene.

However, Kristal has now revealed he’s planning to relaunch CBGB in Las Vegas in 2008 and he intends to take the spirit and even the contents of the seminal landmark with him.

He explained: “I am taking the bars with me, I am taking the stage–I’m taking the urinal that Joey [Ramone] pissed in with me.

“I going to take a lot of things–anything that makes this place CBGB,” said Kristal, who is currently planning the live schedule for the final months of the venue.

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Not that I’m an expert or even try to pretend that I know an ounce about punk rock, but you can’t expect anyone to think punk is alive and well when CBGB’s moves Las Vegas. What the…?

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