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Legendary New York City Rock Club Eyeing Last-Ditch Summer Benefit Tour - May 17, 2005

Billboard.com is reporting that CBGB is hoping to host a 30-date festival of big-name acts this summer in a last-ditch effort to save the legendary punk rock club, founder and owner Hilly Kristal told the handful of journalists and supporters who turned out yesterday (May 16) for the start of a fund-raising push.

Kristal indicated that he would invite Patti Smith, David Byrne and many of the other one-time fringe acts who played the New York landmark on their way to mainstream stardom. "If the BEASTIE BOYS are around, I think they'd play," said Kristal. "GREEN DAY came in one night and just played. Maybe they'd come back.

"There might be some people you wouldn't think of playing CBGBs," he added, noting that country star Alan Jackson was a fan of the venue.

Read more at Billboard.com.

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	COMMENT \| CBGB posted by : metalrichard 5/17/2005 2:35:42 PM

	Hopefully they don't close it down... i'd like to check it out one day!

	COMMENT \| Metalrich posted by : Cyptic Enticer 5/17/2005 2:54:38 PM

	The club itself is a hole. The sound system is pretty decent though. Its more history than anything else. You won't be impressed by the ambiance, but it would be nice to keep the club around at least to have an another venue for up and coming bands.

	COMMENT \| fuck cb's posted by : straightupgangsta 5/17/2005 3:10:40 PM

	worst venue ever. its a fucking shithole and it would be a pleasure NOT to have to go there anymore for shows.

	COMMENT \| CBs posted by : podoshj 5/17/2005 3:23:05 PM

	Is a fucking shithole and Hilly doesn't know how to pay his rent.

	COMMENT \| posted by : AlKikuras 5/17/2005 4:16:08 PM

	Best part is the toilet in the middle of the men's room. No walls around it. I saw a guy taking a shit there once, his head down in his lap while two biker-types stood there laughing at him.

	COMMENT \| ^^lol..that sucks... posted by : hollowguy 5/17/2005 4:57:04 PM

	A local band from here paid $500 to play there one evening. They recorded their performance for a live album. The problem was....no one was at the show...so they stole the crowd from Nirvana's Live album and put it on theirs. Once the local reviewers got a hold of it and were able to tell the crowd was added later (it was obvious with fade ins and outs)...they had a field day. haha...

	COMMENT \| CBGB's posted by : Yambag 5/17/2005 7:08:02 PM

	kept the NYHC scene alive in 80's

	COMMENT \| Here's a joke... posted by : angstmonger 5/17/2005 8:00:58 PM

	How many aging punk rockers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? All of them. One to screw in the bulb and the rest to sit around talking about how cool the old one was.

	COMMENT \| save cbgb posted by : lal319 5/17/2005 8:57:40 PM

	shit hole it may be , but its a great place to go. i wonder if my name is still up there or did somebody write over it. those who havent been there. get there a rock n roll must see. could be all the shit talkers would be scared shitles just because of the neighborhood............

	COMMENT \| hey howsabout posted by : hippieshateslayer 5/18/2005 1:39:20 AM

	we get NY bands to do a benefit.... ANTHRAX BLUE OYSTER CULT TWISTED SISTER TYPE O NEGATIVE ect. ect.

	COMMENT \| Where's my shirt, fuckers! posted by : debrown 5/18/2005 5:39:47 AM

	I ordered a shirt to try to support you fuckers about 2 months ago, and...nothing. thanks a lot,...fuckers.

	COMMENT \| re: posted by : sonic the girl 5/18/2005 9:58:36 AM

	I remember when The Starwood on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood closed. It was a bummer but those days I had there can never be re-lived no matter how long it might have stayed open. So I got over it. Take a picture of the club and move on.

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