Bad news for London’s live music scene. One of the city’s important medium-sized venues is currently closed due to “serious structural damage”.
All gigs up to the end of the year have either been cancelled or switched to alternative venues in the capital.
There are no public details on the nature of the damage, but speculation on Twitter suggests the problem might be with the balcony. It’s clearly a serious problem if the building in its present state is too unsafe for gigs to take place.
We will probably know more in a few days, when it ought to become clearer when the venue is likely to reopen. Let’s hope the cost of the necessary repairs are not so large they threaten the future of the venue.
Only just caught up with this story. I sat on the front row of the balcony, for the 35th Anniversary Marc Bolan concert in 2012. It’s a scary thought to think it might have been unsafe then.
Should have posted an update earlier; it wasn’t actually the balcony, but concerns over the condition of the roof.