Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. to Play Final Astoria Show

Get Cape. Wear Cape Fly. has announced he will be one of several performers to play on the final night of London Astoria on January 14th.

London Astoria Closing Date Announced

London Astoria will shut on January 15th. The old cinema will be knocked down and will be replaced by a new railway station. The Metro will also be knocked down.

Review: The Locust - London Astoria - 08/12/08

San Diego foursome, The Locust, are back in the UK for an appearance at All Tommorows Parties but still find the time to squeeze in a handful of shows and tonight is a support slot for Mike Patton's Fantomas at London's Astoria.

The band are no strangers to opening up for bands at venues of this capacity. In 2004, they opened for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Every night resulted them in being bottled, booed and to a lesser extent being escorted out of the venue by police escort. Tonight, they are playing for a crowd of people who in majority haven't seen or heard of them before. It could go either way.

Despite the change of sceneary of a small club stage to a venue of this size, the band have encircled themselves around their own equipment in the middle of the stage. They arrive on a burst into the first two tracks of their recent release, 'New Erections' which to hear in a venue of this size, sound nothing short of incredible. A lot of the crowd seem intrigued but the band manage to conjure up a round of applause after each song. They managed to squeeze enough back catalogue to satisfy any fan in the space of just over 30 minutes. Highlights of the night were to hear the whole 'Safety Second, Body Last' EP in full as well as 'We Have Reached An Official Verdict...Nobody Gives A Shit'.

As far as creativity is concerned, The Locust are one of the best live bands out there. If you have just heard them on record, you really need to see them with your own eyes to believe it.

London Astoria confirmed for demolition

London Astoria was purchased compulsorily by the government today, ahead of its demolition to make way for a new train station.

The venue, which was opened as a cinema in 1927, is one of 13 buildings around Tottenham Court Road tube station that has been the subject of the compulsory purchase.Rail minister Lord Adonis told BBC News the move was a "major step forward" for the £16 billion Crossrail project.The demolition is part of a scheme to create an east-west rail route across London, the biggest transport project in the UK since the construction of the Channel Tunnel.

Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone had said earlier this year that there was to be another venue built in the place of the Astoria, but there have since been no further announcements.

Source: NME.com