{"id":19613,"date":"2020-09-23T11:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=19613"},"modified":"2020-09-23T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:29:16","slug":"goodbye-to-the-crobar-one-of-the-last-of-the-central-london-rocknroll-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/goodbye-to-the-crobar-one-of-the-last-of-the-central-london-rocknroll-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye to the Crobar, one of the last of the central London rock’n’roll bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rock and rollers were dealt another grim blow yesterday with the news that the famous Crobar in Soho was closing its doors for good due to coronavirus-related issues.<\/p>\n

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Posting on Facebook<\/a>, the owner said that the Manette Street bar would\u00a0 be \u201cunable to re-open at its current location,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n

If the insurance companies had paid out, we could have paid the rent and the staff\u2019s wages and survived.<\/p>\n

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If the landlords had given us a rent discount or holiday, we could have survived.<\/p>\n

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Sadly, our idiot government did not make either of them do what\u2019s right, and now the bar and music industries are in tatters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Goodbye<\/p>\n

The closure marks yet another nail in the coffin of what was once a lively alternative\/live music scene in Soho.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the area has seen the loss of venues such as the legendary Astoria<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Metro, LA2\/Meanfiddler, Intrepid Fox<\/a> and Borderline<\/p>\n

Perhaps the biggest loss was that of the 12 Bar<\/a> which was a truly unique, truly\u00a0 underground venue.<\/p>\n

On a happier note, the Crobar ended their statement in a defiant mode, pledging to reopen in the future:<\/p>\n

I aim to open a new Crobar with both a bar and a live music venue.<\/p>\n

It will require crowd funding, and I suspect it will be a year or so before opening will be viable, but fuck the greedy insurance companies, fuck the greedy short sighted landlords and fuck our brainless government\u2026\u2026.we will be back!<\/p>\n

Long live Rock n\u2019 Roll<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Join the discussion<\/h3>\n

RIP Crobar<\/a><\/p>\n

Related features<\/h3>\n

London 15 years ago: Denmark Street, 12 Bar Club & The Astoria, Soho, London in April 2004<\/a><\/p>\n

[Top pic: Crobar in 2004<\/em>]<\/p>\n

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