John Varvatos may be bringing live music back to the old CBGB location this week. But don’t get too used to it.
“I’m not going to be a club promoter,” said the 54-year-old fashion designer, who is hosting a charity concert on Thursday to celebrate the grand opening of his new eponymous boutique in Read More
DNR is reporting that fashion designer John Varvatos’ new boutique in the former CBGB space on the Bowery will feature "a permanent stage, which will be home to a new-artist performance series."
The live music component is part of Mr. Varvatos’ self-described effort "to honor what [CBGB] was, instead of seeing it turn into Read More
The sprawl of 13,000 square feet on the Bowery that was once CBGB’s has been leased, in whole or in part, not totally clear, by John Varvatos for a boutique!
Bill Popp, who played CBGB from 1981 until its closing last year, mourned the Bowery’s turn for the purse.
"Now it’s going to become a Read More
God, we love Debbie Harry—iconic, sensual, intelligent, fashionable. She’s still relevant decades after she became the queen of the CBGB punk scene. Last week she released her new album, Necessary Evil, and recently approved Kirsten Dunst to play her in a Michel Gondry-directed biopic. We’re not sure about that decision just yet, but we Read More
CBGB and MVD Entertainment are pairing up to immortalize the legacy of CBGB on CD. MVD, a company itself that benefited from the publicity that CBGB and its founder, the late Hilly Kristal, afforded visionary artists, is putting out a series of albums that will feature a full live performance Read More
"It's a sad day," said a tall man in shades with shaggy gray hair, brandishing two orange candlesticks and a big black magic marker.
He scrawled something indiscernible on the shuttered storefront at 315 Bowery shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
More legible: "RIP HILLY WE'LL MISS YOU," among other graffiti, was spray painted in Read More
"It's a sad day," said a tall man in shades with shaggy gray hair, brandishing two orange candlesticks and a big black magic marker.
He scrawled something indiscernible on the shuttered storefront at 315 Bowery shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
More legible: "RIP HILLY WE'LL MISS YOU," among other graffiti, was spray painted in Read More
