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Turnmills, the 24-hour dance club, to be turned into offices

28.08.09
Site of one of the most famous clubs of the Nineties is facing demolition... more

New gateway to transform 'shabby' Centre Point area

23.07.09
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The End set for new beginning as Den club

22.04.09
One of London's best known nightclubs is set to reopen only months after it was closed to be turned into flats... more

Astoria given an epic send-off

15.01.09
Some nights are born great; others have greatness thrust upon them. The Demolition Ball at the Astoria was the latter.... more

Tricky remains unique if less feral

07.10.08
Nobody but Tricky makes such remorselessly foreboding music and nobody presents even a cover of The Cure’s dippy The Love Cats with such unspoken menace.... more

Welcome to their world

22.05.08
MGMT showed off their instrumental skills in an unusual and unpredictable show at the Astoria, says Amira Hashish.... more

Getting to know MGMT

20.05.08
MGMT's Time To Pretend first came to our attention thanks to TV show Skins but Ben Goldwasser gives us an insight into the past, present and future of his quirky band. ... more

Big Booer: Chanelle Hayes fails to win over gay fans with her raunchy performance

12.05.08
Brave Big Brother reject Chanelle Hayes ignored the booing crowd to perform her debut single at London's G-A-Y night on Saturday. The Victoria Beckham wannabe, 20, failed to win over the notoriously-hard-to-please audience at the Astoria nightclub, who booed her performance of I Want It. After touring smaller nightclubs around Britain to promote her debut single, which is released today, Chanelle was hoping for a warmer response from her gay fans ... more

Intimate foals are fast and funky

18.03.08
The Foals' bassist called their gig at the Astoria last night their "best ever." But Johnny Sharp wouldn't agree.... more

Small music venues to be protected by planning law

25.02.08
A move to protect London's live music scene has been launched after the closure of two of the capital's best known smaller venues... more

Small music venues to be protected

25.02.08
A move to protect London's live music scene has been launched after the closure of two of the capital's best known smaller venues.... more

Brown's plan to make Britannia cool again

12.02.08
London will get a national film centre and a permanent home for its fashion week under Gordon Brown's plans to revive the "Cool Britannia" spirit of new Labour... more

More of an implosion

31.01.08
Texan prog-rockers Explosions In The Sky shuffled on to the stage like four shy schoolboys at their Astoria gig.... more

Humiliated but refusing to surrender

24.01.08
Things might not be going too well for Hundred Reasons but the Surrey quintet refused to sulk at the Astoria 2, performing as if it was the biggest gig of their lives.... more

Orson not awesome

07.12.07
Things have slipped in dramatic fashion for Orson since topping the charts in 2006. Their Astoria gig was populated by a smattering of friends and a few die-hard fans.... more

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

28.09.07
Gwen Stefani brings her geisha girls to Wembley Arena, while Modfather Paul Weller plays Astoria in the weekend's top gigs.... more

Critic's choice: Top five gigs

21.09.07
The top gigs this week include Prince, The Holloways, Lord Large formerly of Electric Soft Parade, and the UN approved Peace Day concert.... more

Symphonic rock and fancy dress

04.09.07
With fans dressed in Jesus robes, The Polyphonic Spree seemed to be encouraging a synergy of choral symphonic rock.... more

Shikari enter with a bang for Kerrang!

24.08.07
An unsigned band from St Albans are celebrating after scooping two gongs at the Kerrang! Awards. Enter Shikari won Best Live Band and the Spirit of Independence Award at the ceremony. ... more

Rebels' time has come

19.04.07
With their silly Death's Head band logo and casual air of nihilism, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club put on a blistering Astoria show to preview their fourth album.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 gigs

30.03.07
Manchester-based singer-songwriter Cherry Ghost is at The Borderline, Stiff Little Fingers play the Astoria and The Good, the Bad and the Queen head for Hammersmith.... more

Rowdy acclaim for Deep South rockers

27.02.07
Kings of Leon's authentically earsplitting display of heavy rock had a sold-out Astoria crowd showering their heroes with rowdy love.... more

Fresh material has maximum impact

22.02.07
Maximo Park clearly saw their packed Astoria gig as a perfect opportunity to introduce new material to a rapt crowd, says Louis Pattison.... more

Amy's on her best behaviour

20.02.07
Amy Winehouse put her wild ways to one side, producing a performance of understated professionalism at the Astoria, says John Aizlewood.... more

Off the record: David Smyth's column

02.02.07
David Smyth discusses the threat to the Astoria, albums with excessively long track lists and buying songs direct from radio stations in his regular column.... more

The birthday boy puts the reboot in

31.01.07
Sam Duckworth - aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - celebrated his 21st birthday by playing the Astoria. Andre Paine found his music entertaining even if his political rants were confused.... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

20.10.06
Jack White joins his old Detroit mucker Brendan Benson on stage at the Brixton Academy, tuneful Parisians Phoenix play the Astoria and the New York Dolls will be whipping up a storm.... more

Top 5 weekend gigs

12.10.06
There's an NME-produced showcase for "new rave" figureheads Klaxons, lively trio The Fratellis play London twice and the Frieze Art Fair expands its remit to incorporate rock.... more

Critic's Choice: Top Five Gigs

29.09.06
The other Mr Adams comes to town (Ryan that is), Beth Orton and Bert Jansch folk it up at the Spitz Festival and Jurassic 5 bring hip-hop to the Astoria. Read about the weekend's best live music here.... more

15,000 join fight to save the Astoria

29.08.06
The future of historic music venue the Astoria is in doubt after the building was sold to developers. But thousands of Londoners have signed a petition to prevent it being turned into shops and flats.... more

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