Bits - 10/15/2006
by Staff Writer
- U2 join Green Day for New Orleans concert (NME.com)
- Exclusive Tom Waits MP3 - “Road to Peace” (PitchforkMedia.com)
- Chinese Government bands Jay-Z (Undercover.com.au)
- [Departed] Freddy Fender dies, age 69. (AP, via Yahoo! News)
- Debbie Harry plays last show at CBGB (Reuters, via Yahoo! News)
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October 16th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
[...] Further to the news bite from yesterday, legendary punk/alt club CBGB has hosted its last show before it closes on October 31. The club was founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973 and over the years helped spawn the careers of such acts as the Ramones, Blondie, the Talking Heads and Television. Though its glory days are long gone, it has remained a symbolic fixture on the Manhattan music scene. [...]