It seems this might be one of those tales of mysterious things that happen in the night: The Music Box theatre at The Henry Fonda appears to have cleared out and shut down out of nowhere. LA Slush has the story about the abrupt shut-down of a beloved local music venue, noting that there is a "Closed for Inventory" sign on the door, and unspecified people "proceeded to dismantle the amazing sound system, astounding in house lighting and bar. Then remove them from the building." Reportedly, promoters and venue employees had not been warned this was going to happen. An image posted to Facebook shows the marquee reads "OUT OF ORDER."
A look at the venue's January events calendar shows only a recurring Wednesday club night booking, but no individual nightly events. However, on Facebook, The Music Box has recently posted a listing for a March event, with tickets on sale via Ticketmaster, and tickets for ATB, promoted by Insomniac (yep, the Electric Daisy folks) are slated to go onsale today. Right now the speculation is that the current owners are done, but that doesn't mean the venue is kaput, there would just be some issue with reinstating permits for operation. LA Slush addresses this: After speaking with our sources, they seem to agree that in hindsight there were a couple red flags [about current problems with ownership], but nothing any rational person would have taken to mean the club was closing. The staff had been told that the venue was working on a new agreement with the landlord and it would be settled soon - not uncommon for venues in LA. Stay tuned...
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Jan-06-2012 19:02
Nerologic
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I wonder if Kobi is going to come in here with an alt account and address this?
And I thought Insomniac LLC was buying that venue, or was it another one?
Let the rumors begin...
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Jan-06-2012 19:26
jonmitz
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i was never a fan of the music box back when i lived in LA. it reminds me of a shitter Warfield Theatre
Jan-06-2012 19:28
72hrpartyanimal
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Location: West LA, California (where retired party people live)
if this is true, this really sucks.
I have a couple of really good friends that work there. Really good guys and I would hate for them to be out of a job
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Jan-06-2012 20:25
MelBeat
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Location: Torrance, CA, USA
Interesting. Insomniac is already promoting the ATB event on 1/19 and the weekly Wednesday event is Funktion, and has also been promoted by Insomniac since last year. Did the 1/4 event take place?
Jan-06-2012 22:04
Cool1g
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Location: Hollyweird, CA
quote:
Originally posted by 72hrpartyanimal
if this is true, this really sucks.
I have a couple of really good friends that work there. Really good guys and I would hate for them to be out of a job
i suspect they are out of a job based on what i've read/heard so far.
i'm sure worst case Insomniac will use Exchange for events like ATB if necessary.
they are usually closed during the day...
and only open a few nights a week.
i'll start the avalon is closed for now thread. they will open tonight at 930/10
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Originally posted by Nerologic
I wonder if Kobi is going to come in here with an alt account and address this?
And I thought Insomniac LLC was buying that venue, or was it another one?
the black mamba will not spend time typing on TA he has a bad wrist...
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Originally posted by Nerologic
Let the rumors begin...
Dani, i mean gia, i mean rumor control, where are you!
Jan-06-2012 23:55
Nerologic
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Location: San Diego
quote:
Originally posted by Cool1g
i suspect they are out of a job
Ya you're right, a couple of my friends were bummed out about it because they are out of a job for the time being.
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Jan-07-2012 08:31
Nerologic
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Location: San Diego
Re: Re: Music Box closed....for now
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Originally posted by bigperf
Dani, i mean gia, i mean rumor control, where are you!
They/he/she all of they above don't know what's going on, this is Insomniacs/TMB's/Owners deal.
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Jan-07-2012 08:34
msilin
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Location: Los Angeles, USA
this place has been in existence for almost 100 years... i doubt it's shutting down permanently. maybe temporarily, but i do hope they continue holding down EDM events. the dj shadow show and sven vath show that i went to were both epic and historic...
Jan-07-2012 09:26
MelBeat
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Location: Torrance, CA, USA
Insomniac moved their events to Dim Mak and Avalon.
Jan-12-2012 02:55
in2muzikk
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Location: Berlin, Germany
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Originally posted by MelBeat
Insomniac moved their events to Dim Mak and Avalon.
No more Palladium?
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