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and/or they'll organise a change of venue

No 'derp this happened AGGGGGGGGESSSSS ago' posts, please. Plenty of outlets reporting it in unequivocal terms only in the last 12 or so hours.

But 93 Feet East really seemed to dilute their programming over the past couple of years. I can barely think of anything I wanted to see there recently. It always seemed to be generic funky house nights.

not a venue that I frequented often but saw an awesome Frightened Rabbit gig there last year.

hopefully it'll be back under a different guise/management with a better programme

saw on the tamaryn fb it would be held at another venue. dunno if they have found one yet.

I also first saw moker there, in his old bad 'End of the New'. Which the venue renamed 'Sand of the Sun' or something utterly weird.

were supposed to be playing there in February. Loss of license only confirmed in the last few days it seems, with the venue hoping it was temporary and trying not to cancel shows. (micro-jag: We've moved the whole bill to the Bull and Gate now - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/205832). Hope that 93 Feet East can get reborn, always had a good time there (and at the cat pub round the corner).

The police are really cracking this internet thing lately, what with this and the #noneedtopanic and #nonetoobright hashtags

rip.

but not that much of a shame. Venues never really last, they either go bust or end up cashing in on their reputations. Not on the same scale, but imagine if say, The Hacienda was still open...eurgh.

good times DJing with CG there, especially when he ejected a CD mid-song and it all went quiet.

Not sure what exactly happened but everytime I've been in there in the last few years I was searched fairly excessively (especially compared to other gig venues), so I'd say they already did as much as they could... I do hope the place stays in some form, the gig room is good but it can be a bit too big ie empty some nights...

but I've got to say that I haven't ben there in a long time, when it used to be a pretty frequent haunt around 2007-08. The music policy seemed to shift away from interesting bands and towards the lowest common denominator club nights catering to the crowds that now make up most of that area's clientele.

I've always disliked the venue. The loss of The Spitz from that area was worse than the closure of 93. The biggest loss for me in recent years was The Luminaire. There was a bus that would go from when I lived to outside that venue. I probably went to The Luminaire once a week.

The Luminaire was the best venue in London by miles. Mainly for the big sign about telling people to fuck off if they were talking and the fact it was always low on the amount of wankers there, something which is pretty hard to find at gigs in London!
In fact, during the time I spent living in London I travelled to other cities to see other gigs because I hated gigs there so much! A bit of a strange thing to do looking back on it...

It was unbelievably shit.
The music sucked, everyone seemed to be underage, the floor was covered with beer and other liquids, there were some right dodgy fuckers hanging around outside.