Rethinking, Irving Plaza Keeps Its Maiden Name, The New York Times, May 31, 2010
“It’s always going to be Irving Plaza in New Yorkers’ minds,” said Kevin Morrow, president of Live Nation’s New York division. “That’s where the mistake was made: taking a name and putting it on a building that already had a history and emotional ties with the local music scene.”
Thanks, Captain Obvious.
Anyway. This makes me happy. Nobody wanted to call it The Fillmore!! It’s Irving Plaza 4EAEAEAE. Irving Plaza plays an important role in one of my first NYC memories: I saw Luscious Jackson on their last tour there about a month after I moved to town. I also saw Lily Allen there a few years ago; I took my friend Steve, but only after telling him that the only way I’d give him my extra ticket was if he made out with me. We got TANKED during the opening act (The Bird & the Bee!), and when Lily came onstage, it was abundantly clear that she was drunk. So in the spirit of things, we sucked face for like 20 minutes and kept giggling and almost falling into other people, and I couldn’t focus on Lily’s singing, and then I felt puke-y so I had to excuse myself and go home.
