Showbox sold to the Devil
OK, remember when a big bad national “entertainment” group (and I use that VERY lightly) AEG swooped in and peed all over Bumbershoot this year? Well, get ready for the Showbox Clubs to start reeking of that same tangy subway smell.
AEG, those geniuses that thought Fergie was viable as a performer - let alone HEADLINE Seattle’s largest music festival, struck a deal on Tuesday Dec 11th with Jeff Steichen, longtime owner of the Showbox for the purchawse of the Showbox Clubs (SoDo and Market) If you take a second and check out the AEG website, you’ll see that they are resting on the laurels of booking some “huge” names such as Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, Prince, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney and Paul McCartney. Let’s not forget Celine Dion and Yanni. Barf.
At least they are retaining Jeff Steichen and Chad Queirolo as General Manager and Talent Buyer/Manager, respectively, so there should be some local influence, but the possibility of Celine playing the Showbox… EVER… kinda makes me wish it was getting turned into condos…
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Looks like we’ll have to call in this guy- http://www.youhavebadtasteinmusic.com/
Isn’t the Showbox at the Market (or whatever it’s called this week) slated for destruction anyhow? I figured the old Premier space was to take over as the primary venue when the old space was dynamited.
It’d be something if we could get Kenny G and Yanni and Celine “I’ll Keep Your Heart from Going On” Dion to do a show when the blast went off…
I’ve been hearing that rumor (most likely from you Dan) for the past couple years. The Times article said that the fellas had a “new 5 year lease on the place on top of their current lease” (whatever THAT means-regahdless, it’s at least 5-yrs.), so I don’t think it was slated for much of anything besides shows.
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