As if we needed another reason to hate the Dolan Family, it appears their ill-timed renovations of the Beacon Theatre will lead to the eviction of the Allman Brothers Band from their usual 73-show March residency in New York.
But the Allmans will plant themselves in New York City for a month, only this year it’ll be in May. And while they’re tight-lipped on new venue info, we’re guessing it’ll be the pretty cool but highly corporate Nokia Theatre in Times Square:
Mayhem in Manhatten!! The Allman Brothers Band will be performing their annual spring fling in New York City during the month of May. The 2008 shows will be between May 5 and May 28. The venue and exact dates will be announced early in the New Year.
The clever spelling of “Manhatten” aside, this comes as great news. We’re definitely going to miss the Beacon, but hey, if the Chicago Bears can re-locate from vaunted Soldier Field to Champaign, Illinois for a season, we can all suck it up while Jon Voight dressed as Willie Nelson for Halloween and his band play a venue down the street from their usual stomping grounds. No biggie.
Still, we really hope it doesn’t turn into a blanket $70 general admission kind of show, like the block Phil & Friends just played. I guess we’ll find out shortly…
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