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The Roxy (sometimes Roxy NYC) was a popular nightclub and former disco roller rink located at 515 West 18th Street in New York City. Located in the Chelsea section of Manhattan , it began as a roller disco in 1978, founded by Steve Bauman, Richard Newhouse and Steve Greenberg. [ 1 ]
Warren Zevon's live album, Stand in the Fire, was recorded during five shows he played at The Roxy in April 1980. He also recorded another album, Live at The Roxy, in April 1978, and this was released in 2020. The Tragically Hip recorded Live at the Roxy in 1991. Jazz group The Crusaders recorded the live album Scratch at the Roxy in 1974.
The Roxy Theatre was a 5,920 [a]-seat movie palace at 153 West 50th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, just off Times Square in New York City. It was the largest movie theater ever built at the time of its construction in 1927. [ 1 ]
Roseland was founded initially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1917 by Louis Brecker with financing by Frank Yuengling of the D. G. Yuengling & Son beer family.. In 1919, to escape Philadelphia's blue laws, [7] Brecker and Yuengling moved the venue to 1658 Broadway at 51st Street in Manhattan, [8] on the second floor of that five-story building, opening on December 31, 1919. [7]
On August 15, 1991, Nirvana played a concert at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California to showcase the band to the new record company. At the end of the concert fans were invited to appear as extras in the music video that they were filming on the following weekend for the album's first single, " Smells Like Teen Spirit ".
As part of the Höllywood Takeöver tour, the band will perform Oct. 9 at The Roxy and Oct. 11 at the Whiskey a Go Go. The shows are in support of Mötley Crüe's latest EP, ...
The Center Theatre was a theater located at 1230 Sixth Avenue, the southeast corner of West 49th Street in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Seating 3,500, it was originally designed as a movie palace in 1932 and later achieved fame as a showcase for live musical ice-skating spectacles. It was demolished in 1954, the only building in the ...
The Hammerstein Ballroom is a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2) ballroom located within the Manhattan Center at 311 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.The capacity of the ballroom is dependent on the configuration of the room; it seats 2,000 people for theatrical productions and musical performances, and several thousand for events held within a central ring.