Patti Smith will play the final ever gig at the legendary New York venue CBGBs later this month. Smith, very much part of the late seventies scene that help create the venue's iconic reputation, will play on 15 Oct just before the venue closes.
As previously reported, CBGBs was forced to close after it failed to reach an agreement with its landlord, a charitable organisation, over future rent levels. The club's owner, Hilly Kristal, has confirmed he will reopen CBGBs in Las Vegas. The new venue is expected to open in 2008.
Kristal has previously said he aims to make the new venue as close a replica to the New York one as possible, telling reporters: "I am taking the bars with me, I am taking the stage - I'm taking the urinal that Joey [Ramone] pissed in with me. I'm going to take a lot of things - anything that makes this place CBGBs."
Tickets for the final show went on sale yesterday.