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Originally Posted by Metarie
Oh you're all gutted now, but a few months ago everyone was happy to slag it off non stop. Turns out (as my favourite Tree techie would say) a music venue needs more support than that to stay open. Everyone knew the venue was there, it's your fault if you didn't make the effort to find out what was playing. And let's be honest, The Lemon Tree didn't put on as many tribute acts as all that, Drummonds put on a fair few themselves and no one ever hauls them up about it.
I'll fight in the Lemon Tree's corner til the bitter end (and it seems this is it). I worked there for 3 years and had an awesome time, met some very talented people and some of my best friends. If nothing else it taught me not to be such a muso snob and to actually take a chance on random gigs because the majority of the time you'll be pleasently surprised.
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what a pile of pish.
It's all the punters fault? No mention of the appaling money loss the venus was making then.
and you can hardly run a business by simply existing & then expecting people to find out what you sell - surely that's the marketing departments job.
the difference between the LT & drummonds is that one is an Arts Venue - and you expect to see art there, not karaoke acts.
and it's all very well saying people should attend "random gigs" - but not everyone worked there like you & got discount/freebies for these gigs.