September 29, 200816 yr 2009 induction ceremony will be held April 4 at Public Hall Don't get me wrong PH is a beautiful old building but the Q seems like a better "fit" for this type of event. they are probably using public hall/music hall do to the Cavs/Monsters schedules and it's proximity to the Rock Hall. I think it's a great venue.
October 21, 200816 yr Cleveland City Council OKs $1 million toward hosting Rock Hall ceremonies Posted by Gabriel Baird/Plain Dealer Reporter October 20, 2008 21:00PM Categories: Real Time News Lonnie Timmons III/The Plain DealerCleveland City Council approved $1 million to go towards hosting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction cermonies. Cleveland tax dollars will cover one-fifth of the $5 million cost of bringing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's induction ceremony and related activities to the city in April. ... http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/10/cleveland_city_council_oks_1_m.html
October 21, 200816 yr I cannot even fathom seeing any of those acts on a stage together, particularly Run DMC, Chic and Metallica. Should make for a great show.
October 21, 200816 yr Crain's Rock Hall induction ceremony rolls into bigger event By JAY MILLER 11:10 am, October 21, 2008 Next year’s induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, to be held in Cleveland for the first time in 12 years, is being turned into a weeklong event. The week will kick off March 28 with the annual Moondog Coronation Ball and will include a free concert at Cleveland State University’s Wolstein Center that will emphasize Ohio music talent. It is expected to feature past inductees, possible future inductees and local rock and roll groups. ...
November 22, 200816 yr dilution of the brand! booo! :whip: ROCK & ROLL IS HOME TO STAY THE HALL OF FAME COMES TO NYC By BRIAN NIEMIETZ The soon to be opened Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex will include memorabilia from rockers like Blondie (above), the Clash, and Grandmaster Flash. Posted: 12:44 am November 22, 2008 IT'S one for the money, two for the show, and $26 to go-go-go to the first-ever annex to Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum, opening soon in NYC. "When we were looking for places to really do something special, New York was the obvious choice," says Joel Peresman, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation president and CEO. The permanent collection is special indeed, starting with an induction room where back-lit plaques bear the names of museum inductees. There's a New York Rocks room, where CBGB's original awning hangs, and spaces stocked with photos and paraphernalia, including one of seven known Ringo Starr drum skins bearing the "Beatles" logo. There's also a '57 Chevy that Bruce Springsteen bought with one of his first fat checks. The museum's most impressive non-artifact is a three-dimensional, 26-foot-long topographical map of Manhattan. A touch screen allows visitors to illuminate rock-related landmarks such as John Lennon's first New York City apartment on Bank Street as well as several Manhattan locations significant to punk pioneers the Clash. The Brit group is the focus of the museum's inaugural exhibit. "Paul Simonon smashed his guitar at a show at the Palladium, and that became the record cover for 'London Calling.' We also had our residency at Bond International Casino," remembers Clash guitarist Mick Jones of the band's New York experiences, noting there was no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when the group released its first LP in 1977. Simonon's broken bass now resides at the museum's Cleveland headquarters. "We just wanted to make the people back home proud," says Jones. Among the items the Clash exhibit boasts: A 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior guitar Jones played on the band's first record, and a 1966 Fender Telecaster his bandmate Joe Strummer played often until Strummer's death in 2002. The Clash exhibit also includes a photograph Bob Gruen took of the band posing in front of his 1954 Buick Special. "Did I think they'd be in a museum? No," says Gruen. Though the dark, subterranean museum, complete with a gift shop, is in far better shape than the downtown rock clubs it was built to emulate, its heart is in the right place - as are the artifacts it houses. "For someone my age who was alive when rock 'n' roll was juvenile-delinquent music, is it a final vindication that we weren't wrong? Yes," says Gruen. "Is it a good feeling to see it accepted by the mainstream and see it preserved for future generations? Very much so." The whole thing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame museum is that it's about a [punk] pop culture that wasn't even there 20 to 30 years ago." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC Opens on Dec. 2, with previews beginning Tuesday. 76 Mercer St., 646-786- 6680; rockannex.com. http://www.nypost.com/seven/11222008/entertainment/music/rock__roll_is_home_to_stay_140138.htm
November 24, 200816 yr The rock hall diluted their own brand with an awful building, a poorly chosen site, and the wrong approach overall. They went with a visual/fashion focus and missed the entire point of the art form they are supposed to celebrate. Their induction choices make clear that they have zero clue of what rock is about or who it speaks to. As for the museum itself, the experience should have been more participative. You should be able to get instrument lessons there just about any time. You should be able to join in jam sessions with complete strangers on instruments provided by the rock hall. It should have had an attached bar with non-stop karaoke. There should have been a performance venue attached as well, and the rock hall should have made itself the premier concert setting in Cleveland. Instead the place is built around mannequins that highlight clothing choices made by people who practiced an auditory art form. I'm not sure how they could have missed the point any more than they did. All style, no substance. It's a shame they can't scrap the building and start over, but the least they could do is change the tone and get some guitars in peoples' hands.
November 24, 200816 yr I disagree with you, 327. I think karaoke, open jam sessions, etc. would dilute the brand. I like the fact that they had the "Sessions" concerts this past year, and I think they should continue to do outreach types of things like that. But karaoke at the Rock Hall? Meh. Regarding the Rock Hall satellite branches: the more I think about it, the more I think it's a good idea. Soeder brought up the point about the Guggenheim establishing satellite branches in other places. I'm definitely taking a wait-and-see attitude on this one. I really hope it works the way they want it to in terms of upping the main Cleveland museum.
November 24, 200816 yr Fair enough. I just think rock is participative above all else, and the "ooo look at this" experience the rock hall provides does little to keep that alive, in an age where bands can't find work and everyone would rather listen to prerecorded robot sounds when they go out. Kids no longer get real guitars for christmas, they get nintendo games that vaguely simlulate playing guitar.
November 24, 200816 yr Fair enough. I just think rock is participative above all else, and the "ooo look at this" experience the rock hall provides does little to keep that alive, in an age where bands can't find work and everyone would rather listen to prerecorded robot sounds when they go out. Kids no longer get real guitars for christmas, they get nintendo games that vaguely simlulate playing guitar. I do agree with you that it doesn't do enough to really capture the experience of rock and roll. Don't get me wrong. It's tough to capture and really encapsulate something that's just such a force of nature. I almost feel like just putting it in a museum is like caging a wild lion. It just doesn't seem nearly as ferocious.
December 16, 200816 yr hey 327 can i give you my perspective of rawk era boomers being my nose has been behind their butts my whole life? don't argue with them they know best!!! :laugh: :whip:
December 17, 200816 yr hey 327 can i give you my perspective of rawk era boomers being my nose has been behind their butts my whole life? don't argue with them they know best!!! :laugh: :whip: I'm afraid I don't get the reference. Nose? Butts? Hopefully its a metaphor. Can you expand on this?
December 19, 200816 yr yeah, i was just joking that my age is closer to that of the boomers than most uo posters. they always claim to be the last word on all things rock, so you cant argue with'em. i think the rrhof should be way more participatory too. hey it been no fun having such an insufferable & overbearingly large demographic as the boomers lording it over me my whole life -- to me the current rock hall experience is yet another example of their pompous mistakes. a rrhof visit could easily be made to be more fun, but they don't get that.
December 19, 200816 yr I think a lot of them do get that, they just have no more power over it than anybody else. I'm not happy about all the boomer dominance either. In many ways I'd prefer to have come up with them (music better, cars cooler, looser laws, etc) but we get what we get. And what we get is hit over the head, for 20 years, with boomer nostalgia while they're busy making everything very different from how they remember it and crappier too.
January 16, 200916 yr Well The Stooges are dissed yet again, and just a week after Ron Asheton died. What a joke.
January 16, 200916 yr could we just change the name from "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" to "Modern Popular Music Hall of Fame"???
January 16, 200916 yr Stop hating. All I can is its Who's house? Run's house! I'm going to wear shell top adidas with fat laces today! Where is my Kangol hat? :wink:
January 17, 200916 yr Finally somebody uploaded this gem from 2003 (by a certain band that was snubbed yet again): Definitely the best refrain of the decade: Skull Rings! Hot Chicks! Fast Cars! Money! Skull Rings! Hot Chicks! Fast Cars! Fancy Things!
June 23, 200915 yr New exhibit coming: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gav9l5DnCFAx8vEErGYtupYEIoIwD990HI001 Rock Hall to put on Woodstock anniversary exhibit 11 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) — Peace and love will last a lot longer than three days at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, which is celebrating Woodstock's 40th anniversary with a new exhibit. From July 3 to November 29, the Cleveland-based center will feature items from the legendary three-day weekend in upstate New York. The exhibit will also include the original written plan for the event from its producer, Michael Lang. There are an array of events that are being planned to commemorate the anniversary of Woodstock, which took place from August 15 to August 17 in 1969 and featured Janis Joplin, the Who, Jimi Hendrix and dozens other rock acts.
June 24, 200915 yr Does anyone know if the Rock Hall or folks associated with the Rock Hall have considered having a Lollapalooza-like festival in Cleveland? I don't have any data, but such festivals have got to generate tremendous revenue for the cities that host them. Such an event could also be a great way for the city to (a) capitalize on its rich music history while drawing more attention to the Rock Hall and, almost as importantly, (b) improve its standing as a "cool" city. Thoughts?
June 24, 200915 yr The rock hall isn't in the business of putting on concerts, save the one for the inauguration each year. Getting into the concert business isn't as easy as it sounds, they would be competing with mega conglomerates for space at the big venues.
June 24, 200915 yr Agreed. I was thinking more along the lines of bringing in one of the national promoters and using the Rock Hall name as a marketing tool.
June 24, 200915 yr Facilities have contracts with different concert companies that are locked in for years and years. The only way you could do this is if you were to use a venue that is not normally used for regular concerts, like they did with Public Hall and the induction. I think it would be GREAT if they resurrected Public Hall for good and linked concerts there with the rock hall, but I doubt that will happen. It took so much money just to get it in shape for one night's concert a few months ago, and that was Cleveland's money, which we're obviously short on. There is no money to put into a more extensive and longer-lasting renovation, the rock hall certainly isn't going to invest in it, that's not their line of business.
June 25, 200915 yr Actually, I believe the Rock Hall was heavily involved in the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest that brought in tons of national acts and showed them at venues throughout Cleveland (Agora, Beachland, B-Side, the Pavilion, Peabody's, Grog Shop, House of Blues, Wilberts, etc.). In 2006, the 2nd year of the event, there were more than 100 acts and a huge festival village at the front of the Rock Hall. But in 2007, the event was canceled due to lack of financial resources. Subsequently, has moved on to do their Marathon event in NYC. The scope of the CMJ Fest was huge, so not saying that another music festival couldn't be successful for the Rock Hall; just pointing out that it has been tried and relatively recently, too.
June 25, 200915 yr Actually, I believe the Rock Hall was heavily involved in the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest that brought in tons of national acts and showed them at venues throughout Cleveland (Agora, Beachland, B-Side, the Pavilion, Peabody's, Grog Shop, House of Blues, Wilberts, etc.). In 2006, the 2nd year of the event, there were more than 100 acts and a huge festival village at the front of the Rock Hall. But in 2007, the event was canceled due to lack of financial resources. Subsequently, has moved on to do their Marathon event in NYC. The scope of the CMJ Fest was huge, so not saying that another music festival couldn't be successful for the Rock Hall; just pointing out that it has been tried and relatively recently, too. Yeah, but those are all smallish venues and very spread out. It's not the same thing as a Lollapalooza thing.
June 25, 200915 yr Well, some of them are mid-size and the Pavilion is quite large. And I actually liked that they were all spread out and really enmeshed into the city ... visitors got to see a lot of Cleveland. But point taken. Still, there were also a number of acts that performed at the Festival Village, which would have more of the feel of that kind of concert, although granted not enough room for the same scope. From my hazy recollection of the mid-90s, most of the Lollapalooza concerts (at least the touring event, if not the Chicago original) have taken place at big box exurban closed-off concert venues ... I saw a lot of these music festivals at places like Deer Creek waaaaayyyy outside of Indianapolis. Not to say the Rock Hall couldn't do it, but I wouldn't WANT them to just plop down a Lollapalooza model. I like Seattle's Bumbershoot better for how its laid out and fits into the urban fabric, borders the cultural institutes, etc. But as you noted, it's hard to have that kind of mass of people down by the Rock Hall and I agree that the best you could do is have it up the hill at Public Hall and the Malls ... or maybe spilling back toward Voinovich Park, which works nicely for Gay Pride as a festival area.
June 25, 200915 yr Public Hall and the malls plus the plaza in front of the rock hall would be fairly easy to go back and forth to. It's a nice idea, but there's just no $ for this.
June 25, 200915 yr Agreed. That being said, while we may not have a giant music festival in front of the Rock Hall, we have no ends of art festivals (many providing local musicians as entertainment) ... Detroit Shoreway's Made in the 216, St. Clair-Superior's CultureFest and Waterloo Arts Fest all this weekend alone.
June 25, 200915 yr Blogs like this make me pi$$ed: http://www.examiner.com/x-9763-NY-Parenting-Teens-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Rock--Roll-Hall-of-Fame-NYC-Annex-in-Soho Rock & Roll Hall of Fame NYC Annex in Soho June 25, 11:21 AM What better place for parents and teenagers to connect over their mutual love of rock music then the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Unfortunately, until recently, that meant a long trip to Cleveland, Ohio. However, in December 2008, the Rock & Roll hall of Fame NYC Annex was opened in Soho. And on May 12th a feature exhibit, "John Lennon, the New York City years" was added to the museum. The NYC Annex contains the following galleries: ------------------------------------------------------------------ If your teens haven't already discovered classic rock, this could be the perfect way for you to introduce them to it. Teens will get to see the Rock & Roll that their parents grew up with. Enjoy the NYC Annex of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It now only requires a subway ride down to Soho.
July 7, 200915 yr http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=117231&catid=3 Clevelanders prepare for a final goodbye to Michael Jackson Posted By: Updated: 7/6/2009 11:39:53 PM Posted: 7/6/2009 10:30:40 PM CLEVELAND -- As police warn Los Angeles residents to stay away from the Staples Center Tuesday for the Michael Jackson memorial, residents of Cleveland are clearing their schedule for an afternoon of television viewing. "I have been glued to my TV," says Denise Bell of Cleveland. "Ever since he died--and it was tragic--I cannot stop watching CNN," she says. She was one of several hundred that have left messages and paid respects to the King of Pop over the last eleven days at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "This is just like when Elvis passed away," says California native Joe Hobson who checked out the newly unveiled Michael Jackson Memorial Wall Monday at the Rock Hall. "You have two different kings, one of pop, one of rock." Clevelanders also spoke about the legendary performer Monday night on urban contemporary station WZAK-FM's "The Kym Sellers Show". "When Elvis Presley died, and there was all this attention paid to Graceland," one caller recounted. "I couldn't understand it. I apologize now. And now I understand why." Former WMMS-FM program director John Gorman told Channel 3 that his station may not have been tailor made to Jackson's style, but you couldn't not play it. "It was a cultural phenomenon," Gorman said. "Something very unique. There was only one performer like this in our lifetime." The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will host a candlelight vigil at 9pm Tuesday night outside the Hall.
July 7, 200915 yr Should be good free publicity for the Rock Hall in CLEVELAND Rock hall plans Jackson candlelight vigil 1 hr 4 mins ago CLEVELAND – Hours after the memorial service in Los Angeles, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland will honor Michael Jackson with a candlelight vigil. The event scheduled for Tuesday night will include remarks from a local church pastor and from Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the rock hall and museum. Fans will be invited to give their own testimonials to the King of Pop during the ceremony on the hall's outdoor plaza. Also on Tuesday, the museum plans to unveil a special memorial wall dedicated to Jackson, a two-time rock hall inductee. He was inducted in 1997 as part of the Jackson 5 and then again in 2001 as a solo artist. The hall's collection includes several outfits Jackson performed in and one of those very familiar gloves. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090707/ap_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_rock_hall/print
July 7, 200915 yr Since this is sponsored by the Rock Hall, I'll put this here. Looks like the guitars are coming back! http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/005011.html Cleveland Rocks! Announces Official Call for Visual Artists Press release Source: Gibson Guitar Cleveland Rocks! Cleveland Rocks!, the public art project presented by Epiphone Guitar officially announced its call for visual artists. The project which officially kicked off this month will benefit local charities and bring visual artists and celebrities together through art and music. Visual artists will be selected by a steering committee made up of a Who’s Who in Cleveland and the entertainment industry. The visual artists selected for this program will have the opportunity to decorate one of fifty Epiphone Les Paul guitars, and once completed, will have them exclusively exhibited at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The project and artists will be part of unparallel recognition and worldwide publicity. ------------ Individuals, organizations or corporations interested in sponsoring a Cleveland Rocks! guitar can contact the organizers by calling 1-800-444-2766 ext. 2121 or by emailing [email protected]. All sponsor benefits and levels are outlined on the official website or can be customized to suit a sponsor's interests and requirements. Each guitar will be sponsored and corporate partners have the ability to help decide on the design and artistry of the sculpture. The concept will have a huge impact in the community and provide enormous publicity and promotion for the popular City of Cleveland, as well as provide another interesting opportunity to attract tourists from around the world For more information on Cleveland Rocks, please visit http://ClevelandRocks.Epiphone.com
July 10, 200915 yr Blogs like this make me pi$$ed: http://www.examiner.com/x-9763-NY-Parenting-Teens-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Rock--Roll-Hall-of-Fame-NYC-Annex-in-Soho Rock & Roll Hall of Fame NYC Annex in Soho June 25, 11:21 AM What better place for parents and teenagers to connect over their mutual love of rock music then the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Unfortunately, until recently, that meant a long trip to Cleveland, Ohio. However, in December 2008, the Rock & Roll hall of Fame NYC Annex was opened in Soho. And on May 12th a feature exhibit, "John Lennon, the New York City years" was added to the museum. The NYC Annex contains the following galleries: ------------------------------------------------------------------ If your teens haven't already discovered classic rock, this could be the perfect way for you to introduce them to it. Teens will get to see the Rock & Roll that their parents grew up with. Enjoy the NYC Annex of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It now only requires a subway ride down to Soho. Why get upset. The Annex is in the basement of a building. It's the pits. I'm surprise it hasn't closed down yet. It's a real joke.
July 13, 200915 yr Get upset becaue they attacked our community, that's why. Good to know that the NY Annex sucks. That still doesn't give anyone carte blanche to insult us.
July 13, 200915 yr ^Dude, grab a cup of coffee, or a shot of whiskey. You are really flying off the handle this morning. Saying that there is a longer distance to Ohio vs. another part of New York is not an insult, or an attack. It is a fact.
July 13, 200915 yr ^Dude, grab a cup of coffee, or a shot of whiskey. You are really flying off the handle this morning. Saying that there is a longer distance to Ohio vs. another part of New York is not an insult, or an attack. It is a fact. I totally agree.
July 13, 200915 yr Thanks for the advice. The person who posted this saw it as an attack and I do too. The NY-based author didn't have to say "unfortunately." Do non-Orlando papers say it's "unforunate" that Disney is in Orlando? No, they talk about how nice it is to get out of town and visit Orlando. The very existence of this Annex is an insult to Cleveland. Characterizing a visit as "unfortunate" is a rather aggressive way to discuss anyone else's community. How often do we see any other US tourist destination referred to in this way?
July 13, 200915 yr Unfortunately, if my son wants to go see Mickey Mouse in person, we have to take the long trip to Orlando, Florida. I really wish there was a Disney World annex here in Cleveland. It would save me the travel time. Hope that cleared things up. Now have a cup of coffee. Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhn!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 13, 200915 yr I personally think it's unfortunate that Disney is ANYWHERE. If you have such a problem with it, e-mail the writer of the article with a complaint. You know what they'll tell you??? THE EXACT SAME THING WE'RE ALL TELLING YOU HERE.
July 13, 200915 yr The idea is that Frank Jackson, Ted Strickland, and the director of the Rock Hall should be emailing this author and publication. I have considerably less responsiblity than they do for maintaining Ohio's image. That's my Idea for the Rock Hall... stick up for it, if you're paid six figures to be in charge of it.
July 13, 200915 yr Unfortunately, if my son wants to go see Mickey Mouse in person, we have to take the long trip to Orlando, Florida. EXACTLY. Same thing. People here are overly-sensitive. It's not like they said "unfortunately, they'll have to go to that hellhole otherwise known as Cleveland."
July 13, 200915 yr Plus this is a blog. Not a reputable news publication. If Frank, Ted, and the Rock Hall director spent their entire time dealing with the blogospere I dont think they would last too long. Basically they have an opinion that they dont want to leave NYC and with that opinion, hopefully they wont.
July 13, 200915 yr I swear, some days, some people need to just push away from the keyboard and relax.
July 13, 200915 yr It sounds more like an insult to new york for not having any facility as diverse as Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. I can't blame anyone for not wanting to drive that far, I love baseball but I would never drive to cooperstown new york just for a museum when I can go to The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum a few blocks away.
July 13, 200915 yr My point, the one I communicated poorly, was that given the rationale for building this Annex in the first place, you could hardly expect any NY publication to encourage people to visit Cleveland to see the Rock Hall ever again. It was built because they felt they were too good to come here, in the manner people go to their city to see things, and that's how I read the "unfortunately" bit. Posting something on a site of that nature is not the same as saying it to the wind. That stuff comes up on search engines, like when someone in New England for example is interested in visiting the Rock Hall. How many people will seek "reputable publications" before they google something? This isn't 1985. That hypothetical New Englander may discover that other east coast people found the trip to Cleveland unfulfilling enough to build an east coast Rock Hall. The way it's promoted, it's far from clear that people would care much about the "Annex" distinction. Why would they promote it as junior or halfass? They wouldn't and they won't. Bottom line: it's not in Cleveland, and that is their sole selling point. Regarding the governor's time... we've been through that in another thread, and we know that other governors do exactly what I've suggested for ours. So don't act like I'm making things up.
July 22, 200915 yr Bruce Springsteen, U2, Metallica, Eric Clapton, More Set for All-Star Rock Hall Celebration 7/22/09, 10:30 am EST Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, U2, Paul Simon, Metallica, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Friends and Simon and Garfunkel are among the legendary artists confirmed for a landmark two-night concert event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Sprawling across October 29th and 30th at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the shows will feature Hall of Fame acts sharing the stage with guests and collaborators, honoring their influences and essentially retracing the history of rock in the process. For example, Crosby, Stills and Nash will share the stage with California-based artists while Metallica will lead a hard rock portion of the concerts. Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin will also each front a soul revue with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra. More at http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/22/bruce-springsteen-u2-metallica-eric-clapton-more-set-for-all-star-rock-hall-celebration/
July 22, 200915 yr I did not notice the word "Cleveland" in there. I am upset, but I am not surprised. All major halls of fame hold their large public events in New York. Its not like people could be expected to go to Cooperstown, NY for baseball or Canton, OH for football, those communities could not handle it. Oh, wait...
December 3, 200915 yr Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City set to close January 3 By John Soeder, The Plain Dealer December 03, 2009, 9:15AM The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New York City will cease operations Sunday, Jan. 3, just over a year after its grand opening. The closing was announced in a statement issued today by S2BN Entertainment, a partner in the venture. No reason was given for the shutdown. More at cleveland.com: http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2009/12/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_ann_1.html
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