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Final Bow for NYC’s historic Roseland Ballroom
Final Bow for NYC’s historic Roseland Ballroom
Final bow for NYC’s historic Roseland Ballroom | New York Post
Final bow for NYC’s historic Roseland Ballroom
The audience at the 2 Goot To Be T.R.U show February 5th.
The punks mourned the closure of CBGB in 2024, the indie-rockers cried foul when Northsix became Music Hall of Williamsburg in 2024, but almost all of New York’s music lovers will be sad to see Roseland Ballroom close its doors. The historic venue will shutter in April with a run of seven shows by Lady Gaga, bringing almost a century of history to an end.
Initially, Roseland was located at 51st Street and Broadway when it opened in 1919. During that period, the 3,200-capacity room was a hot spot for jazz and big-band music. The likes of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Frank Sinatra headlined there multiple times, and Ballroom dancing was also a big draw.
Roseland moved to its current 52nd Street ******** in 1956 and, at first, maintained its reputation for Ballroom dancing — as well as being used for ice-skating and operating as a roller rink. But in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Roseland caught up with the times and started to host disco club nights and shows by modern rock, pop, dance and hip-hop acts (everyone from Red Hot Chili Peppers to the Rolling Stones to, last week, Lorde).
The sadness around Roseland Ballroom’s demise — five years short of its centennial, no less — is compounded by confusion. Owner Larry Ginsberg hasn’t made a public statement about what will happen to the site. Meanwhile, music-industry rumors vary from the building being demolished to make way for condos to an all-new Roseland opening in the future.
Whatever happens, the venue has already written itself into New York folklore. These are just five of the most famous gigs held in Roseland’s recent history.
****llica: Aug. 3, 1984
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****llica in the press room at the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio April, 2024.
****llica was still an underground band when they played Roseland in 1984, as one of the openers for British ****l group Raven. But this performance at Roseland was so intense and powerful that the very next day, Elektra Records invited the group to its NYC offices to sign the deal that would see them sell more than 100 million albums and make ****l mainstream.
Nirvana: July 23, 1993
Nirvana in the early 1990s
Just hours before this gig, singer Kurt Cobain overdosed on heroin in his hotel and had to be revived by his friend Michael DeWitt. Cobain came around and played the gig; the audience was clueless about his near-death experience. “Everyone wanted to be at that gig,” remembers the band’s former UK booking agent Russell Warby. “I remember Debbie Harry called me up and tried to get on the guest list, but I couldn’t fit her in.”
Fiona Apple: April 30, 2000
Fiona Apple during her 2000 performance at Roseland Ballroom.
The native New Yorker was riding high on the success of her second album “When the Pawn . . .” when she played Roseland for what should have been a triumphant homecoming. But as she struggled with technical issues, the show took a nose dive, and Apple started crying, began staring into the balcony and completed the meltdown by walking off stage. In 2024, Apple talked to Jimmy Fallon — who was in the audience at that concert — about the incident and coyly explained she was “reacting to life.”
Madonna: April 30, 2024
Madonna during her 2024 performance at Roseland Ballroom.
Madge’s 2024 dance-oriented “Hard Candy” won’t be remembered as one of her best, but shortly after it came out, she gave her hometown a night to remember with a performance at Roseland. Fans were allowed in on a first-come, first-served basis, and many camped outside the venue for days in advance. The show was only a half-hour long, but she still made time to bump and grind with Justin Timberlake during their collaboration, “4 Minutes.”
Beyoncé: Aug. 14, 16, 18 and 19, 2024
Beyonce during her 2024 performance at Roseland Ballroom.
Talk about a hot ticket. When the first of Queen Bey’s intimate Roseland shows went on sale in 2024, tickets sold out in just 22 seconds, while the remaining shows also sold out within minutes. Those lucky enough to get in were treated to a history of Beyoncé — from Destiny’s Child through to her solo hits. The dazzling performance was made all the more impressive when, just days later at the MTV VMAs, Beyoncé revealed she was three months pregnant. No one who saw her rock Roseland had any idea.
Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
such a wuss. i mean, he should be invading cuba and bombing the shit out those commies, not cozying up to them, right? 😉
Obama and Castro in historic US-Cuba meeting
US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro met briefly on Friday
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro have met on the fringes of the summit of the Americas, the first formal talks between the two countries’ leaders in half a century.
Earlier, Mr Obama described the historic thaw in US-Cuba relations as a "turning point".
This is their first full meeting since the thaw began in December.
Mr Castro has called for the lifting of the US economic blockade on Cuba, in place since 1959.
He also described Mr Obama as an "honest man" after a lengthy speech largely taken up with the history of US-Cuba relations.
"When I talk about the revolution, the passion oozes out of me," the Cuban leader said. "I have to ask President Obama for forgiveness. He is not responsible for the things which happened before his time."
Earlier, Mr Obama told fellow leaders: "This shift in US policy represents a turning point for our entire region.
"The fact that President Castro and I are both sitting here today marks a historic occasion," he said, while admitting there were still significant differences.
This was Cuba’s first time at a Summit of the Americas and Raul Castro certainly made the most of the stage he was offered.
He joked that as he had missed the previous six summits, he would multiply the eight minutes he had been allotted for his speech by as much.
In the end, he was not far off that length.
He began with a passionate history lesson, recounting the revolution and the many US attempts to overthrow and destabilise the Communist government.
But he then apologised to President Obama, saying that he could not be blamed for events which predated his presidency and called the US leader "an honest man".
President Obama, for his part, said he did not want to be "imprisoned" by history but would look towards the future – a future in which considerable differences between the US and Cuba would persist, he said, but in which he would not be caught up in ideology.
The US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1959 after Fidel Castro and his brother Raul led a revolution toppling US-backed President Fulgencio Batista. The Castros established a revolutionary socialist state with close ties to the Soviet Union.
The Summit of the Americas brings together the leaders of North, Central and South America. This, the seventh, is the first which Cuba is attending.
Attempts to improve relations between the US and Cuba began in December when Mr Obama declared Washington’s approach "outdated".
A marching band performed at the summit’s opening ceremony
This seventh summit is the first in which all 35 nations are represented
The US president is expected to raise the issue of political reform in Cuba when he meets Mr Castro. Human rights are also of concern to Washington.
Along with an end to the embargo, Havana wants removal from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, something Mr Obama has already signalled he is prepared to do.
Cuba’s presence on the list has been one of the main hurdles on the way to closer ties between the two countries as it hampers Cuba’s ability to conduct financial transactions.
President Maduro has said that Venezuela has come to the summit in a "constructive spirit"
As US ties with Cuba improve, those between Venezuela and Washington remain fractious.
The US imposed sanctions last month on a group of Venezuelan officials it accuses of human rights abuses. Mr Obama also issued an executive order declaring Venezuela a threat to US national security.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, speaking at the summit, described the order as "disproportionate" but said he was ready to talk with the US president to "resolve differences".
The summit also highlighted stark differences between President Rafael Correa of Ecuador and the US.
Mr Correa said the US had failed to live up to its ideals: "Let’s talk about human rights. In Ecuador we don’t have torture, the death penalty or extrajudicial renditions."
In response, Mr Obama said he always "enjoyed the history lessons" he received a such summits, but was the first to acknowledge US faults.
"America does not make a claim to being perfect; we make a claim to being open to change," he said.
