An era really ends: The last traces of the Virgin Megastore in New York City’s Union Square are being covered with plywood right now, as the gigantic space on 14th St. begins its eventual transformation into a Nordstrom Rack. I suppose it’s an OK fate given the alternatives, but still, sigh. [Jeremiah's Vanishing New York via Curbed / Previously] MORE »
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I Wonder If You Can Buy The “Candle In The Wind” CD Single There
The former Virgin Megastore site in Orlando’s Downtown Disney is now a shrine to the late Princess Diana; it costs $14.50 to get in if you’re older than nine, i.e., if you were actually a sentient being when she died in 1997. The limited-time museum houses dresses, handwritten letters, and other Royal-related effluvia. [Disney Unplugged; HT popbytes, who noted that the Hollywood Virgin Megastore is now a shrine to that overpromoted guinea pigs-in-the-FBI movie G-Force] MORE »
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The United States’ Virgin Megastores (Finally) Head To That Big Shopping Mall In The Sky
Not with a bang: “It was the final day of business for the Virgin Megastore chain in North America, which at its peak had 23 locations but by Sunday was down to two… when the [Union Square] store opened, perhaps 90 percent of the merchandise had already been sold, leaving two tables of CDs and DVDs, a dozen T-shirt racks and a few other scattered displays.”
Last Virgin Megastore In New York Closes [NYT]
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The Great Union Square Virgin Megastore Clearance Sale: Well, It’s Not All That Great
Last night I popped into the Union Square Virgin Megastore, one of the last remnants of the once-mighty chain; it’s currently in the process of its final clearance sale, although truth be told, there were few real deals to be had. (CDs, records, and DVDs were marked down 20%; I scored a vinyl copy of Ida Maria’s “Fortress ‘Round My Heart” for $10.) The DJ hired with providing ambiance to the store sounded slightly dejected as he noted that everything around him would be closed by month’s end, and while the place was fairly full of bargain-hunters, there was a sense that the air was being slowly and torturously let out of a big room where people cared enough about music to venture out in public for the purposes of sampling it. More observations–including a gallery!–after the jump. MORE »
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New Yorkers, take note: The final close-out at the Union Square Virgin Megastore–the last music-focused superstore in Manhattan–begins tomorrow, when all the merchandise in the store will be brought back to its original list price, then discounted 20%. What this means for you: If you’re in the hunt for a bargain, you should either go there tonight, before the “sale” stickers get peeled off en masse; otherwise, you should wait a few weeks. (But not too many, as the sale will run through May.) Hey, anyone want to get together for a big old-fashioned meetup when the prices are a little more right? [Racked] MORE »
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Mega No More: Virgin Megastores Closing Down, Liquidating This Summer
It was probably coming, what with the news that its San Francisco and New York outposts would be closing over the next few months breaking recently, but the announcement that the remaining scraps of the Virgin Megastore chain will be euthanized in the coming months still made me kinda sad. The company will close its remaining stores in Denver, Orlando (Fla.), and Los Angeles over the next few months, and the assets of Virgin Entertainment Group North America (VEGNA) will be liquidated this summer. You may be surprised to learn, however, that the complete shutdown of the chain wasn’t a certainty when it was jointly purchased by the New York City real estate giants Vornado and Related—which owned the below-market-rent leases on the Times Square and Union Square outlets, respectively—a few months back. No, really! MORE »
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New York City To Be Music Megastore-Free By This Summer
The Union Square Virgin Megastore will call it a… MORE »
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The Long, Slow Death Of The Times Square Virgin Megastore Begins Tomorrow
We’ve known that that the Virgin Megastore in New York City’s Times Square is set to close, but finally the death march has a start date; the everything must go signs get plastered into the windows and the stack of pre-thumbed through books and import CD singles get their first in a series of markdowns tomorrow. MORE »
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This Week’s Top 12: Remixed Gallaghers, R & B Royalty, And (Surprise!) Ida Maria
Welcome to the inaugural version of The Idolator Dozen, our new weekly countdown of notable-slash-positive happenings in the music world as decided by me. To answer your questions: “Why?”; “Ranking things is fun, duh.” “Why 12?”; “Because I like the number, and always have.” “What’s on the list?”; “Whatever I say, plus maybe a few things that I neglected to get to during the week.” “Why now?”; “Why not now?” “When will then be now?”; “Soon.” The top 12 after the jump! MORE »
