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Megapromoter AEG Live has purchased the two Seattle music clubs that fall under the Showbox umbrella, with the venues' operators being named general manager and talent buyer/manager of the clubs. As you might expect, people are a little bit uneasy about this. [Line Out / Photo via pdgibson]
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I hope I'm right, but this just seems like musical chairs in the Seattle live music industry thankfully retaining the smarter ones. I doubt much will change -- although I'm not familiar with AEG Live's internal politics. Are they VVM-like or something?
better aeg then live nation is what i say.
Just read more on the Line Out article. If Dave Meinert is correct, this is actually a big plus for those who are trying to fight the Seattle mayor's obsession with Draconian measures to regulate nightlife in Seattle i.e. basically stop anything interesting in order make Seattle one giant rich condo-filled forest. AEG lawyers could probably go quite a ways more than an independent venue's lawyers could in such nightlife regulation issues.
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