Comments on: Jeremy Joseph tight-lipped about rumoured G-A-Y move http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6289.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ivan http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6289.html/comment-page-1/#comment-24499 Ivan Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-6289.html#comment-24499 This is not as bad as I feared. I understand that Gatecrasher were looking for a London venue and that would have been the end of that for Heaven as a primary gay venue.However, I would hope that Jeremy Joseph is planning to use the fact that he can continue to operate at the Astoria for a while as an opportunity to close Heaven and carry out the major refurbishment it needs.The new Funktion One sound system on the main floor is a worldbeater and the older Turbosound setups on the other floors are still very good but the lighting rigs (the stunning laser excepted) and the general decor have suffered from a lack of any investment since 1998.I know the state of the Astoria is not Jeremy's fault (he does not own it) but I just hope he wants to keep the name Heaven (I would really, really hate to see it renamed G-A-Y) and make it a club we can truly be proud of again and not just treat it as a cheap cashcow.On the subject of Ghetto, I would have thought the Island Club, which is part of the Heaven complex, would make an ideal new home. This is not as bad as I feared. I understand that Gatecrasher were looking for a London venue and that would have been the end of that for Heaven as a primary gay venue.However, I would hope that Jeremy Joseph is planning to use the fact that he can continue to operate at the Astoria for a while as an opportunity to close Heaven and carry out the major refurbishment it needs.The new Funktion One sound system on the main floor is a worldbeater and the older Turbosound setups on the other floors are still very good but the lighting rigs (the stunning laser excepted) and the general decor have suffered from a lack of any investment since 1998.I know the state of the Astoria is not Jeremy's fault (he does not own it) but I just hope he wants to keep the name Heaven (I would really, really hate to see it renamed G-A-Y) and make it a club we can truly be proud of again and not just treat it as a cheap cashcow.On the subject of Ghetto, I would have thought the Island Club, which is part of the Heaven complex, would make an ideal new home.

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