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| Palladium | |
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 Paul Simonon ofthe Clash performs at the Palladium on September 20, 1979 | |
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| Former names | Academy of Music (1927–1976) |
| General information | |
| Type | Movie palace,concert hall, andnightclub |
| Address | 126 East 14th Street |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Closed | August 1997 |
| Demolished | August 1998 |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 3,400 |
ThePalladium (originally called theAcademy of Music) was amovie theatre,concert hall, and finally anightclub inNew York City. It was located on the south side ofEast 14th Street, betweenIrving Place andThird Avenue.
Designed byThomas W. Lamb, it was built in 1927 across the street from the site of the originalAcademy of Music established by financierMoses H. Grinnell in 1852.[1] Opened as a deluxemovie palace by movie mogulWilliam Fox, founder of theFox Film, the academy operated as a cinema through the early 1970s.[1]
Beginning in the 1960s, it was also utilized as arock concert venue, particularly following the June 1971 closure of theFillmore East. It was rechristened the Palladium on September 18, 1976, withthe Band live radio broadcast,[2] and continued to serve as a concert hall into the following decade.
In 1985, the Palladium was converted into a nightclub bySteve Rubell andIan Schrager, after their success withStudio 54. Japanese architectArata Isozaki redesigned the building's interior for the club.[3]
Peter Gatien owned and operated the club from 1992 until 1997.
The Palladium closed in August 1997 following its purchase byNew York University.[1][4] In August 1998, the building was demolished in order to build a twelve-story residence hall that students affectionately referred to as Palladium Hall.[5] The residence hall typically houses 960 residents, primarily sophomores with approximately 120 MBA students.[6] Two floors in the basement and sub-basement house the Palladium Athletic Facility.[5]
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The Academy of Music opened as amovie palace at 126 East 14th Street. By the 1970s it had become amusic venue for rock and roll acts. Seating 3,400, it was popular with both mainstream bands and upcoming acts which could open a major bill. Many bands performed at the Palladium in the middle of large arena and stadium tours, due to the prestige of the theater and the excellent acoustics. The sound systems used for shows were by local rental companies when the touring acts did not carry their own.
Among the numerous rock concerts the Academy of Music hosted werethe Rolling Stones, which played this venue on May 1, 1965 (and returned on June 19, 1978, when it was the Palladium),[7][8] theAllman Brothers Band on August 15, 1971,[9] Aerosmith's first concerts outside of New England, opening for Humble Pie and Edgar Winter's White Trash on December 2 & 3, 1971, and the series ofNew Year's shows played bythe Band on December 28–31, 1971 (recordings from which were released as the 1972 live albumRock of Ages). New Year's Eve 1973 featured the eclectic line-up ofBlue Öyster Cult,Iggy Pop, and Teenage Lust (which had recently backed upJohn Lennon) andKiss,.Genesis performed their NY concerts ofThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway there in 1974. AndRenaissance performed there on May 17, 1974; the show featuredAndy Powell ofWishbone Ash on guitar, and bootleg recordings are widely available.
TheGrateful Dead played two extended stands at this venue. One was seven shows at the Academy of Music, from March 21–28, 1972. Excerpts of these shows, including some tracks withBo Diddley as a guest, were officially released onDick's Picks Volume 30 andDave's Picks Volume 14. The other was 5 shows between April 29 and May 4, 1977. The complete April 30 show was officially released asGrateful Dead Download Series Volume 1, with 3 bonus tracks from the April 29 show. The complete May 3 show was officially released asDave's Picks Volume 50, with 5 bonus tracks from the May 4 show, and an additional 7 tracks from the May 4 show on the Dave's Picks 2024 Bonus Disc.
Bruce Springsteen & theE Street Band played six shows at the Palladium in October and November 1976, and three more in September 1978. Tickets for all three 1978 shows were sold out.
Frank Zappa and his band performed on and aroundHalloween several times, including performances in 1977, which were included in the filmBaby Snakes, a legendary series of shows in 1978, and a 1981 performance which was simulcast live on radio andMTV.
New York proto-punk musicians ThePatti Smith Group,John Cale, andTelevision, performed at the Palladium on New Year's Eve 1976. TheBay City Rollers performed at the Palladium on January 8, 1977. A performance of theRamones was recorded atthe Palladium on January 7, 1978; and they returned for New Year's Eve 1979.The Police during their Regatta de Blanc World Tour 1979-80 played on November 29, 1979.Kiss played a warm-up show here, in 1980, before they kicked off theirUnmasked Tour in Italy; it wasEric Carr's first live performance with the band. In 1991,Tin Machine performed at the venue during theirIt's My Life Tour on November 27 & 29; a portion of these performances were used for their live albumTin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby.
Blondie, fresh from their first European tour, performed songs from the Blondie and Parallel Lines albums, on May 4, 1978. Deborah Harry wore a long sleeve red shirt, with pink panties and red thigh high boots. Rockabilly legend, Robert Gordon along with master guitarist, Link Wray opened the evening performing classic songs from the likes of Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen,Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran among others.
On July 25, 1980,Kiss played the venue, their only North American concert in 1980, to introduce new drummerEric Carr to the American press before heading overseas for theirUnmasked Tour. Also part of the reason for having the concert was to help subsidize the rental of the Palladium for tour rehearsals with Carr.[10]
The venue was also where many Britishheavy metal acts made their initial impact in theUnited States in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including,Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Def Leppard,Ozzy Osbourne, Humble Pie, and other participants of the so-callednew wave of British heavy metal. The classic line-up ofMotörhead, with "Fast" Eddie Clarke on guitar, performed its final show at the Palladium on May 14, 1982.
Many UK punk and new wave acts made their New York debuts at the Academy of Music, includingthe Clash,the Jam,the Boomtown Rats,the Fall,Graham Parker & the Rumour,Rockpile,U2,Duran Duran,the Undertones, andRoxy Music. American punk bands the Ramones,Blondie,the Cramps, andX also played there in the late seventies and early eighties.
The Palladium was converted from a music venue into anightclub by formerStudio 54 ownersSteve Rubell andIan Schrager. They hiredDanceteria DJ Richard Sweret, DJ Patrick Anastasi and DJ Luis Martinez who saw the possibility of a much larger audience for a downtown ‘new wave music’, Euro andhouse music-oriented club. Designed by architectArata Isozaki, the Palladium featured commissioned art works by artists such asKeith Haring,Jean Michel Basquiat,Kenny Scharf, andFrancesco Clemente.[11][12] Isozaki rebuilt the space to enclose 9,660 square feet (897 m2) across seven stories of nightclub rooms, each of them designed to have a distinct ambiance.[13] The center of the club was the dance floor, behind which Haring's large mural was located, while the Mike Todd Room, the site of Palladium's Basquiat mural, and the Kenny Scharf Room were designed to be more exclusive and intimate spaces. The front of the club was composed of a large illuminated stairwell, decorated by Clementefrescos.[11][13]
From its celebrity-studded opening in May 1985, the Palladium was one of the major features of the vibrant New York club scene, while continuing to host musicians.[14] In September 1985,Azzedine Alaia's fashion show was held at the Palladium.[15]Chuck Berry played a New Year's Eve concert on December 31, 1988, recorded byWNEW-FM and available as "Chuck Berry Live At Palladium Theater, New York, WNEW-FM Broadcast, 31st December 1988".Moby had his first headlining show at Palladium in 1990 after original headlinerSnap! had their flight cancelled.[16]Argentine rock bandsLos Fabulosos Cadillacs andSoda Stereo performed at the Palladium on September 25, 1995, and March 4, 1996, respectively.Junior Vasquez's Arena party, held Saturday nights and Sunday mornings at Palladium between September 1996 and September 1997, was one of the most popular parties in the New York club scene at the time. Although the promoters billed Arena as "The Gay Man's Pleasure Dome", the party drew an eclectic mix of gay and straight from Manhattan and far beyond. Vasquez commemorated Arena in the titles of the remixes he produced that year.[citation needed]
The club was a mainstay on the New York club scene until it was bought out in 1997 byNew York University (NYU) and demolished for a campus housing project. The final concert held at Palladium was a sold-out performance byFugazi on May 1, 1997.[17] The artworks within the club were mostly removed, with the Haring and Basquiat murals currently held by the respective artists' estates.[18]
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The version of "Nantucket Sleighride" heard onMountain'sLive: The Road Goes Ever On album at was recorded during their Academy of Music performance on December 14, 1971.
On December 21, 1973,Lou Reed recorded bothRock 'n' Roll Animal andLou Reed Live at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, released during February 1974 and March 1975 respectively, featuring songs from his solo career andthe Velvet Underground.
Zappa in New York is a live double album byFrank Zappa recorded during a series of concerts at the Palladium in December 1976.
Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars recordedLive at The Palladium NYC, New Year's Eve 1977. TheCD album, released in March 2006, features over one hour ofblues-rock music performed by a star-studded ensemble featuring Levon Helm (drums/vocals), Dr. John (keys/vocals), Paul Butterfield (harmonica/vocals), Fred Carter (guitar/vocals), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lou Marini (saxophones), Howard Johnson (tuba/baritone sax), Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone) and Alan Rubin (trumpet).
The Clash played at the Palladium on September 20 and 21, 1979, as a part of their U.S. tour, and the iconic photo from the September 20 show ofPaul Simonon smashing his bass would later be used for the front cover of the Clash albumLondon Calling. Irish punk bandthe Undertones and American soul legendsSam and Dave were the opening acts for the shows. Bootleg recordings of both performances have surfaced, even recording the moment Simonon smashed his bass during the September 20 show.[19]
The photograph on the back ofthe Cramps' original 1979 debutEP,Gravest Hits, was taken at the Palladium.
Renaissance recordedUnplugged Live at the Academy of Music at the venue in 1985, although it was not released until 2000.
In 1992,C+C Music Factory recorded a song under the moniker S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. for the soundtrack toThe Bodyguard (starringWhitney Houston andKevin Costner). The song, "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day", was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston to be released as a single in the US. The remixes of the song, which were released viaArista Records onCD single,cassette single, and Double-12" vinyl single, were titled "The Palladium House Anthem I" and "The Palladium House Anthem II". At that time, C+C Music Factory member Robert Clivillés was the resident DJ at The Palladium.
In 2004, punk pioneers theRamones reissued a live album they recorded at The Palladium. The album is calledLive January 7, 1978 at the Palladium, NYC [LIVE], and was released bySanctuary Records Group.
Club MTV, a live daily program, was also filmed there in the 1980s and early 1990s and starredDowntown Julie Brown.
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