“Fabric has been bought by a consortium who fully back founders Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie's vision; nothing within the scope of the Fabric ethos or team shall change,” they announced in an official statement.
“The consortium has formed a new company called Fabric Life Limited. After 10 and a half brilliant years, we look forward to many more,” they continued.
"This ensures that Fabric, an iconic London club, will stay open and continue to entertain,” David Chubb from the administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers said in an additional statement.
“Through the sale of the business, the jobs of over 100 people will be saved. We kept the club open during the administration and this would not have been possible without loyal employees, clientele and suppliers. We would like to thank them for their support over this period.”
The announcements came days after the Guardian published an article headlined ‘big nightclubs lose their sex appeal’ in which the newspaper cited Fabric’s apparent demise as evidence that it might be ‘the end of an era for the "super club"’, based on several “experts’” opinions.
The paper also appeared to misquote Cream boss James Barton as claiming Brits nowadays ‘save up and go to Berlin for Racoon’ (presumably referring to Sven Vath’s Cocoon- in Frankfurt) and suggested that ‘cheap supermarket booze’, computer games and pubs with late licenses are killing UK clubs generally.
"Pubs can quite nicely tick over on quieter nights, but clubs absolutely have to get to that critical volume,” Peter Marks, boss of the privately owned Brook Leisure told the newspaper, “A half-full nightclub doesn't work."
http://tinyurl.com/27porq5 (Guardian: Big nightclubs lose their sex appeal . . . Unemployment and late pub opening blamed . . .’)
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