Washington, D.C
Foo Fighters to Play Opening Show at 9:30 Club Replica The Atlantis in Washington, D.C.
The magic quantity is 44 for I.M.P. productions immediately because it prepares for the forty fourth anniversary of the opening of the unique 9:30 Membership in Washington, D.C., with the Might 30 launch of Atlantis, a 450-capacity venue with 44 underplay exhibits booked by means of late September — together with a gap present from the Foo Fighters — all priced at $44.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl let the information slip that I.M.P. would open a brand new, smaller venue long-established as a near-replica of the unique 9:30 Membership — the place he received his begin — when he reopened the venue in 2021 following the COVID-19 shutdown.
“We’ll most likely be the band that opens that place, too, proper?” he informed the confused viewers on the time. Notably, the unique 9:30 Membership — situated at 930 F Avenue, NW in D.C. — was beforehand house to a different membership referred to as Atlantis previous to I.M.P.’s takeover of the venue in 1980.
The brand new Atlantis, which value $10 million, might be situated subsequent to the newer, 1,200-capacity 9:30 Membership, situated at 815 V St NW. It is going to function a reproduction of the unique 9:30 Membership, “sans the gargantuan rats and infamous stench, however with a nod to the notorious pole,” a press launch reads.
“We’ve been doing our smallest exhibits in different peoples’ venues for too a few years now,” mentioned Seth Hurwitz, chairman of I.M.P. “We would have liked a spot that’s ours. This may be essentially the most thrilling step in an artist’s profession. This might be the place we assist introduce new artists to the world, and their story must be informed proper. Our smallest venue might be handled as necessary, if no more, than our greater venues. If the tales are informed proper, each the artists and the followers start their hopefully long-term relationship, and we as promoters do higher too.”
When Foo Fighters kick off this new period of The Atlantis, Dave Grohl gained’t simply be christening the room – he’ll be honoring the legacy of an area that he attended as a child and later took the stage of with bands like Scream and Nirvana.
Tickets for the inaugural run of exhibits at The Atlantis might be $44 every and non-transferable. They are going to be bought through a lottery-style course of, with protections to make sure that actual followers attend the exhibits. To thwart scalping, The Atlantis is using Ticketmaster Request for the inaugural run of exhibits, which is open now at TheAtlantis.com and can run by means of Friday (April 7) at 11:59 p.m.. ET. Followers will study subsequent week if their ticket requests have been fulfilled. If a ticketholder is unable to make the present, a fan-to-fan face-value ticket alternate choice might be obtainable.
The Atlantis might be booked by Zhubin Aghamolla, who additionally books The Anthem and Merriweather Submit Pavilion, whereas Sam Hurwitz has been named normal supervisor. Hurwitz has served as front-of-house supervisor for D.C. membership The Anthem since 2018.
You could find the complete schedule for The Atlantis’ 44-show run, devoted to the 9:30 Membership’s historical past, current, and future, beneath.
Might 30 – Foo Fighters
Might 31 – The Walkmen
June 2 – Scorching Chip
June 3 – Rainbow Kitten Shock
June 4 – Fashionable English
June 5 – Franz Ferdinand
June 6 – Pixies
June 9 – Tank and the Bangas
June 10 – Yo La Tengo
June 16 – Marc Roberge of O.A.R.
June 17 – Hannibal Buress + Eshu Tune
June 19 – Sylvan Esso
June 20 – Darius Rucker
June 24 – Rodrigo y Gabriela
June 25 – X
June 28 – Jeff Tweedy
July 2 – Barenaked Girls
July 6 – Tegan and Sara
July 7 – The Head and The Coronary heart
July 15 – The Magnetic Fields
July 20 – Clutch
July 21 – Jenny Lewis
July 23 – The Struts
July 27 – Third Eye Blind
July 28 – Portugal. The Man
July 29 – Residing Color
July 30 – Iron & Wine
Aug. 5 – Gogol Bordello
Aug. 6 – Bush
Aug. 8 – Shakey Graves
Aug. 10 – Drive-By Truckers
Aug. 14 – Parliament Funkadelic feat. George Clinton
Aug. 17 – Thievery Company
Aug. 27 – Joan Jett
Aug. 28 – Gary Clark Jr.
Sept. 2 – Ben Gibbard
Sept. 6 – Luna
Sept. 9 – Bartees Unusual
Sept. 13 – Spoon
Sept. 15 – Tove Lo
Sept. 17 – Billy Idol
Sept. 21 – Bastille
Sept. 22 – Matt and Kim
Sept. 29 – Maggie Rogers