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It is the end of an era: Scala stalwart club night Popstarz is currently gearing up for the big move to new home Sin on Charing Cross Road, where normal service will resume on February 8th. The countdown clock currently shows just three more chances to relive all of your Scala memories before the dawn of a new age of Popstarz in the West End.

London's biggest gay alternative night is now over a decade old, working through a variety of venues before eventually settling into the Scala to serve up a weekly three room blend of indie, credible pop and classic disco. The move to the gothic ballroom of the Sin venue coincides with a subtle rebrand of the music policy, with the launch of a new electro room in a nod to new rave "fever", featuring DJs from The Cock and Frat Party nights at Popstarz sister venue Ghetto (also home to the infamous Nag Nag Nag) just down the road in Soho.

Popstarz' January closing down sale kicks off on Friday 11th January, where everything must go as the organisers clear out their store cupboard and offer the contents up for free on the night: DVD players, MP3 players, cameras, CD players, CDs, and all of the assorted promotional ephemera donated by guesting bands over the years. You can even get in for free before 11pm if you print out a copy of the flyer from the website, and you can't say fairer than that.

With bounty suitably offloaded, that just leaves the penultimate and last Popstarz nights at the Scala on January 18th and 25th before the bell tolls. Then on February 1st you will have to find somewhere else to go for the night, as the promoters take a well-earned holiday before reconvening at Sin for the all systems go February 8th relaunch.

Print out the webflyer for free entry to Popstarz before 11pm.
Popstarz mini site
Scala website

gemma sheppard, 10th Jan 2008 16:44:58
 

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