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NEW YORK (AP) - CBGB was to host its final concert Sunday night after a 33-year residence in downtown New York as the iconic, grungy bastion of punk.
The concert, headlined by rock poet Patti Smith, was to be the final note sounded in a drawn-out battle to preserve the legendary club. A homeless advocacy group that owns the property, the Bowery Residents Committee, is not renewing CBGB's lease, which expired in August 2005. The club will close Oct. 31.
CBGB's closure has prompted protests, tributes and vigils for more than a year — a cycle ended when CBGB's owner, Hilly Kristal, gave up his legal fight to stay.
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