WHILE I applaud the suggestion that the revamped Victoria Theatre, pictured, could help replace the Cambridge Hotel as a live music venue, ("Theatre could help fill Cambridge band void", Newcastle Herald 14/7), the cynic in me would suggest that the close proximity of NIMBYs would present an insurmountable obstacle to the progress of live music in a vibrant and reinvented inner city Newcastle (as presented by the powers that be in Newcastle council). I fear noise complaints could ultimately win out.
Why is it that venues like NEX (previously Newcastle workies) who have premium places for high profile music do not propose to have more concerts in their venues, which would contribute to the music scene?
