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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Cait Kelly

‘This city is going to be a car park’: Melbourne music venues beg for end to Covid restrictions

The Curtin, on Carlton’s Lygon Street.
‘You’re opening knowing that you might lose money that night’: The Curtin hotel on Lygon Street in Carlton, Melbourne. Photograph: domonabike/Alamy

Some of Melbourne’s most beloved live music venues say they will shut their doors for the final time within months, after operating at a loss because of density restrictions with no end in sight.

On Tuesday, The Curtin, which has been a cornerstone of Melbourne’s live music scene for decades, announced its future is uncertain beyond November, as the building freehold is to be sold.

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