Fabric for sale

Today it was announced that Fabric is up for sale.

The Farringdon club, which recently celebrated its 10th birthday, has gone in to administration following the closure of its sister venue, Matter.

This isn't the first time the club has gone into administration, and when that news broke a few days ago I had hopes that it would once again manage to get back on its feet. However, administrators have now instructed the club's agents to find a buyer.

The announcement claimed that a number of potential purchsers have already expressed an interest, which means that hopefully the venue will continue to operate as a club. However, the beauty of Fabric lay in its underground ethos, staunchly championed by its founders Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie. Who knows in what direction the new owners, if any, will take it.

I used to consider Holborn venue The End, co-owned by Layo and Mr C, as one of London's best clubs. When I revisited it under its new incarnation The Den, I realised that a successful club is so much more than the space.

The Den is now, to be honest, a shit venue - which is a massive shame. You walk in there and scruffy sofas take up half the dancefloor, making it look like a student bar. The toilets are drenched with the puke-inducing waft of too much incense, burned to mask the smell of wee. The new owners don't love it like the last, and you can tell.

Let's hope Fabric doesn't go the same way.