Time for a requiem / Town that makes no sound

FROG. IS DEAD.
To our faithful mailing list, the rumors are true. After three massive years, 200 bands and over 150 000 punters, London's favourite Saturday night indie club has decided its time to call it a day.It feels like the right time to move on. Our favourite band, Larrikin Love have split. Tony Blair's on his last legs and some idiot decided that you won't be able to smoke in clubs from this summer.

June 30th will see the end of FROG as a weekly party. During our three years FROG has had some of today's biggest bands grace our stage. From our early days with sets from Babyshambles, Kaiser chiefs and Razorlight right up to recent gigs by Jamie T, Klaxons and CSS. FROG has been a coming of age gig for any band worth their swagger.

The final four FROG's are as follows.
Saturday 9th June - Paramore
Saturday 16th - CSS DJ set and Captain Black
Saturday 23rd - The More Assured
FINAL FROG Saturday 30th - Kid Harpoon.

The FROG collective wont be gone forever, we're gonna take a break this Summer and return with a new form of forward thinking party. Also watch this space for news on our legendary New Years Eve parties.

Thank you all. We'll be in touch.

FROG. xx

Frog var under ett år mitt moderskepp, min trygghet, mitt äventyr och mer eller mindre mitt hem. Jag har sett fler band än jag kommer ihåg, dansat mer än jag kan begripa, blivit tillfälligt panikkär, lärt mig dricka whiskey, gråtit, blivit blåslagen, ramlat, träffat några av mina idoler och gjort fruktansvärt mycket dumma och fantastiska grejer på den klubben. Må den vila i frid. Den lämnar efter sig djupa (och tidvis dimmiga) spår.

(Egentligen hade jag tänkt skriva om mitt livs mest surrealistiska spelning här, men det kan jag göra en annan gång. Det räcker med att säga att Laakso är väldigt bra live, även om publiken bestod av mig, min bästa vän och tjugo ointresserade femtonåringar.)