SAVE THE 100 CLUB what have Alan McGee & Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream got in common, other than Creation records? They are both behind the ground breaking scheme set up by a trio of music fans to save the 100 club on London's Oxford Street from becoming the latest in a line of iconic live venues to shut up shop due to ever increasing overheads. The scheme aims to raise the capital needed to buy out the present owner and run the historic venue as a NOT FOR PROFIT outfit. They are asking for donations, initially pledges, to raise the funds and anyone that donates directly to the scheme will become a "member of the 100 Club" and will have a say in the major decisions taken by the Trustees. The former Oasis label boss, Alan McGee gets behind the campaign by saying " The 100 club is a national treasure and should be saved. It is at the heartbeat of rock 'n' roll music in London. Its a magical venue." A spokesman for the savethe100club campaign told the BIG CHEESE "We are doing this because above all we love the place and don't want to see it go the way of other small clubs in London, It has an amazing legacy but it also has the potential to be great again and we want to see the "next big thing" discovered at the venue, we hope to save the future by preserving the past". <http://www.savethe100club.co.uk> <http://www.savethe100club.co.uk/>
