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Music retailer HMV Group has gone all Gay-friendly and entered the live music game with its purchase of a 50% stake in Mama Group.

The joint venture will include 11 live music and entertainment venues in the UK, including the Hammersmith Apollo in London, which will be renamed the HMV Apollo.  Further venues include the Forum, Garage, Jazz Café and Borderline in London, Institute in Birmingham, The Picture House in Edinburgh and Moshulu in Aberdeen.

Further properties owned by the joint venture include iconic London venues Heaven, G-A-Y and G-A-Y Late. Read the full HMV Press Release here.

HMV Apollo?

O2 Brixton Academy?

The Astoria torn down to make way for Crossrail?

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