Please look at the change of licence that will turn one of Edinburgh's premier live music venues into another cavernous public house selling cut price drinks on a street that does not require another pub and certainly not a cheap one.
The Picture House has a musical history stretching back three decades and has brought the best international acts to the Scottish capital with acts as diverse as Franz Ferdinand to Amadou and Mariam having graced its stage.
More recently, big names such as Panic! At The Disco, Deaf Havana, Frightened Rabbit, Basement Jaxx, The Editors, Sleeping With Sirens and Amy MacDonald have all performed to over 1000 music fans.
During the seventies and eighties it was known as The Caley Palais and hosted gigs by some of the biggest name artists of its generation including New Order, The Smiths, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Orange Juice, Queen and AC/DC.
Edinburgh's live music scene has fallen way behind rthat of Glasgow in the past few years with fans travelling out the capital to attend concerts thus taking additional spending outwith the Capital and away from local businesses in the area.
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