Metropol, Berlin

A.k.a. 'Das Neue Schauspielhaus', 'Theater am Nollendorfplatz' and 'Goya', depend how it was used. Located in Berlin, Germany, existed already since 1905/1906 as a former theatre, striptease-club and bordell, named 'Das Neue Schauspielhaus', also called 'Theater am Nollendorfplatz' by that time. In 1951 renamed to 'Metropol', later it became a discotheque (in the 1980ies). From 1980 on it was used mainly as a live venue for rock concerts. Bands played there like Depeche Mode on 26th, march 1982, they performed their first Berlin concert to promote the debüt-LP or [a6520] and The Psychedelic Furs on 4th, november 1981, U2 announced as a boy-group (it´s true), still not as famous as they got later and The Cure, Die Ärzte, The Human League, Front 242 or the mysterious The Residents, in 1983 already more than 10 years on the road, amongst many others, just to name a few. In 2005 they changed their name to 'Goya' as the new name for a restaurant and dance-club.