bq. p. “It probably would’ve been easier just to build a new stage, but because of all the old artists who walked on the old stage we wanted to keep that,’’ says Dunne of names like the Police, U2, the Pixies, and other bands who trod the Paradise boards.

Wow. I am humbled to have danced on this stage (thanks Barbarian Group! – Christmas Party 2010 perhaps???). 

I’m really looking forward to seeing the changes. I hated those awkward boxes and the hallway and the giant pole but I mostly hated that lingering smell of vomit that would come and go just often enough that you kept re-smelling it. 

I played on this stage once during my Rock career (thanks to Aaron Perrino, now a Barbarian, who let a band I was in, The Texas Governor , open for his band, The Sheila Divine ), and gave 3 speeches on that stage. I miss it. Get to go there soon to see The Vaselines! Yay!