London's Flowerpot Venue to Close

London's live music scene has taken another body blow with the announcement that the Flowerpot is to be closed on Nov. 1. The intimate Kentish Town venue has proved to be a popular attraction for up-and-coming talent and fans alike as well as more established acts playing low-key warm up gigs.

The venue's promoters have been forced out because the lease for the building has been sold. Writing on Twitter they said, "We're completed gutted to inform you that from Nov. 1 the Flowerpot will no longer be at this venue."

The promoters now intend to carry on at a different location. They added, "We will of course be taking everything and everyone with us when we go and promise to find a new HQ quicker than you can say Jager Bomb."

In recent years, the Flowerpot has acted as a springboard for new talent and its stage has been graced by artists as diverse as the Drums [pictured], Billy Bragg, Madness, Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons. Its sudden closure arrives as the legendary 100 Club on London's Oxford Street struggles to keep its doors open in the face of increasing rents and business rates.