Original Amoeba Hollywood Location to Close

Sad news for music lovers that didn't get to visit the original location in Hollywood before it closed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amoeba Music has announced that its location at 6400 Sunset Blvd will be closing permanently. They will now be concentrating on opening their new location at 6200 Hollywood Blvd when it is safe to do so. You can still order new record releases and old favorites via their online store until then. Amoeba projected that they wouldn't be able to reopen until the fall so it made more sense to concentrate on the grand opening of their new location instead of attempting to open based on current projections. You can help employees of Amoeba Music through the pandemic by donating to their Go Fund Me fundraiser as well here. Their new Hollywood location will still host in-store performances, signings, and more of what made Amoeba Music adored and unique in the music community. Unfortunately, their old (current) location will not get a proper farewell.

What was your last in-store performance at the iconic "largest record store in the world?" Ours was The Red Pears back in January. Check out Amoeba's official statement below and let us know what was your last Amoeba Music Hollywood in-store or most memorable in our comments. We'll miss you Amoeba Music Hollywood, but we're excited to see your new location sooner than later.

STATEMENT

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce that the massive impact from COVID-19 has forced Amoeba Music Hollywood to remain closed until we can hopefully move to our new location this fall.

We are devastated. We know you are too. We never envisioned not being able to give the store the send-off it deserves, to give you all a chance to say goodbye. But we are facing too many mitigating circumstances.

This is not the end of Amoeba! We are moving to a new location at 6200 Hollywood Blvd in the fall and we feel fortunate that this plan was set into motion long before COVID-19. There are so many unknowns and uncertainties for a business like ours right now. The only thing we do know for certain is that we intend to survive. We want to continue to be there for our amazing customers and our incredible staff in our new location long after this pandemic disappears. The only way we can keep Amoeba Hollywood alive in the future is to make this difficult decision now.

Thank you ALL so much for your support during this time and over the years. We have the best customers in the world, as evidenced by the tremendous outpouring of support for our GoFundMe. Your generosity is going to help cover health care for our employees at all three stores and generally help Amoeba continue while we all must remain closed.

We miss you all and cannot wait until we can be together again.

Please read our full statement here: https://amoeba.com/moveupdate

Comments

[Taffey Lewis]

The original location is actually in Berekely.

[LA]

Will that same Nazi buyes be relocated to the new location to rape + pillage the sellers?

[RANDELL GILLESPIE]

"Nazi buyes" ???

[TheScenestar]

"Original Hollywood Location," since there is a second Amoeba Hollywood location scheduled to open in the fall. We know of the San Francisco and Berkeley locations. I don't remember seeing Nazis running any of the locations either. We're sad that the Hollywood location didn't get a proper farewell event. So many memories!