House of Blues Takes Over Lansdowne Street

The House of Blues has bought the Lansdowne Street clubs, including Avalon and Axis. How is this going to affect the renovations of Avalon and Axis, which has had a negative impact on performers and fans since the venues shut down? The Globe reports:

"The only thing that has changed is in place of a sign that says Lansdowne Music Hall, it will say House of Blues," Lyons said yesterday. He will continue to own the real estate and will be landlord under a long-term lease to the House of Blues, which will book and operate the club.

The brand name "House of Blues" "is expected to be able to attract bigger-name acts," so the Globe says, which might still result in the problem that has dogged mid-level acts like Editors, who are to big for the Paradise and too small for the Orpheum. And the House of Blues

Patrick Lyons, the now-former owner of Avalon and Axis, co-founded the House of Blues in Cambridge before it blew up into the Vegas-y venue it's known as today, so a concert circle is complete.

Logo from the House of Blues website.