| Address | Hope Street |
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| Location | Liverpool, England |
| Type | Bar/Restaurant/Music venue |
| Genre(s) | Live Music/Indie/Rock |
| Opened | 2009 (current premises) |
Korova is a bar, music venue and restaurant located on Hope Street, Liverpool, England.[1] Before moving to its current premises, it was located on Fleet Street close to Concert Square.[2] Its name references the Korova Milk Bar from A Clockwork Orange.
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Korova was created through a joint venture between restaurateur Rob Gutmann, promoter Steve Miller and Danny Hunt and Reuben Wu of electro band Ladytron in September 2005. The concept for the venue was based upon Ladytron's club night EVOL.[3]
The original Korova, located on Fleet Street, appeared on the album cover for the Arctic Monkeys first album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.[4] The cover depicts Chris McClure - a friend of the band - in the basement of the venue posing for a photo to mark the band's good memories of Liverpool.[1]
In 2009, Korova moved to new premises on Hope Street in Liverpool city centre.[1]
On 17 April 2010, 60 firefighters fought a major blaze, which occurred in a solicitors office located above Korova.[5] The severity of the fire saw the first and second floors of the solicitor's collapse with Korova itself suffering significant water damage. Due to the structural instability of the above floors, it is expected that the venue will remain closed for the foreseeable future, although promoters stated that the venue will reopen as soon as possible.[6]Its been announced that Korova will be reopening in September 2011 after being renovated and aims to be Liverpools number 1 indie club again.
Numerous bands have performed live concerts in Korova including : The LP, The Little Flames, Alterkicks, Hot Club de Paris, The Sunshine Underground, The Robocop Kraus, Simian Mobile Disco, Hot Chip, Loka, Paul Epworth, Djs Are Not Rockstars, Adult, White Rose Movement, Battant, The Pistolas, Rumble Strips, Fujiya & Miyagi, Doloroso, The Shortwave Set, The Longblondes, Panico, The Spinto Band, The Kooks, Fields, Idiot Pilot, The Whip, The KBC, Cutting Pink With Knives, Frank Turner, Rolo Tomassi, Japandroids, The Noisettes, Jeffrey & Jack Lewis, The Virgin Tears, The Juan Maclean, Ladytron, 2manydjs, Reverend and the Makers, CSS, The Rascals, Vivian Girls, Chromeo, dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip, and Friendly Fires