In Virgin Megastores, most of the CDs seem to be either lame bargain big greatest hits collections or vaguely interesting imports and indie releases branded with big, obnoxious price-tags in the $17 range.
So, it is no surprise that this mecca of over-priced CDs, ugly t-shirts and lame DVDs is finally closing up shop.
All Virgin Megastores are going out of business, from NYC’s Times Square location to, well, everywhere else. Billboard reports that the stores were bought by real estate developers looking to cash in on the sites’ below-market-value square footage.
Other major music retailers such as Tower Records, Sam Goody and Circuit City have already closed up shop, so it seems that the only big music chains left are Best Buy and Walmart.
Of course, there’s still iTunes.
Don’t most kids download music straight to their iPods now anyway?
Is anybody actually going to be sad to see this place go?
We don’t miss Virgin or Sam Goody, but we are kinda bummed that Kim’s Video and Music in NYC is downsizing and relocating.
