You mean that’s still Manhattan?

The Allman Brothers will be playing their annual New York residency at the United Palace Theater in Washington Heights, instead of at the Beacon Theater on the Upper West Side. They weren’t looking for a new space, but it seems that MSG Entertainment, the people who run the Beacon, made a boo-boo. Their release of the following statement only makes my suspicion stronger: “We are proud of our long-standing history with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theater. We hope to have them back at the Beacon in 2011 and beyond.” This may be the first time that some of my friends make it above 110th St.

To add insult to injury, the Beacon was rented out to Cirque du Soleil for their new show, “Banana Shpeel.” When you’ve resorted to a pun for your show’s name, I’d worry. I would have stuck with “Vaudeville,” the show’s original working title. The show has been postponed for three weeks, mostly due to the mostly negative reviews it received during previews in Chicago.