In a boom era for big music venues, the Shrine gets a facelift for its 100th anniversary

On a recent Friday night, the French disco band L’Impératrice took the stage at the Shrine Expo Hall, framed in a spray of huge LED panels. Five thousand fans, decked out in silver lamé and fishnet tops, packed the floor for two hours of zesty, bilingual club music. The USC-adjacent venue is a long-standing, popular … Read more