In completely heartbreaking news, beloved Sydney karaoke joint Ding Dong Dang has silently closed its doors.
The Surry Hills institution is likely the latest victim of economic devastation brought on by the coronavirus. The bar is set to be turned into a $40 million hotel which just, fucking blows so hard.
An area local spotted the joints iconic fluorescent sign outside the venue, it’s a pretty bleak sight. If you google Ding Dong Dang, the bar is listed as “permanently closed” on Google.
Reddit user /u/dbrowndownunder took to the Sydney subreddit last night to share an image of the bar’s sign, dumped on the footpath.
“RIP to another Sydney landmark,” they wrote. “Thank you, Ding Dong Dang, for many nights drunkenly belting away into the wee hours of the morning.”
It’s always heartbreaking seeing a part of Sydney’s cultural DNA close for a gaudy monolithic hotel. What’s the point of spending an evening in a suburb when Ding Dong Dang is a thing of the past anyway?
If you want to spend the last half of your afternoon belly laughing, I can’t stress enough just how joy-inducing reading everyone’s cracked stories from nights out at Ding Dong Dang have been. Shoutout to this notable one.
“That’s a shame… I’ve had many a great night there,” wrote Reddit user RandomPratt.
“Probably the best of them was the night I was on the receiving end of a very toothy blowjob when we were all evicted from the premises. They have CCTV cameras in the rooms. I did not know that.
“Just when I thought the evening couldn’t get any more exciting, some Irish rando that had followed us through the previous three pubs tripped over outside and got hit by an Uber.
“He must have gone a good 15 feet in the air, landed on his feet, still holding his beer. Fuckin’ legend.”