Lucky Voice Brighton Closes With Immediate Effect as Karaoke Chain Enters Administration

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Written By Tim Graichi Cucarella
Private karaoke lounge with leather seating and purple lighting at Lucky Voice Brighton

Lucky Voice Brighton has closed with immediate effect (Image: Lucky Voice)

Lucky Voice Brighton has closed. The karaoke venue at 8 Black Lion Street in Brighton closed with immediate effect after the chain went into administration. Lucky Voice itself says Brighton closed on 6 October 2026 as part of a change of ownership.

A rescue deal saved three of its venues, all in London. Brighton was not part of it.

THREE STAY, THREE GO
OPENSoho
Sold to Moyagi Group
OPENHolborn
Sold to Moyagi Group
OPENLiverpool Street
Sold to Moyagi Group
CLOSEDBrighton
Closed with immediate effect
CLOSEDWaterloo
Closed with immediate effect
CLOSEDIslington
Closed with immediate effect

Source: Interpath, administrators of Lucky Voice, 6 October 2026

Had a booking, deposit or voucher for Brighton?

Lucky Voice says its full value is honoured at any of its London venues. Its own notice on the Brighton page sets out what to do:

1
Reply to your booking email, or call Lucky Voice. The company says it will move your session to the venue and date you want.
2
Pick a London venue. Soho, Holborn and Liverpool Street are open, fully staffed and taking bookings, including for Christmas, according to Lucky Voice.
3
Want a refund or have a claim? Questions about the previous venue company are handled by its administrators, at luckyvoice@interpath.com.
A group of friends celebrating together in a private karaoke room at Lucky Voice
A night out in a private room at Lucky Voice (Image: Lucky Voice)

How the rescue deal unfolded

The sale was a pre-pack, where a deal is agreed in advance and completed straight after administrators are appointed.

6 OCTOBER
Steve Absolom and Howard Smith of Interpath are appointed joint administrators of Lucky Voice Group Limited, Lucky Voice (Soho) Limited and Lucky Voice Pods Limited.
6 OCTOBER, IMMEDIATELY AFTER
The business and certain assets are sold to Asobi Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moyagi Group AB, a Stockholm-founded late-night bar and karaoke room operator. Brighton, Waterloo and Islington close with immediate effect.
8 OCTOBER
Law firm DWF, which advised Interpath, announces the deal.

What Moyagi gets: the Soho, Holborn and Liverpool Street venues, the Lucky Voice brand and its intellectual property, and its business-to-business operation.

What the administrators say went wrong

Interpath says trading deteriorated over the past 12 months, against challenging consumer conditions and rising operating costs. That led to increasing liquidity pressure and significant creditor stretch. The directors looked at their options, including a sale, but with no solvent solution available they placed the companies into administration.

“…one of the most recognisable names in the UK’s nightlife scene for two decades.”
Steve Absolom, managing director at Interpath and joint administrator, on Lucky Voice

Mr Absolom also pointed to rising employment costs, elevated energy bills and a consumer who has become increasingly selective.

Inside the Black Lion Street venue

Visit Brighton's listing describes a venue spread across four floors, with seven private karaoke pods, each with a touchscreen karaoke system and a button to call for drinks. It also describes a cocktail speakeasy in the basement with a dance floor and a live DJ on Saturday nights, and says stag and hen parties were welcome.

Listings give different group sizes for the pods, so we have not quoted one. Lucky Voice says it has offered private karaoke in London since 2005.

A private karaoke pod with curved leather seating and purple and amber lighting at Lucky Voice Brighton
A private pod (Image: Lucky Voice)
People gathered at the lit bar in the basement of Lucky Voice Brighton
The bar (Image: Lucky Voice)
Two women singing into microphones in a private karaoke room
Singing in a private room (Image: Lucky Voice)

The jobs

Not everyone at the company kept their job in the deal.

59
employees transferred to the buyer
53
redundancies from the three closures

The administrators have not said how many of the 53 were at the Brighton venue. Mr Absolom said their priority now is to support employees at the Brighton, Waterloo and Islington sites with their redundancy claims.

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