Opened in 1976, a basement venue in this Covent Garden corner – back then called the Rock Garden – hosted a wide variety of new wave and indie bands including U2, XTC, Adam and The Ants, and Suede. The Smiths played their first London gig here in March 1983.
By the end of the 1990’s it had become a nightclub called The Gardening Club, to eventually go back to the original name until its closure in 2008. Sadly, the building is today home to an Apple Store. O tempora o mores!
Address: 6-7 The Piazza, London WC2E
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