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.
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Scala
Greatest rock photographer Mick Rock shot at the Scala the cover pics of two of the greatest albums of all time: The Stooges’ Raw Power and Lou Reed’s Transformer.
Screen On The Green
Aside from being a cinema, this place is probably most widely known for its ‘Midnight Special’ on Sunday 29 August 1976, when The Clash and Buzzcocks supported The Sex Pistols in a showcase event organised by Malcolm Maclaren…but there’s more to it!
Marquee Club – Part #2
In March 1964 the Marquee Club moved to its most famous venue at 90 Wardour Street, possibly becoming the most important venue in the history of pop music.
The Lewisham Odeon
The old Lewisham Odeon, which closed in 1981 and was demolished in 1991, hosted the likes of David Bowie, Status Quo, Nat King Cole, Johnny Cash, The Beatles (twice in 1963, on the 29th of March and 8th of December), Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Specials, Adam and The Ants, and The Who (who were actually the last, on the 8th of February 1981).
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