Kilburn National Ballroom

Many famous musicians including Killing Joke, New Order, Echo and The Bunnymen, Johnny Cash, David Bowie (with Tin Machine), The Smiths (the live album Rank was recorded here on the 23rd of October 1986), Cocteau Twins, The Pogues, Jesus and Mary Chain, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (on July 14th, 1988), the Sonic Youth (on March 23, 1989, with Mudhoney as support act), Pixies (on July 5th, 1989), Primal Scream, The Fall, Fugazi (September 19th, 1990), Blur and even Nirvana (on December 5th, 1991) played the legendary Kilburn National!

School of Oriental and African Studies

On the 27th of October 1989, Nirvana played their first gig in London, with Tad, at the Students’ Union of the London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where fellow Seattleites Mudhoney and Soundgarden had already played at on the 12th of May.

Astoria Theatre

One of London’s greatest and most beloved music venues of all time! Opened in 1927 as a cinema, turned into a theatre between 1976 and 1985, the glorious London Astoria was active as a music venue from the 3rd of August 1987 to the 15th of January 2009 and has since been demolished as part of the