The 2i’s Coffee Bar is the birthplace of Rock and Roll…in England! In July 1956, the first real group that began to play there were The Vipers.
Later on Tommy Steele was discovered here, Cliff Richard had a residency, and even the likes of Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis had the chance to grace its stage!
The Crystal Palace Bowl was an outdoor music venue in Crystal Palace Park that hosted the likes of The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, John Cale, Santana and Bob Marley between 1971 and 1980.
Opened on Boxing Day 1900 as the Camden Theatre, KOKO has since hosted the likes of Charlie Chaplin, The Rolling Stones, Madonna’s first UK appearance, The Clash, The Jam and Prince, to name but a few.
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