Yoko’s and John’s Flat

In 2010, Yoko Ono unveiled a blue marker plaque at the site of this flat, where she and John Lennon lived for about three months (from the 21st of June 1968) and took the photograph that would become the cover of their Two Virgins album. Many things happened here…

The Flamingo Club

Acts who played at the Flamingo’s in the 1960’s included John Mayall, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Cream, Pink Floyd, The Small Faces, and many others.

The Scotch of St. James

On the 24th of September 1966 Jimi Hendrix arrived in England for the first time and joined the house band for an impromptu session on stage at The Scotch of St. James. At the the height of 1960s swinging London the venue served as a historically significant meeting place for London’s rock elite.

Bag O’ Nails

In the 60s the Bag O’ Nails hosted an early gig by the Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi’s second official gig in London, on the 25th of November 1966), among many others, but it’s also the place where Paul McCartney met his future wife Linda Eastman on the 15th of May 1967.

De Lane Lea Studios

Major artists such as The Animals, The Beatles, Soft Machine, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, and Deep Purple recorded songs at the De Lane Lea Studios, but not here in their current location in Soho!