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Venue - Le Beat Route
Le Beat Route was a club in Soho that operated in the 70s and 80s. It played host to many bands that would go on to international fame such as Spandau Bal…
↳ 16-17 Greek Street
Venue - Scotch of Saint James Club
The Scotch of St James club was a popular meeting place for musicians and bands in the 1960s. Paul McCartney frequently visited it, as well as bands like …
↳ 13 Mason‘s Yard
The Indica Gallery
Indica Gallery was a counterculture art gallery in Mason's Yard (off Duke Street), Mayfair, London, England during the late 1960s, in the basement …
↳ 6 Mason's Yard
Venue - The Troubadour basement
The Troubadour is a 50s style coffee houses in Earls Court, underneath the main cafe area is a live music venue. Through the 50's and 60's this was one of…
↳ The Troubadour
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
The album cover of David Bowies infamous The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was taken here on Heddon Street.
↳ 23 Heddon Street
Venue - The Hope & Anchor
Artists/bands that have played here to date, Spandau Ballet, Madness, The Damned, Joy Division, U2, Ian Dury, The Stranglers. It's 70's pub rock/punk hist…
↳ The Hope & Anchor
Brian and Anitas flat
Brian Jones shared a flat here with Anita Pallenberg in 1967. Keith Richards also stayed here with the couple just before their ill-fated trip to Morocco …
↳ 1 Courtfield Road
Video - Stand and Deliver
Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, Hatfield Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jac…
↳ Hatfield House
Sex Pistols - A&M Record Signing
After being dropped by EMI, A&M Records became the Sex Pistols new label, their next single was to be 'God Save the Queen', John Rotten’s altern…
↳ Buckingham Palace Gates
The Kinks Local Pub
This was the local pub in the area the Kinks grew up in, this is also where they played their first gig.
↳ The Clissold Arms
Sleeve - Some might say
Cromford railway station is a railway station serving the village of Cromford in Derbyshire, England. It originally opened in 1849, thanks to it's history…
↳ Cromford Railway Station
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