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Venue - Castle Donington
Castle Donington is a village in Leicestershire with a population of around 7000. It is close to Derby and Nottingham and on the edge of the National Fore…
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Venue - The Warehouse
The Warehouse is one of the oldest clubs in Leeds, it is situated in the heart of the office disctrict in the centre of town. The new romantic band …
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Venue - The Ruskin Arms
This east London pub has got a dual reason for fame, it appears on the front cover of a number of Iron Maiden albums, the band also played a gig here on f…
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Venue - The Crawdaddy Club
In the present day the Crawdaddy Club is a pub called the Bull, but in the early 1960s it was a hotel called the Station Hotel. The very young Rolli…
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Venue - The Second Marquee Club
Today 90 Wardour street is site to the upmarket Cuban-themed restaurant and bar Floridita. Above it is Soho Lofts, a collection of very exclusive flats. I…
↳ 90 Wardour Street
Venue - The First Marquee Club
On this site on July 12th 1962, a six piece Rolling Stones consisting of Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Ian Stewart, Dick Taylor and Mick Avory…
↳ 165 Oxford Street
The Hammersmith Palais
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later known as the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London from 1919 to 2007. The venue was …
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The Forgotten Venue
Built in 1937, the Gaumont State Theatre was the largest movie palace ever built in England and the third largest in the United Kingdom. The theater's 4,0…
↳ The Gaumont State Theatre
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