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The Liverpool Olympia was built in 1905 For Moss Empires Ltd by architect Frank Matcham as a purpose built indoor circus and variety theatre. The theatre was a response to the enormous success of Thomas Barrasford's Royal Hippodrome Theatre (4,000 capacity, built 1902, demolished 1984) which stood a very short distance away; the Olympia never managed to meet the success of the Hippodrome, and ...
The Grafton Ballroom was an entertainment centre in Liverpool, England that on opened on 9 February 1924. it was a purpose-built dance hall able to accommodate 1,200 dancers. It was built next to the Locarno Ballroom which is now known as the Liverpool Olympia. It has for several years been under the same ownership as the Olympia.
A popular nightclub and concert venue, The Orrell Park Bar (formerly a ballroom built in 1927 and still known locally as the "OPB"), is located in the district. [1] Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr , and Jerry Lee Lewis have performed there. [ 2 ]
Gustafson performed on three studio albums for Roxy Music in the period from 1973 through 1975. He was frequently not with the band on live dates, getting replaced by John Wetton or Sal Maida . His last record with the band, Siren , included their only American top 40 hit single, " Love Is the Drug ". [ 4 ]
The Cavern Club is a music venue on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England.. The Cavern Club opened on 16 January 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s.
Warren Zevon's live album, Stand in the Fire, was recorded during five shows he played at The Roxy in April 1980. He also recorded another album, Live at The Roxy, in April 1978, and this was released in 2020. The Tragically Hip recorded Live at the Roxy in 1991. Jazz group The Crusaders recorded the live album Scratch at the Roxy in 1974.
In 1966, American R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner performed at the Locarno Ballroom in Coventry. [11]Several Locarnos were the siting of "Come Dancing" in the 1960s and 70s. The Coventry band The Specials refer to their local Locarno in their hit "Friday Night and Saturday Morning" (also covered by the French band Nouvelle Vague).
Locarno Ballroom [10] Basildon: 1961 Blackpool Mecca: Blackpool: 1965 Locarno Ballroom Burnley [11] 1962 Cat's Whiskers, Ritzy 1996 Mecca Locarno [12] Coventry: Ilford Palais [13] London: Locarno Ballroom [14] Glasgow: 1926 Mecca Locarno Ballroom [5] Leeds: 1938 1969 Locarno: Liverpool: 1948 Lyceum Theatre: London 1834 Southampton Royal Pier ...