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The Half Moon is one of London's longest running, and most respected live music venues. Since the early 1960s, some of the biggest names in popular music have performed there, including The Rolling Stones, and The Who. The venue has hosted live music every night since 1963. [1]
In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community. The writings of Samuel Pepys describe the pub as the heart of England. London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom. [5] Between 2001 and 2016, London lost 25% of its pubs (1,220 pubs). [6]
The Windmill is a pub and live music venue in Brixton, London, England, with a reputation for championing new music. [1] [2] It was voted the third best music venue in London, in a 2012 poll in Time Out magazine, [2] and #7 by The Guardian in 2008, [3] and has been described as "one of the top-10 music venues in the U.K.".
The Dublin Castle is a pub and live music venue in Camden Town, London. It gained prominence as a venue in the late 1970s after the band Madness established a live reputation there. Subsequently, it was an important venue in the early stages of several bands' careers and contributed to the Britpop musical genre.
The Troubadour is a nightclub, restaurant and pub located at 265 Old Brompton Road, Earls Court, London. Established in 1954, it is one of the oldest and last remaining nightclubs and coffee houses of its era in London. It still offers live music seven days a week.
Dingwalls became a prominent and popular London live music venue in the pub rock and Punk rock era of the mid to late 1970s. Nevertheless, the booking policy was eclectic, finding time for visiting US acts such as Etta James and Blondie in 1978 and The Drifters and R.E.M. in 1983.
Nambucca is a live music venue in Holloway Road in London. Since being rebuilt following a fire it now houses two distinct areas in a big open plan venue - a front bar area and a rear dancefloor and gig area. It is popular with up-and-coming bands and hosts music and entertainment events on a nightly basis.
The Half Moon Hotel, 2017. The Half Moon is a Grade II* listed public house at 10 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, London. [1] It is one of only 270 pubs on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, [2] was frequented by the poet and writer Dylan Thomas, [3] and was a noteworthy live music venue for nearly 50 years, [4] hosting three gigs by U2 in 1980. [5]