Once upon a time The Venue in New Cross was one of the best places in London for bands. In fact, even before it was refurbished as The Venue it was a key stopping off place on the alternative gig circuit as the plain old Harp Club (I recently came across a Wire bootleg recorded there in 1985). In the 1990s, Blur, Pulp, Oasis, PJ Harvey and Radiohead all played there, and people came from all over to see them. I remember queuing half way down to New Cross station to see Chumbawamba. At some point it all went wrong, and The Venue switched to cover bands.
On December 3rd the first step towards reclaiming The Venue as somewhere worth going to will take place when Angular Records hold their first birthday party and tenth event in the bar there. The line up's not confirmed yet, but as it will be a release party for The Long Blondes 'Giddy Stratospheres' single, the appearance of Sheffield's finest might be expected. Definitely not to be missed.
Wildflower & Nature Walk Sunday 21st April 2024 led by Tom Moulton & Peter
Robinson
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There will be a Wildflower and Nature Walk Sunday 21st April 2024 led by
Tom Moulton and Peter Robinson. Meet at the Ladywell Road Gate, the guided
walk is...
1 week ago
2 comments:
I was at that Wire gig!
With Band of Holy Joy and...er...Bogshed supporting.
Reclaim the Venue!
Look forward to seeing some more stuff down there, unfortunately after bigging up this event I was struck down with the flu and missed it.
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