Don't skip a beat and sign up to The 12 newsletter here. Constant disagreements on how to regenerate the land behind Kings Cross Station went on for years. If the Mayor grants planning permission for a huge development of flats opposite Ministry of Sound, club bosses know their days at the Elephant & Castle bus depot cum internationally renowned temple of DJ culture will be numbered. Me and my brother went there, 2 days before we flew out to Zante in 1994. R&B Clubs And Events In London. A producers first booking at the club was a serious rite of passage. Sign up to our weekly email. The basement of 69 Dean Street, Soho, housed Gossips (formerly Billy's) nightclub, which hosted various one-nighters, the best known being Gaz's Rockin' Blues. Still, this wasnt the reason the venues got turfed; the bailiffs were eventually called in as a result of long overdue rent and bills. The history of London's 10 greatest live music venues For a year or so, this was an explosion of androgyny, increasingly bizarre and fabulous homemade fashion and lashings of clunky, proto synths. Open till 5am and with no alcohol license, this, more than any other London club, marked the end of the sticky carpets and flock wallpaper design of clubs in the capital and triggered the beginning of nightspots being seen as somewhere to dance rather than a place to get hammered and attempt to grope members of the opposite sex. Sad to see the old clubs flattened, but everyone clearly took so much from their experiences there that I hope the post is also a real celebration. Paul Tunkin, who ran the club night Blow Up, which took over the running of the venue in 2001, significantly raising its profile, said at the time: It is another nail in the coffin for central Londons live music and club scene.. It was the trend-setting precursor to London's super clubs, and transformed the terrain of LGBTQ clubbing in the capital. Saw Joey Negro play there a few times. Fantastic times. Keep us up to date with how your inspiration is getting on. Lots of good memories but it was living on borrowed time even back then in the early 00s. The MyLondon team tells London stories for Londoners. But many of the places that clubbers flocked to every weekend in their thousands in the post-Criminal Justice Act heyday are being erased from todays landscape. Councils across London are cracking down on late night licences. I played at the cross several times .. 4 me one of best uk clubs where i played great memories , I have the Cross book. 16. Luxury London is not responsible for the content of external sites. I found some of the pictures a couple of weeks ago including some rather x-rated ones. But in the 1990s it was plagued by bad publicity and following a drug-related . First there was Matter and then there was Proud2. Weve picked our Top 5 such venues, all of which were in stumble-home-from distance for Kentishtowners (thats why theres no Club UK for example, if youre wondering). The demise of so many iconic spaces, proper clubs, remains a tragedy for a city that still considers itself a capital of European partying. This week, Boris Johnson has been considering a decision that will affect the future of Londons most famous nightclub. Heads of whistling into the sunset. Luckily they are putting up a great fight, so Ministry wont find itself demolished just yet. Before and during the Second World War, most lesbian bars and clubs were found in central London. Enjoyed the trip into nostalgia very much.. A former Goth club with 2/3 rooms over 2 floors. musical boundaries being broken, relationships being formed, inspiration etc, is then taken and truned into something else. The plan was to go up there, see someone and come back. I do remember my first time in Trade and deemed it like the descent into Soddom and Gomorrah .. and there were many happy times there after!! Renowned for their sexy vibes, pumping playlists and heaving dancefloors, we've been out to track down the very best places for music in London. When it opened, the Fridge was the club of the New Romantics - Boy George was a regular - before becoming famous for its nights hosted by Soul II Soul. I walked into the toilet and my brother was stood at the urinal. Salmon and Compass in Angel. Didnt boy george have a residency there? (1989) " London Nights " is British Europop duo London Boys ' biggest hit single, released in 1989 from their debut album, The Twelve Commandments of Dance. The five-storey building is rather wonderfully detailed inside and out. Or many others, would not stop writing and remembering about them. By the 1990s gay venues across the country started to transform. This former gin distillery was home to one of Londons all time greatest club nights: Trade. 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Astoria in Charing Cross Road was London's largest live music club for years. If you screwed up, you were thrown to the lions. After 14 years, however, its owners wanted to move on, saying they wanted to leave on a high. Its really not surprising nobody has any sense of ownership or love for these places, because both promoters and punters are using them on such an ad hoc basis. Boy George was a regular at this New Romantics haunt which hosted some of the capital's biggest gay nights. However, I do hold dear the fact I took advantage of the last ever NYE at The End..needless to say Laurent Garnier did not disappoint:). In 1987, Rachel Macmillan, granddaughter of the Conservative prime minister Howard Macmillan, died aged 31 after a night at the Limelight. 11. I was a fresh of the boat straight laced Kiwi lad who was let loose in London in the mid nineties , I was lucky to become a promoter of Fevah and Fahrenhite ,I was blessed with bring able to run events in most of the iconic venues , experience the glamour and the seedy side of all , to me the cream was either the sound shaft or the London Astoria , but have so many sensational memories and adventures from most .