| Title: | The UK Music Conference |
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| Moderator: | RDGENG::CROOK |
| Created: | Mon Mar 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Looks as though the Town & Country Club ( surely the best venue
in London? ) is in danger of making way for office space (yawn).
N.M.E. has been running a story for the last two issues concerning
the T & C owners' plans for redevelopment of the site in Kentish
Town.
The venue itself has been around for years. I remember it being
an Irish dance hall back in the seventies and early eighties and
it only started as a music venue around 1985. Inside it resembles
the late and lamented ( but still standing ) Lyceum ballroom in
The Strand.
Fans of certain bands may not be to sorry to see the Club go as
they blacklisted various acts with an "undesirable" following.
This usually being in the light of trouble caused at a band's
previous appearence at the club. However hard this might be on
the majority of "well behaved fans", in my mind the club have some
justification in imposing bans especially since the security at
the venue keep a very low profile. Compare this to the Stalag-
type (pun?) conditions at an Astoria gig.
There's also the implications, for up and coming bands, of London
losing another small to medium sized venue. The Rainbow went in
'81, The Lyceum in '84(?), and the Hammersmith ( #1:50 a pint in
1983!! ) Palais in '86 leaving us with The National and The Academy.
They've put a lot of good bands on there over the years and I'll
miss it sorely if it goes ( probably because I live about 15
minutes away ).
Best gig there? The Waterboys in '85.
Regards,
Barry.
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| 621.1 | Life's a bitch and then you die! | SHAPES::BROWNM | All is not enough | Thu Mar 01 1990 17:37 | 8 |
I went there once, last year, to see Inner City.
They were c**p, but I met Mark Moore from S-Express and Baby Ford.
Most memorable. Nice club with the balconies, good view, homely,
intimate, what can I say?
matty
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| 621.2 | POBBLE::COTTON | She is the Electrocutioner | Thu Mar 01 1990 18:56 | 16 | |
Last week Time Out magazine were asking people to write to the local council in protest at the closure of the T & C. I haven't read this week's so I don't know if there still pursuing this campaign, but it sounds like a good idea. The Town and Country club is a good venue, it's the right size for a lot of bands, I must have been there about twenty times last year, and although the drinks are expensive and toilets foul and the parking difficult it's still one of the better venues in London. Memorable performances include Cardiacs, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Wolfgang Press, B-52's, The Wedding present, The Fall, Edward Barton and more I'm sure. It will be a shame if they do close this club. I'll try and get the details from the Time Out for anybody who's interested in voicing their opinion to the powers that be. Lee. | |||||