Denmark Street is a narrow, hundred-meter-long road in central London recognizable by its cluster of vintage shopfronts and a series of blue plaques marking its long history as the British equivalent of Tin Pan Alley. Laid out in the late…
Soho Rock History Walk
This walking tour takes you through the tight-knit streets of Soho to see where the roots of British rock, punk, and jazz were planted. You will stand outside the alleys, basement clubs, and historic pubs where legendary musicians recorded, performed, and made musical history.
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1. Plaque: Tin Pan Alley & La Giaconda cafe
2. 100 Club
The one hundred club sits in a basement at one hundred Oxford Street, marked by a simple entrance that belies its history as a sanctuary for music subcultures. Originally opening on October twenty-fourth, nineteen forty-two, as the Feldman…
3. Plaque: David Bowie at Trident Studios
Seventeen St Anne's Court in Soho is marked by a blue plaque honoring David Bowie, who recorded several of his career-defining albums here. Between nineteen sixty-eight and nineteen eighty-one, this building housed Trident Studios, a…
4. The Ship, Soho
The Ship sits on the corner of Wardour Street and Flaxman Court, identifiable by its traditional pub exterior and its history in the Soho music scene. Records trace a pub to this site back to at least seventeen eighty, when it opened under…
5. Reckless Records
Reckless Records at thirty Berwick Street is marked by the distinctive album cover of the nineteen ninety-five Oasis record, What’s the Story Morning Glory, which featured the street itself. It is the longest-standing record shop on a…
6. Green Plaque: 2i's Coffee Bar
A green plaque fixed to the building at fifty-nine Old Compton Street marks the site of the two i's Coffee Bar. Opened on April twenty-second, nineteen fifty-six, by professional wrestlers Paul Lincoln and Ray Hunter, the venue became a…
7. Ronnie Scott's
You can identify this club by the distinctive neon sign glowing above the entrance at forty-seven Frith Street. Inside, the space is famously dark and compact, with tables arranged so closely to the stage that musicians perform just feet…