I remember them all so well!! Perhaps its biggest night was FWD>>, which moved there after Velvet Rooms closed, and the club played a significant role for the the whole dubstep scene. Excellent piece Tom. Ive had experiences at all of these nightclub venues and brought back many memories reading your article. I dont think so. Never crossed my mind that even the buildings would be gone. Anyone who is anyone has DJd there over the years (as the endless MoS series of album releases testifies), including Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong and Armand Van Helden. People may rave about London's nightlife, but compared to other big cities, clubs and bars shut early and are expensive. Last minute gifts? Sad to see the blandification of London continues. We also ran revesceen magazeen Whats in the new July issue of Kentishtowner? In the 1980s some clubs opened up in Earls Court, where the rent was cheaper. But before it was shut down to make way for King's Cross redevelopment, The Cross Club's six arches would fill with partygoers every weekend. End of story.. -d(-L-)b-. These cookies do not store any personal information. London nightclubs facing 'perfect storm' of threats . Bagatelle Card Club - One of Colonel Sebastian Moran's clubs in the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Empty House. 12. Bagley's, King's Cross (1990-2008) Instagram The massive warehouse club in King's Cross was a close as you could get to a legal rave. Nuff Said. After searching for ages Ive just stumbled across an archaic website that still has photos and even videos of all three Kings Cross clubs Canvas, The Cross and The Key. Best London Club and Rave Venues that are now closed This week, Boris Johnson has been considering a decision that will affect the future of London's most famous nightclub. But things turned sour after after a double stabbing took place in the club, leading to its licence being revoked. A bare room with the most rudimentary of bars at one end (cans of Red Stripe or nothing) in a Hoxton basement, the place came to prominence in the Nineties and Noughties as an incubator for dubstep and for possessing one of the greatest sound systems ever owned by a nightclub. The music was smooth and progressive, which moved into a feeling of just less than trance. They are where modern electronic music was crafted, where couples met then got married, where career paths changed and a whole generation learned about the highs and the lows of unbridled hedonism. In the 1990s, the scene reverted back to Soho, revitalised by new style bars like The Village. Nice article Tom, brought back some great memories. I will never forget it. From sweaty rave spots to Soho institutions, these are the iconic nightlife haunts we most miss. However, a thumping set and fab laser show by the master PVD at the re-invented Fridge aka Electric Brixton a while ago demonstrated, with the right amount of desire, opportunity and application it can still be done. A club with really innovative nights and for the hardcore Metalheadz on a Sunday night. People from across the capital will flock to Herbal, an exposed brick warehouse which regularly hosted big name DJs. The Kingsland Road venue was once "the coolest bar around." I frequented all of these bar Velvet and had many a great night in all. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Stealth on a Thursday night, marvellous http://wharferj.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/stealth-the-blue-note/ Rather than join the party, Hackney council revoked the clubs licence following an undercover operation into drug dealing at the venue. George Michael often arrived at the nightclub accompanied by a woman before he came out as gay. A dominant hair design was de rigueur. Proud2, Greenwich 2011-2012Following the closure of Matter, Alex Proud became the next investor to have a go at making a nightclub at the O2 work. thanks for the article, spent many crazy nights/days in all of these places, Velvet Underground aside. As of today, we can once again form outdoor queues seemingly without point or purpose, lose our cloakroom tickets and get furiously sweaty to throbbing, seductive and oft just downright filthy beats in darkened rooms until the earliest of hours. First there was Matter and then there was Proud2. Since June 15, non-essential shops have been able to reopen and now leisure attractions are starting to open as well. 14. Its hours ran from 3am to 1pm on a Sunday afternoon, handily catering to the predominantly gay crowd who wanted to carry on partying after clubs like G-A-Y and Heaven closed. Luckily they are putting up a great fight, so Ministry wont find itself demolished just yet. All rights reserved. LuvDup were djing (one of them fell over on the stage), Princess Julia was stood by the decks dancing. the cross in king cross the best partyever is vertigo italian style, thanks Joel glad you like Electric and the Van Dyk show smashed it. There are new plans to take the building into the future - but we really miss how it used to be. The importance of the issue has been recognised in the Mayor of London's decision to appoint a Night Tsar with responsibility for the night-time economy and the debate surrounding the 2016 closure, and subsequent reopening, of Fabric one of London's most famous clubs. Sadly, the chances of mere mortals gaining access to the club today are about as likely as Keith Moon making an appearance and he died in 1978. The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. I walked into the toilet and my brother was stood at the urinal. I took a diversion myself up York Way a while back and took similar snaps of Bagleys and The Cross. I (just about) have wonderful memories of all 5 of those venues. Throughout the 90s and 00s the venue attracted party-lovers from far and wide and also played host to a number of big-name acts. It was hip long before Shoreditch was, and paved the way for the plethora of nightlife venues that have popped up in the area since. Keep us up to date with how your inspiration is getting on. A great club pre-2001. You had, in all probability, just left Turnmills, the first club in the UK to receive a 24 hour license. Ah. He was about 50 years old and massive. Nowadays the capital's former red light district is swanky. It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. Hailed as Kilburn's "last late night venue", The Good Ship announced its closure to the dismay of comedy and live music lovers across London in September 2017. Getting lost 6. The MyLondon team tells London stories for Londoners. Then of course there was The Fridge, Studio 33, and some fantastic railway arch clubs buried away around London (Imperial Rooms in Camberwell New Road a particular memory). The likes of Oasis and Nirvana played there and it hosted regular LGBT club nights. It was like a small amphitheatre with the DJ the absolute centre of attraction, he says. These might have often been dank, crumbling, smelly old places, but they are where countless people enjoyed some of the most intense and vital moments of their lives. In its 80s heyday, Limelight was one of London's top nightclubs and a hangout for the decade's biggest celebrities. Even if we cant and possibly shouldnt prevent their almost inevitably fleeting existence. So blessed to have lived through that experience and a special mention to my ex Alan and DJ Chris McKoy. The exterior of Hammersmith Palais nightclub in 1968 when it was still known as Hammersmith Palais de Danse . It most certainly is me. So many wonderful memories, so many great pills. The clubs licence was suddenly revoked after a serious incident of disorder outside the venue, in which, according to the police report, bouncers used baseball bats to fight off a customer who had been throwing bottles at them. THANKS. Having recently celebrated its 50th birthday, Tramp has changed remarkably little in the half century since the small door on Jermyn Street in Mayfair opened its doors. London's lost nightclubs in pictures A new book by DJ and writer Dave Haslam offers a fascinating glimpse into London's clubbing history. Electric benefits from the amazing history of the Fridge. Seems quite a few people would like to get their hands on The Cross book dont suppose youve got a lockup full of a last, forgotten batch? Madame JoJos, Soho1960-2014The legendary nightclub once owned by porn baron Paul Raymond seamlessly mixed the burlesque glamour of Soho with Londons contemporary music scene. Losing those places feels like losing a family member never to return. 3. Limelight in New York, which closed in 2001, was in the media in 1996 when Michael Alig was arrested and later convicted for the killing and dismemberment of Angel Melendez, who frequented the New York Limelight - the 2003 biopic Party Monster, starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green, was based on this event. The End & AKA were a true second home. 16. It was the venues teen parties that got it into hot water, however, when police found evidence of underage drinking there in 2009. Or many others, would not stop writing and remembering about them. Cables enraged founder Euan Johnston, who also founded nearby SeOne, said: We were assured when we moved in that we would not be affected by the redevelopment and Network Rail have simply changed their minds We have been brushed aside at every level.. Turnmills was the first and best, never surpassed and so fondly remembered, well as much as my pitted brain will allow. 2. Oasis performed their debut London show at The . Have some great memories from that place when the people from Hooj used to celebrate their parties there. I found some of the pictures a couple of weeks ago including some rather x-rated ones. So goooood memories!!!! club uk was awesome, so was the complex, leisure lounge, the cross, turnmills, home in leciester square, camden palace, ku club in leicester square.. All gone I was there though so the memories stay ! Still, this wasnt the reason the venues got turfed; the bailiffs were eventually called in as a result of long overdue rent and bills. Between 1987 and 1990, when police pressure forced its closure, Shoom was where the London dance club as we know it today was born. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. 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. Fantastic to look through it every so often and remember what wasa very much loved and much missed club . Its sudden closure came as a big shock to staff and owners; Network Rail turned up with angle grinders, cut through the metal shutters and took possession of the venue so it could go ahead with its station upgrade plans. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Today the building is, quite fittingly, home to an arts organisation with new plans afoot to take the arts venue into the future. Cue acid house, bucket hats, baggy T-shirts and lots of sweat. But the party was brought to an abrupt end after a stabbing there led it to lose its licence and subsequent closure. Gaz ran a weekly night there from. Maybe we can campaign to put a blue plaque up on the inevitable bland glass front of its replacement I wonder what on earth it would say?! Best crowd ever! Constant disagreements on how to regenerate the land behind Kings Cross Station went on for years. 10. Went to all of them, I think Turnmills shades it for me for atmosphere, but I probably had my best nights out at the End. The works. I was just chatting away, when I heard this rhythmic, squeaking sound, along with heavy, thundering footsteps. Great memories though. October 2018 the anonymous landlord of the former chapel won planning approval from Westminster council to upscale the venue into a major performance venue on the West End's arts scene with a restaurant and basement bar, run by Stone Nest. Electroworks (I think this was the name?). As you pointed out Fabric is the benchmark for a well organised, respected, profitable club in the modern era but you only have to look at the demise of Pacha to see what a dangerous game financially it is nowadays. Depressing isnt it? Hi Martyn! But the magic was gone weve since seen the end for the Den, too. The music, the mixing, the vibe. A great venue 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. What is the Cross Book? RIP Turnmills, Im glad I was there to experience it. It has St Martin's Art College in Granary Square and Thomas Heatherwick's upmarket shopping centre Coal Drops Yard. Bagleys/Canvas, Kings Cross1991-2007Like a legal rave, Bagleys was a huge multi-room warehouse club that held some of Londons biggest Saturday night parties. Lead singer of the pop group Visage Steve Strange (left) pictured with Boy George at London's Limelight. Darling, Fantastic article how about expanding the idea to the rest of the country. There is no place for this kind of establishment in Hackney. 11. The sound shaft and heaven where legendary , as was the London Astoria, Fascinating to read about the origins and teams behind such monumental moments in Londons clubbing history. They also gave these out at the closing party in a goodie bag with a poster and a sleeping mask! 3. next. Councils across London are cracking down on late night licences. Thats brought back some memories. It later became the Cat's Whiskers club, the Ritzy then Caesars Nightclub. No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less moderation of everything. For a year or so, this was an explosion of androgyny, increasingly bizarre and fabulous homemade fashion and lashings of clunky, proto synths. The Cross, Kings Cross 1993-2007Speaking to Time Out after its closure, Billy Reilly, who ran a road haulage company in Kings Cross before opening warehouse venue the Cross, admitted that back in 1993 he, didnt know Judge Jules from Judge Dredd. Four Aces, Dalston1966-1998In what was, ostensibly, a simpler time for Dalston, the Four Aces was the areas flagship club. It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. Wonderful write up of some of the clubs that paved the way for the scene today. Now, is that the same Tom Kihl I employed in the heady days of Covent Garden based vegetarian restaurants? All the new secret location parties `I work in these days are usually stuck in cold,dirty and faceless arches. In 1979 it was from this Covent Garden spot that the New Romantic movement came forth to rescue England from a music scene of lumpen post-punk mediocrity. And there are also some intriguing facts about the nightclub's sister venues across the pond. If anyone sees them please can you let me know? Now, as then, this is still the party spot for the rich and privileged, with a fair smattering of showbiz excess included. Great article Tom. Andy Warhol, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Grace Jones, Debbie Harry, Village People's Randy Jones and Tom Cruise were all names seen at the Atlanta club, which closed in 1985. Wow, it was a long time ago. The Astoria, Soho1976-2009Not even Londons largest live music club could stand in the way of the Crossrail development. With a capacity of barely 200, the vibe, somehow, always kept its intimate, non-exclusive air. Happy days. hope youre well? Hilarious times. Nobody came to Plastic People for the glamour or dcor. The very social cafe upstairs, the dense dry-ice on the main floor with the mesmerising lasers, hottest guys, new bizarre sounds, the knowledge that the rest of England was sleeping and had no idea that such hedonism was taking place on a Sunday morning and night (you missed out Warriors) all fuelled after an initial polite and orderly wait in line to see Nick (is he out yet?) Great article. Im amazed u didnt mention that John Newman was the father of both Danny and Paul Newman. With alternate Saturdays at Happiness Stan's/Fourplay at Smith's and the Jazz Bistro in Farringdon. morning, Available for everyone, funded by readers. It was almost impossible due to vibration from the soundsystem Later feeling sick in the stomach because of the same reason. Turnmills, Clerkenwell1990-2008Another one of Londons fossilised superclubs, Turnmills was the first venue in the UK to get a 24-hour dance licence. The Shim Sham Club, which opened on Wardour Street in the mid-1930s, was described as 'London's miniature Harlem'. There was no place to hide. No 6 - Bagleys - London Bagleys was one of London's largest venues throughout the Nineties. When Limelight fell out of favour as a celebrated nightspot it was sold and in 2003 became a Walkabout bar. Mass and Babalou, Brixton1996-2012Bearing in mind this pair of venues were hosted within Brixtons St Matthews Church, which leased the space to them, it was always pretty cheeky for Mass to host Torture Garden events in the crypt. best dominic madden, Sundays @ The End with The A corner crew slapping the walls to Malcom Duffy. But if you were part of that tiny privileged crowd then you would have been drinking, dancing and pestering David Bailey to take your portrait in Scotch of St. James. And its not true that they are being lost despite fans interestfans lost interest, or they would all still be milking it! . Its the perfect lunchtime read. Velvet Rooms on Mondays was one of the only places to continue getting even more spangled Wicked. so much fun should be illegal. Don't skip a beat and sign up to The 12 newsletter here. The Norman-style Welsh Chapel was built in 1888 by James Cubitt for inner London's Welsh community and was empty for 15 years before it found new life as nightclub Limelight. Peter Gatien is mentioned in the lyrics of three songs: 17. By the mid-1990s the venue was no longer used as a cinema, instead functioning as a music venue, nightclub and snooker hall. Finally closing after 18 years in 2008, Trade never again found a permanent home as Turnmills itself was demolished; the site is now home to the most anonymous possible looking corner office block. 4. These days? And since the turn of the Millennium some of our city's best party establishments have had to close. In 2018 it was bought by chain The Deltic Group and given a. So move I did, all the way from Helsinki. As I looked up from the urinal, there was this dude, about 6foot 6, clad in all leather, not too dissimilar to that of the guys in the Blue Oyster bar in the Police Academy films, peaked cap, studded peak, leather trousers, jacket. http://www.moviemakersguide.com/data/c/cross0630/cross0630a.htm. Cheers Mike. But in London most places turf revellers out well before 4am and there's a severe lack of "after hour" options. Its a members only club but the present owners are open to granting membership to those who arent necessarily currently gracing the cover of Hello! How weve missed it all: the overly zealous bouncers in high vis jackets by the entrance, the larcenously overpriced plastic bottles of water, the sweaty bloke in the gents toilets who rents the watered down cologne and Chupa Chups lollies concession and the DJ whose pretence of being a serious artist is such that he spends his six hour set peering down at his decks in the manner of an A Level geography student cramming for the final exam. Ruby Violet: NW5s pioneering ice cream parlour to close, Let It Roll Records closes. The End and AKA, West End1995-2009A venue that just seemed to stick in the hearts of all who frequented it, the End was an intimate basement club run by Mr C and Layo, tucked just behind High Holborn. Ok, its technically a pub and Im not sure if we were going there in 90s. Anyway, as the corridor joined Soundshaft to Heaven (and Heaven being pretty legendry), I decided to go to the loo. At the Astoria I met a bloke who ended up being my significant other for a decade. Enjoyed the trip into nostalgia very much.. House night Freedom ran at the club for years and Philip Sallons Mud Club also took place there, as well as the Pussy Posse Party, which included mud-wrestling. It was made for DJs by DJs and those who fumbled fumbled spinning the decks were quickly called out by the crowd. I was the promoter of Double Dipped at Bagleys on Friday nights around 91 93 Have to confess my favorites were Frantic at the Academy, and The Fridge. Crazy night. I stood at one and there was one in between us, unmanned. A string of London's best-loved night clubs have closed since 2000. All rights reserved. surprised Heaven isnt in thereas well as SoundshaftGood article though! Sign up to our weekly email. Velvet Rooms, Soho1993-2003Ibiza party man Nicky Holloway kickstarted this central London club originally named Velvet Underground after his previous project, Milk Bar, lost its lease. When record producer and DJ Paul Oakenfold went to Ibiza in 1985 to celebrate his birthday, he hired a villa and invited then-unknown DJs Nicky Holloway, Pete Tong and Danny Rampling. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. 7. Ironically, the development never happened and the club was eventually reopened as the Den and Centro. Great article. I used to do the guest list at Freedom! The historic venue, which hosted game-changing concerts from the likes of Oasis, Manic Street Preachers and Nirvana, was bulldozed in 2009 to make room for a bigger ticket hall at Tottenham Court Road tube station. 10. You had, in all probability, just left Turnmills, the first club in the UK to receive a 24 hour license. Magic was created on those dancefloors and longstanding relationships and friends. We list 18 things you might not know about the Limelight club, the building it was in and its links to the US. Great article. 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