Dead or Alive promotes at SIX venues in London!
HEROES: Camden Town: previous acts: Jack Penate, Jamie T, Laura Marling, The Drums, Mumford & Sons, The Temper Trap. Drum kit is provided.
147 Kentish Town Rd., Camden, London, NW1 8PB
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(tubes: Camden Town / Kentish Town)
THE COMEDY: Leicester Square: previous acts: The Maccabees, Art Brut, Neils Children, The Bishops, James Morrison, Newton Faulkner. Drum kit is provided.
7 Oxendon St., London, SW1Y 4EE
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(tubes: Piccadilly Circus / Leicester Sq.; Oxendon St. is off Coventry St.,
the venue is situated next to The Comedy Store, opposite Mamma Mia)
THE BUFFALO BAR: Highbury and Islington: previous acts: Bloc Party, The Libertines, The Thrills.
Highbury Corner, 259 Upper St., London, N1 1RU
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(tube and train: Highbury & Islington - right next door; opposite The Garage).
229: Great Portland Street: previous acts: Florence & The Machine, Biffy Clyro, Example. Served by six tube lines!
229 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PN
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(tubes: Gt. Portland St. / Regents Park / Warren St.)
THE FAMOUS THREE KINGS: West Kensington. formerly known as The Nashville Rooms. previous acts: The Sex Pistols, Joy Division (last ever London show), The Jam, The Specials, Madness, Elvis Costello, The Stranglers, The Cramps, Human League, U2. This gig is FREE ENTRY!!.
171-173 North End Rd, London, W14 9NL
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(tube: West Kensington - right next door).
THE OLD QUEEN'S HEAD [acoustic venue]: Islington. full 30 minute sets. previous acts: Bombay Bicycle Club, The Kooks, Carl Barat, James Yuill, Kid Harpoon. Don't forget to turn off your mobile phones
during the gig - after all we're talking acoustic music here!
44 Essex Rd., London, N1 8LN
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(tube: Angel; train: Essex Road).
Bands that have performed for Dead or Alive:
BLOC PARTY (Wichita) / MAGIC NUMBERS (Heavenly) / ART BRUT (Labels / Mute) / THE CRIBS (Wichita) / MYSTERY JETS (679) / THE RAKES (V2) / BATTLE(Transgressive) / THE YOUNG KNIVES (Transgressive) / HOT CHIP (Moshi Moshi / EMI) / MILK KAN (PIAS) / BRITISH SEA POWER (Rough Trade) / DO ME BAD THINGS (Must Destroy) / YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO (V2) / TOKYO DRAGONS (Island) / PURE REASON REVOLUTION (Columbia/SonyBMG) / THEE UNSTRUNG (Poptones) / NEILS CHILDREN / NEW RHODES (Moshi Moshi) / JAMES MORRISON (Polydor) / GETCAPEWEARCAPEFLY (Atlantic) / THE MACCABEES (Fiction) / VINCENT VINCENT & THE VILLANS (Young & Lost / EMI) / MISTYS BIG ADVENTURE (SL / Sunday Best / Fandango) / BRINKMAN (EMI) / THE MONK'S KITCHEN (1965) / THE BISHOPS (Pure Groove / 1234) / TWISTED CHARM (Because) / ROYWORLD (Virgin) / LAST FIGHT FOR THE LIVING DEAD (aka GALLOWS) (Warner) / ALEX VARGAS (aka VAGABOND) (Geffen) / TIFFANY PAGE (Polydor) / DANSETTE JUNIOR (Columbia)...
NB.
No 7 band bills here unlike other promoters! 4 band bills with full 30 minute sets and 15 minutes for changeover with Dead or Alive.
(note: acoustic shows have 5 acts but each still gets a full 30 minute set).
Watch out for promoters who will cram you onto a bill with as many bands as possible meaning you get no soundcheck, go on stage late and only get a 20 minute set. And then charge £7-8 on the door for the pleasure. Grim!
Entry to Dead or Alive gigs is a recession busting £3-5 (rather than £6-10 many are charging / extorting these days)!
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