The devil might have all the best tunes, but the Union Chapel is proof that him downstairs knows bugger-all about architecture. 자세히 보기
Headquarters of the English Folk Dance And Song Society (a shadowy offshoot of MI5 of which little is known, or provable), Cecil Sharp House is a great place to visit even when there isn’t any music. 자세히 보기
The Windmill’s been revelling in its rough-around-the-edges eccentricity for years, its unprepossessing exterior a cloak for its dedication to new leftfield music. 자세히 보기
Effectively the common room for the music industry’s perennial sixth form, this is where the hottest US exports will generally make their London debut. 자세히 보기
The Academy’s famous raked dancefloor splits opinion – it allows the petit(e) attendee to see something of wht’s happening on stage, which is good, but isn’t exactly ideal if you fancy a boogie. 자세히 보기
Camden features heavily in London’s pop history, but Koko must surely be its Forrest Gump, having had a hand in the gestation of numerous sounds and styles over the decades. 자세히 보기
To the most fair weather of British music fans, the RAH is, and always will be, synonymous with the last night of the Proms, and all that goes with it. 자세히 보기
Jazz is the order of the day, but the Vortex serves it up in kaleidoscopic variety. 자세히 보기
The Grade II-listed Roundhouse was built in 1846 as a turntable shed for steam engines, and the venue has married beautiful looks with beastly behaviour ever since. 자세히 보기
Poor old Ally Pally: this landmark hilltop venue (with some of London’s best views) opened in 1873 as The People’s Palace, but it’s been devastated by fire twice... 자세히 보기
Although it’s as east London as pretending to like pie and mash, XOYO is a venue in the un-grand New York tradition. 자세히 보기
Opened by British saxophonist Ronnie Scott in 1959, Ronnie’s has since amassed as much history as the British Museum. 자세히 보기
The Shacklewell Arms occupies the position in fashionable hearts that was held by the Old Blue Last in the past... 자세히 보기
The 100 Club is synonymous with punk, hosting shows by the Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Buzzcocks in September 1976 alone. 자세히 보기
Once a BBC Television Theatre, it’s not surprising there’s something telegenically grand about the Empire. The building’s baroque interior exudes a grown-up glamour few venues can match... 자세히 보기
It might look like it was built in 1920s Uzbekistan (then turned inside out) but, believe it or not, the Barbican is about to celebrate its thirtieth birthday. 자세히 보기
Given its reputation, you wouldn’t think the Jazz Café was such a newbie on London’s music map, but the venue was only converted from a branch of Barclays in 1990. 자세히 보기
Originally constructed as part of a chain of art deco cinemas with a spurious Roman theme the Forum became a music venue in the early 1980s... 자세히 보기
The plucky 20,000-seater has proved the critics wrong and established itself as the capital’s de facto home of the megagig. 자세히 보기
