The Venue (New Cross, London)
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| Location | 2 Clifton Rise / 325 to 327 New Cross Road New Cross, London, SE14 |
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| Capacity | 1400 |
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| Closed | 2020 |
The Venue was a music venue and nightclub in a former cinema located in New Cross, London, England.
History
[edit]The building first opened as a cinema named the New Cross Super Kinema in 1925. This was shortened to the New Cross Kinema in 1927,[1] and further to just Kinema in 1948. During this time the building also housed the New Cross Palais de Danse.[2] It became the Gaumont New Cross in 1950.[3]
After this it was an Irish traditional music and Irish country dance hall named The Harp Club.[4] In the 1970s the club hired out its rooms for reggae nights.[5] By the late 1980s it had also become a venue for genres such as indie pop, goth, and acid house.[6][7][8]
It opened as The Venue in April 1989.[9][10] Artists to perform there included Oasis,[11] Pulp,[12] Suede,[13] Radiohead,[14] Mudhoney, Hole,[15] Front Line Assembly,[16] Current 93,[17] Shed 7,[18] The Cardiacs,[19] and Subhumans.[20]
Boxer Dominic Negus was a bouncer there for a time.[21]
By the 2000s the majority of live concerts there were tribute acts,[22] and it largely functioned more as a DJ-oriented nightclub.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ The Directory of Directors. Thomas Skinner & Company. 1927. p. 87.
- ^ The British Isles: A Guide for Overseas Visitors. Ed. J. Burrow & Company. 1929. ISBN 9781333638610.
- ^ "A Brief History of The Venue in New Cross". South London Club. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Vallely, Fintan; Piggott, Charlie (1998). Blooming Meadows: The World of Irish Traditional Musicians. Town House. ISBN 9781860590672.
- ^ Warren, Emma (2023). Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571366057.
- ^ Collins, Andrew (2012). Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult 80s. Ebury Publishing. p. 141. ISBN 9781448175383.
- ^ "Shock Treatment". The Illustrated London News. Vol. 276. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1988.
- ^ "Phatmedia old skool flyer archive - Searching flyers by VENUE". Phatmedia.
- ^ Uyal, Berk (7 May 2022). "The lost nightclubs of south east London- from Bon Bonne to the Venue". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley. ISBN 978-1445658193.
- ^ McCarroll, Tony (2011). Oasis: The Truth. John Blake. ISBN 9781843588184.
- ^ Patterson, Sylvia (2016). I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780751558692.
- ^ Anderson, Brett (2018). Coal Black Mornings. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4087-1047-0.
- ^ Baker, Trevor (2009). Thom Yorke - Radiohead & Trading Solo. John Blake. ISBN 9781784189495.
- ^ Bollen, Andy (2013). Nirvana - A Tour Diary: My Life on the Road with One of the Greatest Bands of All Time. John Blake. ISBN 9781782196143.
- ^ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 9780199832606.
- ^ Soulsby, Nick, ed. (2023). Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations with Coil. MIT Press. ISBN 9781913689438.
- ^ "Power Restored in Polydor's Cast". Billboard. 30 March 1996. p. 145.
- ^ Bell, Adrian (2011). Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs. Adrian Bell. p. 74. ISBN 9780956879509.
- ^ Glasper, Ian (2023). Silence Is No Reaction: Forty Years of Subhumans. PM Press. ISBN 9781629636955.
- ^ Negus, Dominic; Sage, Ivan (2007). Out of The Shadows - My Life of Violence In and Out of the Ring. John Blake. ISBN 9781782192732.
- ^ Brandle, Lars (1 September 2007). "Kings of Homage". Billboard. p. 23.
- ^ McInerney, Liam (25 March 2019). "The Venue nightclub New Cross celebrates 30th anniversary". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 September 2024.