The Falcon, Camden
.jpg) A photo of the pub from 2012, closed and converted to a residential property. | |
| Location | 234 Royal College Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 |
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| Capacity | 150 |
| Closed | 2002 |
The Falcon, later The Camden Falcon, was a pub and music venue located at 234 Royal College Street, in the London Borough of Camden, North London.
It went from hosting low-key gigs in the late 1980s to becoming one of the most influential music venues of the 1990s.[1]
The Barfly originally started as a series of concerts there, with disputes with the local authorities about crowd capacity eventually leading it to move to the Monarch in nearby Chalk Farm.[1]
Bands and musicians such as Blur (then named Seymour), Lush, Slowdive, Inspiral Carpets, Suede, The Stereophonics, Feeder, Doves, PJ Harvey, Travis, Muse, Catatonia, and Coldplay all played there early on.[2][3][4][5]
The Sundays and Lush played their first concerts there (on seperate occasions) in 1988.[6][7]
Ivo Watts-Russell signed Lush and Pale Saints to 4AD after seeing them both on the same bill there in 1989.[8]
Simon Williams first approached Coldplay about releasing on Fierce Panda Records upon seeing them play at The Falcon in 1998.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Talling, Paul (2008). Derelict London. Random House. ISBN 9781905211432.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445658209.
- ^ a b Williams, Simon (2023). Pandamonium!: How (Not) to Run a Record Label. Nine Eight Books. ISBN 9781788707299.
- ^ Owens, David (2011). Cerys, Catatonia And The Rise Of Welsh Pop. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 9781448116362.
- ^ Allport, Robin (30 January 2014). "Slowdive: Some Comebacks Matter More Than Most". Clash. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Young, Rob (2006). Rough Trade. Black Dog. p. 121. ISBN 9781904772477.
- ^ Sonya Shelton (December 1994). Angela M Pilchak (ed.). Contemporary Musicians. Vol. 13. Cengage Gale. ISBN 978-0-8103-5737-2. Retrieved 17 August 2024 – via Light From A Dead Star.
- ^ King, Richard (2012). How Soon is Now? The Madmen and Mavericks who Made Independent Music 1975-2005. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571278329.
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