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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
22nd July 2006 Arsenal's new stadium The Emirates officially opened.
22nd July 2005 Jean Charles de Menezes is shot dead by plain clothes police at Stockwell tube station.
22nd July 1971 Born today: Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief)
22nd July 1944 Born today: Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp)
22nd July 1928 Fulham football legend Jimmy Hill was born in Balham, South London.
22nd July 1919 De Falla and Massine's Three-cornered Hat, premieres in London
22nd July 1844 Born today: William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)
22nd July 1814 The Earliest known match played at Lord's Cricket Ground.
The London Astoria. RIP
Legendary Rock Venue makes way for Crossrail.
Location: 157 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EL
Description: Change can be good, but mostly it's bad - and so to the Astoria. The legendary Rock Venue seems completely doomed to make way for some trains... sorry Crossrail.
Okay okay it's a sort of decent cause, but this is the Astoria - I saw Gene and the Charlatans here and it was immense! Mayor Ken Livingstone said the site will be bulldozed to make way for the new railway linking East and West London. Despite the capitols new 'Live Music Strategy', this superb Mecca for tunes still stands to lose out in a big way.
Apparently it's 'physically not possible' to save the venue- as a station is planned for the same spot. The UKs music people have come out in force - 'cheeky chappy' Jack Penate said 'it's an absolute disgusting travesty' and with a 35,000-strong petition at www.petitiononline.com/savethea - young Jack can't be wrong.
The Astoria was built on the site of a former pickle factory and opened in 1927 as a cinema. It was later converted for theatrical use in 1976.
Tagged in this Tour: Music: off the beaten path
Celebrity
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David Bowie was born here
Rock legend David Bowie's childhood home is here.
2006-02-08
The Stones rehearsed Here», 0.3km
Jazz and Canals since 1858», 1.7km
Baker Street & Gerry Rafferty», 1.2km
Sex Pistols lived here», 0.0km
Albarn, Coxon, James & Rowntree», 5.0km
Beckenham Bandstand», 8.7km
Marc Bolan & Alan Warren's Home», 3.0km
Badly Drawn Boy @ Toffs», 5.1km
Geoff Travis calls Johnny Marr», 3.3km
Paul McCartney's Busking», 0.3km
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