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London Calling! Depending on your age,
this is either a chance to wallow in glorious nostalgia, or grab an 'education'
in Rock history, its legends and myths, as your informed guide takes you
on a magical, musical journey. Have those lyrics come alive and make
the London connection. Over 100 iconic rock sites and locations
enlivened with gossip, trivia and background information! This is a combination
of both the morning and afternoon tours.
Our morning section covers Rock landmarks in bohemian
Soho and the north London neighbourhoods of Camden Town, King’s
Cross, Holloway and Islington.
In Soho and nearby ‘Tin Pan Alley’, Beatle
fans can thrill at seeing Macca's Golden Disc covered office, the flat where he
wrote 'Yesterday', their Saville theatre, the NEMS office, early club and gig
sites, fan club offices, and the only flat shared by all Fab Four. Here, you’ll
see clubs, pubs and studios where future rock ‘gods’ like Zep,
the Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen and Hendrix first strutted their stuff
and laid down songs that three-generations of rock fans have since toe-tapped,
head-shook, shower-sung, or a fresh-air guitared to! Legendary names like UFO,
Marquee, 100 Club, Roxy and Ronnie Scotts.
North of the city’s centre you’ll visit trendy Camden Town
and Islington of Madness, and Brit-Pop; seeing the studios where Pink
Floyd cut 'The Wall' and found their school-kids chorus; where Amy
Winehouse ended her short and sad life; where the Clash made
‘London Calling’, and Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’. You’ll see
where U2’s career got off to an inasuspicious start; where
Hendrix burnt his first guitar. Add to these where Jimmy Page
cut his first disc in the fateful home studio where Joe Meek
(the ‘Telstar’ man) also killed his landlady. Gig sites and clubs
include the legendary Klooks Kleek, the Rainbow, Roundhouse and Hope and Anchor.
Other sites covered on this fantabulous tour relate to the ‘British
Invasion’ bands and progressive rockers. There’s also Hendrix,
John and Yoko, Rod Stewart, Bonzo Dog Doh Dah Band, Graham Bond,
Elton John, The Clash, Alexis Corner, Cream,
Bob Marley, Oasis, Blur, the Sex Pistols, Bob Dylan, and more
modern icons such as Amy Winehouse and Coldplay.
Following a lunch stop at the Hard Rock Café, where you’ve
time to visit their impressive memorabilia vault and eat, our afternoon section
begins, covering Chelsea, Kensington, Holland Park, Notting Hill Gate, St John's
Wood, Marylebone and the West End.
We're touring sites that made the 'Sixties' swinging!
See the boutiques, pubs and clubs that made a decade and
inspired hundreds of well-known lyrics. For Beatle fans, there's Brian Epstein's
flat, Ringo's Kings Road apartment, John and Yoko's first home,
Paul's current London home, the studio where the St Pepper's cover was shot,
Apple Office and boutique, EMI, the rooftop where the 'Mop
Tops' the played their last ever live gig and lots more other Beatle-related
landmarks. And, YES, you do get to walk across that famed ABBEY ROAD
crossing!
The tour also covers where Geldof conceived Band Aid
and Live Aid, where and how the Sex Pistols was formed, the Clash's
neighbourhood and cradle of reggae. There are heaps of sites to
please Pink Floyd and Queen fans. We pass the homes of Freddie Mercury,
Bowie, Bolan, Jimmy Page, Macca, and
Clapton to name a few and see where Jimi Hendix died. You never know
who you might see in passing! For Stones fans there's the legendary Edith Grove
apartment, various of Jagger's houses, the 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant.
All this plus studios, record company offices, gig sites, secluded hotels
favoured by the stars, album cover locations and story, after story, after story
from your informed rock guide.
Note: No tours between 26 July-12 Aug, 2012 inc. – London Olympics. |
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