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The Venue
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Location2 Clifton Rise /
325 to 327 New Cross Road
New Cross,
London, SE14
Capacity1400
Opened
  • as New Cross Super Kinema
    (1925 - 1927)
  • as New Cross Kinema
    (1927 - 1948)
  • as Kinema
    (1948 - 1950)
  • as Gaumont New Cross
    (1950 to 1960)
  • as The Harp Club
    (1960s - 1989)
  • as The Venue
    (1989)
Closed2020

The Venue was a music venue and nightclub in a former cinema located in New Cross, London, England.

History

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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, and further to just Kinema in 1948. During this time the building also housed the New Cross Palais de Danse.[1] It became the Gaumont New Cross in 1950. [2] After this it was an Irish dance hall named The Harp Club.[3]

It opened as The Venue in April 1989.[4][5] Artists to perform there included Oasis,[6] Pulp,[7] Suede,[8] Radiohead,[9] Mudhoney, Hole,[10] Front Line Assembly,[11] Current 93,[12] Shed 7,[13] The Cardiacs,[14] and Subhumans.[15]

Boxer Dominic Negus was a bouncer there for a time.[16]

By the 2000s the majority of live concerts there were tribute acts,[17] and it largely functioned more as a DJ-oriented nightclub.[18]

References

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  1. ^ The British Isles: A Guide for Overseas Visitors. Ed. J. Burrow & Company. 1929. ISBN 9781333638610.
  2. ^ "A Brief History of The Venue in New Cross". South London Club. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ Vallely, Fintan; Piggott, Charlie (1998). Blooming Meadows: The World of Irish Traditional Musicians. Town House. ISBN 9781860590672.
  4. ^ Uyal, Berk (7 May 2022). "The lost nightclubs of south east London- from Bon Bonne to the Venue". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  5. ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley. ISBN 978-1445658193.
  6. ^ McCarroll, Tony (2011). Oasis: The Truth. John Blake. ISBN 9781843588184.
  7. ^ Patterson, Sylvia (2016). I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9780751558692.
  8. ^ Anderson, Brett (2018). Coal Black Mornings. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4087-1047-0.
  9. ^ Baker, Trevor (2009). Thom Yorke - Radiohead & Trading Solo. John Blake. ISBN 9781784189495.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 9780199832606.
  12. ^ Soulsby, Nick, ed. (2023). Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations with Coil. MIT Press. ISBN 9781913689438.
  13. ^ "Power Restored in Polydor's Cast". Billboard. 30 March 1996. p. 145.
  14. ^ Bell, Adrian (2011). Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs. Adrian Bell. p. 74. ISBN 9780956879509.
  15. ^ Glasper, Ian (2023). Silence Is No Reaction: Forty Years of Subhumans. PM Press. ISBN 9781629636955.
  16. ^ Negus, Dominic; Sage, Ivan (2007). Out of The Shadows - My Life of Violence In and Out of the Ring. John Blake. ISBN 9781782192732.
  17. ^ Brandle, Lars (1 September 2007). "Kings of Homage". Billboard. p. 23.
  18. ^ McInerney, Liam (25 March 2019). "The Venue nightclub New Cross celebrates 30th anniversary". News Shopper. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
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