The 100 Club
ABOUT
The 100 Club is a basement music venue at 100 Oxford Street that has put on live music since 1942 and took its present name in 1964. It is still run by the Horton family and books gigs across several genres, so check its listings for rock nights.
SIGNIFICANCE
In the 1960s it booked the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and the High Numbers. On 20 and 21 September 1976 it held the 100 Club Punk Special with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Damned and others; on the second night a thrown glass badly injured a young woman's eye and Sid Vicious was arrested.
MUSIC & CHARACTER
SOURCES
Details compiled from public sources. Run this venue? Get in touch to confirm or correct the listing.
- https://www.the100club.co.uk/history/ (official website)Club history: live music since 1942, renamed the 100 Club in 1964, the 1976 Punk Special, run by the Horton family.
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/18/sid-vicious-death-icon (news article)Jon Savage, Guardian, 2009: on the second night a thrown glass injured a young woman and Sid Vicious was arrested.
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