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Harp Bar
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ABOUT
SIGNIFICANCE
Birthplace of Belfast punk. Home venue for Stiff Little Fingers, Rudi, and The Undertones. Crucial to Northern Irish punk scene.
MUSIC & CHARACTER
SOURCES
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- Wikipedia - Harp Bar (website)The original venue closed in the 1990s
QUICK FACTS
ADDRESSHill Street, Belfast (original building gone; the Harp Bar trading at 35 Hill Street since 2013 is a separate homage pub)
YEARS ACTIVE1977 - 1984
LOCATION
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