Music ‘Then & Now’
*the amazing “Brick Lane Music Hall”-Silvertown London E16 (Nov 2025)
The other day my London Shoes visited a really unique and unusual venue located down in the Docklands district of East London, that has a really interesting history behind it :– The amazing “BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL” ……. The quest of the Brick Lane Music Hall is to keep the old music hall style of ...Read more...
*”Steely Jazz”-with the ‘”Chris Ingham Quintet”-at the ‘Pizza Express Jazz Club’ – Soho London W1
A couple of weeks back my London Shoes ventured down to the Soho district of London, for the specific purpose of visiting the “Pizza Express Jazz Club” in Dean Street – where I had tickets to see the ‘Chris Ingham Quintet’ perform their highly acclaimed “Steely Jazz” set. There were a number of reasons for ...Read more...
* “SPARKS” – at the ‘Eventim Hammersmith Apollo’ (formerly the Hammersmith Odeon) – London W6 (19/06/2025)
This week’s Shoes publication concerns an event that actually took place a couple of weeks back – but I’ve been away on me hols and so have only just got around to putting it ‘out there’. The topic involves London Shoes visit to the famous “Hammersmith Odeon” venue (now known as the Eventim Hammersmith Apollo) ...Read more...
*”Holy Holy” at the – “Shepherds Bush Empire” London W12 – (2025)
A couple of weeks back – my London Shoes legged it all the way over to West London to watch a special band that go by the name of ‘Holy Holy’ – perform ‘live’ on the stage of an iconic legendary London theatre with an amazing history behind it…….and here’s London Shoes story of the ...Read more...
*The “Rock ‘n Roll Public Library” Exhibition – Farsight Gallery-Flitcroft Street-London WC2
The “Rock n Roll Public Library” This short ‘n sweet Shoes blog, relates to an event I never knew existed until I saw something on Facebook last week – following which I decided that I just had to head off and pay it a visit the very next day – and good job I did, ...Read more...
* the Punk film experience – with “London Shoes” & the “East London Arts & Music” (ELAM) Students
This London Shoes blog is a proper long’un – so beware. A few weeks prior to the Christmas period I received an email via my London Shoes website – it was from a young lady (Jaya) who referred to a couple of blogs she had read that were published on my London Shoes website. She ...Read more...
*”The journey through the creation of Ziggy Stardust” experience-KEF Gallery-London W1
It’s funny how adventures sometimes evolve with me and my London Shoes – and this blog topic article is a classic case in point. A week ago, my Shoes trekked off to a location in Gt. Portland Street (just off Oxford Street) for the specific purpose of visiting a gallery where I had read, in ...Read more...
*the London “Gibson Garage” & “The Starman” – Heddon Street W1
This week’s blog article is a little ‘off piste’ in terms of the London Shoes doctrine, as it could be argued that the subject matter is not actually ‘historic’ – although tenuously, I think it is, as historically, it’s the first of its kind in London (& the UK for that matter). However, it does ...Read more...
London “Then & Now”- ‘Music Related Locations’
As regular followers will know, my London Shoes are rather partial to a bit of the old ‘Then & Now’ photo comparisons around the streets of the capital – even more so when it’s a ‘Music’ related Then & Now’ – and this ‘small but perfectly formed’ little blog article, just so happens to be ...Read more...
*”Edith Grove-London SW10″ – scene of the Rolling Stones first photo shoot !!!
My ‘London Shoes’ have been off the road for over a month, due to a bit of a health issue – but although still not 100% chipper, it was good to step out this week and get back on the old blog treadmill – even if it was for just a couple of ‘quickie’ blog ...Read more...