Proud Camden is a live music venue hosting the best eclectic music in North London. Not far from Camden Lock's market, the venue is in a 200-year-old Grade II Listed Horse Hospital. Once inside you take up your own converted horse stall or join the rock royalty and celebrities hanging out at the bar. During the day, the venue doubles as an art space.
Glasgow is the centre of Scotland's live music and the birthplace of major bands like Travis, Belle & Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand and The Fratelli's. King Tut's Wah Wah House is the premier venue in Glasgow. It has played host to Radiohead, Blur, Pulp, The Verve, and much more. It also hosted the first Scottish gigs for Beck, Crowded House and The Strokes. King Tuts is also firmly established in rock and roll history as the venue where Oasis were first spotted and signed in 1993. If it's new and exciting live music you're looking for, King Tut's is where you'll find it.
Love the sound of crooning young bucks? Only Men Aloud is a male voice choir with a twist that recently won the BBC TV show Last Choir Standing. The choir, made up of 20 young men from South Wales, has experienced a rollercoaster ride since winning the BBC competition and has signed a multi-million dollar, five album deal with Universal. Their release of their second album, "Band of Brothers", is expected soon. Look out for one of their concerts, to say you will be entertained is a major understatement.
CellarDoor is an intimate bar beneath One Aldwych - imagine 30's Berlin meets New York basement dive. With live acts every evening from 9pm and the UK's first SMS text jukebox, CellarDoor makes for a great escape from the hustle of the street above. In homage to its previous incarnation as the most infamous gentlemen's club in Theatreland - one the reputed hangout of Wilde, Orton and Gielgud - the bar still hosts the sexiest toilets in London.
If you are a music lover with a passion for meeting musicians, your chance to mingle with the best local talent is the Hebridean Celtic Festival. Taking place in the spectacularly picturesque western Isle of Lewis every July, the festival features musicians who pick up their fiddles, accordions, and clarsachs and jam in one of the biggest traditional music sessions in Scotland.
Clwb ifor Bach is Cardiff's premier venue for live music. Hidden behind the unassuming façade are three separate floors of performance space, each with its own theme. The nightly listings vary considerably and can range from big touring outfits like Duffy and Super Furry Animals, to local talent, and club nights. Though the audience is diverse the common passion for music makes a warm and friendly atmosphere. You can score points with the staff if you make the effort to order your pint in the native tongue.
Birthplace of the Animals, Dire Straights, and Sting, Newcastle-Gateshead is city with a reputation for nurturing new music talent. Topping the list of incubators is the music pub the Cluny. Situated in an old whiskey bottling plant just outside of the city center, the pub prides itself on providing a venue for the burgeoning acts that everyone will be listening to next year.
The Manchester music scene has long been home to innovative bands and legendary performances. With homegrown headliners like The Smiths, New Order, Happy Mondays, and Oasis, it's no surprise that Manchester's nightlife is still all about music. In the Northern Quarter, venues like Mint Lounge, Night & Day, and Roadhouse host a wide range of musicians almost every night of the week. But to take in music like a local, visit Mancunian favorite, the Academy.
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