Marquee Club

Marquee Club
The former site of the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, Soho
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LocationLondon
Coordinates51°30′48.4″N 0°8′1.7″W / 51.513444°N 0.133806°W / 51.513444; -0.133806
TypeNightclub
Genre(s)Jazz, Rock
Opened19 April 1958
Closed2008

The Marquee Club was a music venue in London, England, which opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts. It was a small and relatively cheap club, in the heart of London's West End.

It was the location of the first live performance by the Rolling Stones on 12 July 1962.[1][2]

  1. ^ "The Rolling Stones 40 years anniversary Marquee Club, London, July 12, 1962" Archived 20 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Rolling Stones Fan Club of Europe. It's Only Rock'n Roll.
  2. ^ Jim Farber (12 July 1962). "The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.