Britain's interactive museum devoted to the history of British pop music. Watch, listen, play, dance and touch with your Smarticket to bring it all back home. www.britishmusicexperience
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- London, United Kingdom, SE10 0DX
- Phone:
- 0844 847 1761
- Mon - Sun:
- 10:00 - 20:00
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British Music Experience
This Day in Music: 1966 - John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time when he visited her
art exhibition 'Unfinished Paintings and Objects' at the Indica Gallery
in London.
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John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon) (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) is best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, humorist, artist, actor and author. ...
British Music Experience
This Day in Music: 1975 - The Sex Pistols make their live debut at St Martins School Of Art in London, (the performance lasted 10 minutes). http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/?P
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Sex Pistols are an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. They are the first punk rock band to take the music down an anarchic, nihilistic path, thus influencing the shape of punk for several generations after. ...
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1965, The Rolling Stones started a 2 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Get Off Of My Cloud', the group's second US No.1. The song knocked The Beatles 'Yesterday' from the No.1 position.
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1982 - Channel 4 TV's 'The Tube' had its first showing. Presented by Paula Yates and Jools Holland, the show featured The Jam and an interview with Mick Jagger. First live act on the show was local band Toy Dolls.
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1977 - the manager of the Virgin record store in Nottingham, England was arrested for displaying a large poster advertising the new Sex Pistols album, 'Never Mind The Bollock's, Here's The Sex Pistols'. High street stores banned the album after police warned they could be fined under the 1898 indecent advertising act.
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1989 - Elton John scored his 50th UK chart hit when 'Sacrifice', entered the charts. Only Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley had achieved this previously.
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1963 - The Beatles topped the bill at The Royal Variety Show at The Prince Of Wales Theatre, London. With the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret in the audience, this was the night when John Lennon made his famous remark "In the cheaper seats you clap your hands. The rest of you, just rattle your jewellery".
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This Day in Music 2002: RIP Lonnie Donegan who died today aged 71 mid-way through a UK tour and shortly before he
was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The
Rolling Stones. Donegan launched the skiffle craze
in the 50s with hits including ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour’, 'My Old Man's ...A Dustman' and 'Rock Island Line' - http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/?P
was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with The
Rolling Stones. Donegan launched the skiffle craze
in the 50s with hits including ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour’, 'My Old Man's ...A Dustman' and 'Rock Island Line' - http://www.britishmusicexperience.com/?P
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Lonnie Donegan was born as Anthony James Donegan in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist. His ethnic mix was Scottish/Irish. He moved with his mother to London at an early age, after his parents divorced. ...
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 2004, guitarist Eric Clapton collected his CBE from Buckingham Palace for his services to music.
British Music Experience This Day In Music: 1979 - AC/DC played the second of three sold out nights at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, with Def Leppard supporting.
British Music Experience TDIM: 1967 - The Beatles completed recording their next single ‘Hello Goodbye’ at Abbey Road studios London with a second Paul McCartney bass line. The McCartney song had been selected for the A-side for The Beatles next single, the flip side to be Lennon’s ‘I Am the Walrus.’
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BOO! Check out our 'Halloween at the British Music Experience' playlist on Spotify. Unless you're too scared that is? http://open.spotify.com/user/thebme/play
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This is a link to a playlist within the music platform Spotify. Don't have Spotify? Ask a friend for an invite or signup at Spotify.com.
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1971 - John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Imagine'. The album contained two tracks attacking Paul McCartney, 'How Do You Sleep' and 'Crippled Inside.'
British Music Experience This Day in Music: 1983 - Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' became the longest listed album in the history of the US chart when its total reached an incredible 491 weeks on the chart.
