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The Marquee club has closed its doors in December 2005 after one year of life at London’s 1 Leicester Square. The club reopened in September 2004 run by Plum Promotions, whom also run Water Rats in Kings Cross. The original Marquee club is considered the most important venue in the history of European pop rock music.

It was first opened on April 19th 1958 in London’s 165 Oxford Street becoming an important place for the jazz and blues scene. On March 13th 1964 the Marquee club was relocated to it’s most famous location in London’s Soho at 90 Wardour Street which became a legend in the history of pop and rock music and became the most important venue fot the emerging British scene. The Marquee club witnessed the birth and rise of some of the most important artists in the 60’s and 70’s such as Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Cream, Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Who, the Nice, Yes, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Genesis and many others. During the late 70’s it was also one of the main clubs to host the British punk scene with bands such as the Clash, Ultravox, the Pretenders, the Police, the Cure, Joy Division, the Damned, Generation X, Siouxie and the Banshees, and the Sex Pistols.

In the 80’s the club was relocated to 105 Charing Cross and was an important meeting point for the British synth pop, heavy rock, neo progresssive rock and new wave scenes. The club closed two years later after another relocation in the same Charing Cross St. In September 2002 the Marquee club was relaunched in Islington by the Eurythmic’s Dave Stewart but with no luck and was closed again until its reincarnation in Leicester Square. There are already rumours about a new opening of the club in London’s Soho.

More info about the history of the club at the tribute historical site of the Marquee club.