THE ORIGINAL SOHO PUNK TOUR

Schedule

Sat, 03 Apr, 2021 at 11:00 am to Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Tottenham Court Road Station | London, EN

A TOUR OF SOHO, THE YOUTH CULTURE PETRI DISH, WHERE BRITISH PUNK EXPLODED ON TO THE WORLDS MUSIC SCENE DURING 1976/77
About this Event

British Punk was born in the Kings Road Chelsea but came of age in the clubs and dives of Soho and the surrounding area. Soho was a very different area in the mid seventies so join your guide Aidan McManus as he brings it to life and introduces you to the seminal historic punk characters and sites.

Rehearsal studios, The Clubs, Marquee, Vortex, 100 Club, Notre Dame Hall, Strip club gigs, inspirational market stalls and boozers, where was the first Sex Pistols gig? their crash pads, this tour has it all!!

The tour lasts two hours 30 minutesa but the walking part takes less than half of it as we stop and I talk about the above places, its not a trek, it goes ahead whatever the weather. Meet outside Tottenham Court Road tube station, Exit 1, opposite The Flying Horse Pub.

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About the organiser:
Aidan McManus, founder of Flipside London Tours, is an award-winning tour guide, historian, broadcaster, and curator of music-related film events. West London-born of Irish heritage, he was a teenage participant in the city’s early punk scene and later its soul, 2-Tone and rave cultures. His first tour guiding experience came in San Francisco, where he created walks exploring the city’s bohemian subculture, literature and music. Returning to London, he went on to research and build critically acclaimed walking tours on subjects as diverse as gangland Soho, David Bowie’s early years, and the social history of West London. He served as a consultant to Westminster Council for its 2025 Joe Strummer memorial event, and he has been a featured commentator in BBC and Sky Arts documentaries and on Radio London’s Robert Elms Show. He is the host of Flipside London Radio, a fortnightly Portobello Radio programme focusing on books, music, history and youth culture.

Where is it happening?

Tottenham Court Road Station, Oxford Street, London, United Kingdom
Tickets

GBP 21.43

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