in Royal Festival Hall - the 1980's
from Southbank Centre Archive:
Many Meltdowns - particularly Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry forgetting the words to The Tide is High - Patti Smith playing flute to Rock the Casbah - ballroom parties with The Slits and Martha Wainwright - and seeing the New York Dolls in the main hall - felt like a big piece of history.
cite as
Southbank Centre (ed.), Southbank Centre Archive. In Southbank Centre Archive. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1445864950868 accessed: 19 April, 2024 (Southbank Centre Archive, http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/about-us/history-and-archive/southbank-centre-archive)
Listening to
hide composers| pop music | performed by Debbie Harry, New York Dolls, Martha Wainwright, Elvis Costello, The Slits, Patti Smith |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1980's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors |
Originally submitted by Liz Ford on Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:09:11 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:21:12 +0000