Venues

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Venues

Places Where The Beatles Played.

The Quarrymen enter the TV Star Search competition

Mersey Beat Showcase, Nottingham

Mersey Beat Showcase, Stoke-on-Trent

NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert

Mersey Beat Showcase, London

Mersey Beat Showcase, Croydon

Mersey Beat Showcase, Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey

Television: It’s The Beatles

The Beatles’ Christmas Show

NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert

The Night Of A Hundred Stars

Another Beatles Christmas Show

The Beatles’ rooftop concert (Apple building)

Empire Pool, Wembley, London – NME Poll-Winners’ All-Star Concert

 

76 Rosebery Street, Toxteth, Liverpool L8 2TNM

527 Club, Lewis’s, Ranelagh Street / Renshaw Street, Liverpool L1 1JX

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Abbotsfield Park, 32 Chassen Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 5DH

ABC Cinemas and Theatres

    • ABC Theatre, 130-140, Church Street, Blackpool FY1 3PR, Lancashire
    • ABC Cinema, 225 London Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon CR0 2SB, Surrey
    • ABC Cinema, Lothian, 118 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 8BQ – Closed in 1973 and Demolished in 2001
    • ABC Cinema, London Inn Square, Exeter
      EX4 3QD, Devon
    • ABC Cinema, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth NR30 2DL, Suffolk – Demolished in 1985
    • ABC Cinema, 12-16 Market Street, Paddock, Huddersfield HD1 2ET, West Yorkshire – Demolished 2014
    • ABC Cinema, Saltergate, Lincoln LN2 2PG, Lincolnshire
    • ABC Cinema, Stockport Road and Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester M12 6AP – Closed in 1974 and Demolished in 2007
    • ABC Cinema (Now – The Deco), Abington Square, Northampton NN1 4AE, Northamptonshire – Closed in 1978
    • ABC Cinema, Union Place, Derry’s Cross, Plymouth PL1 2SW, Devon – Became the Reel Cinema and closed in 2019. The building is currently empty in 2025
    • ABC Cinema, 180 South Street, Romford RM1 1TR, East London
    • ABC Cinema, Kirkgate and Sun Lane, Wakefield WF1 1JG, West Yorkshire

Adelphi Ballroom, New Street, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands

Adelphi Cinema, 3 Bath Road, Slough SL1 3UA, Berkshire

Adelphi Cinema, 40-42 George’s Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland

Aintree Institute, Longmoor Lane, Aintree, Liverpool L9 0EA – Demolished in June 2007

Air Training Corps Club, St Peters School, Upper Aughton Road, Southport PR8 5NH

Albany Cinema, Northway, Maghull, Liverpool L31 2PH

Alexandra Hall, College Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 3DS

Allerton Synagogue, 207 Mather Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool L18 9UB

Apollo Roller Rink, 195 Pasture Road, Moreton, Wirral CH46 4TH, Merseyside

Assembly Hall, High Street, Mold CH7-6XX, Flintshire, North Wales

Assembly Rooms, Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN, Staffordshire

Astoria Ballroom, 61 Wilson Street, Middlesbrough TS1 1SF, North Yorkshire

Astoria Ballroom, King Street, Oldham OL1 1BJ, Greater Manchester

Astoria Cinema, 232-236 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, London N4 3NX

Atlanta Stadium, 521 Capitol Avenue SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, USA

ATC Club, (Now Southport & Birkdale Sports Club) Trafalgar Road, Birkdale, Southport PR8 2HF, Lancashire

Azena Ballroom, White Lane, Gleadless, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S12 3GH

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Balboa Stadium, 1418-1570 Russ Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

Baltimore Civic Center (Now – CFG Bank Arena), 201 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Beach Ballroom, Beach Promenade, Aberdeen AB24 5NR, Scotland

Bell Hall, Street Benedict’s School, Orford Lane, Orford, Warrington WA2 7QX

Birkdale Palace Hotel, Birkdale, Southport PR8 2DD, Merseyside

Blair Hall, 162 Walton Road, Walton, Liverpool L4 4AH

Blue Angel Club, 108 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BL

Blue Gardenia Club, 20 St Anne’s Court, Soho, London W1F 0AZ

Borås Hallen, Bockasjögatan 2, 504 30 Borås, Sweden

Boston Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114, USA

Bridge Hotel, 87 Teme Street, Tenbury Wells WR15 8AE, Worcestershire

Busch Stadium, 700 Clark Avenue, St Louis, MO 63102, USA

Busmen’s Social Club, 65 Picton Road, Liverpool L15 4LF

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Cabaret Club, 28 Duke Street, Liverpool L1 5AG

Caird Hall, City Square, Town Centre, Dundee DD1 3BB, Scotland

Cambridge Hall, Lord Street, Southport PR8 1DB, Merseyside

Candie Auditorium, Candie Gardens, St Peter Port GY1 1UG, Guernsey

Candlestick Park, 602 Jamestown Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124, USA

Capitol Cinema, 116-118 Queen Street, Cardiff CF10 2HH, Wales

Carfax Assembly Rooms, Town Hall, St Aldate’s, Oxford OX1 1BX, Oxfordshire

Carlton Theatre, Arcade Halls, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy KY1 1ET, Scotland

Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York NY 10019, USA

Casbah Coffee Club, 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool L12 7JG

Cassanova Club, 24 Dale Street (above the Temple Restaurant), Liverpool L2 5RL

Cassanova Club, 39 London Road, Liverpool L3 8JN

Casino Ballroom, Lord Street, Leigh WN7 1AB, Lancashire

Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool L2 6RE

Centennial Hall, Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville SA 5034, Australia – Demolished on 18th July 2007

Childwall Golf Club, Naylors Road, Gateacre, Liverpool L27 2YA

Childwall Labour Club, Club House, Lee Park Golf Club, Childwall Valley Road, Childwall, Liverpool L27 3YA

Cincinnati Gardens, 2250 East Seymour Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45212, USA

Cinéma Cyrano, 7 Rue Rameau, 78000 Versailles, France

Cirkus, Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden

Circus-Krone-Bau, Marsstraße 43, 80335 München, Germany

City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8SF, Tyne and Wear

City Hall, Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 7TU

City Hall, Barker’s Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA, South Yorkshire

City Park Stadium (Now Tad Gormley Stadium), 5400 Stadium Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA

Civic Arena, 66 Mario Lemieux Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA

Civic Center, (Now CFG Bank Arena) 201 West Baltimore  Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

Civic Hall, Civic Way, Ellesmere Port CH65 0AZ, Cheshire

Cleveland Stadium (Now First Energy Stadium), 100 Alfred Lerner Way, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

Club Django, Queen’s Hotel, 54 Promenade, Southport PR9 0DY, Lancashire

Coliseum, 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR

Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3NY, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Convention Hall, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, USA

Co-operative Hall, 142-152 Blackburn Road, Darwen BB3 1QU, Lancashire – Demolished after a fire in July 1989

Co-op Ballroom, corner of Duke Street and St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster DN1 1PW, South Yorkshire

Co-operative Hall, Long Street, Middleton M24 6UN, Greater Manchester

Co-operative Hall, Queens’s Road, Nuneaton CV11 5JU, Warwickshire

Corn Exchange, St Paul’s Square, Bedford MK40 1SL, Bedfordshire

Coventry Theatre (Now Millennium Place), Hales Street, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 1JD – Demolished in 2002 and now the site of Millennium Place

Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Avenue, Daly City, Near San Francisco, CA 94014, USA

Crosley Field, Intersection of Findlay Street and Dalton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45214, USA

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Dalrymple Hall, 13 Seaforth Street, Fraserburgh AB43 9BD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

David Lewis Club, Great George Place, Liverpool L1 7AG – Closed November 1977 and demolished October 1980

DC Stadium, 2400 East Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003, USA

De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester LE1 7RU, Leicestershire

Dodger Stadium, 1000 Vin Scully Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

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El Rio Dance Hall, Queen Victoria Street, Macclesfield SK11 6LP, Cheshire

Embassy Cinema, Broadway, Peterborough PE1 1RT, Cambridgeshire

Embassy Club, 140 Borough Road Road, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 6NH, Merseyside

Empire Stadium, 2901 East Hastings Steet, Vancouver, BC V5K 5J1, Canada

Empire Theatre, Lime Street, Liverpool L1 1JE

Empire Theatre, 4-5 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3EX, Tyne and Wear

Ernst Merck Halle, Jungiusstraße, Hamburg, Germany – Demolished in June 1986

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Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG, Surrey

Festival Hall, Charlotte Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria 3003, Australia

Floral Hall Ballroom, West End Promenade, near Morecambe Railway Station,  Morecambe LA4 5AP, Lancashire – Demolished in the early 1990s

Floral Hall, The Promenade, Southport PR9 0DZ, Lancashire

Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, One Tennis Place, Forest Hills, New York 11375, USA

Forum, facing Cabot Square, 2313 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1N2, Canada

Fox And Hounds, 8 Gosbrook Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 8BN, Berkshire – John Lennon & Paul McCartney perform live as The Nerk Twins

Futurist Theatre, Foreshore Road, Scarborough YO11 1NT, North Yorkshire

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Garston Baths, Garston, Long Lane, Liverpool L19 6PE

Garston Stevedores And Dockers Club, Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ

Gator Bowl, 1406 Gator Bowl Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32202-1310 USA – Demolished 1994

Gaumont Cinemas

    • Gaumont Cinema, 19-21 Piccadilly, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 1DR
    • Gaumont Cinema, 3 St Helen’s Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1HE, East Anglia
    • Gaumont Cinema, Corner Barkers Pool and Burgess Street, Sheffield S1 2JA, South Yorkshire
    • Gaumont Cinema, 22-26 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1GE, Hampshire
    • Gaumont Cinema, 2 St George’s Parade, Wolverhampton, WV2 1BA, West Midlands
    • Gaumont Cinema, 21 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1ND, Worcestershire

Glen Park Club, 92-94 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1JR, Merseyside

Globe Cinema, 153 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1PL, County Durham

Grafton Rooms, 21 West Derby Road, Liverpool L6 9AD

Granada Cinemas

    • Granada Cinema, 5-9 St Peters Street, Bedford MK40 2PN, Bedfordshire

Grosvenor Ballroom, Grosvenor Street, Wallasey, Wirral CH44 1AQ, Merseyside

Grosvenor Rooms, 112-114 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich NR1 1NS, East Anglia

Grosvenor House, 86-90 Park Lane, London W1K 7TN

Grugahalle, Messepl. 2, 45131 Essen, Germany

Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB, Hampshire

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Haig Hall Club, Haig Hall, 28 Haig Avenue, Moreton, Wirral CH46 DPP, Merseyside

Halewood Village Hall, Hollies Road, Halewood, Liverpool L26 0TH

Hambleton Hall, St David’s Road, Page Moss, Huyton, Liverpool L14 9SE

Heswall Jazz Club, Barnston Women’s Institute, Barnston Road, Near Heswall, Wirral CH60 1XG, Merseyside

Hippodrome, Hurst Street, Southside, Birmingham B5 4TB, West Midlands

Hippodrome, 52–58 Middle Street, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex

The Hippodrome Theatre, Corner of Higher Ardwick and Hyde Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester M13, Greater Manchester – Demolished 1964

Hippodrome, Preston Street, Hulme, Manchester M15 5EU, Greater Manchester

Holyoake Hall, 332-338 Smithdown Road, Liverpool L15 5AN

Hollywood Bowl, 2301 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90068, USA

Hulme Hall, 23 Bolton Road, Port Sunlight, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 5DH, Merseyside

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Irby Village Hall, 71 Thingwall Road, Irby, Wirral CH61 3UB, Merseyside

Imperial Ballroom, Carr Road, Nelson BB9 7JS Lancashire – Destroyed by fire in 1976. The site is now occupied by residential flats called the Imperial Gardens, but this address would have been accurate when the ballroom was still operational.

Indra Club, Grosse Freiheit 64, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

International Amphitheatre, 4220 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois 60609, USA

Invicta Ballroom, High Street, Chatham, Kent — This venue was demolished in 1987. The area where it once stood is now part of a modern development on Chatham’s High Street.

Iron Door, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool L2 5RH

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Jacaranda Coffee Bar, 23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW

Johanneshovs Isstadion (Now Hovet), Arenavägen 69, Stockholm 121 77, Sweden

John F Kennedy Stadium, South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148, USA

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Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36, 22767 Hamburg, Germany

King George’s Hall, Northgate, Blackburn BB2 1AA, Lancashire

Kingsway Club, The Promenade, Southport PR8 1QY, Merseyside

King’s Hall, Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 6GW, Northern Ireland

King’s Hall, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH, Staffordshire

Knotty Ash Village Hall, East Prescot Road, Knotty Ash, Liverpool L14 5NA

Kungliga Tennishallen, Lidingövägen 75, 115 41 Stockholm, Sweden

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Labour Club, 31a Devonshire Road, High Park, Birkdale PR9 7BZ, Lancashire

La Scala Ballroom, High Street, Runcorn WA7 1AH, Cheshire

Lathom Hall, Lathom Avenue, Seaforth, Liverpool L21 1EB

Lee Park Golf Club, Childwall Valley Road, Liverpool L27 3YA – Quarrymen No date pg 126

Lewis’ Shop – 527 Club, Corner Renshaw Street and Hanover Street, Liverpool L1 1QX – Closed on May 29, 2010

Litherland Town Hall, Hatton Hill Road, Liverpool L21 9HB

Little Theatre, Hoghton Street, Southport PR9 0PA, Merseyside

Liverpool College of Art, 68 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9B

Liverpool Jazz Society, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool L2 5RH

Locarno Ballroom (Now – Eventim Olympia), West Derby Road, Liverpool L6 9BY

Lowlands, 13 Hayman’s Green, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 7JG

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Macdonna Hall, Macdonna Drive, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 3JH, Merseyside

Majestic Ballroom, 46 Conway Street, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 4AF, Merseyside

Majestic Ballroom, High Street, Crewe CW1 3AE, Cheshire

Majestic Ballroom, Holderness Road and Clarence Street, Witham, Hull HU8 7AQ, Yorkshire – Demolished around 2004

Majestic Ballroom, 29-37 Mill Street, Luton LU1 2NA, Bedfordshire

Majestic Ballroom, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 1SW, Tyne and Wear

Majestic Theatre, 122 Manchester Street, Christchurch, CAN 8001, New Zealand

Maney Hall, Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1JW, Warwickshire

Maple Leaf Gardens, 60 Carlton Street, Toronto M5B 1J2, Canada

Marine Hall, The Esplanade, Fleetwood FY7 6HF, Lancashire

Matrix Hall, Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry CV4 9BY, West Midlands

McIlroy’s Ballroom, Regent Street, Swindon SN1 1JR, Wiltshire – Demolished in June 1998

Memorial Auditorium, 650 South Griffin Street, Dallas, Texas 75202-5005, USA

Memorial Coliseum (Now – Veterans Memorial Coliseum), North Ramsay Way, Portland, OR 97227, USA

Memorial Hall, Chester Way, Northwich CW9 5QJ, Cheshire 

Merseyside Civil Service Club, Lower Castle Street, Liverpool L2 0SL

Mersey View Pleasure Grounds, Overton Hill, Best Western Forest Hills Hotel, Frodsham WA6 6HH, Cheshire

Metropolitan Stadium, 8000 Cedar Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55420, USA

Mid-South Coliseum, 996 Early Maxwell Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38104, USA

Milwaukee Arena (Now – UWM Panther Arena), 400 West Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203, USA

Morgue Skiffle Cellar, 25 Oakhill Park, Broadgreen, Liverpool L13 4BL

MPTE Social Club – Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport (LCPT) Social Club, Corner Finch Lane and East Prescot Road, Dovecot, Huyton, Liverpool L14 9PE

Mossway Hall, Mossway, Croxteth, Liverpool L11 0BS

Municipal Stadium, 2123 Brooklyn Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64127, USA – Demolished in 1976 and the site is now occupied by a residential area and a small park commemorating the stadium’s location

Museum Hall, Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan FK9 4RQ, Stirling, Scotland

Music Hall, The Square, Shrewsbury SY1 1LA, Shropshire

MV Royal Iris, River Mersey – Riverboat Shuffle

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NEMS (North End Music Stores), 12-14 Whitechapel, Liverpool L1 6EA – Building Demolished in 2014 and a NEXT shop now stands on the site

Neston Civic Hall, Hinderton Road, Neston, Wirral, CH64 9PE

New Brighton Pier, Bottom of Victoria Road, New Brighton, Wirral – Demolished 1978

New Cabaret Artists Club, 174a Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool L8 7QE

New Clubmoor Hall (Conservative Club), Back Broadway, Clubmoor, Liverpool L11 1HX

New Colony Club, 41 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8EY

Nippon Budokan Hall, 2-3 Kitanomarukōen, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-8321, Japan

Northern Meeting Ballroom, 12-14 Church Street, Inverness IV3 5NS, Scotland

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Oasis Club, 45-47 Lloyd Street, Manchester M2 5WA, Greater Manchester — This club is closed and no longer exists. The building was redeveloped in the 1990s

Odd Spot Club (Now – Bold Street Coffee), 89 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4HF

Odeon Cinemas

    • Odeon Cinema, 139 New Street, Birmingham B2 4NU, West Midlands
    • Odeon Cinema, Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham GL52 2NE, Gloucester – Demolished 2014
    • Odeon Cinema, 52 – 62 Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland – Demolished March 2013
    • Odeon Cinema, 45 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH
    • Odeon Cinema, Gloddeath Avenue, Llandudno LL30 2DF, Denbighshire, North Wales
    • Odeon Cinema, London Road and Pudsey Street, Liverpool L3 5NF – Demolished March 2011
    • Odeon Cinema, 127 Dunstable Road, Bury Park, Luton LU1 1BW, Bedfordshire
    • Odeon Cinema, 9 Angel Row, Nottingham NG1 6HN, Nottinghamshire
    • Odeon Cinema, 108 South Street, Romford RM1 1SS, Greater London
    • Odeon Cinema, 127 High Street, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1LH, Essex
    • Odeon Cinema, Walliscote Road, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UR, Somerset

Olympia Stadium, 5920 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48208, USA

Olympia Theatre, 28 Boulevard des Capucines 75009 Paris, France

Opera House, 97 Church Street, Blackpool FY1 1HL, Lancashire

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Palace Theatre Club, Turncroft Lane, Stockport SK1 4AB, Cheshire

Palais Ballroom, Corner Perowne Street and Queens Road, Aldershot GU11 3HX, Hampshire – The last known event was on Saturday December 9 1961, when The Beatles performed there. After this event, no further bookings were made, and it effectively ceased to function as a ballroom. The building later burned down in 1973. After this, the site was redeveloped into a multi-storey car park

Palais des Expositions, Esplanade Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, Nice, France

Palais D’Hiver, 149 Boulevard de Stalingrad, 69100 Villeurbanne, France – Demolished in the late 1980s and location is now occupied by office buildings

Palazzo dello Sport, Piazzale John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1, 16129 Genova, Italy

Paramount Theatre, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

Pavilion, North Parade Road, Bath BA2 4EU, Somerset

Pavilion Gardens Ballroom, The Pavilion Gardens, St John’s Road, Buxton SK17 6BE, Derbyshire

Pavilion Theatre, Lodge Lane, Liverpool L8 0QH

Peppermint Lounge, The – Florida

Peppermint Lounge, The – NY

Peppermint Lounge, The – Liverpool

Philadelphia, Stadium, John F Kennedy Memorial Park, Philadelphia

Phillips Sound Recording Services, 38 Kensington, Kensington, Liverpool L7 8XB

Pigalle Club, 215 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HN

Pittsburgh Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Plaza Ballroom, Duke Street, St Helens WA10 2JL, Merseyside

Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Calle de Alcalá 237, 28028 Madrid, Spain

Plaza de Toros Monumental, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 749, 08013 Barcelona, Spain

Plaza, 189 Rookery Road, Handsworth B21 9PX, Staffordshire

Plaza, 251 Halesowen Road, Old Hill, Warley B64 6BS, Worcestershire

Prescot Cables Social Club (Now – IP Truck Parts Stadium), Eaton Street, Prescot, Liverpool L34 6HD

Prince Of Wales Theatre, 31 Coventry Street, London W1D 6AS – Royal Command Performance

Princess Theatre, 130 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Princess Theatre, Torbay Road, Torquay TQ2 5EZ, Devon

Public Auditorium, 500 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, USA

Public Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston PR1 1HT, Lancashire

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Quarry Bank High School, Harthill Road, Liverpool L18 3HS

Queen’s Hall, Swinegate, Leeds LS1 4AG, West Yorkshire – Demolished in 1989

Queen’s Hall, Lacey Street, Widnes WA8 7SQ, Lancashire

Queen’s Hotel, 54 Promenade, Southport PR9 0DY, Lancashire

Queen’s Theatre, Queen’s Theatre, Bank Hey Street, Blackpool, Lancashire – Demolished in 1973

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Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway, Morrison, CO 80465, USA

Regal Ballroom, Leopold Street, Nairn IV12 4EL Scotland

Regal Cinema, 38–39 St Andrews Street, Cambridge CB2 3AR, Cambridgeshire

Regal Cinema, 33 St Aldate Street, Kings Square, Gloucester GL1 1RP, Gloucestershire

Regent Dansette, 38 High Street, Rhyl, Wales

Rescue Hall, Prince Street, Peterhead AB42 1QE, Scotland

Rialto Ballroom, 90-94 Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool L8 7SY

Rialto Theatre, 68 Fishergate, York YO10 4AP, North Yorkshire – Demolished in 2003 and replaced by a new building called Rialto House

Rink Ballroom, Holmeside, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR1 3JE

Ritz Ballroom, York Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7SA

Ritz Ballroom, West Parade, Rhyl LL18 1HZ, North Wales 

Ritz Cinema, 1-11 Fisherwick Place, Belfast BT2 7AP, Northern Ireland

Ritz Cinema, 22-44, Gordon Street, Luton LU1 2QP, Bedfordshire

Rizal Memorial Football Stadium, corner of Pablo Ocampo Sr Avenue and Adriatico Street, Malate, Manila, Metro Manila, 1004, Philippines

Riverboat Shuffle, MV Royal Iris, River Mersey

Riverpark Ballroom, 2 Union Street, Chester CH1 1QP, Cheshire – Demolished in the 1960s and now the Chester Business Centre

Rosebery Street, No. 76, Toxteth, Liverpool L8 2TNM

Roxburgh Hall, Stowe School, Stowe MK18 5EH, Buckinghamshire

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP – Great Pop Prom

Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2SY, North Yorkshire

Royal Lido Ballroom, Beach Road West, Prestatyn LL19 7EY, Clwyd, North Wales

Royalty Theatre, 20-24 City Road, Chester CH1 3AE, Cheshire

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St Aloysius Youth Club, Twig Lane, Roby, Liverpool, L36 2LF

St Barnabus Church Hall, Penny Lane, Liverpool, L18 1DG

St Edward’s Catholic College, Sandfield Park, Liverpool L12 1LF

St James’ Swimming Baths, St James’ Street, Doncaster, DN1 1LF

St John’s Hall, Oriel Road, Bootle, Liverpool L20 7AA – Demolished

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall, North Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Wirral, CH42 8PE, Merseyside

St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 5JF

St Thomas’ Hall, Chapel Street, Keith AB55 5AL, Scotland

Sam Houston Coliseum, 801 Bagby Street, Houston, TX 77002, USA – Demolished 1998 and land now part of now part of the George R. Brown Convention Center expansion

Savoy Ballroom, South Parade, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2JB, Hampshire – Demolished in 2009 and seafront apartments now occupy the site

Shea Stadium, 123–01 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, New York NY 11368, USA

Smethwick Baths Ballroom, Smethwick Baths, High Street, Smethwick B66 1PR, West Midlands  – Closed in 2023 following the opening of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Southern Sporting Club, 1-3 Birch Street, Hyde Road, West Gorton, Manchester M12 5NT – it was demolished in 1992 and the Travelodge Manchester Sportcity hotel occupies the location

Sporthallen (Now – Munktellarena), Munktellstaden, Eskilstuna 633 43, Sweden

Springfield Ballroom (Now – Springfield Stadium), Janvrin Road, St Helier JE2 4LF, Jersey 

Stanley Abattoir Athletic And Social Club, Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool L13 3AS

Star-Club, Große Freiheit 39, 20354 Hamburg, Germany

Starline Club, 2236 Martin Luther King Way, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

State Fair Coliseum, 1202 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46205, USA – Demolished in 1983. The site is now part of the Indiana State Fairgrounds, with the Indiana Farmers Coliseum (formerly known as the Pepsi Coliseum) standing in its place

Storyville Jazz Club, 13 Temple Street, Liverpool L2 6PY – Closed in 1964 now occupied by BDO, an accounting and advisory firm

Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE, Gloucestershire

Suffolk Downs Racetrack, 525 McClellan Highway, East Boston, MA 02128, USA – Horse racing ceased operations in 2019. The land is being redeveloped into a mixed-use community with residential, retail, and open-space components.

Sundsta Läroverk (Now part of Sundsta-Älvkullegymnasiet), Sävegatan 7, 654 63 Karlstad, Sweden

Swimming Baths, High Road, Leyton, London E10 5QJ – Demolished in 1991 and replaced by the Leyton Leisure Lagoon or Leyton Leisure Centre, which opened in 2005

Sydney Stadium, Driver Avenue, Moore Park, NSW 2021, Australia – Demolished in 1970 and now part of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) complex, with the Sydney Football Stadium (also known as Allianz Stadium) built there in 1988 and later rebuilt in 2022

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Teatro Adriano, Piazza Cavour 22, 00193 Roma, Italy

Technical College Hall, Borough Road, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 2RA, Merseyside – Demolished 2005 and the site has been redeveloped into flats

The Institute, Neston Road, Thornton Hough, Wirral CH63 1JL, Merseyside

Thistle Cafe, 38 Banks Road, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 0RD, Merseyside

Three Coins Club, 64 Fountain Street, Manchester M2 2EP

Tivoli Gardens, Vesterbrogade 3, 1630 København V, Denmark

Top Ten Club, Reeperbahn 13620359, Hamburg, Germany

Tower Ballroom, New Brighton, Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside – Burnt down on Saturday 5th April 1969

Town Hall, The Butter Market, 61 Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EH, Wales

Town Hall, Marshill, Alloa FK10 1AB, Scotland

Town Hall, 305 Queen Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Town Hall Ballroom, Town Hall, High Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1AX

Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ, West Midlands

Town Hall, 1 Church Steet, Dingwall IV15 9SBl, Scotland

Town Hall, 1 Stuart Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Town Hall, Town Hall, High Street, Forres IV36 1PB, Scotland

Town Hall, High Street, Lydney GL15 5DY, Gloucestershire

Town Hall, Market Street, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows WA12 9BS, Merseyside

Town Hall, 101 Wakefield Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Trentham Estate, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8JG, Staffordshire

Two Red Shoes Ballroom, South College Street, Elgin, Dingwall, Scotland

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Veilinghal Op Hoop Van Zegen, Veilingweg 1, 1695 GC Blokker, Netherlands

Velodromo Vigorelli, Via Arona, 19, 20149 Milano MI, Italy

Victoria Hall, Victoria Hall Walk, Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 8AB, Merseyside

Village Hall, 71 Thingwall Road, Irby, Wirral CH61 3UB, Merseyside

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Washington Coliseum, 1132,1140, and 1146 3rd Street NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC 20002, USA

Wavertree Town Hall, Wavetree Town Hall. 89 High Street, Liverpool L15 8HF

Wedding reception, Childwall Abbey Hotel, Childwall Abbey Road, Speke, Liverpool L24 9LP

White Sox Park (Now – Guaranteed Rate Field), 333 West 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Wilson Hall, Speke Road, Garston, Liverpool L19 2NZ

Wimbledon Palais, Wimbledon Park Road, Wimbledon, London SW18 5TX

Winter Gardens, Heald Street, Garston, Liverpool L19 2BN –  Demolished in the early 1990s. Specifically, by 1993

Winter Gardens, Fort Crescent, Margate CT9 1HX, Kent

Winter Gardens Theatre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5AP, Dorset

Woolton Village Club, 23 Allerton Road, Woolton, Liverpool L25 7RA

Woolton Labour Club (now Lee Valley Millennium Centre), Childwall Valley Road, Liverpool L25 2PR

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YMCA, 56 Whetstone Lane, Wirral CH41 2TJ, Wirral, Merseyside – Demolished 2004

YMCA, corner of Hoyle Road and Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral CH47 3BH, Merseyside – Demolished