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Independent Venue Week: The Specials live in London

As part of IVW Steve tours five locations around the UK and shines a light on the alternative music scene in each place. The tour concludes with The Specials live in London.

Independent Venue Week (IVW) returns for its 6th year and, to celebrate, Steve Lamacq tours five locations around the UK and shines a light on the alternative music scene in each place, highlighting the grassroots music venues that have become the bedrock of the local area. This year, Steve will be broadcasting from Edinburgh, York, Worcester, Bedford and - tonight 鈥 finishes the week in London at the world famous independent venue the 100 Club. Steve will be looking at the history of the venue, Don Letts is DJing, plus there is a very special, hour long, live performance from The Specials.
Founded in 2014 as a way to celebrate the heroes that own and run small venues all across the country, Independent Venue Week has grown massively in six years. Starting out with just 17 venues in 2014, it has grown this year to over 200 venues. The project will run from Monday 28th January - Sunday 3rd February 19

3 hours

Last on

Fri 1 Feb 2019 16:00

Music Played

  • The Jam

    In The City

  • Bess Atwell

    Grace

    • Awal.
  • Chris Barber's Jazzband

    Tiger Rag

    • Great British Jazz: Just About As Good As It Gets! CD1.
    • 23.
  • The Beat

    Whine And Grine / Stand Down Margaret

    • These People Are Nuts!.
    • IRS Records.
    • 11.
  • Sarpa Salpa

    Casanova

  • Catfish and the Bottlemen

    Pacifier (6 Music Session, 9 Sep 2014)

  • The White Stripes

    7 Nation Army

    • XL.
  • The Specials

    The Lunatics

    • Encore.
    • UMC/Island.
  • The Specials

    We Sell Hope

    • Encore.
    • Island.
  • Toots & The Maytals

    54-46 Was My Number

    • Island Jamaica.
  • Metallica

    Enter Sandman

    • Vertigo.
  • Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

    Johnny Appleseed

    • (CD Single).
    • Hellcat.
  • The Clash

    The Guns Of Brixton

    • Epic.
  • The Equals

    Baby Come Back

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • The Skints

    Learning To Swim

    • Mr Bongo.
  • Roots Manuva

    Witness (1 Hope)

    • Big Dada Music.
  • Buzzcocks

    What Do I Get?

    • EMI.
  • The Dynamites

    Tribute To Drumbago

  • Willie Cobbs

    You Don't Love Me

  • Capital 1212

    Love Will Tear Us Apart (feat. Earl)

  • X鈥怰ay Spex

    Germ-Free Adolescents

  • Bob McFadden

    The Beat Generation

  • The Specials

    Vote For Me (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Do Nothing (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Stereotype (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Man At C&A (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Black Skin Blue Eyed Boy (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Gangsters (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Ten Commandments (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Rat Race (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Embarrassed By You (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Breaking Point (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Blam Blam Fever (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Nightclub (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Monkey Man (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

  • The Specials

    Ghost Town (6 Music Session, 1 Feb 2019)

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Feb 2019 16:00

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