“Top of the Pops for the Peel and post-Peel generations” – Phantom Phil
“One of London’s best indie / soul clubs” – New Musical Express
“A post-Peel, post indie market-place discotheque
in the spirit of the pirates, fags and runaways” – Llewelyn Bowen
“Lovers, dreamers, drinkers; put your faith in this dancefloor” – Oyster Boy
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Des Was a Bowie Fan is a London clubnight playing indiepop, new wave, post-punk, 60s Pop and Northern Soul
Contact: deswasabowiefan@gmail.com (feel free to send requests here)
The next Des Was a Bowie Fan is on Saturday January 18th at Henry’s Cellar Bar, Edinburgh
We play: Dexys Midnight Runners * Pulp * Prince * Belle and Sebastian * Brigitte Bardot * Candi Staton * Blondie * B-52’s * Felt * The Smiths * Serge Gainsbourg * Suede * The Ramones * The Ronettes * Roy Orbison * The Shangri-Las * The Shop Assistants * Aretha Franklin * Talking Heads * The Temptations * Diana Ross & The Supremes * Ladytron * Le Tigre * David Bowie * Little Richard * The Cure * The Fall * Fire Engines * The Buzzcocks * Elvis Costello * Elvis Presley * The Field Mice * Camera Obscura * Johnny Cash * Jackie Wilson * White Stripes * Westkust * The Raincoats * Joy Division * The June Brides * The Just Joans * The Jam * Veronica Falls * Martha Reeves and the Vandellas * The Magnetic Fields * The Beach Boys * Pet Shop Boys * Pixies * Art Brut * T-Rex * Television Personalities * Tullycraft * The Beatles * France Gall * Dusty Springfield * Depeche Mode * Broder Daniel * Bronski Beat * Belinda Carlisle * The Go Go’s * X-Ray Spex * New Order * Jens Lekman * Jonathan Richman * The Jesus and Mary Chain * Chemtrails * Carter USM * Curtis Mayfield * Omar Souleyman * Orange Juice * James Brown * The Indelicates * The Rolling Stones * Mary Wells * Kim Weston * The Wolfhounds * Sonic Youth * Slowdive * Arcade Fire * The Four Tops * Flowers * The Flirtations * Frank Wilson * The Undertones * Ritchie Valens * Meilyr Jones * Vic Godard & the Subway Sect * The Velvet Underground ♥
Upcoming Nights
Saturday January 18th at Henry’s Cellar Bar (Edinburgh)
Saturday March 7th at The Victoria (Walthamstow)
Saturday May 23rd at The Victoria (Walthamstow)
Here’s the club enshrined in a Tullycraft song. They should have owned Top of the Pops in the 2000s
