Troubadour London

YouTube video by John1948NineA Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By (1965)

With thanks and sadness we bid farewell to the fabulous Marianne Faithful.

We sit and watch as tears go by…

#MarianneFaithful #RIP

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Last week, we unveiled the 2024 Music Venue Trust report in Parliament, and have been overwhelmed by response so far. To everyone who joined us — MPs, industry leaders, venue reps, artists, and supporters — thank you for showing up and showing your passion for live music.

We are delighted to be partnering with the Music Week Awards again this year to support the Grassroots Venue: Spirit of the Scene category.

🗳️ So... OVER TO YOU.

You have until 6PM on Wed January 29 to submit entries at: www.musicweekawards.com

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Timothée Chalamet: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Live) - SNL

Big shoutout to Timothée Chalamet for delivering an excellent version of "Tomorrow is a Long Time" on SNL this past weekend.

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#BobDylan #TimotheeChalamet #SNL #ACompleteUnknown

UK losing grassroots music venue every fortnight as industry demand "action not words" Music Venue Trust call for "action not words" in their 2024 annual report as Kate Nash tells Parliament how current situation is "f**king disgrace"

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Over the course of this year, we dreamed up a new independent music website. Then we built it. Then we launched it. Then we filled it with the kinds of stories we wanted to read. Catch up on some of our favorite articles to date. www.hearingthings.co/hearing-thin...

Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisted) - Live at The Church Arlo Guthrie · Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited) [Live at The Church] · Song · 1995

Happy Thanksgiving!

This beautiful day has its own anthem. I play it every year and I encourage you to do the same.

This is the 30th anniversary version, which includes an extra story …

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I Want Out

Big shoutout to our good friends Parlay (callparlay.com) on the release of yet another great tune: I Want Out.

Keep the magic coming!

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#LondonMusic

We want to build a Starter Pack of Blue Sky accounts for all the fantastic Grassroots Music Venues in the UK. If you're a venue, or you know of a venue, please drop your account details below.

Wishing all our American friends a very happy Thanksgiving!

#Thanksgiving

As it should be!

Thank you, Mark, for your hard work. Maybe now some of that success will trickle down to the grassroots.

Never too early to watch the Last Waltz. Right before you listen to Alice's Restaurant.

This is a graph of the Live Nation share price. The less access people have to live music, and the more unaffordable it becomes, the higher their share price goes.

Their success is directly inverse to the actual availability of live music.

Wishing a happy, heavenly birthday to the great Jimi Hendrix born #OTD in 1942.

Thank you @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social !!! The Troubadour is proud to receive MVT's award for Outstanding Contribution to Grassroots Music! Congrats to the whole Troubadour Team!

The future of rock'n'roll is on our stage tonight!

There was a Harry Styles lookalike contest at Soho Square in London today

Prizes were awarded for:
• best/worst lookalike
• best style
• best hair

Here is the winner and runner-up:

Please hit a follow on @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social

Hello, Bluesky! 🎶 We are the Troubadour, the home of live music in West London since 1954.

🎶 Here's a pic from 1962! (From left: Ethan Signer, Martin Carthy, Richard Fariña, Bob Dylan, Eric von Schmidt )🎶