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Grumpy gallery crawler 🎨 London's unofficial art critic 🇬🇧

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A first Friars gig in High Wycombe for nearly 43 years is set for Friday 13th November 2026. The Dung Beatles will play a selection of songs from the career of #TheBeatles. Fantastic musicianship with no backing tapes. I hope up and coming acts get a chance at this venue too 🙏
🎶Paul Lewis - Wycombe Gigs@wycombegigsAug 13
As indicated in an earlier post, High Wycombe Town Hall could be hosting regular live music again. Wycombe Swan have revealed the space has had a 'makeover'. It's understood the interior has been painted black. No dates announced yet, so we wait & see #LiveMusic #Buckinghamshire
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Latest Oasis News@scyhodotcomOct 19
On October 19th 1994 Oasis played at Lee's Place in Toronto, Canada. Listen to a bootleg of the gig in the link below. stopcryingyourheartout.co.uk…
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David Bowie - The Supermen Three minutes plus of ominous, operatic thunder. Sounding like the end of the world, or the beginning of another; it’s almost like something enormous is being summoned. 1970.
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Glam Slam: Chronicles
@GlamSlam72Oct 19
Sparks (October 19, 1979) – "Tryouts For The Human Race" b/w "Tryouts For The Human Race (Long Version)" 7" Single : UK Released on October 19, 1979, Tryouts For The Human Race was issued in the UK by Virgin as a 7" single. The release paired the shorter 3:15 version with the extended 6:05 Long Version on the reverse. The single was taken from No. 1 In Heaven and reflected the electronic direction of Sparks during this period, blending synth-pop and disco. Both versions were written by Ron Mael, Giorgio Moroder and Russell Mael, with Moroder producing the recording. The single reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart and remained on the chart for five weeks. SPARKS – TRYOUTS FOR THE HUMAN RACE (1979) UK Variants • 7" Single (VS 289 / VS289) • 12" Picture Disc – Blue Marbled (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Blue (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Opaque Yellow (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Transparent Yellow (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Green (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Orange (VS28912) • 12" Picture Disc – Mottled (VS28912) • 12" Acetate USA Variants • 7" Single (E-46045) • 7" Red Label (E-46045) • 7" Test Pressing (ES46045) • 7" Promo Stereo / Mono (E-46045) • 7" Promo Allied Pressing (E-46045) • 12" Promo (AS-11412-A) A remarkable number of variants for one Sparks single, ranging from standard UK pressings to coloured picture discs, acetates, US promos and test pressings. Which version is in your collection? #Sparks #TryoutsForTheHumanRace #No1InHeaven #GiorgioMoroder #VirginRecords #RussellMael #RonMael #SynthPop #Disco #1979 #VinylCollector #RecordCollection #PictureDisc #RareVinyl #SparksFans
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Helen Day@LBFlyawayhomeOct 18
"The prickly seed-shucks of the chestnut have fallen and burst open, some of them spilling the brown conkers out of the soft linings that have contained and nourished them“ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson
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Classic Rock In Pics
@crockpicsOct 19
John, Paul and George on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, January 15, 1964. Ringo isn't missing by accident. Fog had grounded him in Liverpool, and he didn't make it to Paris until later that day. So the other three went for a walk down the avenue with a pack of British press photographers in tow, George and Paul carrying cameras of their own, until people started recognizing them and they headed back to the George V. That night all four played a warm-up show in Versailles, and then came 18 days at the Paris Olympia. 🎸 Did you know Ringo missed the first day in Paris? 🎸 👇️
Black-and-white photo of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison walking toward the camera on a wide paved sidewalk of the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe behind them on a gray winter day. All three wear dark coats and ties. George holds a camera at his chest, Paul carries a camera at his side, and John, in a fisherman's cap with a bag on his shoulder, smiles. Passersby watch from behind.

ALT Black-and-white photo of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison walking toward the camera on a wide paved sidewalk of the Champs-Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe behind them on a gray winter day. All three wear dark coats and ties. George holds a camera at his chest, Paul carries a camera at his side, and John, in a fisherman's cap with a bag on his shoulder, smiles. Passersby watch from behind.

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FlipsideLondon Tours@FlipLondonToursOct 19
1980s. Rock On and Holts, the two main reasons to go to daytime Camden Town back then.
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Tu Mamá@TuMama_____Oct 18
THE CLASH Caiscais soundcheck, 30th April 1981. Charlie Don't Surf & Corner Soul. 🤘🎬🎶🎸🎵🎤📽 #punk #punkrock #theclash #punklegend #history #punks #punkrockhistory #otd
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Classic Rock In Pics
@crockpicsOct 18
Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell at Gered Mankowitz's studio in London, March 1967. Noel had come to town to audition as a guitarist for Eric Burdon's new Animals, and Chas Chandler talked him into playing bass for Jimi. Mitch came over from Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, which was funny, because the band Jimi had been fronting in New York the summer before was called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Eight days after this session, "Purple Haze" came out, and before the month was over, Jimi had set his guitar on fire for the first time, at the London Astoria. 💜 Noel Redding or Mitch Mitchell: who's the more underrated member of the Experience? 💜 👇️
Black-and-white studio portrait of the Jimi Hendrix Experience against a plain gray backdrop. Jimi Hendrix stands in the middle, facing the camera, in a floral jacket and patterned shirt with a large pendant. Noel Redding, at left, in a tweed coat and polka-dot scarf, and Mitch Mitchell, at right, in a black velvet jacket with ornate embroidery, stand back to back with him, looking over their shoulders. All three have big curly hair.

ALT Black-and-white studio portrait of the Jimi Hendrix Experience against a plain gray backdrop. Jimi Hendrix stands in the middle, facing the camera, in a floral jacket and patterned shirt with a large pendant. Noel Redding, at left, in a tweed coat and polka-dot scarf, and Mitch Mitchell, at right, in a black velvet jacket with ornate embroidery, stand back to back with him, looking over their shoulders. All three have big curly hair.

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David Bowie News@davidbowie_newsOct 16
Some more rare shots of David Bowie, taken in 1967, by Dezo Hoffmann.
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Stars and Cars@Superstar_CarsOct 18
Remembering the inimitable Chuck Berry, ‘The Father of Rock and Roll’, who would have turned 100 today 📸 Chuck with his Cadillac Eldorado convertible from 1973. #ChuckBerry #ChuckBerry100
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Carolyn@Carolyn_on_XOct 18
OTD 18 October 1977 Australian band The Saints played Woods nightclub in Plymouth, part of their 2nd UK tour. They were promoting their EP 'One Two Three Four'. They were also support for The Stranglers for a few nights during their tour. Ad: Record Mirror. #TheSaints
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T. Rex (October 18, 2025) Bolan's Zip Gun Bug Glasses Baby Blue Vinyl Album The 50th Anniversary edition was produced for National Album Day 2025 and its Rock-themed celebration. The reissue reproduces John Kosh's original die-cut "peek-a-boo" sleeve design for the first time on a vinyl reissue. The "Bug Glasses Baby Blue" vinyl colour was chosen to reference the distinctive eyewear worn by Marc Bolan on the reverse sleeve artwork. Although initially misunderstood by some critics, the album has gradually been reassessed as a significant and influential late-period T. Rex release.
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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 17
#postboxsaturday Phone box topper in Leominster celebrating Jenny Pipes Morris dancers, a women’s troupe named after the last woman in England to be punished by ducking stool in 1809 for being a “common scold”. “We believe everyone has a right to speak their minds”💪
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Beatlesfab4ever@Beatlesfab40Oct 16
The Beatles - 'The Long And Winding Road' (1970). #Beatles #TheBeatles
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🎸 Rock History 🎸
@historyrock_Oct 17
A rare photo of 25-year-old John Lennon at The Beatles' final concert in San Francisco (1966)
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Punkrock History
@PunkRockStoryOct 16
25 years ago today The Argument is the sixth and most recent studio album from the post-hardcore band Fugazi, released on this day in 2001 through Dischord Records #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #posthardcore #hardcore #fugazi #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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Knowledge of London
@KnowledgepointOct 16
The stone gateposts of St Nicholas Church, Deptford, are topped with eerie, weathered stone skulls carved over bones. Local legend says these very carvings inspired the classic Jolly Roger pirate flag.
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FlipsideLondon Tours@FlipLondonToursOct 16
Poster for The Clash benefit gig in support of the Carnival Defendants on 15th of October 1976, at the Acklam Hall, Ladbroke Grove. The Clash were there, they didn’t actually play, Bernie Rhodes thought the gig was too controversial and pulled them.
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Sounds Clips@SoundsClipsOct 16
News of The Sex Pistols signing to EMI in Sounds 16th, October 1976. @sexpistols @GlenMatlock
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