JH x58 UFO Blarney Club 31 (now 28) Tottenham Court Road W1T 1BT

The Blarney was an Irish club and dancehall in the basement of 31 Tottenham Court Road, under the Berkeley (later the Gala Berkeley) cinema. John Hopkins rented it for his Friday club, UFO.

The Experience played the Blarney on 19 February 1967 and on 28 April Jimi jammed on bass with Tomorrow at UFO.

The Berkeley closed on 31 August 1976 and the whole block has been redeveloped into a row of hi-fi shops. Where number 31 once stood you will now find number 28! It is often stated that the Odeon cinema now stands where the Blarney was, but in fact, another cinema, the Continentale, stood on that comer.


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