The 92 Club

[captain.riot]

If footbal fans can have it, rock fans can have it. 92 key music venues on the mainland. How close are you to joining the club?

Aberdeen ECC
Aberdeen Music Hall
Aberdeen Tunnels
Ashton Under Lyme Wychwood
Bath Moles Club
Birmingham Academy
Birmingham Barfly
Birmingham NEC
Birmingham NIA
Bournemouth BIC
Bradford St Georges Hall
Brighton Concorde 2
Brighton Dome
Brighton Freebutt
Bristol Academy
Bristol Anson Rooms
Bristol Colston Hall
Bristol Fleece
Bristol Louisiana
Bristol Thekla
Cambridge Junction
Cardiff Barfly
Cardiff International Arena
Colchester Arts Centre
Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
Edinburgh RHEC
Exeter Cavern
Glasgow Barrowlands
Glasgow King Tuts
Glasgow SECC
Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Leeds Cockpit
Leeds Met University
Leicester Charlotte
Leicester De Montford Hall
Lincoln Engine Shed
Liverpool Academy
Liverpool Barfly
Liverpool Royal Court
London Astoria
London Brixton Academy
London Camden Barfly
London Cargo
London Earls Court
London Garage
London Hammersmith Apollo
London Islington Academy
London Kings College
London Koko
London Mean Fiddler
London Scala
London Royal Festival Hall
London Shepherds Bush Empire
London Somerset House
London ULU
London Wembley Arena
London 02 Arena
London 93 Feet East
Manchester Academy
Manchester Apollo
Manchester MEN
Manchester Night and Day
Manchester Nynex
Manchester Roadhouse
Manchester The Ritz
Newcastle Arena
Newcastle Northumbria University
Newport Le Pub
Northampton Soundhaus
Northampton Roadmenders
Norwich UEA
Norwich Waterfront
Nottingham Arena
Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Nottingham Rock City
Nottingham Social
Oxford Academy (Zodiac)
Plymouth Pavilions
Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms
Preston Guildhall
Reading Fez
Sheffield Leadmill
Sheffield Plug
Southampton Guildhall
Southampton Joiners
Stoke Sugar Mill
Warwick Arts Centre
Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Wrexham Central Station
York Fibbers

[Ketchup]

Fucking brilliant. A pleasing 14 for me.

I always liken following BSP on tour to watching your football team play away from home, albeit without segregation for the regulars. This is the inevitable end result.

[kevo]

47 (I think!). Will be 48 after the weekend. Defo more music venues than football grounds for me.

[Spaceman!]

Birmingham Academy
Birmingham Barfly
Brighton Freebutt
London Astoria
London Brixton Academy
London Camden Barfly
London Cargo
London Earls Court
London Garage
London Hammersmith Apollo
London Islington Academy
London Kings College
London Koko
London Scala
London Shepherds Bush Empire

from the list.

[de lacey]

disturbingly 47 for me too

[Blackout]

56 - or 57 if you take into account that Manchester Nynex and Manchester MEN are actually the same place.

A quick diary check reveals I have visited 87 different UK venues in 2007 alone, although many of them are not in that list...

[Captain Quiet]

21 - 18 of them in London.

Speaking of which, despite its BSP connection I wouldn't call Cargo a key venue. You should have The Forum in there though but.

[bancroftboy]

21 as well nearly all london and manchester
o2 arena is not essential

2 more will be added on the coming tour

[pauloso]

27, and given the years of Captain Q and Bancroftboy I am quite proud of that.

[SPT]

19 - which is more than i thought (could even be more if the Rescue Rooms or the Social are reincarnations of earlier venues...) - does the Boardwalk in Manchester no longer exist then?

[Blackout]

19 - which is more than i thought (could even be more if the Rescue Rooms or the Social are reincarnations of earlier venues...) - does the Boardwalk in Manchester no longer exist then?

Closed in 1998. Not reincarnated as anything.

[captain.riot]

I thought it might trigger some debate about what's "key" and what isn't. Agree with CQ about Cargo/ Forum though and suitably embarassed to find out that Nynex and MEN are one in the same - particularly as I have been in "both" venues. Spose it's a bit like Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic circa 1988. I can be sure about some that I haven't done and sure about plenty that I have but I'm unsure about a few of them. I've been asked to leave four of them is all can say with much certainty.

[Blackout]

If you wish, you could substitute one of the Manchester duplicates with Blackpool Winter Gardens / Empress Ballroom (the same place) which is a pretty key venue for the northwest with both The Stone Roses and the White Stripes having recorded live DVDs there and a great many British and international chart-level bands of both the indie and "mainstream" variety playing there.

[runningforasthma]

25 and I'd describe about none as 'key' venues.

[Kramer]

29, and I'm half the age of some of you guys.