Few cities have been as influential in producing and promoting rock and roll music as London. Let’s take a look at some of the most iconic rock and roll shrines that pepper the London streets.
Abbey Road
Possibly the most famous street in London, Abbey Road is home to Abbey Road Studios and the zebra-crossing that featured on The Beatles album of the same name. Look out for the world’s rock and roll tourists attempting to recreate the image every day of the week.
23 Brook Street
This Mayfair flat was once called home by Jimi Hendrix. It has now been converted into a museum dedicated to the rock legend as well as the 18th-century composer George Friderick Handel, who coincidentally lived in the flat next door 200 or so years ago.
Berwick Street
This Soho street featured on Oasis’s album cover for (What’s the Story) Morning Glory in 1995. It was chosen because it is home to a high number of record stores, which might come in handy for any record collectors out there!
Brixton Bowie Mural
Brixton, south London, is home to the famous Aladdin Sane portrait of David Bowie painted on a street wall. Four years on from the singer’s death in 2016, this mural has become a site of pilgrimage for this music legend.
The Savoy
The first music video – Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues – in which he sings holding up a series of handwritten boards, was shot in the street behind the hotel. Come and walk in his steps and breath in the history.