This was 1981 so punks were still everywhere.

I didn't make it to Hammersmith Palais. I know it only from the Clash song.


>Yes
>the best music venues where never about the quality of the toilets. My favourite was the Hammersmith Palais. A big dance hall venue with no seats.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(White_Man)_In_Hammersmith_Palais
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>I'm surprised you got punks at a Kinks concert.
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>Nick
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>>PS -- just reading those station names makes me nostalgic. I worked in central London the summer I was 23, near Blackfriars station, and those tube stop names are like lines of poetry to me. What a fantastic summer. The one that jumps out at me for some odd reason is Finsbury Park, which I went up to only once. It was for a Friday night Kinks show at the Rainbow Palace. The show was terrific, although the venue was not what I expected. Given that is was where Eric Clapton played his comeback concert I was expecting something more stylish. Not so. It was basically a dump. No seating on the main floor, broken seats in the optimistically named mezzanine. It didn't bother me. That was my first and last mosh pit. Everyone should mosh once. I was in my work suit, Mr. White Bread in a mass of punks and Mohawks. Ray Davies was within spitting distance. It was an awesome experience.