about the metro club...
The Metro is a small basement venue on Oxford Street that hosts a great line-up of shows and clubs almost every night of the week, the central location making it one of the places to catch up-and-coming bands. The Metro Club is a Blow Up presentation.
history:
Blow Up took over the Metro in November 2001, before then the Metro was known primarily for hosting clubs, not as a live venue. In January 2003, in a space of just over a year, the Metro has already been awarded Time Out Venue of the Year after playing host to some of the hottest shows in London in 2002. It's now one of the venues of choice for discerning gig goers too, who can see some of the most exciting gigs in town, making it a great place to see bands just before they explode.
Highlights at the Metro have included to name a few: Yeah Yeah Yeahs headline debut UK gig, The Kills, Kings Of Leon, Courtney Love hitting the decks at Alan McGee's Death Disco, Jack and Meg White turning up to our very unofficial "We Love The White Stripes!" club in November 2001, an impromptu mid-club set from the Libertines, aftershows for Ladytron, Bravery residency, Magic Numbers joining Webb Brothers on stage, Shane MacGowan on stage with Jesse Malin, Conor Oberst on stage at one of Willy Masons first UK shows, The Killers 2nd UK show, Maximo Park, Clor who's show went ahead despite being the second day of bombings in the Capital in July, Faust bring along a marching band and parading them through the club this November, and many more great happenings and events, there will be a photo gallery up soon on www.blowupmetro.com
The decor is low-key to say the least, meaning our reputation is built on the shows and clubs alone, so there's no trendy minimalism here! - all making The Metro your subterranean rock 'n' roll venue of choice bang in the centre of town!
blow up:
Blow Up is involved in long running live and club promotions, including the legendary Blow Up club Established 1993 - present www.blowup.co.uk , and the Record label Blowup Records.
****ATTENTION BANDS...IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT US PLEASE EMAIL BLOW UP at bookings at blowupmetro.com*** include a link to your myspace, and any relevant details (where you have played, when you are looking to play, expected audience numbers, etc.)
We are currently not using the myspace messaging service.
Who I'd like to meet: Fresh Bands with an edge. Send us a message or if you want to send us a demo click here!
BILLY CHILDISH LIVE INTERVIEW/AUDIENCE Q&A, AND PERFORMANCE BY BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE... FOLLOWED BY CLUB BEAT HAPPENING FROM 12AM, WITH BEAT HAPPENING DJS SPINNING GARAGE ROCK, R N' B, AND PUNK CLASSICS TIL 4AM!
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Hi! we are Nebulosa a pop-rock band from Naples (Italy) we we are palnning to be in london over the summer of 2009 . and we would like to know if we could maybe perform at your club!..we dont have such places in italy like your club so we would be very excited and full of energy to do so! on our myspace page (www. myspace. com..nebulosaofficial) you will see some live shows that we have done in teh past!if you would like to know anything else, please feel free to contact us!we are ready to meet your expectations and sing in english
