Amersham Arms
Location | 388 New Cross Rd, Lewisham, London, SE14 |
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The Amersham Arms is a pub and music venue located at 388 New Cross Road, in the New Cross area of the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London.
History
A pub of that name has been present on New Cross Road since at least the 1850s, and from the 1920s to the 1940s was known as the Amersham Hotel.[1][2][3]
On 23 October 1954 it was the venue for the first big meeting of the local Anglo Caribbean Association and Club, a group set up by Windrush era West Indian migrants to provide practical support and social activities, as well as organise against racism.[4]
By the 1960s the pub was a venue for jazz concerts.[5]
Suede performed an early concert at the pub on 12 February 1992, with Brett Anderson remembering only one person in attendance.[6] Menswear and Bush performed there on separate occasions in 1994.
Other acts to perform there in the 1990s include Squeeze, Daisy Chainsaw, Sepultura, Gene and Spearmint.[7]
Chas and Dave performed there twice in 2007, with Wilko Johnson also playing the same year. Jonathan Richman performed there in 2010.[8][9]
In the late 2000s and early 2010s it was a regular venue for the UK independent rock, grime, and dubstep scenes, as well as occasional international touring acts. Acts like The XX, Sea Power, Art Brut, These New Puritans, Wild Beasts, Foals, Holy Fuck, Liars, No Age, Hudson Mohawke, Skepta, Wiley, Benga, and Kode9 all performed there.[7]
In 2014 ex-The Libertines guitarist and singer Carl Barât held auditions for musicians to join his new band in the pub.[10]
A long-running comedy night named Happy Mondays runs there fortnightly. Comedians to have performed at the night include Stewart Lee, Cardinal Burns, Russell Howard, Shaparak Khorsandi, Andy Parsons, Andi Osho, Arthur Smith, Sarah Millican, Greg Davies, Milton Jones, Dane Baptiste, Robin Ince, and Al Murray.[11]
References
- ^ Heseltine, Ralph (12 April 2023). "The pub that has helped Lewisham party since the 1850s". East London Lines. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Harry Murch Bed for Caxton Home". Newspaper World. 1929.
- ^ "A.R.O Metropolitan Sub-Areas Annual Meetings". The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review. 1941.
- ^ Brown, Wilmoth George (1999). Windrush to Lewisham: Memoirs of 'Uncle George'. Mango Publishing. ISBN 9781902294070.
- ^ "Jazz Club Guide". Jazz Music. Vol. 11. 1960.
- ^ Anderson, Brett (2018). Coal Black Mornings. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4087-1047-0.
- ^ a b "Songkick Gigography". Songkick. 22 April 1993.
- ^ Allen, Carl (2016). London Gig Venues. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 9781445658209.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576.
- ^ Michaels, Sean (14 February 2014). "Carl Barât receives over 1,000 applications for band auditions". The Guardian.
- ^ "Amersham Arms". Time Out. 30 October 2014.
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