The Building Society, a new 60-capacity saloon-bar discotheque at the legendary Stag pub, welcomes acclaimed clubnight Des Was a Bowie Fan for a new monthly residency.
Indiepop, new wave, post-punk, 60s Pop, Motown and Northern Soul dancing, with the glimmer and shimmer of wild cat rock'n'roll.
The Shangri-Las to The Smiths, Candi Staton to The Cure, Brigitte Bardot to Belle and Sebastian, Roy Orbison to The Raincoats, Little Richard to Little Eva, Dusty Springfield to Depeche Mode, Jackie Wilson to Joy Division, Jimmy Ruffin to David Bowie. 8pm till midnight.
"One of London's best indie / soul clubs" - NME
Expect to hear: Dexys Midnight Runners * Pulp * Prince * Belle and Sebastian * Billy Fury * Brigitte Bardot * The Beatles * Candi Staton * Dusty Springfield * Depeche Mode * Blondie * Billy Idol * The Smiths * Serge Gainsbourg * Suede * The Ramones * The Ronettes * Jackie Wilson * Joy Division * B52’s * The Shangri-Las * Shop Assistants * Aztec Camera * Ash * The Undertones * Jimmy Ruffin * David Bowie * Talking Heads * T-Rex * Jonathan Richman * The Rolling Stones * The Jesus and Mary Chain * The Four Tops * The Supremes * Echo and the Bunnymen * The Cure * Carter USM * Chemtrails * The Fall * Roxy Music * Ladytron * Fire Engines * The Buzzcocks * Bronski Beat * Elvis Costello * Elvis Presley * New Order * The Pixies * Johnny Cash * Roy Orbison * Del Shannon * Veronica Falls * Martha Reeves and the Vandellas * The Magnetic Fields * The Jam * The Just Joans * The Beach Boys * Pet Shop Boys * The Field Mice * Camera Obscura * Television Personalities * Tullycraft * Felt * France Gall * Broder Daniel * Belinda Carlisle * The Go Go’s * Orange Juice * The Indelicates * Manic Street Preachers * Mary Wells * Kim Weston * The Wolfhounds * Sister Wynonna Carr * Sonic Youth * Sister Rosetta Tharpe * Slowdive * Ducks Ltd. * Frank Wilson * Ritchie Valens * Vic Godard & the Subway Sect * The Velvelettes * The Velvet Underground and more
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Des Was a Bowie Fan is a clubnight founded in 2013 at the Tutu's nightclub on London's Strand. It has since played out residencies at East End venues Jamboree, The George Tavern and Paper Dress Vintage, as well as on the West End’s famous Denmark Street at The Alleycat club and Edinburgh’s Henry’s Cellar Bar, creating feral Pop dancing havens for lovers and dreamers young and old. Guest DJs at the club in its London carnation have included Eddie Argos of Art Brut, Darren Hayman of John Peel favourites Hefner, and feminist author and post-punk musician Helen McCookerybook. It is Wales' 600th most successful export across the bridge, coming in just after Shakin' Stevens' autobiography.