Journal entries about Events

Sixties Happenings - Beatles To Bowie

London’s National Portrait Gallery is celebrating the 50th anniversary since the start of the Sixties with ‘Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed’, an exhibition of 150 photographs of the personalities and groups who made the Sixties swing.
The exhibition, which runs from 15th October 2009 to 24th January 2010 and features over 100 images that [...]

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Colin Richardson’s Memories, Part 5

I was with the London City Agency for about 18 months. I was a new face, but I very quickly got to know all the other agents around the scene.
We booked a lot of bands into Eel Pie Island [in Twickenham] and I used to go down there, especially when the American acts came in. [...]

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Sixties Happenings - The Stones return to Regent Sound

The Rolling Stones will return to Regent Sound in Denmark Street - the studio where they recorded their first album - when Philip Townsend’s exhibition, ‘Sorry You Missed The Sixties’, opens on 28th August. Featuring an intimate collection of early photographs of the band, the exhibition will be housed in Peter Parker’s Rock ‘n’ [...]

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Sixties Happenings - Small Faces Convention

Small Faces fans - in here please! The 2009 Small Faces Convention will be held at the O2 Academy Islington, London N1 (3 minutes from Angel tube station), on Sunday 20th September. Running from 4pm until 11pm, it will feature nine bands, plus some very special guests. One of the highlights will be the Small [...]

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