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| Location | Portsmouth |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Wedgewood Rooms |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Website | |
| www.wedgewood-rooms.co.uk | |
The Wedgewood Rooms is an independent live music venue, in Southsea, Portsmouth, England, which hosts both music and comedy events.
It has a capacity of 400 people,[1] and is located on Albert Road in Southsea.[2] Recently it has hosted events from up-and-coming British pop and rock artists, such as You Me At Six, Kasabian, Mercury Prize winners Klaxons, Travis and English Teacher (band). It has also become a favourite venue for artists wishing to play more intimate venues, such as Renegades[3] and Bowling For Soup,[4] as well as one-off / warm-up shows for many bands, including Damon Albarn and Jamie T.[5][6]
The Wedgewood Rooms, also known as 'The Wedge' by locals, regularly hosts local band nights. It also holds comedy, club and tribute nights.
The Edge of the Wedge, a smaller venue to the front to the main Wedgewood Rooms, regularly hosts local acts, smaller alternative acts and DJs.
Performers
Selected international acts
- Albert Hammond Jr.
- Brendan Benson
- Jeff Buckley
- The Brian Jonestown Massacre
- Frank Black
- The Dickies
- Juliette and the Licks
- Kristin Hersh
- The Lemonheads
- Mercury Rev
- Sparklehorse
- Twenty One Pilots
- Vampire Weekend
- Gerard Way - notable for being his first solo show
- CKY
- All Time Low
- Barenaked Ladies
- The Strokes - notable for being their first show in the UK
- The Front Bottoms
- Less Than Jake
- Goldfinger
- Frank Iero and the Patience
- Title Fight
Selected British acts
- The Jesus & Mary Chain
- Death In Vegas
- Ed Harcourt
- Spiritualized
- PJ Harvey
- Yuck
- The Mission
- VANT
- Black Grape
- Catfish and the Bottlemen
- Urban Vocal Group
- Oasis
- Muse
- Gorillaz
- Kasabian
- Primal Scream
- Biffy Clyro
- Editors
- Damon Albarn
- Buzzcocks
- James
- Feeder (also played under their pseudonym name Renegades in 2010)
- Placebo
- Supergrass
- Razorlight
References
- https://www.songkick.com/venues/3501-wedgewood-rooms.
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- "Bowling for Soup give away free lamps – Flecking Records". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- "Archived copy". www.nme.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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