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The Rock Weekender!
Join us on all 3 of our scheduled London area rock and roll tours as a “Big Weekend of ROCK” all for a Special Price! Combine our Rock Roots and Beatle Films’ day, ‘Monsters of Rock’ day and our ‘Pink Floyd’ day to make it a rock weekend to remember!
Special Cost: $300 USD per adult - that’s a savings of $80 bucks!
Departure point for each Rock Day: Original Tour Visitor Centre 17-19 Cockspur Street, Trafalgar Square, London SW1Y 5BL (Nearest Tube: Charing Cross OR Piccadilly Circus)
NOTE: Tour rate includes 3 days of fully guided rock tours. Accommodation, meals, beverages and whatever get’s you through the night is not included in this package. Accommodation, transfers and other optional features are available for a supplemental fee.
This tour operates April - October only.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY
DAY 1 - Friday Rock Roots and Beatles Films Who Knew the Suburbs could be so cool!
Departure times: 09.30 Return Time: approximately 18.00
To the west of London lie suburbs and small towns where British Rock was nurtured, growing out of such bands as the Yardbirds (Clapton, Page, Beck), The Rolling Stones and The Who. Later the same places gave birth to Queen, The Sex Pistols and contemporary bands such as Jamiroquai and The Magic Numbers. Unsurprisingly, as the TV and film studios are situated out west, the region was the locations for Beatle films. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, ‘Help’, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ and the original Ed Sullivan show film clip. This fantastic day takes you to the Crawdaddy, Eel Pie Island, the Ealing Blues Club sites. You’ll see where the Stones started, Jagger & Richards’ homes and other related sites. ‘Who’ fans get the lot! Homes, early gigs sites, schools! There’s excitement for Queen, Led Zep and Sex Pistol fans. And Beatle fanatics can get themselves in a host of immediately recognisable film locations with lunch (not included in the price) at the pub used in Ringo’s ‘runaway’ sequences in ‘A Hard day’s Night’. Adding to the day, you’ll be seeing a stately home, taking a historic riverside walk and some interesting English towns not normally on the regular tourist routes.
DAY 2 - Saturday Free day in London
You are free to do as you wish in the Capitol, spoilt for choice! We are happy to assist you with making arrangements: do the hop-on/hop-off bus, go to a rock museum exhibit, jump on the party bus this evening or get tickets for a gig! Whatever your choice, we’re here to help! (Our advice is free. Cost of other tickets isn’t included in the Weekend Rock package rate.) Check out our London Tours page for some ideas.
Some other ideas? Well, how about hunting for rare vinyl, or CDs, or hunting for rock books and posters at one of the city’s many rare record shops, at Portobello Road, or Camden Town flea markets? Or shop for the very latest street fashions along the King’s Road, or the East End’s Brick Lane. Perhaps lunch at the Rolling Stones ‘Sticky Fingers’ restaurant, or a burger at the world’s first Hard Rock Café, and then a visit to their memorabilia vault to see Hendrix’s ‘Flying Gibson’?
In the evening, London’s top venues include the O2, The Jazz Café, Astoria, Hammersmith Apollo, the famed 100 Club and may, many pubs that feature live music. IT’S YOUR DAY!
DAY 3 - Sunday Monsters of Rock Day Combining our Morning and Afternoon London Rock tours!
Departure time: 09.00 Return Time: approx 17.15
SUMMER of LOVE TOUR...Central & North London including Soho, Camden, Highgate, Hampstead and Primrose Hill Visiting the London neighbourhoods of Soho, Camden, Hampstead, Muswell Hill, Highgate and Islington, our morning tour takes you back to the late 60s and the particularly the ‘Summer of Love’. Sites include the Soho underground clubs and studios such as the UFO and Marquee, the famed Camden Roundhouse, the ‘14 Hour Technicolour Dream’ site, early Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Kinks and Beatle sites, including Paul and Ringo’s homes and offices. Amongst many highlights, you’ll see where Hendrix first burned his guitar and the Beatles entertained their fan club at Christmas, the only place the Doors played in the UK, where Bill Haley and The Comets made rock history, ‘Tin Pan Alley’, and Joe Meek’s studio (where Jimmy page cut his first record). Other legendry names featured include Rod Stewart, The Clash, Madness, Oasis, Boy George, and contemporary acts such as Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse. This tour takes you though some of London’s most historic neighbourhood and you get great views of the city from surrounding hill-top vantage points!
CLASSIC ROCK & BEATLES TOUR HIPPIES, PUNKS, MODS, RASTAS...Almost Six Decades of Rock & Roll History including the neighborhoods of Notting Hill, Kensington, St Johns Wood & Chelsea Classic rock all the way – and spanning nearly 60 years of rock history! Over 75 major rock sites en-route! Swinging 60’s and Psychadelia, Mods, Punk, Heavy Metal, reggae and Beatles, Beatles, Beatles! It’s all here. Touring through the pretty neighbourhoods of Chelsea, Kensington, Notting Hill Gate and St John’s Wood, you’ll see homes of the stars (Page, Barrett, Jagger, Ringo, Hendrix, McCartney and more), famed gig, club and studio sites, locations of album sleeves, the Stones ‘Sticky Fingers’ restaurant /museum, management and record company offices. Cream, Pink Floyd, Clapton, Bowie, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Bee Gees, Sex Pistols, Geldof, Clash, Bob Marley; all take a bow along with a few contemporary celebs! Add a host of Beatle related sites, including your walk across the Abbey Road crossing and you have the chart topping tour! Free transfer offered back to ‘Sticky Fingers’ for those wanting to eat after the tour!
DAY 4 - Monday Pink Floyd Day, A Tale of Two Cities Cambridge and London
Departure time: 08.30 Return Time: approximately 18.00
Pink Floyd were a band of two cities; the ancient, medieval university city of Cambridge, and the UK’s capital of London. This great tour combines the two and gives you a chance to see one of England’s most attractive and historic cities and parts of London you otherwise not see, while exploring the Floyd’s heritage. You’ll see the early homes of Gilmour, Waters and Barrett, their schools and colleges, early gigs sites, ‘Granchester Meadows’, and Syd’s last home. While seeing these you’ll also be getting a guided tour of the historic city and university! Then to London where this afternoon you’ll see such sites as the Britannia Row recording studio, the school that provided the kids choir on the ‘The Wall’, the Regent’s Street Poly where the band was formed, various of the band’s London houses, legendary gig sites and Abbey Road Studios. During the day you get the full history of the band from your knowledgeable guide and, of course, a day listening to rare, obscure and well-known Floyd music!
This afternoon you can either return to London with your tour guide or, if you prefer, spend more time independently exploring Cambridge and catch the train back to London (we can book your ticket for you but the cost of the rail ticket is not included in your package price. A one way fare costs approximately GBP10.)
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Want to combine the London Rock tours with a visit North to Liverpool, Beatle homeland, and see the Cavern Club, the boys' family homes, Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, the superb 'Beatles Story' and a host of other related sites? Join us for the Beatles Liverpool via Rail tour! This tour runs each weekday, so a great choice for the Thursday before or Tuesday after the BIG Weekender!
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want...or can you?!
We can also arrange a special private tour focusing on your favorite band, a 'dedicated' Rock (half or full) day! If you have a group with a special interest - the Rolling Stones, Queen, 'Swingin Sixties' London, Hippie London, Punk Rock etc.- we can develop a London tour dedicated to this interest for you. Please contact us for details.
“Just wanted to follow up with you after the tour! We just got home on Sunday from our holiday, and the London portion of our trip was definitely one of the highlights!! I really, REALLY enjoyed our Clash/Joe tour of London. Damon was great, and really tried to help us see everything we wanted to see...he definitely tried to get us to all of our most important sites (and even threw in a few Jimi Hendrix and Beatles spots for good measure!) Thanks for all of your help in setting this up! I had a BLAST.”
*Heather Mendoza, Custom Clash/Joe Strummer’s London Tour
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Rock fans - if you’ve got the time, then we’ve got the tour for you! What a great way for rock fans to spend some time in the United Kingdom! *C'mon Everybody! Rock & Roll England and Wales 2010 is a year of many anniversaries in rock and roll history - join us as we celebrate the greats including all of the London sites, Liverpool, Cambridge, Wales and much more! Departure dates link with various musical events across Britain.
It’s only rock & roll but we like it!
These tours are operated by Access All Areas (GB)!
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