The Jericho Tavern is a music venue and pub in the Jericho area of Oxford, England, at 56 Walton Street. In the late 1980s and early 1990s it was an important part of the music scene which produced Ride, Radiohead, and Supergrass.
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| Coordinates | 51°45′35″N 1°15′59″W / 51.7598°N 1.2664°W |
History
editRadiohead performed at the Jericho Tavern in 1986 under the name On A Friday.[1] Supergrass secured a record deal after performing a gig there in 1994.[2] Other bands to have performed at the Jericho include Ride,[3] Bastille, Summer Camp, Tennis, Bombay Bicycle Club, Palma Violets, Lianne La Havas, Savages, James Vincent McMorrow, Ben Howard, Foals and Chad Valley.[4]
The Jericho Tavern was bought out in the 1990s by the Firkin chain. It became part of the Scream pub chain, then was restored to a music venue in 2005. Along with several other Oxford pubs, it is now owned by Mitchells & Butlers.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Radiohead, Foals and 25 years of discovering Oxford music - BBC News". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
It meant he saw Ride's first public gig at the Jericho Tavern. "People came in as they were sound-checking and were applauding. They were stunning. They blew the place apart. "Everything suddenly went mad, word got out, and they got rave reviews in the NME and Melody Maker."
- ^ "BBC - Top of the Pops 2 - Top 5". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
that was ok because a gig at the Jericho Tavern in 1994 was replete with a veritable herd of slavering record company A&Rs
- ^ Barnaby, Julianna. "Jericho Tavern Restored - News - The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper". www.oxfordstudent.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ Parkinson, Hannah Jane (1 April 2014). "The gig venue guide: The Jericho Tavern, Oxford". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ "Jericho Tavern - The Oxford Guide". oxford.openguides.org. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
- ^ "The Jericho Oxford - Terms and conditions". The Jericho. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
The Jericho is a trading name of Mitchells & Butlers Leisure Retail Limited