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The Old Blue Last is a legendary pub and live venue in Shoreditch, East London brought to you by the people at Vice - a magazine for hip young things with its HQ in NYC. "This is a venue known for endorsing modish bands of tomorrow" so says The Independent and music mag NME can't help but agree calling it the coolest pub in the world. The venue has two floors, the pub and the small upstairs room where the Arctic Monkeys and the like play intimate gigs before they become the stuff of legend. The pub hosts different nights which range from fun bouncy pop to punk parties, indie swag hipster nights to dirty drum and base as well as Vice magazine launch parties. The jukebox, supplied by Rough Trade, offers a great selection of albums leading The Times to label it the best in Britain. In the live room upstairs most nights are free and even the ticketed gigs rarely cost more than a fiver. When Vice first started here in 2004 the place was pretty grotty but it has benefited from a facelift in 2010 with those famously revolting toilets replaced, more floor space created and new sound systems put in. Still, that doesn't mean you'll avoid getting beer sloshed over you in the course of a lively night out at The Old Blue LastThe Old Blue Last events
Extra Life, Gum Takes Tooth, Playlounge
TIMES 8pm-12midnight PRICING adv £6
Experimental pop and rock by the New York-based outfit.
Tempa T, Mmoths, Solar Bears
TIMES 8pm-1am PRICING Free
Grime by London-based MC, Nicky Nyarko-Dei.
Sepuku, Hybris, Desolator, Disfago
TIMES 8pm-2am PRICING Free
Death and thrash metal band from London.
Hackney Working Girls Club
TIMES 8pm-2am PRICING Free
Brown Brogues and PINS spin punk, electro and disco.
Snap Crackle & Pop 5th Birthday
TIMES 8pm-4am PRICING Free
D/R/U/G/S, Filthy Boy, O Children, Mens Adventures, Le Pecheur and guests supply electronica and indie.
Tera Melos, Tangled Hair, Rosa Valle, Axes
TIMES 8pm-12midnight PRICING £6
An alt rock melange by the band from Sacramento.
Pikachunes
TIMES 8pm-1am PRICING Free
Electropop by Christchurch-based artist, Miles McDougall.
Bear Driver, Beat The Radar, Nightflights
TIMES 8pm-2am PRICING Free
The London-based six-piece plays indie-pop
Jack Lesser Lewis' Awkward Energy, The Middle Ones
TIMES 8pm-12midnight PRICING £6
The American singer-songwriter and musician leads his lo-fi indie-pop and alt folk outfit.
Dignan Porch, Shinies, Slowcoaches, Best Friends
TIMES 8pm-1am PRICING Free
Alt rock by the London-based band.
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42 Great Eastern Street, London, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 1 minute from The Old Blue Last
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4 Luke Street, London, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 1 minute from The Old Blue Last
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104-108 Curtain Road, London, Shoreditch, London EC2A | 2 minutes from The Old Blue Last
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