Liverpool Empire
Grid reference: SJ350906
Co-ordinates: 335005, 390673
Bearing: E
The Empire Theatre opened in 1925. It's the largest theatre in the
city, and the largest two-tiered theatre in the UK.
The first 'real' rock gig I ever went to was here. Me and some
friends came here in October 1980 to see Hawkwind play on their Levitation
tour (supported by Vardis, if anyone's interested).
It was quite a rare event, in that it was one of the few gigs on
that tour which was played by the line-up which had featured on the
album. Ginger Baker (drums) and Tim Blake (keyboards) left the band
part-way through the tour. I still have the programme somewhere...
Ah! Here it is:
© Nigel Stapley