The 76 Club was a nightclub in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. During the 1970s and 1980s, the club featured appearances by well-known emerging rock bands. In 1976, the Sex Pistols recorded their live album Anarchy in the UK: Live at the 76 Club. Other bands that performed at the club include AC/DC, Dire Straits, Judas Priest, Motörhead, Skid Row, Suzi Quatro, Thin Lizzy, and Ultravox.
History 76 High Street, Burton-on-Trent, began its musical life in the late 1950 when the Mocambo Snack Bar and Café opened to provide refreshment for those walking the long walk from the shopping centre to Wetmore Road bus station (and elsewhere). It soon became popular with the emerging groups of teenagers in the town.
By 1960, local entrepreneur Gordon Band ran three business in the town centre offering food and music: the Harlequin Snack Bar at 21/22 Station Street, the Mocambo Snack Bar and Café at 76 High Street, and the Cambo Club in premises behind the High Street café. On 1 December 1960 the club reopened transformed into the 76 Club, and at some time later in the High Street café became The Jolly Fryer fish and chip shop.
Concerts (selected) + Date Musician(s) Tour Note 1972 concerts 15 September Skid Row -- -- 1973 concerts 26 January Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy tour 1973 -- 1975 concerts 29 March Fumble -- -- 3 May Judas Priest -- -- 1976 concerts 6 August AC/DC UK & Europe Summer Tour -- 24 September Sex Pistols -- Left in the form of album Anarchy in the UK: Live at the 76 Club 1977 concerts 20 January Motörhead England 1977 -- 1978 concerts 23 June Dire Straits Dire Straits Tour -- 1979 concerts 13 April Simple Minds Life In A Day Tour -- 1980 concerts 20 March The Lambrettas -- -- 6 June Girlschool -- -- 22 August White Spirit -- -- 5 September Diamond Head Sweet and Innocent Tour -- See also Friday Night Live Bands 1971 to 1977 Facebook "The 76 Club - Burton On Trent"
The Revival
Following the success of the 76 Club 50th Anniversary Reunion at Burton upon Trent Town Hall in November 2011, the 76 Club brand 're-formed' the following January 2012, promoting local gigs through its presence on social media, principally Facebook.
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