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The Coventry Rocks Music Tour, some of the places we visit
Coventry Cathedral, Duke Ellington, King and Tangerine Dream all played
here
Coventry University, Where Horace Panter and Horace Panter (of Specials) &
Pauline black all attended, and where Rat Race Video was filmed
Coventry Stars, set of brass stars that depict famous Coventrians, musicians
among them include Hazel O'Connor, Vince Hill,Specials, Selecter & Pete
Waterman
Site Of Alambra pub, Once owned by Don Fardon of the Sorrows
Old Leofric Hotel, where the Sex Pistols destroyed a room
Site of Tiffany's/Locarno, now a library, once a major venue where all 2-Tone
Bands played, where Chuck Berry recoded his infamous My-Ding-A-Ling and where Led Zepplin continued rocking despite a bomb scare!
Lower Precinct, Site of former Domino Restaurant where Roddy Joined The Specials, and site of MT George, where the Sex\ Pistols played and where The Specials gained a residency as The Coventry Automatics
Virgin Records, Start of Pete Waterman's empire
ArtSpace/Holyhead Youth Club,Where Neville Staple first met The Specials, and where many of the future 2-Tone stars began their interest in music
Belgrade Theatre, Vince Hill and Hazel O'Connor played
at this iconic venue
Site Of Coventry Theatre, The Stones, Bowie, Elton John and the Beatles all played here. The Beatles played twice!!
Golden Cross, Where rock God Gene Simmons asked to buy
the Cathedral spire!
Coventry Cathedral, Where John and Yoko first stepped
out together and came in 1968 to plant their Acorns of
Peace.
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The tour lasts approximately two hours and departs from The Tourist Information Centre, St Michael’s Tower, Old Cathedral Ruins, Priory St, Coventry, CV1 5AB at 11.00am on the following days-
June 4th 10th 16th
July 14th 22nd 26th 28th
August 3rd 5th 11th 19th 25th
September 8th 9th
Tour tickets are only available from The Tourist Information Centre and cost -
Adults £5
Child (under 16 years) £2.50
Child (under 5 years) Free
Family Ticket £12.50 (2 adults, 2 children)
Concessions and Passport to Leisure & Learning £4
Every day (except on Sundays) Coventry Market Cafe offers those on our tour a free tea or coffee during our tour break.