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FEBRUARY 6 MARKS WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REGGAE STAR BOB MARLEY’S 75TH BIRTHDAY. HIS SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THESE LOCATIONS, WRITES
NO TRAVEL? No cry. You can find memories of Bob Marley much closer to home.
In 1977, the singer spent a stint living in London when he and The Wailers finished recording their album, Exodus.
He referred to his Chelsea home at 42 Oakley Street as a “second base”, and would often play football with his bandmates in Battersea Park before heading to the studio until the early hours.
Last October, English Heritage honoured the artist with a Blue Plaque outside his former home.
Recipients of the prestigious commemorations are nominated by members of the public, although there must be sufficient proof they lived at a particular address.
In Marley’s case, the strongest piece of evidence was a court record detailing his possession of cannabis alongside his bassist Aston Barrett.
IBIZA – HIS ROCK STAR BED
The Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, left, and right is the Blue Plaque erected outside the house where Bob Marley lived in Chelsea, London
IT’S not often you get to tuck under a music star’s duvet.
At the Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza, however, it’s possible to overnight in a room where the idol once slept.
Marley visited the Spanish party island with The Wailers in 1978 to play a concert, and stayed in a hotel on Playa d’en Bossa – taken over years later by the Hard Rock team.
Along with memorabilia relating to the singer, the Rock Suite features amenities worthy of any modern day superstar: a claw foot bathtub, a king Chromotherapy-illuminated bed, videogames console and a 10-metre terrace overlooking the Med.
The Suite costs from £469 per night with breakfast.
Visit hrhibiza.com for more details.