Blue plaques to mark Bowie studio and first Lennon and Mccartney gig
The studio where David Bowie recorded some of his bestknown albums is getting a blue plaque.
Bowie, who died in January 2016 aged 69, recorded Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory at Trident Studios in Soho, central London.
A shopping arcade and a former hotel in Kent where Bowie’s short-lived band The Manish Boys played, and Hull Paragon station where his backing band The Spiders From Mars embarked on tours, are also getting plaques.
Delia Derbyshire, an electronic music pioneer who helped craft the Doctor Who theme tune, the late broadcaster John Peel and former Pink Floyd star Syd Barrett are also among those being honoured.
The Brighton venue where Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, the Manchester flat where Factory Records was founded and the Fox And Hounds pub in Caversham, Berkshire, where John Lennon and Paul Mccartney played their only gig as The Nerk Twins, are also on the list.
The plaques are being awarded by BBC Local Radio with the British Plaque Trust, to mark people or places that have influenced the musical landscape across the country.
Most of the 47 new blue plaques will be unveiled on Thursday to mark BBC Music Day.