Beatles London Rock tours

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Discover Monumental Rock Landmarks throughout a London you'd not otherwise see, and hear the stories, gossip and trivia that make Rock 'n' Roll what it is! Many of the world's greatest bands and musicians began here, while others played, partied or, unfortunately, died in London! From Abba and the Animals, to the Zombies and Zappa; and every letter of the alphabet in-between covered.

It's Beatles, Beatles, Beatles to satisfy the most ardent fan and Bowie, Bush, Blur, Clapton, Cream, Cliff, Clash, Doherty, Dylan, Damned, Elton Fame, Faces, Geldof, Hendrix, Hawkwind, Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Lennox, Madness, Marley, Madonna, Oasis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Sting, Suede, Rod Stewart, Who, Wham! Weller, Yardbirds and Yes, yes, yes! We will rock you!

They are all here. And with five big decades of Rock history to discover, every street, every neighbourhood, every venue has a tale to tell. From Beatniks and Teddy Boys, to Mods and Hippies. From Punks to Rastas. From Heavy Metal to Heart Throbs!

Venues big and small, star's homes, apartments and death sites, recording studios, trashed hotels, album covers, film and video locations, sites of famed drug busts, management company offices, secret rehearsal sites, boutiques, and many, many more monumental rock landmarks!

This tour covers Chelsea, Kensington, Holland Park, Notting Hill Gate, St John's Wood, Marylebone and the West End.

We're touring sites that made the 'Sixties' swinging! See the boutiques, pubs and clubs that made a decade and inspired hundreds of well-known lyrics. For Beatle fans, there's Brian Epstein's flat, Ringo's Kings Road apartment, John and Yoko's first home, Paul's current London home, the studio where the St Pepper's cover was shot, Apple Office and boutique, EMI, Mason's Yard, where the 'Mop Tops' the played their last ever live gig and lots more other Beatle and related landmarks. And, YES, you do get to walk across that famed ABBEY ROAD crossing!

The tour also covers where Geldof conceived Band Aid and Live Aid, where and how the Sex Pistols was formed, the Clash's neighbourhood, also home to Bob Marley. There are heaps of sites to please Pink Floyd fans. We pass the homes of Freddie Mercury, Bowie, Bolan, Jimmy Page, Macca, Clapton, Van Morrison, to name a few and see where Jimi Hendix died. You never know who you might see in passing! For Stones fans there's the legendary Edith Grove apartment, various of Jagger's houses, the 'Sticky Fingers' restaurant. All this plus studios, record company offices, gig sites, secluded hotels favoured by the stars, album cover locations and story, after story, after story from your informed rock guide.

This tour covers Rock landmarks in bohemian Soho and the north London neighbourhoods of Camden Town, Hampstead Village and Heath, Highgate, Muswell Hill, Archway and Islington.

You'll see Macca's Golden Disc covered office and the flat where he wrote 'Yesterday', Ringo's Hampstead house, and the only flat shared by all Fab Four.

Then, there's Madness' Camden Town and Chalk Farm, the famed 'Tin Pan Alley', the Kinks' Muswell Hill 'shrine', and Rod Stewart's family home and school. See where the Floyd's cut 'The Wall'. We'll pass Boy George, George Michael and Sting's homes. See where Jimmy Page cut his first disc, where Joe Meek killed his landlady and where The Clash cut 'London Calling'. Gig sites and clubs include the legendary UFO, Klooks Kleek, the Rainbow, Marquee, 100 Club, Roxy, Ronnie Scotts, Roundhouse and Hope and Anchor.

Other sites covered on this fantabulous tour relate to the Police, Rod Stewart, Bonzo Dog Doh Dah Band, Graham Bond, Elton John, The Clash, Alexis Corner, Ginger Baker, Fairport Convention, Bob Dylan, Eurythmics, and more modern icons such as Amy Winehouse and Coldplay. Note: this tour does NOT go to Abbey Road. You need our afternoon tour for that site.

Tour 3 - Monsters of Rock

London Calling! Depending on your age, this is either a chance to wallow in glorious nostalgia, or grab an 'education' in Rock myths and history. Have those lyrics come alive and make the London connection. This is a combination of both the morning and afternoon tours with time in the middle to eat or have a beer at the Hard Rock Café and visit its legendary memorabilia vault.

Morning Section
This tour covers Rock landmarks in bohemian Soho and the north London neighbourhoods of Camden Town, Hampstead Village and Heath, Highgate, Muswell Hill, Archway and Islington.

You'll see Macca's Golden Disc covered office and the flat where he wrote 'Yesterday', Ringo's Hampstead house, and the only flat shared by all Fab Four.

Afternoon Section
This tour covers Chelsea, Kensington, Holland Park, Notting Hill Gate, St John's Wood, Marylebone and the West End.

Pink Floyd were a band of two cities - the ancient, medieval university city of Cambridge, and the UK’s capital of London. Band members Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Roger Gilmour were raised in Cambridge, and many of their Cambridge friends, including girlfriends, roadies and album cover designers Storm Thorgerson and ‘Po’ Powell, became part of the Pink Floyd extended creative family. In London they met up with Nick Mason and Rick Wright, while students, and here they forged the unique Pink Floyd sound against the backdrop of the late ‘60’s counter-culture and succeeding decades.

This great tour combines the two and gives you a chance to see one of England’s most attractive and historic cities and parts of London you’d otherwise not see, while exploring the Floyd’s heritage. In Cambridge you’ll see the early homes of Gilmour, Waters and Barrett, their schools and colleges, early gig sites and important reference points like ‘Granchester Meadows’ and Syd’s last home. You’ll also be getting a guided tour of the historic city and university! Then to London where, this afternoon, in neighbourhood such as Notting Hill Gate, Islington, Hampstead and Highgate, you’ll see such sites as the Floyd’s own Britannia Row studios, the school that provided the schoolkids choir on ‘The Wall’, the Regents Street Polytechnic where the band was formed, various band member’s London homes, the famed ‘Animals’ front cover location, ‘Ally Pally’ and UFO club sites, and Abbey Road recording studios!

During the day you get the full history of the band from your knowledgeable rock guide and, of course, a day listening to rare, obscure and well-known Floyd music.

To the west of London lie suburbs and small towns where British Rock was nurtured - Shepherds Bush, Richmond, Ealing, Twickenham.

This tour covers some outer London neighbourhoods and county of Surrey, London's answer to the Mississippi Delta! Electric blues was born here! Climb aboard the Magic Bus, fans of the Who, Stones, Beatles, Marc Bolan, Yardbirds and Queen! We'll see where the Who started, their homes, their first gig sites, centres of Mod culture and where they practised performing 'Tommy' (in Charlie Chaplin's old home!). You'll visit the art college attended by Pete Townsend, Art Wood and Freddie Mercury. Beatles fans; you're put in the picture! We visit the location of Ed Sullivan Show's legendary 'Paperback Writer' shoot, you see a dozen instantly recognisable locations from 'Hard Day's Night' and 'Help!'.

We'll have lunch (cost not included) in the pub featured in the first, see the famous 'four doors' from the second, and follow Ringo's footsteps along the Thames. Stones fans, 'get yer yaya's out'! We're visiting the Crawdaddy Club and the fabled Ealing Blues Club, seeing Jagger's Richmond home location, where Mick's dad taught and the pub where Charlie Watts regularly plays drums. These suburbs also produced the Yardbirds (Beck, Page and Clapton) and saw a young Eric learn his trade at Eel Pie Island. You'll also see where Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott lived and died, and where Glam Rocker Marc Bolan met an untimely death. Then there's David Gilmore's houseboat studio, the famous Ealing and Twickenham film studios, and coming up to date, we'll see where Jamiroquai and more recently, the Magic Numbers were street buskers. Altogether, this is a great day, taking you into the gardens of Stately Homes, historic and pretty Thames side villages and to see a wide variety of sites to interest both the hard core classic rock fan and the long-suffering partner!

Combine all of our London and regional tours to make an unforgetable weekend of rock'n'roll excess! Can't promise you the sex and drugs but we can promise you the rock'n'roll!

Friday
The Opening Act: full-day tour
The weekend kicks-off with the Rock Roots, Stones Sites and Beatle Films tour. Legendary bands, unforgettable sites and a real rock education!

Saturday
The Support Act: Today, you get a free day to explore London. What would a rock fan enjoy? Well, how about hunting for rare vinyl, or CDs, or hunting for rock books and posters at one of the city’s many rare record shops, at Portobello Road, or Camden Town flea markets? Or shop for the very latest street fashions along the King’s Road, or the EAST End’s Brick Lane. Perhaps lunch at the Rolling Stones ‘Stick Fingers’ restaurant, or a burger at the world’s first Hard Rock Café, and then a visit to their memorabilia vault to see Hendrix’s ‘Flying Gibson’?

Then, this evening, take in a concert at one of London’s top venues like the O2, The Jazz Café, Astoria, or Hammersmith Apollo, or take a chance and see who might be on at the famed 100 Club or one of the many pubs that feature live music.

Sunday
Top of the bill! On the road again! Today you join the full-day ‘Monsters of Rock’ tour. Lots of Beatles, Beatles, Beatles and a whole lot more 'British Invasion'! ♪ I see a red door and I want it painted black ♪

Monday
Joint Top of the bill! Pink Floyd’s Cambridge full–day tour. Your chance to see one of the UK’s prettiest and most historic cities. This morning you get the Pink Floyd tour, which includes seeing all their childhood homes, schools, gigs sites and places around the city that inspired their music and lyrics. This afternoon you can either return to London with your tour guide or spend more time independently exploring Cambridge and catch the train back to London (ticket cost not included in your price).

Thursday or Tuesday Encore!
Then add a day in Liverpool, catching the train from London to see the Beatles home town!

Your day starts with a relaxing train journey to the historic Beatle City of Liverpool, chosen as the European Capital of Culture 2008.

Arriving at Liverpool Lime Street, you'll have time to explore this Victorian City - the Albert Dock beautifully restored dock warehouses housing the Merseyside Maritime Museum, the Tate Liverpool art gallery, and bars, cafes, restaurants, shops and other unique attractions. It’s also where you’ll find The Beatles Story, where you re-live the Fab Four's life and times in recreations of Matthew Street and the Cavern Club, the hysteria of Beatlemania and that last great appearance on the Apple rooftop!

You have to explore the nearby Cavern Quarter, especially, of course, the Cavern Club, where the lads played 292 times, and pubs where the ‘Moptops’ actually drank during the early 60s. As part of your package you also get a round trip ticket to take the famed 'Ferry across the Mersey'. The Beatles played on this ferry which Gerry and the Pacemakers immortalized in song!

This afternoon you take the famed 'Magical Mystery Tour' - a two-hour tour showing you round all the landmarks in the lives of the Fab Four Beatles including their homes, schools, and birthplaces, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and many other significant spots.

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