The Bag O'Nails
Live music club and meeting place for musicians in Soho, London, England
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The Bag O'Nails was a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, England.[1]
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London, W1
United Kingdom
The Bag | |
The Bag O'Nails Club in its second incarnation as a private members' club, 2017 | |
 Interactive map of The Bag O'Nails | |
| Address | Kingly Street London, W1 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51.512361°N 0.13889°W |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Type | Private members nightclub, live music venue |
| Public transit |  Oxford Circus; Piccadilly Circus |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Closed | 1968 (re-opened 2013) |
History
Bands and other musicians who played and socialised there included Georgie Fame, Jimi Hendrix, Bobby Tench, the Gass[2] and Eric Burdon.[3] The venue also hosted an early gig by the Jimi Hendrix Experience,[4] and others who frequented the venue include Tom Jones, the Who and the Animals.[5]
After the Beatles' recording sessions in London, their roadie Mal Evans, personal assistant Neil Aspinall and Paul McCartney would eat at The Bag O'Nails[6] and it was one of their favourite venues.[7] McCartney met his future wife Linda Eastman at the club on 15 May 1967;[4] Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues met his future wife Ann Marie Guirron there as well.[8] Another event is recorded in Mal Evans's memoirs: "January 19 and 20: I ended up drunk in The Bag O'Nails with McCartney and Aspinall".[9] Mireille Strasser met Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) at The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967. They married on 5 November 1968.
The Bag O'Nails re-opened as a private members' club in March 2013,[10] before closing in 2018.[11] It is now the site of a members' club called The Court.[11]