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{{Short description|Music venue in London, England}}
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{{Infobox venue
| name = 100 Club
| logo_image = 100_Club_London_logo.jpg
| image = File:Link Quartet live at 100 Club - 2011.jpg
| caption = [[Link Quartet]] on stage at the 100 Club in 2011
| image_size = 200
| location = [[Oxford Street]]<br />[[London]], [[W postcode area|W1]]
| genre=
| opened = {{Start date and age|1942|df=y}}
| seating_capacity= 350
| owner =
| publictransit = {{rint|london|underground}} {{lus|Tottenham Court Road}}
| website = [http://www.the100club.co.uk/ the100club.co.uk]
}}
The '''100 Club''' is a music venue located at 100 [[Oxford Street]], Westminster, England, where it has been hosting live music since 24 October 1942. It was originally called the '''Feldman Swing Club''', but changed its name when the father of the current owner took over in 1964.<ref name="Ind0910"/>

==Feldman Swing Club==
In 1942, the venue was a restaurant called Macks, which was hired out beginning 24 October every Sunday evening by Robert Feldman at £4 per night to host a jazz club featuring [[swing music]]. The initial line-up of the Feldman Swing Club advertised in ''[[Melody Maker]]'' included [[Frank Weir]], [[Kenny Baker (trumpeter)|Kenny Baker]] and [[Jimmy Skidmore]], with guest artists the Feldman Trio, composed of Feldman's children, including then eight-year-old [[jazz]] drummer [[Victor Feldman]].<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/100-oxford-street-1601342.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/100-oxford-street-1601342.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=100 Oxford Street |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=16 September 1995 |first=Barbara |last=Feldman |access-date=25 September 2010 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The club's clientele included American GIs, who introduced [[jitterbug]] to the club, banned at most other music venues. Patrons included [[Glenn Miller]], who auditioned young Victor Feldman, and the club hosted many top American jazz acts, including [[Mel Powell]], [[Ray McKinley]], [[Art Pepper]], and [[Benny Goodman]]. [[Bebop]] as well as swing was featured. British musicians such as [[Ronnie Scott]] and [[Johnny Dankworth]] performed there. The club became a mecca for black musicians from the British Empire, such as [[Frank Holder (musician)|Frank Holder]], [[Coleridge Goode]] and [[Ray Ellington]].<ref name=Independent/>

The club was eventually taken over by [[Humphrey Lyttelton]]'s manager and, during that period, [[Louis Armstrong]] appeared at the venue. The lease was sold on to Ted Morton, who promoted it as the Jazz Shows Jazz Club. During this period, jazz fan Roger Horton began working at the club and was promoted to manager in 1964.<ref name=Horton> {{cite web |url=https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/intergenerational-jazz-reminiscence/1277040-roger-horton? |title=Intergenerational Jazz Reminiscence: Roger Horton |date=2017 |website=National Jazz Archive |access-date=25 February 2024}}></ref>

==1970s onward==
[[File:StanTracey100ClubLondon 1980s.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Stan Tracey]] performing in the 1980s]]

Following the Trad boom and UK beat scene the club became associated with [[Punk rock]]. In September 1976, the 100 Club played host to the first [[100 Club Punk Festival|international punk festival]], an event which helped to push the then new punk rock movement from the underground into the mainstream. Bands which played at this event included the [[Sex Pistols]], [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[The Clash]], [[Buzzcocks]], [[The Jam]], [[The Stranglers]] and [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]].

Under the promotion of [[Ron Watts (music)|Ron Watts]], the venue then booked punk bands like [[Angelic Upstarts]], [[U.K. Subs]] and [[The Adicts]], as well as, from 1981 onwards, [[hardcore punk]] bands such as [[The Varukers]], [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]], [[Charged GBH]], [[Crass]], [[Picture Frame Seduction]], [[Skrewdriver]], [[English Dogs]], etc. Several live albums were recorded at the club, including one by the Sex Pistols.

On 31 May 1982, [[The Rolling Stones]] played an unannounced show there as a warm-up for their European tour, and returned again on 23 February 1986 to play a tribute show for their recently deceased pianist [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], a concert that was their only live performance between 1982 and 1989.

Other nights would see a range of jazz, rhythm-and-blues and soul groups on the stage, including a "duel" between tenor saxophonists [[Teddy Edwards]] and [[Dick Morrissey]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Teddy Edwards |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1428531/Teddy-Edwards.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=28 April 2003 |author=Obituaries|access-date=25 September 2010 |location=London}}</ref> Other notable jazz musicians, including [[Sonny Stitt]], [[Lee Konitz]] and [[Archie Shepp]], have also appeared at the club.

Manager Roger Horton eventually became a director, and in 1992 took over the ownership, handing it on to his son Jeffrey Horton when he retired in 2001.<ref name=Horton></ref>

==Northern soul==
The 100 Club has been the home to the world longest running [[Northern soul]] all-nighters, the 6t's Rhythm 'n' Soul Club, started by Randy Cozens and Ady Croasdell of Kent Records UK.  The 6t's had their 31st anniversary event on 18 September 2010.

==Modern era==
[[File:The Dodge Brothers at the 100 Club (9711360299).jpg|thumb|The 100 Club stage]]
The decor remains unchanged since the 1970s, although punk bands no longer appear there regularly. Instead there is a busy programme often booked up many months in advance. Occasionally, big-name touring bands will play "secret" or low-key unadvertised gigs there, relying on word of mouth to fill the 350-capacity space. The "Coda Club", a monthly social gathering of jazz musicians from the Feldman Swing Club era, continues to be held.<ref name=Independent/> [[Limelight (classical club night at the 100 Club)|Limelight]] changed the venue's musical genre once again, providing "classical music in a rock'n'roll setting", hosting new or well-established classical artists once a month,<ref>[[Tom Service]], [https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2011/oct/14/classical-music-club-night "Classical music in a rock'n'roll setting? It worked for me"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 October 2011.</ref><!--creating an exciting dynamic between the venue's historic past of excellent artists in punk and jazz with that of classical music--> Since 1988, the London Swing Dance Society have held "Stompin" on Monday nights, a [[swing dancing]] evening with classes and regular live bands.

In 2009 Feldman's Swing Club was named by the [[Brecon Jazz Festival]] as one of 12 venues which had made the most important contributions to jazz music in the United Kingdom, for its contributions in the 1942–1954 period.<ref name="LES0809">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23727267-buckingham-palace-hits-right-note-with-jazz-fans.do |title=Buckingham Palace hits right note with jazz fans |work=[[Evening Standard]]|location=London |date=3 August 2009 |access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref>

In September 2010, it was announced that the 100 Club would close at the end of 2010 owing to continuing losses.<ref name="Ind0910">{{cite news |title=The blues club that can't pay the bills |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-blues-club-that-cant-pay-the-bills-2089113.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-blues-club-that-cant-pay-the-bills-2089113.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=The Independent |date=25 September 2010 |first=Jonathan |last=Brown |access-date=25 September 2010 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="LES0910">{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23880916-closure-threat-to-100-club.do |title=Closure Threat To 100 Club |work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=22 September 2010 |first=Phil |last=Strongman |access-date=25 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925215247/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23880916-closure-threat-to-100-club.do# |archive-date=25 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>"100 Club will close" (spanish) [http://www.cyanmag.com/revista/14/noticias-musica-14/ CYAN mag #14] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113051906/http://www.cyanmag.com/revista/14/noticias-musica-14/ |date=13 November 2010 }} November'10</ref> A campaign was launched, the [[Save The 100 Club Benefit Concert|Save The 100 Club]], to keep the venue open, supported by musicians including [[Paul McCartney]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12022483 | publisher=BBC News | title=Sir Paul McCartney comes to 100 Club's aid | date=17 December 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/100-club-saved-with-a-little-help-from-its-friends-and-a-mystery-sponsor-6549136.html "100 Club saved with a little help from its friends and a mystery sponsor"], ''Evening Standard'', 21 December 2010.</ref> and in February 2011 a partnership with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] subsidiary [[Converse (shoe company)|Converse]] was arranged, enabling the 100 Club to remain open.<ref>{{cite web|author= Sean Michaels|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/15/100-club-saved-converse |title=100 Club saved by Converse deal |work=The Guardian |date=15 February 2011|access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref>Adam Bychawski, [http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/54957 "London's 100 Club saved by Converse sponsorship"], ''[[NME]]'', 14 February 2011.</ref>
DEF Digby were the first band to play at the venue in 2012.

Recent acts to headline The 100 Club include [[Shame (band)|Shame]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/events/shame/|title=SHAME|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[Alice Cooper]], [[Fat White Family]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/events/fat-white-family/|title=FAT WHITE FAMILY|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> Black Midi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/2018/09/black-midi-puma-blue-and-more-to-play-fred-perrys-all-day-party/|title=Black Midi, Puma Blue and more to play Fred Perry's all-day party|date=2018-09-28|website=Crack Magazine|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[The Specials]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/events/the-specials/|title=THE SPECIALS|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[Sisteray]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/events/mvt-fightback/|title=MVT Fightback ft. SISTERAY / STRANGE CAGES / BEACH RIOT|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[Babyshambles]],<ref>{{Citation|last=Alan|title=Babyshambles at the 100 Club|date=2005-02-26|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanbee/5605756/|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[Idles (band)|Idles]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/idles-london-100-club-live-review/|title=IDLES : London 100 Club : Live Review|date=2019-02-13|website=Louder Than War|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/events/jan-blues-fest-dr-feelgood/|title=JANUARY BLUES FESTIVAL: DR FEELGOOD + JIM RILEY’S BLUES FOUNDATION|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> and [[Sleaford Mods]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the100club.co.uk/portfolios/sleaford-mods/|title=SLEAFORD MODS|website=THE 100 CLUB|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

In June 2023, the [[Buzzcocks]] headlined at the 100 Club, a warm up gig to their upcoming tour without their guitarist/singer [[Pete Shelley]] who had died nearly five years earlier. In autumn 2023, veteran punk band the [[U.K. Subs]] played a five-night sold out residency at the 100 Club in a culmination of their final British tour. The residency was attended by [[Stuart Pearce]], a lifelong fan of punk rock.

==See also==
{{Portal|Rock music}}
*[[100 Club Punk Special]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.the100club.co.uk/ 100 Club website]

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