Barbarella's Explained

Barbarella's
Address:	41 Cumberland Street
City:	Birmingham
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Coordinates:	52.4767°N -1.9133°W
Type:	Nightclub
Genre:	Rock
Opened:	1972
Closed:	1979
Demolished:	1986

Barbarella's was a nightclub and music venue located in Birmingham, England. The name of the club was taken from the film Barbarella. The club opened in 1972 and closed in August 1979.

American acts Ike & Tina Turner, Del Shannon, and Junior Walker & the All Stars performed at Barbarella's in 1972.^[1]

This club was one of Eddie Fewtrell's clubs.^[2] Fewtrell promoted known rock bands at that time, such as AC/DC, Dire Straits, Queen, Sex Pistols and The Clash.

Duran Duran's drummer Roger Taylor played at Barbarella's with punk bands in the 1970s.

Both The Prefects and The Photos recorded a song called Barbarella's, the latter mourning the closure of the club.

1976-1978 concerts

Date	Year	Musician(s)	Tour	Note
31 July^[3]	1976	AC/DC	--	]
27 October^[4]			1976	The Clash	--	Support Suburban Studs
13 November^[5]	--	Support Suburban Studs
24 January^[6]	1978	--	--
1 May^[7]		--	--
4 July^[8]		Dire Straits	Dire Straits Tour	Left in the form of album Birmingham at Barbarella
14 August		Sex Pistols	--	Left in the form of song in the album Sex Pistols Box Set^[9]

External links

• Web site: Barbarellas . Venue's & Hangouts . Birmingham Music Archive . 2 March 2010 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101027071233/http://birminghammusicarchive.co.uk/?page_id=151 . 27 October 2010 .
• Web site: Gigs. Edward ian Armchair. 2 March 2010 . Barbarella's: In 1977 and 1978 each day was spent wondering how you could stretch the £2.80 per week Family Allowance to enable you to see as many bands as possible.

Notes and References

1. News: 1972-11-05 . Barbarella's - Ike & Tina Turner Revue / Del Shannon / Junior Walker & The All Stars (Advertisement) . 2024-04-22 . Sunday Mercury . 15.
2. New Book - The Eddie Fewtrell Story . . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100116154317/http://www.spaghettigazetti.com/2007/11/new-book-eddie-fewtrell-story.html . 16 January 2010 .
3. Web site: AC/DC Birmingham Barbarellas - 31st July 1976. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Q1Ly4WzkpiU . 2021-12-15 . live. . 30 December 2010.
4. Web site: The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 27 October 1976 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090117163751/http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/76-10-27%20Birmingham/76-10-27%20Birmingham.html . dead . 17 January 2009 . 2 March 2010 .
5. Web site: The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 13 November 1978 . 2 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090828043158/http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1976_77/76-11-13%20Birmingham%20Barbarellas/76-11-13%20Birmingham%20Barbarellas.html . 28 August 2009 . dmy .
6. Web site: The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 24 January 1978 . 2 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091205004355/http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1978/78-01-24%20Birmingham/78-01-24%20Birmingham.html . 5 December 2009 . dmy .
7. Web site: The Clash Birmingham Barbarellas - 1 May 1978 . 2 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091205024757/http://homepage.mac.com/blackmarketclash/Bands/Clash/recordings/1978/78-05-01%20Birmingham/78-05-01%20Birmingham.html . 5 December 2009 . dmy .
8. Web site: Dire Straits tour 1978 . Tours . Mark Knopfler official site . 13 February 2010 . Canada . dead . https://archive.today/20120904145335/http://www.mark-knopfler.info/tour1978.htm . 4 September 2012 .
9. Information from Sex Pistols Box Set article