Night-life and popular music of Brighton and Hove

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The "Brighton Gloucester" nightclub on London Road.

Brighton and Hove, UK (and particularly the Brighton part of that city) is noted as a centre for popular music. Internationally known artists originating there include The Levellers, Fatboy Slim, The Kooks, and The Go! Team. Record labels based there include Skint Records.

There are a large number of pubs, bars and nightclubs in Brighton — over 300 pubs and bars according to a book of July 2006.^{[citation needed]} Alcohol consumption on the street (other than in regulated zones directly outside licensed premises) is now banned in many central parts of the town.

Nightclubs include The Zap, The Volks Tavern, Candy Bar, The Honey Club, Legends, The Ocean Rooms, The Brighton Gloucester, Amsterdam, The Event, Charles Street, Funky Buddah Lounge, Audio, Revenge and Arc.

Live music venues (some of which also serve other functions) include Concorde2, The Brighton Dome, The Corn Exchange, The Brighton Centre, The Freebutt, The Pressure Point, Casablanca and the Komedia.

The town has also long been known as a "playground" for Londoners, and as such many famous musicians have made homes in the town; see List of Brighton and Hove inhabitants.

[edit] Brighton in popular music

The Queen song, Brighton Rock, named after Graham Greene's 1930s novel Brighton Rock, told a story of two young lovers meeting at Brighton on a public holiday.
Of Montreal's song My British Tour Diary says "Brighton's lovely in the fall".
Bloc Party's Waiting for the 7:18 repeats, in the chorus, "Let's drive to Brighton on the weekend".
The Who's Pinball Wizard character plays his game "From Soho down to Brighton".
Steve Harley (of Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) refers darkly to the town in the song Red is a mean, mean colour with the line, "Can you remember being South of Brighton...", and again in the song Tumbling down with the line, "See the Titanic sail into Brighton".
Brighton band Moist wrote Brighton song about moving to live in the town.

[edit] See also

Category: Music from Brighton, England (a list of relevant articles).
List of films set in Brighton for references to Brighton in film and television.
List of notable Brighton and Hove inhabitants, which includes people involved in the music and night-life industries in the towns.