Tavastia Club
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The Tavastia Club is a popular rock music club in Kamppi, central Helsinki, Finland.
In the 1950s, there was a popular dance place Hämis in the building of the Tavastian student nation of the University of Helsinki. In 1970 it was given the name Tavastia Club. Since the beginning of the 1990s, Tavastia has been a live-only club.
Nowadays Tavastia is one of the oldest European rock music clubs still in use. On every New Year's Eve, HIM plays at the club as part of a mini festival.
E.g. 50 Cent, AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Black Crowes, Black Sabbath, Billy Talent, Celtic Frost, Children Of Bodom, The Cramps, The Cross, D.A.D, Dave Edmunds, Roky Erickson, Dr. Feelgood, Europe, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dir en grey, Foo Fighters, Girlschool, Gun Club, Guns N' Roses, Hawkwind, The Hellacopters, Antic Cafe, The Hives, The Hooters, Kamelot, Kreator, Lemonheads, New York Dolls, Nightwish, Offspring, Pogues, Public Image Limited, Ramones, Screaming Trees, Brian Setzer, the GazettE, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sonic Youth, The Wailers (JAM), and Tom Waits have performed in Tavastia.
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