| Location | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| Type | Nightclub |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Opened | Start of 1970s |
| Demolished | 2000 |
Barbarella's was a nightclub in the centre of Birmingham, UK. The name of the club was taken from the film Barbarella (1968).
This club was one of Eddie Fewtrell's clubs.[1] Fewtrell promoted known rock bands that time, such as AC/DC, Dire Straits, Queen, Sex Pistols, The Clash.
Duran Duran's drummer Roger Taylor played there with punk bands in 1970s.
Both The Prefects and The Photos recorded a song called Barbarellas the latter mourning the turning of the club into another disco.
| 1976-1978 concerts | ||||
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| Date | Year | Musician(s) | Tour | Note |
| July 31[2] | 1976 | AC/DC | -- | ] |
| October 27[3] | 1976 | The Clash | -- | Support Surburban Studs |
| November 13[4] | -- | Support Surburban Studs | ||
| January 24[5] | 1978 | -- | -- | |
| May 1[6] | -- | -- | ||
| July 4[7] | Dire Straits | Dire Straits Tour | Left in the form of album Birmingham at Barbarella | |
| August 14 | Sex Pistols | -- | Left in the form of song in the album Sex Pistols Box Set[note 1] | |
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…
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