Toilet circuit

The toilet circuit is the network of small music venues in the United Kingdom which rising indie, rock and metal bands often visit to gain support and promote themselves.^[1] It is so named after the Tunbridge Wells Forum, a staple venue of the toilet circuit, which is actually a public toilet converted into a venue.^{[citation needed]} Most of Britain's large towns and cities are home to at least one Toilet circuit venue, although a regular toilet circuit tour is only around 20 dates long at the most, meaning not all of the said venues are present in all toilet-circuit tours. Some of the largest cities however, such as London, Manchester, Glasgow and Nottingham, appear on almost every tour, and these cities accordingly have many venues which could be described as "toilet venues". The circuit is mentioned in the Muse song Muscle Museum - "I have played in every toilet."

Rock Sound TV has used the "Toilet Circuit" moniker to film a series of acoustic performances filmef in the grimiest locations at music venues across the UK, featuring bands like The Blackout, Thrice, Futures, Lights, Vessels and Deaf Havana.^[2]

Notable toilet circuit venues

• The Charlotte, Leicester
• The Cockpit, Leeds
• Esquire's, Bedford
• The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
• Joiners Arms, Southampton
• King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
• The Leadmill, Sheffield
• Rock City, Nottingham
• The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
• The Victoria Inn, Derby
• The Square, Harlow
• The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
• T. J.'s, Newport
• The Waterfront, Norwich
• The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
• The Zanzibar, Liverpool
• Turnmills, London
• Fibbers, York
• The Zodiac, Oxford
• The bull and gate, london
• Lock tavern, london
• New cross in, london
• mother bar, london

References

1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20599939
2. ↑ http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/the-toilet-circuit-is-go