Jericho Tavern

Jericho Tavern

The Jericho Tavern is a music venue pub in the Jericho area of Oxford at 56 Walton Street. In the late 1980s and early 1990s it was an important part of the music scene which spawned Ride, Radiohead and Supergrass. [cite web
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History

Radiohead played their first gig here in 1987 under the name "On A Friday", [cite web
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It was bought out in the 1990s by the Firkin chain. It became part of the ‘Scream’ pub chain, then was restored to a music venue in 2005.

References

Notes

External links

* [http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Jericho_Tavern The Oxford Guide]
* [http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/10/10302/Jericho/Oxford Beer in the Evening]


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