For music fans in London, there are literally thousands of bars and clubs all across the city. Major concentration is around the West End and Soho, also a new home to a booming gay scene. Usually tourists get around the brightness of Leicester Square, but there are equally good, if not better bars outside the centre, around suburbs such as Shoreditch in the East, Islington in the North, Notting Hill in the West or Clapham in the South.

Well worth choices are:
Ministry of Sound one of the world’s most famous night clubs (103 Gaunt Street London SE1+44 (0)20 7378 6528 ),
Bar Rumba has gained a reputation as one of London’s most popular clubs (36 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 6LA, +44 (0)20 7287 2715),
Cafe de Paris opened in 1924, quickly became one of Europe’s top nightspots (3 Coventry Street W1V 7FL +44 (0)20 7734 7733),
Turnmills, 333,Fabric,  Heaven regarded as London’s premier gay venue (Villiers Street London WC2N 6NG +44 (0)20 7930 2020) ,
The End play the techno, dance, house, rave and drum ‘n’ bass music, that the club has become famous for (16 West Central Street , WC1A 1JJ, +44 (0)20 7419 9199). Major music artists are including London into their tours, as well as hundreds of resident bands, musicians and DJs cramming venues across the city every night. Some of the more famous venues include the Brixton Academy, the Jazz Cafe, and the erectile Wembley Arena.
London gigs

• Peter Doherty to play intimate acoustic show in London tonight (Sunday) – NME.com February 5, 2012
  NME.comPeter Doherty to play intimate acoustic show in London tonight (Sunday)NME.comThe Babyshambles frontman will perform at The Nambucca in north London. Doors from 7pm, admission is £20 on the door. Doherty has been posting works in progress and demos of new songs online in the recent months – but despite the fact that he hasn't …and more »
• 'My kids never came to our gigs .. now they want tickets for all their mates' – The Sun February 4, 2012
  The Sun'My kids never came to our gigs .. now they want tickets for all their mates'The SunKerr laughs: "A few years ago, if I was playing in London my kids would never come or want to come. Now not only do they want tickets but tickets for their mates too." Now the band are about to release X5 — a box set of their first five albums over …and more »
• MEN Arena Manchester – The Music Fix February 5, 2012
  MEN Arena ManchesterThe Music FixThis year the band have returned to these shores for another pair of gigs, taking in Glasgow and London as part of an extensive European tour, performing with The Limousines and DJ Kids At The Bar . I was fortunate enough to view two shows from the …
• London Gigs Diary: 30 January – 5 February 2012 – musicOMH.com (blog) January 30, 2012
  London Gigs Diary: 30 January – 5 February 2012musicOMH.com (blog)Thursday sees two gigs take place by artists that released two of the stand-out albums of 2011. American-Chilean musician Nicolas Jaar's Space Is Only Noise seemed to exist in its own little world where all stylistic concerns were pleasingly blurred.
• Hot tickets: weekend gigs, exhibitions and comedy – Evening Standard February 3, 2012
  Evening StandardHot tickets: weekend gigs, exhibitions and comedyEvening StandardOne of dozens of HMV-branded shows across London in the next week, all showcasing the most promising up-and-comers of 2012. This showcase for new signings to the Domino label is particularly appealing, featuring electronic singer-songwriter Indie rock …

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