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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We've launched a crowdfund as we need to ask for your help. We're committed to paying our staff in full for as long as possible but due to rent and this top up for staff it's costing us £25k a month to keep our doors shut. Any help would mean the world:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

5 years

Massive news! We've been listed as an Asset of Community Value by Islington Council! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated us and supported the application! We're over the moon, it really makes us feel appreciated in what we've been doing for the last decade! <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! £61,627 raised from 2360 supporters!!!! We'll be contacting people about rewards next week and we'll do the raffle next week too. Absolutely unbelievable what people have done for us <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Unfortunately we won't be opening this Saturday. Full statement below, we hope you all understand. We miss you dearly but it's just not going to be possible right now :-(

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Like many grassroots music venues this week we’re happy to announce that we secured funding from Arts Council England's Cultural Recovery Fund. Whilst very welcome, unfortunately we were awarded under 40% of the funding we applied for. Our full statement below...

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone for the support you've given us over the last ten months, we couldn't have got this far without you, we continue to fight and we will be back. We can't wait to see you all in your finery (our merch lol) x

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

An evening with a master singer/songwriter Kristin Hersh on 19th July as she makes an unexpected stop for an intimate performance featuring songs from her 30-year playbook including Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave as well as her unique solo work

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

We're joining forces with @musicvenuetrust and 30 underfunded grassroots music venues in critical danger across the UK to raise £1.73m to help us all survive to March 2021 so we can continue to support artists at the earliest stages of their careers!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

Matinee show added for Kristin Hersh!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

TONIGHT, after 14 very long and arduous months, we will finally throw our doors open! We couldn't have do it without your support, the support of @musicvenuetrust and the dedication of our team. Tonight is for all of you, tonight we #revivelive

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Incredible response to the call to support music venues today. Gig goers and musicians from across the spectrum have really made it clear how much they value our most cherished and yet most endangered cultural spaces #LetTheMusicPlay #saveourvenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Hey @RishiSunak you might want to actually do some research before plucking numbers from thin air, you're supposed to be a numbers man after all... Our rent is £140k PA. Pub Rents in 2021, a very brief overview:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We're asking the UK governement to #LetTheMusicPlay by providing a support package for the UK live industry in order to #SaveOurVenues . GMVs are the backbone of the UK music industry, employing tens of thousands people and generating billions for the UK economy!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We're getting involved in the #nopubnorent campaign. The live music and pub industries are desperately chasing rent breaks whilst we're shut and unable to trade. Without rent relief many spaces like ours may never reopen and millions of jobs will be lost! Pls RT! @NoPubNoRent

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Who fancies a trip to Wales next year? @GreenManFest have very kindly donated a pair of tickets to next year's rescheduled festival as a prize in our Crowdfunder raffle. Big love to everyone at Green Man at this incredibly difficult time <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Great to see BBC London leading with the news of the seven London venues still at critical risk this afternoon. We need all the support we can get so please share far and wide: Donate: #SaveThe30 @musicvenuetrust #SaveOurVenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

WE'RE REOPENING ON 17TH MAY! Kicking off with 2 socially distanced shows from @FatWhiteFamily to celebrate the release of their ‘Moonbathing in February’ short film. Tix on sale 9am Friday

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

SET TIMES: 8pm Sinead O Brien // 9pm Alfie Templeman // 10pm Oscar Lang

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

The @musicvenuetrust team have been instrumental getting venues like ours through the last few months. We have no doubt that hundreds of venues will survive as a result of their tireless efforts. I'm sure they'll never pay for a drink or a gig again!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

An Open Letter to the UK Government via @musicvenuetrust - #SaveOurVenues #DoTheRightThing

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TO @FRANKTURNER WHO DID A PHENOMENAL SOLID FOR US, RAISING NEARLY £12K WHICH WILL JUST ABOUT PAY OUR RENT FOR ANOTHER MONTH. HONESTLY YOUR SUPPORT MEANS EVERYTHING TO US. UNBELIEVABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Hello everyone, we've been blown away by your support, it's been truly unbelievable. The kind words and generosity have brought us to tears. We've posted a full update here and reloaded some rewards: We can't begin to thank you enough.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

8 new arenas being built in the UK... Who's graft are they being built on? The grassroots venues across the country who nurture all the talent this country creates. It's an ecosystem and the top tier needs to support its foundations @nationalarenas1 @TheCoopLive @YTL_Arena @DCMS

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 months

Absolutely massive news that @musicvenuetrust have managed to secure the purchase of their first venue, @snugatherton ! Owning our own venues is the key to protecting the future of our own cultural spaces and this is the first big step forward towards that #ownourvenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Into the last 24hrs of our CF campaign and have been blown away by the generosity that people have shown. Here's our full message...

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

We're now closed for our Christmas and want to say thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate Lexmas, came to a gig, clubnight or just popped in to see us for a pint since we reopened. Wishing you a healthy & happy holiday period and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

11 years

Oops! Lets try again - @EmilysArmy busking for under 18s that couldn't make the show... http://t.co/37pwlmZLo4

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

SEVEN London venues at risk of closure... Spaces like @WindmillBrixton & @WaitingRoomN16 make London what it is, the reason we struggle through rip off rents and jobs we don't like, they're the places where our culture is born... Let's not lose them

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

ABOUT LAST NIGHT £12,200 RAISED AND COUNTING BIG LOVE TO @frankturner + @JessGuise + @musicvenuetrust Watch back here:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

6 years

Congratulations to @lomoon who have sold their first London headline show out!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 years

We're offering free burger, fries and a pint to the London Fire Brigade this week. Please help us spread the word!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We've nearly hit £50k! Thank you to everyone who's donated their time, mone & goodwill! It HAS made a huge difference, whatever we make beyond this will be a big help in absorbing our £25k/month costs whilst closed! Still some more fun stuff in the line!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

TWO sets of shows with Kristin Hersh today... the afternoon matinee starts from 2.30pm and the evening event starts from 730pm. Please ensure your ticket is for the the correct event. Limited afternoon tickets available on the door.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

5 years

Meet Tokyo's hottest new band, the Albert Hammond Jr. produced DYGL! Catch them on 4th July!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 month

The @musicvenuetrust have taken the cause to the commons and the entire game is about to change as we're finally starting to get the institutional recognition grassroots music venues deserve and, more importantly, need.

Culture, Media and Sport Committee

@CommonsCMS

1 month

Last year, the UK lost 125 grassroots music venues across the country. Our Chair @CJ_Dinenage asked @MusicVenueTrust CEO @MarkDavyd to quantify the impact on the music industry and local communities. Watch the full session:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

9 years

2nite - @DHPFamily presents @gaby_moreno & Laish show your tickets at the bar b4 8.30pm and get 25% off your meal http://t.co/PpNwpRNe4a

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

This Sunday we welcome Northside lead singer @Dermo___ to the venue for an intimate live show. He'll also be DJing the Adored clubnight after!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We're joining @musicvenuetrust nationwide campaign to #SaveOurVenues . It's all about artists and fans coming together to prevent their local music venues from permanently closing. Visit to get involved with your local venue!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

WOW! This is really overwhelming, we're INCREDIBLY moved by the kind words and level of generosity that everyone is showing. We're all lost for words. Thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word and donated! UNBELIEVABLE <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

People have been trying to stand up to PRS for years and it's cathartic to watch this PR disaster unfold over a greedy little ploy which no one was consulted about. Just look at their reviews Even the chair of the PRS foundation charity is appalled!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Amazing to see #saveourvenues trending on twitter. Venues are where culture is created, identities are formed, friendships are made and where people fall in love. We're so proud to be a part of all of those things happening in places like ours up and down the country <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

6 years

Still a handful of tickets left for Una Healy from The Saturdays who will be playing on

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

13 venues saved! 17 still very much critical, ourselves included. Thanks to everyone for the support, we're making headway 💪

NME

@NME

3 years

#SaveOurVenues : 13 more UK venues saved from ‘critical’ risk of closure "The love shown for these venues continues to demonstrate how important they are to people and to our towns and cities" @musicvenuetrust #LetTheMusicPlay

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 months

Tonight we welcome the mighty @pigsx7 back to The Lexington as part of our 15th Birthday celebrations! Here's a photo of the time they played in 2018 to get you in the mood and get down early for some happy hour action! Support from Oldboy 7.45pm // Pigs 8.45pm

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

This really isn't good enough from the UK government. An agreement needs to be made ASAP to be in place so touring can resume this year. Obscuring the truth and playing the blame game helps absolutely no one, least of all the UK government itself.

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin

@jnjokugoodwin

3 years

UK & EU both saying they wanted to allow musicians to tour freely post-Brexit but were rebuffed by the other side. A blame game helps no one - there is political will on both sides to fix this, so they should get around the table and agree a solution now

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Today might just be the best day in 14 months... We're reopening on 17th May and we're now taking bookings for the first two weeks! We can't wait to see you! More info/bookings here:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

We spoke with the NME (along with some of the other critically at risk venues across the UK) about some of the challenges facing us over the coming months #savethe30 #SaveOurVenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

For many venues gigs will not be viable under the new guidance, though we're keeping a close eye. Good luck to everyone who can make it work and hopefully we can keep moving back towards full capacity in 2020! The @musicvenuetrust statement says it all

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

BBC Introducing is back in just under two weeks with another bill of future stars. Get down on the 6th April for JAMES MARRIOTT // LEXIE CARROLL // HANNAH GRAE Tickets from our website

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

Northside's Dermo had a heroic return to the stage in Manchester last week and he's making his way down to London to play The Lexington on bank holiday Sunday! He'll also be DJing the clubnight afterwards and tickets get you in to that for free!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

8 months

SET TIMES: Bill Ryder Jones 8:30pm-10:30pm

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

We're rescheduling all gigs and clubs on sale and we're hopeful that we can successfully shift everything back a few weeks so keep hold of your tickets for the time being. Reschedule/refund notifications will come from your ticket providers. This WILL happen again one day...

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 years

To the London Fire Brigade ( @LondonFire ), we'd like to offer you a free meal + pint for your incredible work lately <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 years

After her little vote with the DUP yesterday to keep a cap on frontline service wages, THERESA MAY IS OFFICIALLY BARRED FROM THE LEXINGTON.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 years

Shout out to those who put their Margo Price tickets (which went on sale THIS MORNING) on viagogo. Currently going for £66 each. WANKERS.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Hello everyone, please read our statement regarding the current situation. We will be updating twitter/fb/insta with reschedules as and when they come through. We wish you all the best over the coming weeks x

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Thank you to everyone who has helped us get here, we've just hit £50k on our crowdfunder which is unbelievable! There aren't the words to describe what this means to all of us but we'll be drinking to you all…

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Garage/punk/lo-fi legend Billy Childish @ChildishInfo donated a sustainably sourced off-white T-shirt commemorating his 2016 gig for us. Pre-order on our @crowdfunderuk now! #savethelexington #SaveThe30 #saveourvenues @musicvenuetrust @DAMAGEDGOODSREC

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

This Sunday we welcome Northside lead singer @Dermo___ to the venue for an intimate live show. He'll also be DJing the Adored clubnight after which runs til 3am!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

Happy Hour 4-7pm! We're feeling very festive and lexmassy right now!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Please take a couple of minutes to fill this @musicvenuetrust survey. We need to understand what the public want from venues to get things back to normal

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The Lexington

@thelexington

5 years

The young Catalan’s music is like a wonderful summer storm – piercing, exciting, enchanting and evocative. Núria Graham gives off a special charm that leaves few indifferent. Catch here here on 30th April

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

Thinking back to @wetlegband 's @bbcintroducing show right out of covid on the morning of their momentous Grammy wins. Hope the hangover isn't too bad <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

LEXINGTON COVID UPDATE ON EASING OF RESTRICTIONS

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

Tickets on sale 10am this Friday for Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall's new project, The WAEVE!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Very excited to announce that BLACK COUNTRY NEW ROAD will be playing a special intimate show for us next week on 7th September. Don't sleep on tickets!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Many thanks to @islingtonBC for the grant from the discretionary cultural and evening economy support fund. A massive boost to help us get through these additional four weeks of lockdown as we still haven't received our Cultural Recovery funding from @ace_national & @DCMSArts

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

UK MUSIC VENUES NOW ON RED ALERT CRITICAL STATUS. Please be ready to spring into action over the coming weeks, with letters to MPs, councils, labels and major artists if your local venue doesn't secure funding #SaveOurVenues #WeMakeEvents

Music Venue Trust: "The whole grassroots music venue sector is now at critical, red alert status"

The Music Venue Trust has declared a state of red alert as hundreds of venues still face permanent closure in the face of coronavirus restrictions

www.nme.com

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

And just one more thing... Thanks so much (again) to everyone who has supported our campaign specifically. Over the last couple of days we've had more people mentioning us in their list of fave venues and this means everything to us! #saveourvenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

7 years

Currently looking into the history of our site for something I'm writing about the Lexington and came accross this beatiful picture

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

Lovely to be featured alongside the best (and some of our favourite) venues in the country. Thanks also to @NZCALINES for the kind words <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

We are very excited to announce our brand new Lexington American IPA made in collaboration with @HackneyBrewery 🍻🍻🍻 We can't wait for you to try this big, juicy American brew! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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The Lexington

@thelexington

6 years

The Quietus are running a series of fundraising shows in January featuring some of their favourite bands including Pigs X 7, Richard Dawson, Gum Takes Tooth, Wrangler ft. LoneLady & Serafina Steer, Lower Slaughter and more TBA

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The Lexington

@thelexington

5 years

Unbelievably proud to have been listed and as an Asset of Community Value by Islington Council. It's a massive sense of achievement for an independent business like ours to be recognised as something valued within…

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Preview of the @AtelierCoda collection, inspired, named after and in aid of The Lexington, modelled by @__CROWS , Los Bitchos and some of our other favourite artists! Pre-order men's, women's, accessories, tote and tees from Thursday with delivery by xmas!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Featuring Mercury Prize-nominated solo artist and producer @EdHarcourt , Richard Jones of The Feeling, and Gorillaz / Senseless Things drummer Cass Browne, Loup GarouX will debut songs from their forthcoming debut album Strangerlands this coming Monday.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

We've got some incredible merch available on our Crowdfunder. Very grateful to the @FatWhiteFamily , @horrorsofficial , James Johnston and @__CROWS for the incredible designs to helps us raise funds at this desperate times #saveourvenues @musicvenuetrust

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

On the PRS situation

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

We spoke to @NME extensively about the current plight facing grassroots live music venues in what is essentially a lockdown by stealth.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We spoke with the @NME about new gig guidelines don't work for most GMVs. Interesting opinions from @Nath_Brudenell , @entitledtodance , @Thekla + @villunderlondon about why we're still a long way off doing 'proper' live shows again.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

LOADS of prizes for our crowdfunder raffle from @theQuietus , @secretlycndian , @fulltimehobby , @DAMAGEDGOODSREC , @transgressiveHQ , @jamiemacphotos , @RoughTradeRecs , @memphisind , @bellaunion , @FaberSocial , @ProperMusicGrp , @Dominorecordco INFO:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

If you're coming for a gig, a club or just want to kick back after work don't forget it's happy hour 4-7pm with £3 pints and £3 house wine (across all three colours!)! And, of course, we're open super late every night with great music, cocktails and good vibes <3

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The Lexington

@thelexington

5 years

The Burning Hell keep selling out so we keep booking them. Your third chance to get tickets here:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 months

This is amazing. The Lexington (which would have been The Belvedere and in it's 35th year at the time) would be just over the artist's shoulder.

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

1 year

St. Pancras Station is a true masterwork of the Victorian Gothic style, completed in 1868. Here it is depicted in John O’Connor’s 1884 painting "From Pentonville Road Looking West: Evening".

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The Lexington

@thelexington

6 years

SET TIMES: 7.30pm Martin Carr // 8.20pm Pete Astor // 9.10pm Comet Gain // 10pm Robert Forster

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Moonbathing with @FatWhiteFamily last night 🌙 Big love to @jamiemacphotos for the photos and the write up #revivelive @musicvenuetrust

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The Lexington

@thelexington

8 years

GOOD MORNING! We're 7 years old this week. Thanks to everyone who's ever come to a show/bought a drink/hung out!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

The original craft beer is back... ALE! Our pumps have been dry since we closed in March 2020 but they're finally flowing with @SambrooksBrew delicious golden nectar once more 🍺🍺🍺🍺

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The Lexington

@thelexington

6 years

Extremely stoked to be listed as one of the top pubs for live music in London by Evening Standard - GO London! It's true, we do have great beers AND a great soundsystem.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

DJ partners Kavus Torabi and Steve Davis, alongside Michael J. York of Coil, Teleplasmiste and Guapo, play the Lexington on 18th June in their psychedelic kosmiche project The Utopia Strong.

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Thanks to everyone showing the love on our @crowdfunderk page by buying merch. We continue to be on the @musicvenuetrust Red List but the money we've raised so far has been a lifeline! We're taking pre-orders for merch over the next couple of weeks!

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

SET TIMES: 7.50pm CVC // 9pm Deja Vega

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

SET TIMES: 7.45pm Hannah Grae // 8.30pm Lexie Carroll // 9.15pm James Marriott

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Tonight Frank Turner will be doing a live fundraiser for us at 8pm GMT to help us raise funds to pay our astronomical rent whilst we're forced to remain closed for these final few months. TUNE IN HERE:

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

#SAVETHELEXINGTON MERCH CLOSES AT MIDDAY TUESDAY 9TH MARCH! Thanks to everyone for their unwavering support over this year, it's been so comforting to know you've have had our backs and no way we'd have made it this far without you #saveourvenues

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The Lexington

@thelexington

4 years

We will fly again 🦅 Missing live music, draft beer, cocktails, burgers and LOUD music. MOST importantly we're missing the warmth of human touch 👉👈 and good times with you all! One day...

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The Lexington

@thelexington

2 years

The tree is on 🎄 The mulled wine is mulling 🍷 Lexmas has begun! ☃️

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The Lexington

@thelexington

1 year

A very merry Christmas to you all, thanks for making 2022 the best ever! Hope you're all finding your way into as much mischief today as you did over the Lexmas period ☃

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The Lexington

@thelexington

3 years

Large bright bedroom in shared flat next door to The Lex - £650/month all bills inc. Ideal for someone who understands the nuance of living next to a fully functioning live music venue, as we fully expect to reopen soon! marcus @thelexington .co.uk for photos/info

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