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height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_646a5a2df646fb1ce29dc37c246d20ea08243b51"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rainbow_Theatre&revid=1244314347&groups=_646a5a2df646fb1ce29dc37c246d20ea08243b51" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Rainbow_Theatre&revid=1244314347&groups=_646a5a2df646fb1ce29dc37c246d20ea08243b51 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Finsbury Park Astoria <span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–39)</span><br />Odeon Astoria <span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–70)</span><br />The Odeon <span style="font-size:85%;">(1970–71)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data label">232 <a href="/wiki/Seven_Sisters_Road" title="Seven Sisters Road">Seven Sisters Road</a><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> N4 3NP</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park_(area)" title="Finsbury Park (area)">Finsbury Park</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/The_Rank_Organisation" title="The Rank Organisation">The Rank Organisation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,802</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opened</th><td class="infobox-data">29 September 1930<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1930-09-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Renovated</th><td class="infobox-data">1975-77</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">January 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data">Edward Albert Stone</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Rainbow Theatre</b>, originally known as the <b>Finsbury Park Astoria</b>, then the <b>Finsbury Park Paramount Astoria</b>, and then the <b>Finsbury Park Odeon</b>, is a Grade II*-listed building in <a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Finsbury Park (district)">Finsbury Park</a>, London. The theatre was built in 1930 as an "atmospheric cinema", to house entertainment extravaganzas which included a film show. It later became an ordinary cinema, then a music venue, as which it is best known, and then an occasional unlicensed boxing venue. Today, the building is used by the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Church_of_the_Kingdom_of_God" title="Universal Church of the Kingdom of God">Universal Church of the Kingdom of God</a>, an Evangelical church. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Built in 1930, the building was listed <a href="/wiki/Grade_II*" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II*">Grade II*</a> in 1974, an unusually short period after construction, with the interior described in great detail as a Hispano-Moresque fantasy.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Stage Manager Rick Burton has published a website<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a detailed history of who has performed at the theatre and when, and which is a major source for this article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Atmospheric_cinema_theatre:_1930–1939"><span id="Atmospheric_cinema_theatre:_1930.E2.80.931939"></span>Atmospheric cinema theatre: 1930–1939</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Atmospheric cinema theatre: 1930–1939"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The building was built as the last of five venues for Arthur Segal, the original <a href="/wiki/London_Astoria" title="London Astoria">Astoria</a> being in <a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_Road" title="Charing Cross Road">Charing Cross Road</a> (demolished due to <a href="/wiki/Crossrail" title="Crossrail">Crossrail</a> development in 2009) and the others in <a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a> (now an 8-cinema Odeon multiplex), <a href="/wiki/Old_Kent_Road" title="Old Kent Road">Old Kent Road</a> (since demolished) and <a href="/wiki/Brixton" title="Brixton">Brixton</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Brixton_Academy" title="Brixton Academy">Brixton Academy</a> music venue). Although the Charing Cross Road Astoria was a more conventional cinema, the last four were built as "atmospheric cinemas", also, and perhaps more accurately, called <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_theatre" title="Atmospheric theatre">atmospheric theatres</a>, built to evoke the feeling of being outdoors, most often in a Mediterranean village in the twilight, with stars in the sky, moving clouds and sometimes even "flying" birds. They were cinemas but not as we know them, places where one could spend a whole evening, including cafes and bars, organ recitals, orchestral concerts and see a full variety show as well as a movie. Two more theatres for the chain were intended, but never built. </p><p>When it opened on 29 September 1930, the Finsbury Park Astoria was one of the largest cinemas in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated705_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated705-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> standing at the junction of Isledon Road and Seven Sisters Road on an island site. </p><p>The plain <a href="/wiki/Faience" title="Faience">faience</a> exterior, designed by Edward A. Stone, acted as a foil to a lavish 'atmospheric interior' by Somerford & Barr, with decoration carried out by Marc-Henri and G. Laverdet. A <a href="/wiki/Moorish" class="mw-redirect" title="Moorish">Moorish</a> foyer with a goldfish-filled <a href="/wiki/Fountain" title="Fountain">fountain</a> (which survives today) led to an auditorium recalling an <a href="/wiki/Andalucian" class="mw-redirect" title="Andalucian">Andalucian</a> village at night.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated705_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated705-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally, the venue boasted 4,000 seats, which may have included cafes and bars outside the auditorium. The stage, 35 feet (11 m) deep and spanned by a 64-foot-wide (20 m) <a href="/wiki/Proscenium" title="Proscenium">proscenium</a> arch, was equipped with a twin-console Compton 3-manual/13-rank theatre organ (opened by G. T. Pattman). There was a large orchestra pit. Backstage, there were 12 dressing rooms. The opening night featured <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Colman" title="Ronald Colman">Ronald Colman</a> in <i>Condemned</i> and a Gala Stage Spectacle, with artists from the other Astoria Theatres making a special engagement on the stage. </p><p>In December 1930, the Astoria chain was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>, and plans for additional theatres in <a href="/wiki/Wood_Green" title="Wood Green">Wood Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catford" title="Catford">Catford</a> were cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cinema_with_occasional_concerts_and_variety_shows:_1939–1956"><span id="Cinema_with_occasional_concerts_and_variety_shows:_1939.E2.80.931956"></span>Cinema with occasional concerts and variety shows: 1939–1956</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cinema with occasional concerts and variety shows: 1939–1956"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cost of so many performers was prodigious (which is why the theatres were built so large, to allow for many paying customers). After 9 years, Paramount decided that the format was no longer viable, and on 27 November 1939, sold the buildings to Oscar Deutsch's <a href="/wiki/Odeon_Cinemas" title="Odeon Cinemas">Odeon Theatres</a> Ltd, who cancelled all entertainment other than films and organ recitals, thereby allowing several showings per day for the films. This format did prove profitable.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They did occasionally have orchestral concerts and variety shows, but the main business was as a cinema. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gradual_change_in_focus_from_cinema_to_music_venue:_1956–1971"><span id="Gradual_change_in_focus_from_cinema_to_music_venue:_1956.E2.80.931971"></span>Gradual change in focus from cinema to music venue: 1956–1971</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gradual change in focus from cinema to music venue: 1956–1971"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1956, the cinema management pulled off a remarkable coup, which would signal a slow change towards being a rock venue. A Soho coffee bar under new management, <a href="/wiki/The_2i%27s_Coffee_Bar" title="The 2i's Coffee Bar">the 2i's</a>, had fitted a stage in a small basement room with standing room for 20 people, where rock and roll hopefuls could take the (one and only, old) mike, to be paid in "coffee and Cokes". They quickly got a reputation for exciting new acts, and talent spotters started to visit. In the 14 years they were open, around 40 stars would be discovered there, and six months after opening it was the turn of a young merchant seaman who had been influenced by <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Steele" title="Tommy Steele">Tommy Steele</a>, who would soon be Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star, and billed as "Britain's answer to Elvis" was heard by a publicity man. Within 2 weeks, he had a contract with Decca. His debut single reached 13 in the chart in its second week on 8 November,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 4 weeks after that, he was heading the bill in a variety show at the Paramount Astoria or, as we now know it, the Rainbow Theatre. He got rave reviews, though sometimes backhanded — <i>Melody Maker</i> said on 8 December 1956 "...it seemed little short of a miracle that this 19-year-old youth could receive such a rapturous ovation for the little musical talent he displayed."<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the style of musical entertainment changed from being the main act on the bill of a variety show to rock concerts with an opening band and then the headlining band, with no other entertainment, and the venue became more and more associated with good (usually rock) music, and as those concerts became more lucrative, the number of nights when (often single night) concerts were staged instead of films increased and the building became one of the premier music venues in the capital. </p><p>1959 saw Duke Ellington Band, Cyril Davis All Stars (with Alexis Korner & Nicky Hopkins)<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Beatles' Christmas Show ran from 24 December 1963 to 11 January 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was at this theatre that <a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> first burned a guitar, with the collusion of his manager <a href="/wiki/Chas_Chandler" title="Chas Chandler">Chas Chandler</a> and a journalist from <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>. Hendrix set fire to his <a href="/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster" title="Fender Stratocaster">Fender Stratocaster</a> guitar on 31 March 1967, on the opening night of <a href="/wiki/The_Walker_Brothers" title="The Walker Brothers">the Walker Brothers</a> tour; Hendrix's burnt fingers required treatment in hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Renamed "Odeon" on 17 November 1970, the theatre was closed by the <a href="/wiki/Rank_Organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rank Organisation">Rank Organisation</a> on 25 September 1971 with Bill Travers in <i>Gorgo</i> and Hayley Mills in <i>Twisted Nerve</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_venue:_1971–1975"><span id="Music_venue:_1971.E2.80.931975"></span>Music venue: 1971–1975</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music venue: 1971–1975"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rainbow_Theatre" title="Special:EditPage/Rainbow Theatre">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Odeon was converted into the Rainbow Theatre (now with 3,040 seats), and <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a> performed the first concert in the newly named venue on 4 November 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Who later wrote and recorded the song "<a href="/wiki/Long_Live_Rock" title="Long Live Rock">Long Live Rock</a>", which celebrates the theatre (although still referring to it as The Astoria).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Osmonds" title="The Osmonds">The Osmonds</a> made their debut appearance in London at the Rainbow Theatre in the early 1970s. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a> was seriously injured on 10 December 1971, when a member of the audience ran up the side steps of the stage and pushed him off the stage into the pit in front, causing him to fracture a leg and cut his head. Zappa was in hospital for six weeks. As a result, the steep gap between the stage and floor was covered with sheets of hardboard on top of staggered scaffolding, creating an artificial but safe slope.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a> played there on 7 November 1971<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the 'Love It To Death' tour before the 'Glam Rock' movement in the UK - in fact, <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> was in attendance, and he had urged his band to also attend in order to persuade them to 'glam up' with costumes and make-up on stage. </p><p>Occasional films were screened, including <i>Jimi Plays Berkeley</i> in January 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venue was planned to host the premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd:_Live_at_Pompeii" title="Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii">Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii</a></i> on 25 November 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was cancelled at the last minute by the theatre's owner, Rank Strand, on the grounds that the film did not have a certificate from the <a href="/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Censors" class="mw-redirect" title="British Board of Film Censors">British Board of Film Censors</a>, and the company would not allow the Rainbow Theatre, which was a music venue, to be seen as being in competition with its other established cinemas. However, they did allow the world premiere of the <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a> film <i>Bird on a Wire</i> on 5 July 1974<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Paul McCartney's TV film, <i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_the_Egg_(TV_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Back to the Egg (TV program)">Back to the Egg</a></i>, promoting <a href="/wiki/Wings" class="mw-redirect" title="Wings">Wings</a>' latest album, on 10 August 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Faces_(band)" title="Faces (band)">Faces</a> performed there on 12 February 1972. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a> played a four-night stand at the venue from 17 to 20 February 1972, during their Eclipsed Tour. The last night's performance was partially broadcast on BBC Radio. The band also played two benefit concerts at the Rainbow on 4 November 1973 for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyatt" title="Robert Wyatt">Robert Wyatt</a>, who had been recently paralyzed from a fall. </p><p>In the summer of 1972, Dave Martin of Martin Audio was commissioned to install professional audio mixing consoles and sound support equipment to this and two other proposed Rainbow theatres in and around London. Thomas "Todd" Fischer, Equipment Manager at the time for the British Rock group <a href="/wiki/Uriah_Heep_(band)" title="Uriah Heep (band)">Uriah Heep</a>, had established a friendship and working arrangement with Martin while on a two-week hiatus before resuming a European tour, which required Fischer to wire up the audio mixing consoles, a somewhat laborious and tedious task that took almost 10 fourteen-hour days to complete. </p><p>David Bowie performed three concerts at the Rainbow during his <a href="/wiki/Ziggy_Stardust_Tour" title="Ziggy Stardust Tour">Ziggy Stardust Tour</a> on 19 and 20 August 1972, then again on 24 December 1972, where he encouraged fans to bring toys to donate to local children's homes. The first two concerts were seen as cementing Bowie's growing stardom in the UK, and are recognised as two of his most important shows<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Yes_(band)" title="Yes (band)">Yes</a> filmed their concerts on 15 and 16 December 1972 at the Rainbow for the 1975 film release <i>Yessongs</i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> played there in January 1973. Featured artists who played with him were <a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a>, Stevie Winwood, Ron Wood, Rich Grech, Jim Capaldi, Jimmy Karstein and Rebop. A recording of the concert was released in September 1973 as <i><a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton%27s_Rainbow_Concert" title="Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert">Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert</a></i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a> performed in March 1973. </p><p><a href="/wiki/King_Crimson" title="King Crimson">King Crimson</a> played on 18 March with support act Claire Hamill. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roxy_Music" title="Roxy Music">Roxy Music</a> played on 31 March 1973 with support act The Sharks and Lloyd Watson, after supporting David Bowie's two shows at the venue in August the preceding year. </p><p>Dutch rock bands <a href="/wiki/Focus_(band)" title="Focus (band)">Focus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Earring" title="Golden Earring">Golden Earring</a> each recorded a live album at the theatre: Focus's <i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Rainbow" title="At the Rainbow">At the Rainbow</a></i> was recorded on 5 May 1973, Golden Earring's <i><a href="/wiki/Live_(Golden_Earring_album)" title="Live (Golden Earring album)">Live</a></i> on 25 March 1977. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dr_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr John">Dr John</a> played a New Orleans Night with guests <a href="/wiki/Allen_Toussaint" title="Allen Toussaint">Allen Toussaint</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Meters" title="The Meters">the Meters</a> on 2 July 1973. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> performed two nights at this venue in July 1973, with his band at the time, <a href="/wiki/The_Caledonia_Soul_Orchestra" title="The Caledonia Soul Orchestra">the Caledonia Soul Orchestra</a>. The second of the performances was broadcast in May 1974, as the first ever simultaneous broadcast, on BBC 2 and Radio 2. The concert was voted by <i><a href="/wiki/Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></i> magazine readers as one of the top live performances of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of the songs featured in the two concerts were included in Morrison's 1974 double live album <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Too_Late_to_Stop_Now" title="It's Too Late to Stop Now">It's Too Late to Stop Now</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> performed many times at the Rainbow over their career. Selections of their concert of 20 October 1973 were included on the <a href="/wiki/Genesis_Archive_1967-75" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis Archive 1967-75">first Genesis Archive</a> set, released in 1998; the complete concert was later released as <i>Live at the Rainbow Theatre</i> as part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_Live_1973%E2%80%932007" title="Genesis Live 1973–2007">Live 1973–2007</a></i> box set in 2009. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Latin_rock" title="Latin rock">Latin rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Santana_(band)" title="Santana (band)">Santana</a> played at the Rainbow on 14 and 15 November 1973, doing two shows on each day. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Sweet_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sweet (band)">The Sweet</a> also appeared at the Rainbow Theatre on 21 December 1973 and subsequently released a live album called <i>Live at the Rainbow 1973</i>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">Glam rock</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Gary_Glitter" title="Gary Glitter">Gary Glitter</a> performed a show here on <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas Day">Christmas Day</a> 1973. The performance was used on his live album <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_Me_This_Way_(album)" title="Remember Me This Way (album)">Remember Me This Way</a></i> and in his <a href="/wiki/Remember_Me_This_Way_(film)" title="Remember Me This Way (film)">concert film of the same title</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a> were included in the 1974 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by reason of their concert on 30 June 1972 at the Rainbow Theatre. </p><p>In January 1974, <a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> played two dates at the Rainbow, among his first public performances after surviving a serious car accident five months earlier. The sold-out concerts were attended by many fellow musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>, Pete Townshend, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Watts" title="Charlie Watts">Charlie Watts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>, Eric Clapton, and David Bowie.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 31 March 1974, <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> played a concert for their <a href="/wiki/Queen_II_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen II Tour">Queen II Tour</a>. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/June_1,_1974" title="June 1, 1974">June 1, 1974</a></i> is an album of the collaborative performance at the Rainbow Theatre by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Ayers" title="Kevin Ayers">Kevin Ayers</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cale" title="John Cale">John Cale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nico" title="Nico">Nico</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Eno" title="Brian Eno">Brian Eno</a>. Other musicians, including <a href="/wiki/Mike_Oldfield" title="Mike Oldfield">Mike Oldfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyatt" title="Robert Wyatt">Robert Wyatt</a>, also contributed to the concert. Kevin Ayers then returned six months later on 1 December to play a concert with his own band. </p><p>Queen returned and recorded two concerts at the Rainbow on 19–20 November 1974. Footage from these was released on VHS in the 1992 box set <i><a href="/wiki/Box_of_Tricks" class="mw-redirect" title="Box of Tricks">Box of Tricks</a></i>, and on CD, DVD, SD and Blu-ray in 2014 on an album titled <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Rainbow_%2774" title="Live at the Rainbow '74">Live at the Rainbow '74</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band revisited the venue in December 1979, as part of its <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Tour" title="Crazy Tour">Crazy Tour of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original line-up of <a href="/wiki/Little_Feat" title="Little Feat">Little Feat</a> with guitarist and singer <a href="/wiki/Lowell_George" title="Lowell George">Lowell George</a> played on 19 January 1975, second on the bill to the Doobie Brothers. </p><p>On Sunday 16 March 1975 a concert by various artists was recorded by the Virgin Mobile and later released in the <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis</a> label, as <i>Over The Rainbow (The Last Concert, Live!)</i> The concert included performances by <a href="/wiki/Sassafras_(band)" title="Sassafras (band)">Sassafras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Procol_Harum" title="Procol Harum">Procol Harum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Miller" title="Frankie Miller">Frankie Miller</a> (backed by Procol Harum), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thompson_(musician)" title="Richard Thompson (musician)">Richard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Linda_Thompson_(singer)" title="Linda Thompson (singer)">Linda Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hatfield_and_the_North" title="Hatfield and the North">Hatfield and the North</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Martyn" title="John Martyn">John Martyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Coyne" title="Kevin Coyne">Kevin Coyne</a>. The building then closed for several months for maintenance and refurbishment.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_venue:_1975–1982"><span id="Music_venue:_1975.E2.80.931982"></span>Music venue: 1975–1982</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music venue: 1975–1982"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Rainbow_Theatre" title="Special:EditPage/Rainbow Theatre">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Kool_%26_the_Gang" title="Kool & the Gang">Kool & the Gang</a> recorded three live tracks at the Rainbow for their <i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_Understanding" title="Love & Understanding">Love & Understanding</a></i> album, released in 1976. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a> opened their <a href="/wiki/Wind_%26_Wuthering_Tour" title="Wind & Wuthering Tour">Wind & Wuthering Tour</a> on 1 January 1977, playing for three consecutive nights, marking the re-opening of the venue.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Marc_Bolan" title="Marc Bolan">Marc Bolan</a> & <a href="/wiki/T._Rex_(band)" title="T. Rex (band)">T. Rex</a> played at the Rainbow on 18 March 1977, along with <a href="/wiki/The_Damned_(band)" title="The Damned (band)">the Damned</a> as support. This was part of the band's <i><a href="/wiki/Dandy_in_the_Underworld" title="Dandy in the Underworld">Dandy in the Underworld</a></i> tour. This concert performance is featured as part of T. Rex's <i>Live 1977 and in Conversation</i> CD album (2007). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> performed during their "Rumours" World Tour for three nights on 8–10 April 1977. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley_%26_the_Wailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Marley & the Wailers">Bob Marley & the Wailers</a> played on 1, 2, 3 and 4 June 1977 at the Rainbow Theatre, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Exodus_Tour" title="Exodus Tour">Exodus Tour</a>. The last show of the tour was released as the video cassette <i>Bob Marley and the Wailers Live! at the Rainbow</i>. In July 1991 a video documentary, <i>Bob Marley and the Wailers: Live! At the Rainbow</i>, directed by Keef,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was released in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>. On 16 October 2001, <a href="/wiki/Tuff_Gong" title="Tuff Gong">Tuff Gong</a> released five songs from the 4 June 1977 Rainbow Theatre performance on <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">disc</a> two of <i><a href="/wiki/Exodus_(Bob_Marley_%26_the_Wailers_album)#Deluxe_Edition_-_disc_two" class="mw-redirect" title="Exodus (Bob Marley & the Wailers album)">Exodus (Deluxe Edition)</a></i>. On 12 June 2020 this concert was streamed live worldwide on YouTube as "Bob Marley Live at the Rainbow", with HD quality, in order to raise money in connection with the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> pandemic. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Cooper" title="Ray Cooper">Ray Cooper</a> played six nights at the Rainbow from 2 May 1977. The first night was a black tie charity "Gala Night" in aid of Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee Appeal and was attended by HRH Princess Alexandra. These were the first of 234 concerts <a href="/wiki/List_of_Elton_John_and_Ray_Cooper_concert_tours" title="List of Elton John and Ray Cooper concert tours">the duo</a> played without a band. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Little_Feat" title="Little Feat">Little Feat</a> played four nights there on 1–4 August 1977, with the <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Power" title="Tower of Power">Tower of Power</a> horn section. The concerts were recorded, and some material was later released on <i>Waiting for Columbus</i>. <a href="/wiki/Mick_Taylor" title="Mick Taylor">Mick Taylor</a> was the guest guitarist on the third night and played on two songs, "An Apolitical Blues" and "Teenage Nervous Breakdown". </p><p>Donna Summer performed at the Rainbow Theatre on the 23rd and 24th of October 1977. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ramones" title="Ramones">Ramones</a> played two gigs at the venue on 31 December 1977 and 1 January 1978. The New Year's Eve concert was recorded and released as the <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Alive_(Ramones_album)" title="It's Alive (Ramones album)">It's Alive</a></i> album. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Thin_Lizzy" title="Thin Lizzy">Thin Lizzy</a> recorded their <i><a href="/wiki/Live_and_Dangerous" title="Live and Dangerous">Live and Dangerous</a></i> video at the Rainbow in March 1978. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Newton-John" title="Olivia Newton-John">Olivia Newton-John</a> played two dates of her "Totally Hot World Tour" here on 28 and 29 November 1978. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Boomtown_Rats" title="The Boomtown Rats">The Boomtown Rats</a> played two dates on 14 and 15 December 1978. Supported by <a href="/wiki/The_Vipers" title="The Vipers">The Vipers</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Jacksons" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jacksons">The Jacksons</a> played at the Rainbow Theatre on 6, 7, 8, 9, 23 and 24 February 1979 as part of their <a href="/wiki/Destiny_World_Tour" title="Destiny World Tour">Destiny World Tour</a> to support the <i><a href="/wiki/Destiny_(The_Jacksons_album)" title="Destiny (The Jacksons album)">Destiny</a></i> album, which had been released the previous year. </p><p>Paul McCartney's TV film, <i>Back to the Egg</i>, promoting Wings' latest album, on 10 August 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-rainbowhistory_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rainbowhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> became the last film to be screened at the Rainbow Theatre, on 10 August 1979. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Secret_Affair" title="Secret Affair">Secret Affair</a> played the Rainbow on 8 December 1979. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a> performed at the Rainbow Theatre in December 1979, a recording of which is included in the <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits_discography" title="Dire Straits discography">Live 1978–1992</a> box set released on 3 December 2023. </p><p>Part of <a href="/wiki/Stiff_Little_Fingers" title="Stiff Little Fingers">Stiff Little Fingers</a>' first live album, <i><a href="/wiki/Hanx" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanx">Hanx!</a></i>, was recorded at the Rainbow in 1980. </p><p>A New York Band Celebration, Billed as The Taking Liberties Show, took place on 20 February 1981. <a href="/wiki/The_Fleshtones" title="The Fleshtones">The Fleshtones</a>, The <a href="/wiki/Bush_Tetras" title="Bush Tetras">Bush Tetras</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Raybeats" class="mw-redirect" title="The Raybeats">The Raybeats</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Bongos" title="The Bongos">The Bongos</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_dBs" class="mw-redirect" title="The dBs">The dBs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Polyrock" title="Polyrock">Polyrock</a> performed. The whole show was recorded an issued as a compilation album, <i>Start Swimming</i>, released on <a href="/wiki/Stiff_Records" title="Stiff Records">Stiff Records</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a> performed here multiple times in 1980 and 1981 and recorded a video, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Live_at_Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Live at Rainbow Theatre (page does not exist)">Live at Rainbow Theatre</a></i> released in 1981. Iron Maiden also recorded their first music video, "Women in Uniform", directed by Doug Smith and released in 1980, here. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Grateful_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="The Grateful Dead">The Grateful Dead</a> played two series of shows at the Rainbow in 1981, on 20–24 March, and 2–6 October. </p><p>The dramatic climax to the 1980 British film <i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Glass_(film)" title="Breaking Glass (film)">Breaking Glass</a></i> was shot here. Directed by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Gibson_(director)" title="Brian Gibson (director)">Brian Gibson</a>, it starred <a href="/wiki/Hazel_O%27Connor" title="Hazel O'Connor">Hazel O'Connor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Daniels" title="Phil Daniels">Phil Daniels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Pryce" title="Jonathan Pryce">Jonathan Pryce</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Toyah_(band)" title="Toyah (band)">Toyah</a> performed here in February 1981, which was filmed and released as <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toyah_Live_At_The_Rainbow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toyah Live At The Rainbow (page does not exist)">Toyah Live At The Rainbow</a></i> by BBC video later that year. </p><p>The building had been the subject of a preservation order in the 1970s and the management company that operated the venue was unable to maintain it to the required standard. The building was closed permanently in 1982, although there were plans for its conversion to a bingo hall. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Closed,_occasional_unlicensed_boxing_venue:_1982–1988"><span id="Closed.2C_occasional_unlicensed_boxing_venue:_1982.E2.80.931988"></span>Closed, occasional unlicensed boxing venue: 1982–1988</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Closed, occasional unlicensed boxing venue: 1982–1988"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the closure of the Rainbow Theatre in early 1982 (last concert on 24 December 1981), it was designated a <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>, but lay empty and largely disused for the next 14 years. It was used occasionally in <a href="/wiki/Bareknuckle_boxing" class="mw-redirect" title="Bareknuckle boxing">unlicensed boxing</a> matches, most notably in April 1986 when <a href="/wiki/Lenny_McLean" title="Lenny McLean">Lenny McLean</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Roy_Shaw" title="Roy Shaw">Roy Shaw</a> in a dramatic first-round <a href="/wiki/Knockout" title="Knockout">knockout</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church:_1988_onwards">Church: 1988 onwards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Church: 1988 onwards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1988, it was used as a church by "The Rainbow Christian Fellowship", and then briefly by the <a href="/wiki/Elim_Pentecostal_Church" title="Elim Pentecostal Church">Elim Pentecostal Church</a> before, in 1995, being taken over by its current owners, the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Church_of_the_Kingdom_of_God" title="Universal Church of the Kingdom of God">Universal Church of the Kingdom of God</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> <a href="/wiki/Pentecostal" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentecostal">Pentecostal</a> church, and the theatre is now the main base for UCKG in the UK. They began work restoring the building and turning it into a <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a>. The auditorium restoration was completed by 1999, the foyer by 2001, and in 2004 it was opened to the public for one night in partnership with the Cinema Theatre Association. At that event, <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">the Guardian</a> described the Theatre as 'jaw dropping' and chairman of the CTA, Mr Richard Gray, said the building was "one of the greatest cinemas of its kind in Europe". He described its restoration as "astonishingly" good. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nearby">Nearby</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Nearby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another music venue, <a href="/wiki/The_Sir_George_Robey" title="The Sir George Robey">The Sir George Robey</a>, later "The Powerhaus" and then "Robey", stood opposite, and itself closed in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Allen_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allen-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has since been demolished. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainbow_Theatre&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1297977?section=official-list-entry">"Rainbow Theatre, former cinema, 232-238, Seven Sisters Road, Islington"</a>. <i>Historic England</i>. 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(1975)"</a>. 2 April 1975.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Over+The+Rainbow%3A+The+Last+Concert%2C+Live%21+%281975%29&rft.date=1975-04-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnmartyn.com%2Fdiscography%2Fother-appearances%2Fover-the-rainbow-the-last-concert-live-1975%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARainbow+Theatre" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/1976/New-Musical-Express-1976-12-25.pdf">"Nationwide Gig-Guide: 'Rainbow Re-Opens'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>New Musical Express</i>: 26. 25 December 1976<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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