Opening Night: 15 October 1966 - Roundhouse - Celebrating 50 Years

OPENING NIGHT: 15 OCTOBER 1966

“One of the most revolutionary events in the history of English alternative music and thinking.” Daevid Allen, guitarist with Soft Machine.

The opening night launch party was an epic event celebrating not only the introduction of a radical new publication, The International Times, but also the opening of the Roundhouse as a live entertainment venue and the debut of legendary rock band Pink Floyd.

The launch proved to be one of those evenings fondly remembered by those present; though details of the recollections differ widely, it is beyond debate that on that night a whole new Roundhouse was born.

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