The Social Celebrates Tenth Birthday with The Charlatans and Magic Numbers
In 1999 The Social opened in Little Portland Street. The brainchild of a record company whose offshoots included a hugely successful underground club night, The Social was set up with a simple manifesto – to provide great music and better booze to anyone who fancied tripping through the doors.
To celebrate The Social’s ten year anniversary a series of secret gigs are planned from 12th October. Social favourite’s which include Saint Etienne, Magic Numbers and The Charlatans are scheduled to perform live intimate gigs in the 200 capacity venue. Advanced tickers for the live shows will be available and a percentage of the ticket sales will be donated to charity.
Still run by the original team who created it, Heavenly Recordings and The Breakfast Group. The bar is an award winning London institution. Designed by David Adjaye and Will Russell (now of Pentagram) with the proviso of withstanding nuclear attack or at the very least – the worst that people could chuck at it, The Social has launched over a million hugely successful hangovers.
In October 2009, The Social will hold a month long party to celebrate its tenth birthday with a big invite only party on Thursday 22 October. Expect faces old and new, music to shake the concrete off the walls and enough alcohol to stun a marching army. It’s the only way we know how to do it.
