Plaque

(lost) Jimi Hendrix Experience

Inscription

The Bag o' Nails Club
The Jimi Hendrix Experience first played here on the 25th November 1966.

Site: Bag o' Nails club (2 memorials)

W1, Kingly Street, 9

July 2023: Priscila Caroline do Nascimento reported that both these plaques have gone, so we've marked them as 'lost'. We first spotted them in 2012.

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