In remembrance of venues lost

In the late 80s and early 90s, I often spent four nights a week at 71 Vicar Lane in Leeds. This was home to one of the north's most legendary venues, the Duchess of York, which hosted live music every night. It seemed like everybody started there, from Radiohead to Coldplay. Oasis infamously played there in 1994 to no audience whatsoever. When Nirvana played there in 1989, Kurt Cobain spent a night upstairs on the battered sofa. In fact, I was there so often I used to joke about installing a ten...

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