СБОРНИК УПРАЖНЕНИЙ ДЛЯ ПОДГОТОВКИ К ЕГЭ ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ: раздел «Словообразование». ЧАСТЬ 2

BRITISH MUSEUM IN LONDON HAILS ‘HOMECOMING’ OF WORLD’S OLDEST MAP OF THE STARS

The British Museum has welcomed the “homecoming” of the Nebra Sky Disc, which features Cornish gold to their Stonehenge 1) __________ (EXHIBIT). The piece is 3,600 years old and is said to be the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars. The 30 cm bronze disc with a blue-green patina is decorated with inlaid gold symbols thought to represent the sun, moon, stars, the solstices, and the Pleiades constellation.

The world of Stonehenge exhibition

The Nebra Sky Disc will feature in the British Museum’s Stonehenge exhibition. While it is the first time the ancient item has been in Britain, curator of The World of Stonehenge exhibition, Neil Wilkin, has said it is a “ 2) _________ (REMARK) homecoming for some of the most eye-catching aspects of the design.” He told the PA news agency: “The distinctive moon, sun, and stars you see on the surface are almost certainly made of gold from Cornwall. “Work to determine the Cornish gold source has pinpointed the Carnon River, where gold was extracted during the period of the sky disc, and in this case was obviously exported to 3) __________ (LAND) Europe. “It’s a reminder that even by 1600 BC Britain was trading fairly frequently with Europe, and both gold and tin from Cornwall were highly prized. “So it’s a really special moment to see this gold back in Britain nearly four millennia after someone first saw it glinting in the Cornish water.” The piece is said to be the world’s oldest surviving map of the stars. The disc was discovered in 1999 near the town of Nebra in Germany and is being loaned to the British Museum by the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. It is the first time it has been loaned 4) ________________ (NATION) for 15 years. While it is the first time the ancient item has been in Britain, curator of The World Of Stonehenge exhibition, Neil Wilkin, has said it is a “remarkable homecoming for some of the most eye-catching aspects of the design.” He told the PA news agency: “The distinctive moon, sun, and stars you see on the surface are almost 5) ___________ (CERTAIN) made of gold from Cornwall. “Work to determine the Cornish gold source has pinpointed the Carnon River, where gold was extracted during the period of the sky disc, and in this case was obviously exported to mainland Europe.

“It’s a 6) ____________ (MIND) that even by 1600 BC Britain was trading fairly frequently with Europe, and both gold and tin from Cornwall were highly prized. Wilkin added: “This is one of the world’s most important ancient objects, and we are absolutely thrilled it has arrived at the British Museum so UK audiences can see it for the very first time from next month. “The Nebra Sky Disc is not only a beautiful object, but it demonstrates a 7) ___________ (KNOW) of astronomy that many people just won’t believe was known 3,600 years ago. “It is truly 8) ___________ (STAND) and will be a massive draw in our The World Of Stonehenge exhibition.” The Nebra Sky Disc will form part of the Stonehenge exhibition, which opens at the British Museum on February 17, 2022.

Londontopia, January 2022

NEW SCULPTURES OF QUEEN AND PHILIP TO COMPLETE ROYAL ALBERT HALL FOR 150TH ANNIVERSARY

The Royal Albert Hall has commissioned two new life-size sculptures of the Queen and the late Duke of Edinburgh to mark its 150th anniversary. The bronze figures – along with two new statues of the Queen Victoria and Prince Albert – will be permanent 1) __________ (ADD) to the historic London venue and will be unveiled next summer. The artworks of the Queen and Philip, depicting them in the mid-1960s, pay tribute to the couple’s shared lifetime of service, and the late duke’s “faithful devotion” to his wife, as he gazes towards her.

The statues will complete the 2) _________ (BUILD) by filling the South Porch, which was added in 2003, while Victoria and Albert’s will stand in the niches of its North Porch – which have lain empty since 1871. Philip, the nation’s longest-serving consort, died aged 99 in April and the Queen, who is set to mark her Platinum Jubilee in 2022, has been under doctors’ orders to rest for nearly a month and has also sprained her back. The Royal Albert Hall was conceived by Albert – the Prince Consort – and opened by Queen Victoria – who named it in memory of her late husband.

Maquettes of the sculptures – two Queens and their beloved consorts – arrived at the venue this week, ahead of the 3) ___________ (CREATE) of the full-size pieces. They show a young Elizabeth II, in her late thirties, in the impressive Vladimir Tiara, as well as the George VI sapphire necklace and earrings which she received her father as a wedding present. Poignantly, on her wrist will be the Edinburgh wedding bracelet, which Philip gave as a present to his new bride in 1947. The Queen is shown in evening dress with long gloves, in a gown inspired by the Sir Norman Hartnell era.

Poppy Field, who designed the Queen and Philip’s statues, took 4) _________ (INSPIRE) from Dorothy Wilding’s portraits of the couple ahead of their wedding. “One of Dorothy Wilding’s particularly poignant July 1947 photographs captures Prince Philip looking over to the Queen, who looks directly out to the viewer,” she said. “Taken just a few months before their marriage, this image symbolizes Prince Philip’s faithful 5) _________ (DEVOTE) to the Queen and the Queen’s promise to the nation.” She added: “My goal is to visually connect the statues of the Queen and Prince Philip with depictions of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as well as represent something unique in each statue that would together embody the romantic appeal of their royal marriage.” The two couples will be captured at similar ages, with the Queen in her late thirties and Philip in his early forties.

Prince Albert died in 1861 at the age of 42. Victoria and Albert were both 32 in the year of the Great Exhibition. The commissions followed a 6) __________ (COMPETITION) process involving a shortlist of seven sculptors supported by the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), a charity dedicated to supporting excellence in British craftsmanship. The Queen is patron of the Royal Albert Hall but missed the Festival of Remembrance it staged on Saturday after being told to rest, following preliminary 7) ____________ (INVESTIGATE) in hospital in October 20. Ian McCulloch, president of the Royal Albert Hall said: “The Hall is in our temporary stewardship, and it’s our duty to ensure it is here to inspire generations to come.

“As well as launching artistic and engagement programs as part of our 150th-anniversary celebrations, we wanted to commemorate the milestone with something tangible, and these 8) ___________ (SCULPT) will finally complete the facade of our glorious Grade I-listed building.

Londontopia, January 2022

The neolithic mound of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire

A closer understanding of the lives of the people who built the henges, and who moved these great stones, suggests a high level of 1) ____________ (COMMON) and shared purpose. The skeletons found in the burial sites near the Wiltshire monument show comparatively little evidence of violence. Wilkin suggests that “the act of building was perhaps as important as the building itself”. Not far from Stonehenge is Silbury Hill, the largest manmade structure in Europe in 2400BC, and of similar height and volume to the roughly contemporary pyramids in Egypt. Excavation shows no tomb beneath the great mound, however. The latest theories suggest that its 2) _____________ (CONSTRUCT), over several generations, was a community endeavour, perhaps a collective rite of passage, a great monument to pastoral co-operation. The sarsen uprights of Stonehenge, and the long avenue that approached them, appear to have been constructed as this kind of society, with its deification of stone, was first beginning to come under threat.

The discovery of the grave of the “Amesbury Archer” when the 3) ___________ (FOUND) of a new primary school were dug in 2002 in a village three miles from Stonehenge is early evidence of this great technological and social shift. The man, who was in middle age, died 4,350 years ago and was buried with numerous objects that included five Beaker pots, three copper knives, a pair of gold hair ornaments, a small anvil used in metalworking and 122 pieces of worked flint, including the arrowheads that gave him his nickname.

When the grave was first discovered the tabloids christened him the “king of Stonehenge” but the truth of the mix of grave relics makes him even more fascinating. While the pots are in the new Beaker style that originated in continental Europe, they were likely to have been manufactured locally. By contrast, the gold ornaments are made in a British style but from metal that was probably from mainland Europe. 4) ______________ (EXAMINE) of the isotopic composition of the man’s teeth suggested that the Amesbury Archer had grown up in the western Alps before travelling to Britain later in life. Piecing these bits of information together, archaeologists conclude that this man was among the very first to bring the magical 5) ______________ (KNOW) of how to manufacture copper to Britain, which perhaps guaranteed him such a high-status burial; DNA analysis of a companion grave nearby show it to be that of the man’s great grandson, who had been born in Wiltshire but spent part of his life abroad.

In the centuries that followed, such individual graves became more common, in contrast to the collective burial sites of the earlier period. The 6) ______________ (APPEAR) of metal objects, including gold, in these graves seems to coincide, the exhibition suggests, with new social networks and trading routes related to the ever-increasing demand for metal. The implication of single-occupancy graves was mirrored above ground where farmland becomes enclosed. Stonehenge continued in this period as a 7) ___________ (SIGN) and perhaps sacred site, with burial mounds constructed all around it, but the implications of the new detailed DNA and dating advances are that the collective agrarian spirit that enabled it gave way to a more modern sense of individuality and selfhood and ownership. (The idea of Stonehenge as “property” persisted – it was bought as recently as 1915 by a locally born barrister, Cecil Chubb, for £6,600, as a present for his wife. Three years later, he handed it back to the nation in 8) _____________ (CHANGE) for a baronetcy.

“We talk about connectivity a lot,” Wilkin says, “but I think what’s different about it here is that we’re using those 9) _______________ (CONNECT) to explain some of the real fundamental changes that happened in this period of European history: the rise of individualism, the introduction of farming, the settlement of the lands and enclosure in the middle bronze age which eventually seems to have led to greater conflict and warfare.”

Londontopia, January 2022

London Aquarium

Sea Life London Aquarium has dived into its annual “count and clean” stocktake of its 1) __________ (CREATE) in preparation for the year ahead. Expert aquarists have plunged into the water with calculators in hand to kick off their count of the attraction’s 6,000 creatures, including a 27-year-old green sea turtle named Boris who measures 1.5 meters (five feet) in 2) __________ (LONG).

The staff will carry out the mammoth task across the month as they plan to tally up hundreds of leafcutter ants, cockroaches, and one of their smallest species, the milk frog – which is only eight centimeters (three inches) long. The 3) ____________ (ACT) allows aquarists to examine the creatures and create strong bonds with them, as well as clean the windows to the wet wonderland.

The milk frog is one of the aquarium’s smallest species, measuring at just eight centimeters long (PA). “Diving into our January ‘count and clean’ is one of the most exciting and important events at Sea Life London Aquarium, as it’s a chance to take stock of all our new 4) ___________ (ARRIVE) over the past year,” said the aquarium’s general manager, Catherine Pritchard. “Whilst our aquarists have lots of fun trying to count all of the amazing creatures in our 5) ____________ (COLLECT), we also perform an early spring clean to help us maintain the health and wellbeing of our creatures both now and for future 6) ____________ (GENERATE) to come.”

The event allows aquarists to get up close and 7) ___________ (PERSON) to the marine species in their care (PA).

The largest animal in their tanks is the sand tiger shark at three meters (10ft) long while the smallest on their checklist is the coral polyp, at less than one millimeter.

The experts will also survey 298 clownfish and 90 marble jellyfish as they work to spruce up the South Bank 8) ___________ (ATTRACT) for visitors.

Londontopia, January 2022

the Eden Project

A northern English outpost of the Eden Project has moved a step closer to 1) ___________ (REAL) after councillors in Lancashire granted planning permission for the £125m eco-attraction. Eden Project North, which would be built in giant, transparent domes on Morecambe’s promenade, is being presented to 2) _____________ (GOVERN) as a “shovel-ready” initiative that could help boost the deprived seaside town.

Eden has asked for £70m in public money towards the £125m 3) ______________ (EDUCATE) project, which it says will “reimagine the British seaside resort for the 21st century”. The investment would inject £200m a year into the north-west economy, it says. An estimated 400 people would be 4) ___________ (DIRECT) employed at Eden Project North, which will combine a range of indoor and outdoor experiences all based on connecting people with Morecambe Bay and helping them to understand and protect the marine environment.

The 5) ____________ (ATTRACT) could open in 2024 if the government stumps up the necessary startup cash. The latest milestone for the Morecambe project comes after years of development and extensive community 6) ______________ (CONSULT). David Harland, the chief executive of Eden Project International, said: “The project is now definitively shovel-ready and a compelling financial case has been made to government. We are primed and ready to create this beacon to a green and 7) _____________ (SUSTAIN) in future, be part of ‘levelling up’ and drive economic and social enhancements across the region.

“While we are incredibly proud of what we and our partners have achieved so far, we now need UK government support to quickly bring this to fruition and maintain momentum.” Caroline Jackson, the leader of Lancaster city council, said: “Eden Project North promises to be the most significant project in our district for a generation. It will provide huge benefits to our economy through a 8) _____________ (COMMIT) to local purchasing and creation of good local jobs, as well as shining a light on sustainable regeneration.

“The granting of planning permission is a major milestone in the project and all that remains now is for the government to show the same commitment and provide the necessary funding to make it a reality.” David Morris, the local Conservative MP, said: “I have been meeting with ministers for quite some time now and we are in the advanced stages of securing a funding package to allow the project to start being built. “Planning being granted gives this funding ask greater precedence and I look forward to being able to make a further 9) ________________ (ANNOUNCE) shortly on the work I have been doing with ministers behind the scenes.”

Londontopia, February 2022

Rowan Moore’s treasures

You might think the Observer’s architecture critic would surround himself with beautiful souvenirs from his travels, instead he accumulates objects that defy the rules of good taste. The misfits... just a few of Rowan Moore’s treasures, 1) ________________ (COLLECTION) from all over the world.

One day in Évora, Portugal, my travelling companions and I walked across a square hammered with 40-degree heat. A little delirious, having just visited a chapel 2) _____________ (DECORATION) with human bones and the hair of young brides, we entered the apparent calm of a shop selling household items. Except our day of the macabre was not over. One of these items was a hat-rack made of four sheep feet, their still-grubby hooves varnished, bent at their joints into L-shapes, and fixed none too 3) ___________ (ELEGANT) to a moulded piece of wood.

I bought it. I held on to it even after it became infested, in the style of a Dalí painting, with ants. I brought it back home to Britain. Only with great 4) ____________ (RELUCTANT), and under duress from members of my family who found this increasingly dilapidated object for some reason disgusting, did I throw it away. I still mourn it, as if it were a missing limb. Much as a sheep might feel, indeed, whose feet had been made into a hat stand.

An ashtray and lighter in the shape of the ‘Bird’s Nest’ 2008 Beijing Olympic Stadium must surely be the last time smokers’ requisites were made to mark a sporting festival. But never mind. I can console myself with a bowl made of pine cones from the Taygetos mountains in Greece, a glow-in-the-dark Virgin Mary from a religious shop in Brixton market in London and the Little Lovemaking Monk, an object of extreme bad taste from a joke shop in the Paragon Arcade in Hull. Also models of food of the kind that restaurants in Japan sometimes display in their windows and an ashtray and 5) ___________ (LIGHT) in the shape of the “Bird’s Nest” stadium built for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Which one, imagines, was the last time it was deemed appropriate to sell memorabilia for this sporting festival that were also smokers’ requisites?

Because I write about 6) ____________ (ARCHITECT), it might be thought that I surround myself only with the most refined objects. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful,” as William Morris said, “or believe to be beautiful.” Such good advice. Except I don’t follow it: some of the things I live with are definitely useless and some might be considered by many to be ugly. You could call a lot of them kitsch, but that’s a derogatory word for artifacts which, one way or another and with the possible 7) ___________ (EXCEPT) of that monk from Hull, deserve respect. What they have in common is their freedom from hierarchies of taste, their unconcern with whether they constitute Design with a capital “D”.

The attraction is partly sentimental. These objects can recall a time and place, this or that holiday or work trip, the people I was with, the heat in the air or the smell of the trees, the weight of food or the haze of alcohol, more 8) _________ (EFFECT) than a photograph.

Londontopia, February 2022

VINCENT VAN GOGH SELF-PORTRAITS REUNITED FOR LANDMARK EXHIBITION AT THE COURTAULD GALLERY

A collection of self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh showcasing the Dutch artist’s career is going on display in London. It is the first time the “full span” of Van Gogh’s self-representation has been explored in an 1) ____________ (EXHIBIT), with 16 self-portraits being unveiled at The Courtauld Gallery on Thursday.

Works on show will trace the evolution of his style from the early Self-Portrait With A Dark Felt Hat in 1886 to Self-Portrait With A Palette, painted while he was at an asylum in France in September 1889. This was one of the last self-portraits he created before his death in 1890. The exhibition will also show Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear, one of the most celebrated works in the 2) ___________ (COLLECT).

Dr. Karen Serres, curator of the exhibition, said: “Van Gogh is an icon of self-portraiture. “His self-portraits have come to define him in the public 3) ____________ (IMAGINE), offering access to his personality and becoming the lens through which we view his genius, passion, resilience, and struggles. “This exhibition is the first to explore the full span of Van Gogh’s self-portraiture, which is striking in its variety, offering a unique and 4) ______________ (FASCINATE) opportunity to observe Van Gogh’s creative and personal development.”

Gallery assistants look at Self-Portrait, Saint-Remy August 1889, left, and Self-Portrait, Saint-Remy, first week of September 1889, right (Kirsty O’Connor/PA).

A pair of self-portraits painted a week apart, while the artist was at an asylum in the south of France, will be reunited at the exhibition for the first time in 130 years.

The 5) ____________ (PAINT) show Van Gogh’s changing psychological conditions, from the depths of a mental health crisis to a state of recovery, and the way he viewed himself. Alongside the self-portraits, the display also features two major paintings: Van Gogh’s Chair, 6) _____________ (DESCRIPTION) by the artist as a symbolic self-portrait, and a portrait of his friend titled Portrait of Eugene Boch. The exhibition features works from collections at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Washington DC’s 7) ___________ (NATION) Gallery of Art, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, and the National Gallery in London. The Morgan Stanley Exhibition: Van Gogh Self Portraits at The Courtauld opens on Thursday until May 8. There is an entry fee to the Courtauld Gallery and this special exhibition, and you MUST book in advance.

Londontopia, February 2022

FUTURE LONDON: TAKE A LOOK AT LONDON’S FUTURE SYMPHONIC CONCERT HALL

London is a world-class city and one thing it lacks right now is a world-class 1) ___________ (SYMPHONY) concert hall. Yes, it has the Royal Albert Hall, but that’s over 150 years old and not exactly to the standard of modern concert halls. This is set to change in the coming years and we now have our first good look at what the place could look like.

The London Centre for Music is due to be built where the Museum of London is 2) _____________ (CURRENT) located. The Museum of London will be moving to a new location in Smithfield Market in the coming years. So, that opens up the opportunity for the museum to be demolished and a proper symphony hall to be built in its place.

The whole project is a joint venture between The Barbican, the London Symphony Orchestra, and Guildhall School of Music & Drama. The Centre for Music aims to 3) _______________ (REVOLUTION) the performance of classical music in London. The Centre for Music will feature a 2000-seat main hall, in which the audience would surround the orchestra, clustered in pockets of seating. The steep-sided venue, which is set to feature breakout spaces for 3) ___________ (MUSIC) to perform amongst the audience, is designed to make the best possible use of acoustics and thus provide the richest aural experience. The whole thing was designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, who designed the Manhattan High Line and have also had a hand in the V&A East 4) _____________ (DEVELOP) (old news – the V&A is getting another museum in East London).

A lot has to happen for this new concert hall to be built. First, the Museum of London has to move, which isn’t going to happen until 2023 at the earliest. Then the site has to be cleared. The Barbican area is no stranger to unique, modern 5) ____________ (ARCHITECT) so I don’t think planning permission will be a problem. However, the busy roundabout will have to be reconfigured, which will be no tall order. That and the whole thing will cost £288 million (which will be raised from private fundraising). As a big fan of 6) __________ (CLASS) music, I look forward to watching this project develop!

Londontopia, January 2021

Oliver Twist given new spin in BBC prequel to Charles Dickens novel

Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist is being given a new spin in a star-studded BBC prequel to the Victorian novel, which highlights the parallels between food poverty in the 19th century and now. Echoing the most famous line from Dickens’ 1838 classic – “Please sir, I want some more” – and Marcus Rashford’s campaign to reduce child hunger, the writers of forthcoming 10-part family adventure series Dodger say they “made a conscious effort” to put food 1) _______ (POOR) “to the fore” in their show based on the exploits of Dickens’ characters the Artful Dodger and crime-lord Fagin.

The spin-off creates a backstory for Fagin, played by Christopher Eccleston, making him “more 2) _____________ (INTEREST), sympathetic and funny … like a Robin Hood character” than in previous screen versions and suggests he may have been the subject of an antisemitic attack, according to Dodger 3) ________ (CREATE) Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery.

The husband and wife team have also updated other characters for modern audiences. Montgomery said that Nancy, who is played by Saira Choudhry, is no longer the 4) ____________ (TRADITION) big-hearted fallen “Cockney sparrow”, but for the first time on screen as a wily northern thief who manipulates Bill Sikes.

As Tom Stoppard did with his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, creating a new show around the back-stories of characters from a classical work gives, as Montgomery put it, “an opportunity to create something fresh and new”.

They also wanted Dodger to be a programme the “family can all sit down and watch” for their children’s 5) _______________ (GENERATE), while highlighting, with the use of food banks escalating due to the pandemic, that many children who will watch the BBC show will understand Fagin’s orphan gang’s battle against poverty and hunger. Thomas said he could see the children in his area who were being hit by the cost of living crisis. He said: “We wanted to make something that’s really inclusive that everyone watching can identify with. You’ve got the Malory Towers kids going off to a fancy school and that’s one life and that’s fine, but this is a 6) ______________ (DIFFER) world where I think kids watching this today, it resonates with them.”

He first came up with the concept after appearing in a school 7) _____________ (PERFORM) of Oliver Twist as a child and said “coming from a working-class background I’m not saying we struggled for food every week but we didn’t have a lot of money”. Although the fast-paced Dodger does not condone the crimes the characters commit it does explain why they do them, as Thomas said. “The whole thing is 8) ______________ (SURVIVE), there’s no one to rely on. As Fagin says, ‘If we don’t rob we can’t eat and if we can’t eat we’ll starve and we’ll die’. It’s a survival instinct; he’s not a greedy man who wants money in the way you’ve seen in the past.”

The Guardian, February 2022

FIVE IMPORTANT PLACES IN LONDON’S MUSIC HISTORY

Cities are full of music, from buskers in the streets to famous artists in their recording studios. London certainly has its own pedigree when it comes to be the best musical acts of the last few centuries, and with 1) ____________ (PERFORM) venues from the Royal Albert Hall to the Marquee Club, you can believe it has an awesome history for music. Some of music’s most memorable moments have been made in the heart of the UK, and we’ve found five places that definitely had an impact on what we listen to today. Let us know your own favorite music spots in the comments.

23-25 BROOK STREET

These two townhomes have been famous to two 2) ____________ (DIFFER) musicians spanning a period of 300 years. 25 Brook Street was once home to baroque composer Georg Frideric Handel, who moved in here in 1712 from Germany before becoming a British citizen in 1725. It is presumably here that he wrote his famous piece, The Messiah, and today is a museum dedicated to his life and work. Next door at no. 23 lived a 3) ___________ (MUSIC) no less brilliant, though markedly different from Handel—Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix once had a flat in the building that he once described has his first “home of my own”. When the Handel House Trust acquired the 4) ____________ (BUILD) in 2000, they worked hard to restore it to as it was when Hendrix lived there.

TIN PAN ALLEY (DENMARK STREET)

New York’s Tin Pan Alley was the famous home of many music producers and composters, and London’s Denmark Street appropriated the name for itself after developing a similar reputation. Lawrence Wright was the first music 5) ___________ (PUBLISH) to set up here in 1911 with several more following over the next few decades, along with several music industry magazines such as New Musical Express (now more popularly known as NME). Guitar stores, record stores, and recording studios followed, helping to create such 6) _______________ (INFLUENCE) groups as the Rolling Stones, Cliff Richard, and the Kinks. While most of what made Denmark Street famous is now gone, you can still stroll down and imagine seeing the likes of David Bowie or the Beatles coming fresh from recording another hit.

ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS

Speaking of the Beatles, this former Georgian townhouse was converted to a recording studio in 1931. Cliff Richard and the Drifters were the first rock act to record there in 1958, but it became most famously associated with the Beatles when they recorded everything from Please Please Me to the well-known Abbey Road album here, making use of the nearby crosswalk for the latter’s album cover. Abbey Road was the last album the band completed together from start to finish before breaking up in 1970, and now that crosswalk cover is repeated by many a tourist who visits the area.

THE 100 CLUB (PUNK FESTIVAL 1976)

The 100 Club started out as a jazz venue back during World War II that was popular with visiting American soldiers. As rock and other popular music genres began to take over, the 100 Club played host to these groups too. However, it was the International Punk Festival in 1976 that really put the club on the 7) ____________ (HISTORY) map. At the time, punk was mostly an underground style, but promoters and the bands themselves were eager to break into the mainstream, and the festival hosted several as-yet-unsigned groups you may have heard of such as The Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Damned, The Jam, and The Clash. .

WEMBLEY STADIUM (LIVE AID)

Back in the 1980s, Bob Geldoff of the Boomtown Rats had an idea to put together a concert to raise money for Ethiopian famine. What resulted was Live Aid, a 1985 concert across two venues at John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wembley Stadium in London. 72,000 people crowded into Wembley to hear an array of British artists from Geldof’s own group to such 8) __________ (NOTE) acts as Queen, The Police, U2, Sade, David Bowie, The Who, Paul McCartney, and many more. The London concert raised over £1.1 Million for famine relief, while the event raised £30 million internationally.

The Guardian, Ferbuary 2022

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