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Home > London > Sightseeing Tours > London Rock Music Tour
London Rock Music Tour
USD $47.40

London Rock Music Tour

London, United Kingdom

Music lovers! This is the ideal way to discover London's rock music history. Choose either the morning or afternoon tour, or book them both for a comprehensive London Rock Music tour. These small-group tours (maximum 16 people) cover everything from rock 'n' roll landmarks in bohemian Soho to the north London neighborhoods of Camden Town, Hampstead Village and Heath, Muswell Hill, Archway and Islington.

Morning tour (3.5 hours):
Take a tour through historic London neighborhoods including Soho, Islington and Camden Town, and discover where many of the wild adventures in the history of rock ‘n' roll took place. During this tour, you will see Paul McCartney's Golden Disc-covered office and the flat where he wrote the Beatles hit song ‘Yesterday.' You will also see the flat shared by the Fab Four and walk across the famous Abbey Road crossing outside the recording studio. You will visit ‘Tin Pan Alley,' where the Rolling Stones cut their first disc, and you'll see the Pink Floyd studios. Sites of other famous events include the place where Jimi Hendrix burned his first guitar, where Jimmy Page cut his first disc and where Amy Winehouse lived and died. See more than 50 additional sites connected with U2, The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Queen, The Who, Zombies, Madness, Elton John and many more.

Afternoon tour (3.5 hours):
On the afternoon tour, see famous gig sites, clubs, rock hotels, record labels, management offices and studios. Highlights include walking across the famed Abbey Road crossing and seeing where Paul still lives. You will also see where Jimi Hendrix lived and died, where Freddie Mercury and Queen hung out, and Led Zeppelin's HQ. You'll see sites connected with The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Cream, Pink Floyd, Bob Marley, Elton John, the Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Bowie, The Who and many, many more!

Full-Day Tour (8 hours):
A combination of the morning tour, followed by the afternoon tour. It's the ultimate way to see the best of London's rock music history.

Tour route is subject to change without notice due to weather or traffic conditions.

USD $47.40
Traveler Reviews

Review by: Patricia H April 2012
Excellent. Tour guide was the best.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Alistair B March 2012
Excellent tour run by a very knowledgeable and friendly driver. Reaches the parts that other tours cannot reach.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: brophster March 2012
This was a great Tour which although started late still covered every bit of the tour. Indeed we saw some sights of London that you would not ordinarily see. The 1/2 Day tour was informative, funny, fast paced and really interesting. Loved the walk accross Abbey Road, a visit to Bill Wyman's Sticky Fingers restaurant and the original Hard Rock Cafe. My wife and I enjoyed it, as did my son and his girlfriend. For Rock enthusiasts a must do. Particularly with Chicago Mike !
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: Mai M March 2012
The guide really knew his stuff. Worth every penny =)
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: michele g December 2011
loved,loved,loved this tour.......but it is most certain the Guide that made it.......Full of knowledge....Great Great My teenagers highlight of trip...... Only thing was it should start earlier so that you can Eat @ Sticky Fingers when stop there........ only one in world not like hard rock
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Stephen A C December 2011
An excellent tour. Chicago Mike was very enthusiastic and really knew all the facts and stories. Would recommend this tour wholeheartedly.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: kittikat December 2011
Chicago Mike was a great guide. He made it one of the most enjoyable tours we did on our entire holiday.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Raegan W November 2011
Chicago Mike rocked our socks off! Loads of knowledge, passion and humour made this tour worth far more than its cost. The odd non-music related trivia rounded it off well._br/_ My only regret is I spent too much time taking notes and photos to take the experience in. No problem, I'll just do it again. Can't wait! :)
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Catherine H November 2011
My family and I had a great time on this trip. My husband is the real rock fan and he especially enjoyed hearing about all of the background information about the artists. I really enjoyed getting to see some back streets of London that I probably wouln't have taken the time find. Our two daughters aged 21 and 17 were raised on this music so they were familar with some of the artists names but our tour director also gave them some information on current musicians. I would highly recommend this tour.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Ondrej K October 2011
I just loved it. Although Im not much of a tour person, this was by far the most awesome tour Ive been to so far. The program was great, the guide was talking about interesting stuff and was entertaining and the music choice was perfect.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Robyn S October 2011
The tour was very good. We had booked a morning tour only. The tour was meant to leave 9am the lady on the desk rang the tour at 9.15 to find out they had mechanical problems and didn't know they had a group for the morning. After discussions we arranged to go on the afternoon tour and they kindly returned us back to our apartment as we had a London show to go to that night. Overall the tour was fun, informative with mad driving in London traffic and lots of laughs. We will go again when we return to London on a visit.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Irina R October 2011
Excellent tour! Highly recommend it for all music lovers outthere, no matter what age.
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: jblack October 2011
Bob was fantastic. We had the best time, he showed us so much. This is a must do for any visitor to London.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Lee October 2011
This tour is a great way to learn about Rock and Roll and see many areas of London in comfort. Bruce was able to customize the tour in response to our interests. I will recommend it to my friends. Thanks!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: James H S October 2011
One of our party was a real rock fan which is why we did the tour. The tour consists mainly of driving and trying to take photos through the window of the van. We had two stops, one where the Kinks became famous and then a too short stop at Abbey Road.. We wanted to do photos here, but because of the time limitation and traffic, we didn't get the pictures we wanted. I suggest more time at the Abbey Road site. Also, there is no opportunity to buy any rock memorabilia i.e. Beatles at Abbey Road which we had hoped for. If you're a hard core rock fan, maybe you'd enjoy this more than we did.
Review: 3 star rating: Worth doing
Review by: Raymond B October 2011
Just okay
Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
Review by: Jo F September 2011
tour guide improvised and did afternoon tour in the morning... so glad he did.... it was great!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Frenchy September 2011
Robert was like a walking talking encylopedia on music history. Would highly recommend this tour if you are interested in any form of music.
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: paular August 2011
Myself and my partner did the morning tour this time as we had done the afternoon tour before. Would highly recommend these tours if you are a music lover. Guides always friendly and if you are interested in any particular group/person tell them and they will make sure to point stuff out. Had an american guide first time and a northern english man this time, both friendly, informative and enthusiastic! Only draw back on our tour was that there were three Brazilians, one with pigeon english who kept loudly trying to translate and in general they were rude and loud making it hard to hear the guide. In fairness the guide would have let us do the tour again the next morning to make up for it but we had other plans!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Philip Q August 2011
Great if your into the English music. A good tour for the family. Courteusy and knowledgable tour bus operater.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Julie W August 2011
One of the bets tours we've been on. Our guide was just the person you would want giving this tour...friendly, informative, and accommodating. Rock and Roll 101. It gave us the opportunity to see areas of London that we might not have seen and gain some impressive" rocking" trivia. Across London's Rock n Roll universe!!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: SAMANTHA B August 2011
Fantastic!!!!! An enjoyable morning very informative and covered a wide area!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: David G August 2011
Excellent tour, taking us to some places that figure in rock's history (Freddy Mercury's house, Abbey Road, where Jimi Hendrix died, etc.). Tour guide was irreverant and knowledgeable. Small group made the tour worthwhile. Only criticism - would have liked a little more time off the van at Abbey Road, and at some other places.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Ryan C August 2011
Better than expected. Well worth it for 'ANY' music fan. My only compaint would be having to dodge traffic on Abbey road, but thats not the guides fault
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Belinda N August 2011
This tour is done in a van, do not sit at the back as you can not see over the seats, so this did ruin the trip for me, the music was super LOUD, but the stories were informative and interseting. and they did not end at the start point which was advertised which was a issue for us because we needed to get back to the start point for a show and we had to catch a taxi back. :-(
Review: 2 star rating: It was OK, but could have been better
Review by: grimsby August 2011
We must say that our guide Pat made the tour. He was so informative, knew who did what, when and where. We all found the tour had something for all of us, including the kids aged 10 and 12 thanks to Pat. Who had some stories about a few pop stars of today living in London. A good day had by all. . .The Nevell Family
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Robert B July 2011
Excellent. Took afternoon tour and wish I had time to do the morning tour. 3 hours went very quickly and Pat, our guide and driver was just superb. If you are a fan of the Beatles or Stones, take the tour.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Elisabetta V July 2011
Very interesting and fun. The guide was very knowledgeable with a great sense of humor.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Paula D July 2011
We loved our 3 hour afternoon rock music tour. Our guide was so knowledgeable and kept us enthralled every moment of the tour. The highlight was posing for pictures on Abby Road. This tour should be a definite for all rock music lovers.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Julie H July 2011
Really excellent and very interesting. Guide was really good and very chatty and informative. Would highly recommend it to others.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Virginia P July 2011
Tour guide was GREAT - tour amazing - he made this tour so interesting - will take another one with him when I return!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Peter G July 2011
The tour was very professionaly done and the guide was excellent. We will recommend this tour to our friends.
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: donna c July 2011
really enjoyed the trip, lots of stories and information which brought the experience to life had a fifteen year old with us-he loved it
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: Benjamin E July 2011
This tour was well worth it. I am a Jimi Hendrix fan and MIke made sure I knew where Hendrix, played, lived and died and this made my day! I saw where the Stones hung out and lived, same with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Clapton, etc. This is something everyone who love music should do when the go to London.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Nancy H July 2011
Ian was a wonderful host and guide. We saw things and places we'd never thought we'd see,plus many landmarks in the pantheon of rock music! A must for any fan of the English music scene of the 60s ,70s.80s and more. It was like having an old friend show you "all the spots". Highly reccmmended.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Lynn P June 2011
Best tour of London that I had. Chicago Mike was great!! Got to see areas of the city that I hadn't been on any other tour. Would recommend!!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Kim June 2011
It was a lot of fun. It was also a great way to see all the different parts of the city.
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: Michael B June 2011
It was a great experience. Mike was fanastic and very informative. We had a blast.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: mljdenny June 2011
Did this the afternoon we arrived. It was a nice was to ease ourselves in to the surroundings. Our guide knew so much of all the artists.
Review: 4 star rating: Recommended
Review by: Gary L June 2011
Driver was great storyteller. Maybe could have a few stops to see something other than outside of house, if available. Was fun though.
Review: 3 star rating: Worth doing
Review by: stephen h June 2011
excellent really enjoyable
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Al June 2011
We had a great time. Bob took us all over London - Kings Rd, Abbey Rd, Stickey Fingers, etc, etc. He had stories on every turn, chuck full of great anecdotes about all of rock's great legends
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Diane P, United States of America July 2010
Great, informative and the guide was great and have all of the info.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Sonya L, United States of America July 2010
We really enjoyed the rock tour. Pat, our tour guide was both funny and entertaining. In addition to the highlights of the tour, he also pointed out some celebrity houses such as J.K. Rowling, Simon Cowell, Madonna, and many more. I felt that the time flew by. One thing though, we were told during the tour that you can look yourself up on the Abbey Road Live Cams on-line by remembering the date and time of the crossing but when I got back home, I tried and I couldn't figure it out. I think it would be worth while for you to start investigating this part before your trip so you can be more prepared.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Peter C, United Kingdom July 2010
Chicargo Mike was excellent - full of energy and enthusiasm and took us to some sights of London that we would never have seen otherwise. A really great half day - and we will go back for the other half when we are next in London!!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: tracey s, United Kingdom June 2010
well worth it. brilliant guide. took us to places that would never have discovered on our own. we definately going back for another tour as we only did the morning one.
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Bonny P, United States of America June 2010
Very unusual tour and guide. If you go, make sure you like loud music. Guide was knoweledgeable and different.
Review: 3 star rating: Worth doing
Review by: Judy D, United States of America June 2010
"Chicago Mike" gave an excellent tour! It was the highlight of our 17 day trip!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: James B, United States of America May 2010
Abbey Rd trip was very entertaining our guide was knowledgeable and funny an enjoyable afternoon in London would recommend this trip to any R&R fan
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended
Review by: Kelly B, Canada May 2010
My husband and I took the full day Monster of Rock tour and enjoyed every second of it! Careening around London in the rock-and roll van, seeing the sites, was the highlight of our week in London. Our guide, "Chicago" Mike, was extremely personable and knowledgable - we learned ALOT about the rock-and-roll history of the city. We HIGHLY recommend this tour to others!
Review: 5 star rating: Highly Recommended

USD $47.40
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