“If you haven't been on one of my mate Aidan McManus's tours, you haven't lived. 
Irreverent and hilarious stuff.” (Irvine Welsh)

British punk was born in Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood’s Kings Road shop but came of age in Soho. London’s notorious red-light district was also a youth culture petri-dish and all the British music scenes from rock ’n’ roll to acid house gestated there. Straight people avoided the area, enabling the various music scenes to breathe. The punk scene was led by the Sex Pistols who spread the word from their Denmark Street rehearsal space/crash pad. London's first punk gig, first punk festival, provocative strip club gigs and much more all took place in the sinful square mile, it’s where punk crossed over.


Aidan McManus is the award winning guide/founder of Flipside London Tours and runs numerous music themed tours of London, he has also appeared  on many TV and Radio shows talking about London History. He is also a City Lit tutor.