After John Lennon's death, Yoko Ono donated a million dollars to the city to create a memorial in his favorite section of Central Park, directly across the street from their home in The Dakota. Read more
The Beacon began as a movie palace in 1929, and has since hosted artists from the Rolling Stones to Bob Dylan. The Allman Brothers' regular stints here were immortalized on "Peakin' At The Beacon." Read more
Stevie Ray Vaughan developed his stage chops gigging at this venue's original 6th Street location, which was also prominent in the early careers of Los Lonely Boys and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Simon & Garfunkel, Elton John, Dave Matthews Band, Diana Ross and Hall & Oates (among many others) have held massive shows in this thirteen-acre section of Central Park. Read more
Built in 1878 and cited as Texas’ oldest dance hall, the venue has hosted gigs by Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bo Diddley, and George Strait. Famously features no air conditioning.
Drive-in fast food joint frequented by the characters in Richard Linklater’s 1993 film “Dazed and Confused.” Still in operation.
Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, and Jeff Buckley all played early gigs here.
Punk mecca CBGB launched the careers of the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and Television. The legendarily grimy club continued to host rock shows by unknowns and legends alike until closing in 2006.
During an RS cover story interview, Lady Gaga and her friend Perez Hilton reminisced about drunken late-night snack runs at this mini-chain of Mexican spots. Read more
The buildings at 96 and 98 St. Marks Place appear on the cover of Led Zeppelin's 1975 album Physical Graffiti. The Rolling Stones shot the "Waiting on a Friend" video here, too. Read more
Operated by the University of Texas, this taste-making venue opened in 1979 and has featured performances by Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Townes Van Zandt, and Lucinda Williams.
Daniel Johnston was commissioned to paint this large-scale version of his “Hi, How Are You” album cover on the side of a record store, now a chain restaurant, in 1994.
Rick Rubin’s NYU dorm room here was the birthplace of Def Jam Records.
The popular PBS music show was filmed here from 1975 to 2010, and has featured performers such as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard and Neil Young.
The Velvet Underground played here at a dinner for a psychiatry society in 1966. Lou Reed, who once received electroshock therapy, treated the performance as revenge and terrified the elite audience.
On February 10th, 1971, Patti Smith gave her first poetry reading here, accompanied by Lenny Kaye on guitar.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel took advantage of this church's fantastic acoustics to record overdubs for 1969’s “The Boxer.” Read more
Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J all recorded key albums here.
The Velvet Underground were discovered here by Andy Warhol in 1965, and intentionally got themselves fired by playing "The Black Angel's Death Song," which the club’s owner had banned.
Opened by a bootlegger the day Prohibition ended in 1933, Threadgill’s served as the breeding ground for many burgeoning Austin acts, including a young Janis Joplin.
Jimmy Fallon: "This is my favorite restaurant in New York. Everything is good here." He's a particular fan of the venison tartare. Read more
