KOKO is a venue of many names - previously called Camden Theatre (1900-1909), Camden Hippodrome Theatre (1909-1913), Camden Hippodrome Picture Theatre (1913-1945), BBC Camden Theatre (1945-1977), The Music Machine (1977-1982) and The Camden Palace (1982-2004).
It has a capacity of 1500 and was renovated in 2004 having originally opened on Boxing Day 1900 with a larger capacity of 2434.
Among its claims to fame is that it was the site for the recording of The Last Goon Show of All on 30th April 1972 featuring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. Monty Python recorded an album here in 1972 and Madonna made her first UK performance here. After a large fire in 2020 it reopened as KOKO in April 2022.
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