A report on Melkweg

Melkweg, Amsterdam
Ani DiFranco during her 2007 concert

Popular music venue and cultural centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Melkweg, Amsterdam

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Capital and most populous city of the Netherlands; with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.

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The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity; with several of its nightclubs (Melkweg, Paradiso) among the world's most famous.

Spacemen 3 in 1989

Spacemen 3

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English neo-psychedelia space rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire, by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, known respectively under their pseudonyms Sonic Boom and J Spaceman.

English neo-psychedelia space rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire, by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce, known respectively under their pseudonyms Sonic Boom and J Spaceman.

Spacemen 3 in 1989

This seven-track live album was a recording of their gig at the Melkweg venue, Amsterdam, on 6 February 1988.

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Under the Milky Way

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Single by Australian alternative rock band The Church, released on 15 February 1988, and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish.

Single by Australian alternative rock band The Church, released on 15 February 1988, and appears on their fifth studio album Starfish.

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According to a press release issued with Starfish, the title is from an Amsterdam music and cultural venue, Melkweg (Dutch for "Milky Way"), which Kilbey used to frequent.

Lijnbaansgracht from Reguliersgracht, Rijksmuseum in the background Jordaan - Lijnbaansgracht.svg Part of the Lijnbaansgracht on the west border of Jordaan

Lijnbaansgracht

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Partly filled-in canal in Amsterdam which bends beyond the boundary of the center, Amsterdam-Centrum.

Partly filled-in canal in Amsterdam which bends beyond the boundary of the center, Amsterdam-Centrum.

Lijnbaansgracht from Reguliersgracht, Rijksmuseum in the background Jordaan - Lijnbaansgracht.svg Part of the Lijnbaansgracht on the west border of Jordaan
Melkweg at nr. 234

On the Lijnbaansgracht 234-A (at the Leidseplein, behind the Stadsschouwburg) is the Melkweg, a multimedia center for pop music, dance, theater, film and visual arts, and also a tea house, restaurant and gallery. It used to be a factory hall of a huge sugar refinery, which was located here from 1854 to 1921. One of the directors was the philanthropist Willem Spakler. From 1920 to 1969 it was a milk factory.