London Calling - WSJ.com: "British rock has seen a resurgence across the country. By the end of the 1990s, British rock acts succumbed to the popularity of American hip-hop and pop. Promoters and booking agents say that they struggled to find enough quality local bands to fill London's venues, particularly due to the rise of dance music and rave culture where clubbers flocked to see DJs instead of guitar-wielding musicians.
"The pendulum is now swinging away from dance and pop and back to rock -- and British artists are on the rise again. This year, they made up more than half of the U.K.'s top 100 albums in the second quarter of the year -- a 20% increase since 2001. In the past five years, revenue from live music performances around the country doubled to $24.6 million, according to the Performing Rights Society.
"While other London neighborhoods like Brixton and Kilburn are also benefiting from the resurgence in live music, Shoreditch venues are becoming the crucible for up-and-coming British acts. The area's geographic boundaries are nebulous even to those who live there, but it's generally considered to be the 'triangle' bounded by Old Street, High Street, and Great Eastern Street."
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