Plaque To The Future - Brum's Rum Runner's Back On The Map

 

For a brief spell in the very early 80s Brum’s Rum Runner Club was right at the heart of the burgeoning New Romantic scene and home (almost literally by all accounts) to one of the bands that pretty much invented the genre, Duran Duran (who also filmed the rarely seen video above for Planet Earth there too). 

Maybe it’s just me but some of those early singles still sound futuristic and whilst the Rum Runner’s gone the same way as so many other iconic music venues (see also The Cavern, The Hacienda and CBGBs for starters) the site it occupied is finally getting a much deserved Blue Plaque from the Birmingham Civic Society. Work and geography – I live in Devon now and the number 9 bus doesn’t go that far sadly – prevent me from personally attending its unveiling on December 16th but if you’re anywhere near why not don those pixie boots, slap on some lippie and pop along? All together now “Bop, bop-bop, bop, bop-bop, bop-bop…”.