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Opened in 1991, with their first show on Valentines Day, Exeter Cavern (or The Cavern Club) is a small venue, located on Queen Street, in the centre of Exeter, Devon, England. Being located not-far-from Teignmouth, it was one of the venues where Muse performed the most, and is perhaps most notorious for being the place where the band started it all. In 1995, Muse also took part in the Battle of the Bands, which took place in The Cavern.<ref name="cca">  
[[File:ExeternCavernClub.jpg|thumb|right|Exeterior of the venue <small>([https://www.instagram.com/exeter_cavern/ source])</small>]]
{{cite | desc=Contact details | fetch=2022-04-27 | pub=Cavern Club website | med=website | url=https://exetercavern.net/contact/ | dom=cavernclub.net | type=ext}}</ref>
[[File:T.D.B Magazine 1999 – The Cavern Club 1999.jpg|thumb|right|Muse at Exeter's Cavern, 1999]]
[[File:Cavern202204.jpg|thumb|right|Muse at Exeter's Cavern, 2022]]
[[File:CavernCharityTshirt.png|thumb|right|Cavern Charity T-shirt]]
Opened in 1991, with their first show on Valentines Day, '''Exeter Cavern''' (or '''The Cavern Club''') is a small venue, located on Queen Street, in the centre of Exeter, Devon, England. Being located not-far-from Teignmouth, it was one of the venues where Muse performed the most, and is perhaps most notorious for being the place where the band started it all. In 1995, Muse also took part in the Battle of the Bands, which took place in The Cavern.<ref name="cca"> {{cite | desc=Contact details | fetch=2022-04-27 | pub=Cavern Club website | med=website | url=https://exetercavern.net/contact/ | dom=cavernclub.net | type=ext}}</ref> According to Dom, Muse have performed in this club about 32 times during their early years.


According to Dom, Muse have performed in this club about 32 times (or 33 in total, including the 2022 gig).
In 2016, the club suffered an accidental fire, which destroyed part of the venue, with the basement, where the fire started, being severly damaged. Due to the quick actions from both the people and the staff, the club was succesfully refurbished and reopened in May of 2017.<ref>https://louderthanwar.com/crowdfunder-started-fire-dam/</ref>


In 2016, the club suffered an accidental fire, which destroyed part of the club, with the basement, where the fire started, being severly damaged. Due to the quick actions from both the people and the staff, the club was succesfully refurbished and reopened in May of 2017.<ref>https://louderthanwar.com/crowdfunder-started-fire-dam/</ref>
In 2022, Muse returned to the Cavern Club after twenty years, to perform a special secret gig for Jim Beam's "Welcome Sessions", a series of recorded live shows/documentaries, in which bands revisit the clubs which helped them kickstart their careers. This also marked the first time in 16 years that the band performed an entire gig with just the them three on-stage. Footage from this show (specifically, Compliance) can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlJpFuwpmh8 here].


== Muse appearances==
A limited-edition Cavern Charity T-shirt was released on the official Muse store, listing all dates Muse played in the venue in the 1990s on the back of the shirt, with some promotional posters on the front of it. All proceeds from the shirt will be going towards the Cavern Club.<ref>https://store.muse.mu/gb/muse/cavern-charity-t-shirt/0090317567990_CONFIG.html</ref>
 
== Muse appearances ==


* [[Exeter Cavern Club 2022 (gig) | 2022-04-07]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 2022 (gig) | 2022-04-07]]
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* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1999-01 (gig) | 1999-01-25]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1999-01 (gig) | 1999-01-25]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1998 (gig) | 1998-05-16]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1998 (gig) | 1998-05-16]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-12 (gig) | 1997-12-15]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1998-04 (gig) | 1998-04-16]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-12-2 (gig) | 1997-12-27]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-12 (gig) | 1997-12-12]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-11-2 (gig) | 1997-11-11]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-11 (gig) | 1997-11-08]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-11 (gig) | 1997-11-08]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-10 (gig) | 1997-10-14]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-09 (gig) | 1997-09-09]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-08 (gig) | 1997-08-09]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-07 (gig) | 1997-07-15]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-07 (gig) | 1997-07-15]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-05 (gig) | 1997-05-24]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-05 (gig) | 1997-05-24]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-03 (gig) | 1997-03-31]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1997-03 (gig) | 1997-03-31]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-10 (gig) | 1995-10-??]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1996-12 (gig) | 1996-12-03]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1996-10 (gig) | 1996-10-29]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1996-09 (gig) | 1996-09-02]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1996-06 (gig) | 1996-06-29]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1996-04 (gig) | 1996-04-16]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-12 (gig) | 1995-12-19]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-11 (gig) | 1995-11-04]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-10 (gig) | 1995-10-01]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-09 (gig) | 1995-09-08]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-06 (gig) | 1995-06-28]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-05 (gig) | 1995-05-06]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-04 (gig) | 1995-04-06]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-04 (gig) | 1995-04-06]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1994 (gig) | 1994-10-??]] <span class="small">(supporting Tribute to Nothing)</span>
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-03 (gig) | 1995-03-07]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-02 (gig) | 1995-02-27]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-01-2 (gig) | 1995-01-23]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1995-01-1 (gig) | 1995-01-04]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1994-12 (gig) | 1994-12-12]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1994-11 (gig) | 1994-11-05]]
* [[Exeter Cavern Club 1994 (gig) | 1994-10-22]] <span class="small">(supporting Tribute to Nothing)</span>


== Technical Specs ==
== Technical Specs ==


The following information came from a [http://www.exetercavern.com/cavtech.txt technical sheet] for the Exeter Cavern:
<small>''The following information came from an old technical sheet for the Exeter Cavern:''</small>


CAVERN TECHNICAL SPEC
=== Technical Specs ===


VENUE INFORMATION
* Venue: Cavern
* Address: 83-84 Queen St.
* Town: Exeter
* Capacity: 220
* Dressing room: Small (no shower)


Venue: CAVERN <br>
=== Time Schedule ===
Address: 83-84 QUEEN ST <br>
Town: EXETER <br>
Capacity: 220 <br>
Dressing room: SMALL (no shower) <br>


TIME SCHEDULE<br>
* Get in: 5.00
* Sound check: 6.00 (main band)
Get in: 5 <br>
* Dinner: 7.00 (in-house)
Sound check: 6 (main band) <br>
* Doors: 8.00
Dinner: (in house), 7 <br>
* Onstage: 8.15 - Opener<br>
Doors: 8 <br>
9.00 - 2nd Band<br>
Onstage: 8.15 OPENER <br>
9.45 - Breathe<br>                  
9.00 2nd BAND <br>
* Curfew: Clubnight Following Bands
9.45 BREATHE <br>
* Parking: From 5.00 Outside Venue (in loading bay)
                 
Curfew: CLUBNIGHT FOLLOWING BANDS <br>
Parking: From 5 outside venue (in loading bay) <br>


=== PA Specs ===


PA SPECS <br>
* Opus rig with 32-channel Soundcraft Console
* Engineer: Mike Mills (07793315190)


Opus rig with 32 ch soundcraft<br>
'''PA Spec List:'''<br>
Engineer Mike Mills 07793315190<br>
* Front of Hose: 3K Opus rig (3-way) (master runs through a BSS graphic EQ), with Opus, C-Audio and Amcron amplifiers, running on BSS FDS 360 3-way crossovers
P.A. spec list.<br>
* Monitoring: 2x Turbosound wedges, running on a 1200-Watt Crown amp after Behringer graphic EQs (separate mixes)
Front of house- 3K opus rig (3 way) (master runs through a BSS graphic) with opus, C-audio and  
* Drum fill: 1x Yamaha full-range stack, running on a 1200-Watt Crown amp after a Behringer graphic EQ (separate mix)
amcron amps running on BSS fds 360 3-way crossovers.<br>
* Desk: 28-channel Soundcraft (6-aux, 7-bus)
Monitoring- 2x turbosound wedges (separate mixes) running on a 1200watt crown amp after behringer
graphics.<br>
Drum fill- 1x yamaha full range stack running on 1200 watt crown amp after a behringer graphic  
(separate mix).<br>


Desk- 28 channel soundcraft..6 aux, 7 bus.<br>
'''Outboard:'''<br>
Outboard- <br>
* BSS 4-way Gate
BSS 4way gate. <br>
* Drawmer 2-way Gate
Drawmer 2way gate. <br>
* Behringer 4-way Compressor/Limiter
Behringer 4way compressor/ limiter. <br>
* Behringer 2-way Compressor/ Limiter
Behringer 2way compressor/ limiter. <br>
* 2x Drawmer 2-way Compressors
2x drawmer 2way compressors. <br>


Effects- <br>
'''Effects:'''<br>
Yamaha rev-7. <br>
* Yamaha Rev-7
TC electronic D2 multitap delay. <br>
* TC Electronic D2 Multitap Delay


Microphones- <br>
'''Microphones:'''<br>
6x shure SM58. <br>
* 6x Shure SM58
2x shure SM57. <br>
* 2x Shure SM57
1x shure beta SM57. <br>
* 1x Shure Beta SM57
1x shure pg52 bass drum mic. <br>
* 1x Shure PG52 bass drum mic
2x sennheiser 609e. <br>
* 2x Senheiser 609E
4x sennheiser 604e. <br>
* 4x Senheiser 604E
1x sennheiser 602. <br>
* 1x Senheiser 602
1x unbranded pencil condenser. <br>
* 1x Unbranded pencil condenser


DI boxes- <br>
'''DI Boxes:'''<br>
5x orchid electronics DI boxes.<br>
* 5x Orchid Electronics DI Boxes<br>


== Venue address<ref name="cca"/> ==
== Venue address<ref name="cca"/> ==


The Cavern<br />
The Cavern<br/>
83-84 Queen St<br />
83-84 Queen Street<br/>
Exeter,<br />
Exeter<br/>
Devon, UK<br />
Devon, UK<br/>
EX4 3RP
EX4 3RP


Tel: 01392 495370<br />
Tel: 01392 495370<br/>
Fax: 01392 271625
Fax: 01392 271625


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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [http://exetercavern.com Cavern Club website]
 
* [http://cavernclub.co.uk Alternative domain]
* [https://exetercavern.net/ Exeter Cavern Club website]


[[Category:Venues]]
[[Category:Venues]]

Latest revision as of 19:08, 16 May 2023

Exeterior of the venue (source)
Muse at Exeter's Cavern, 1999
Muse at Exeter's Cavern, 2022
Cavern Charity T-shirt

Opened in 1991, with their first show on Valentines Day, Exeter Cavern (or The Cavern Club) is a small venue, located on Queen Street, in the centre of Exeter, Devon, England. Being located not-far-from Teignmouth, it was one of the venues where Muse performed the most, and is perhaps most notorious for being the place where the band started it all. In 1995, Muse also took part in the Battle of the Bands, which took place in The Cavern.[1] According to Dom, Muse have performed in this club about 32 times during their early years.

In 2016, the club suffered an accidental fire, which destroyed part of the venue, with the basement, where the fire started, being severly damaged. Due to the quick actions from both the people and the staff, the club was succesfully refurbished and reopened in May of 2017.[2]

In 2022, Muse returned to the Cavern Club after twenty years, to perform a special secret gig for Jim Beam's "Welcome Sessions", a series of recorded live shows/documentaries, in which bands revisit the clubs which helped them kickstart their careers. This also marked the first time in 16 years that the band performed an entire gig with just the them three on-stage. Footage from this show (specifically, Compliance) can be seen here.

A limited-edition Cavern Charity T-shirt was released on the official Muse store, listing all dates Muse played in the venue in the 1990s on the back of the shirt, with some promotional posters on the front of it. All proceeds from the shirt will be going towards the Cavern Club.[3]

Muse appearances

Technical Specs

The following information came from an old technical sheet for the Exeter Cavern:

Technical Specs

  • Venue: Cavern
  • Address: 83-84 Queen St.
  • Town: Exeter
  • Capacity: 220
  • Dressing room: Small (no shower)

Time Schedule

  • Get in: 5.00
  • Sound check: 6.00 (main band)
  • Dinner: 7.00 (in-house)
  • Doors: 8.00
  • Onstage: 8.15 - Opener

9.00 - 2nd Band
9.45 - Breathe

  • Curfew: Clubnight Following Bands
  • Parking: From 5.00 Outside Venue (in loading bay)

PA Specs

  • Opus rig with 32-channel Soundcraft Console
  • Engineer: Mike Mills (07793315190)

PA Spec List:

  • Front of Hose: 3K Opus rig (3-way) (master runs through a BSS graphic EQ), with Opus, C-Audio and Amcron amplifiers, running on BSS FDS 360 3-way crossovers
  • Monitoring: 2x Turbosound wedges, running on a 1200-Watt Crown amp after Behringer graphic EQs (separate mixes)
  • Drum fill: 1x Yamaha full-range stack, running on a 1200-Watt Crown amp after a Behringer graphic EQ (separate mix)
  • Desk: 28-channel Soundcraft (6-aux, 7-bus)

Outboard:

  • BSS 4-way Gate
  • Drawmer 2-way Gate
  • Behringer 4-way Compressor/Limiter
  • Behringer 2-way Compressor/ Limiter
  • 2x Drawmer 2-way Compressors

Effects:

  • Yamaha Rev-7
  • TC Electronic D2 Multitap Delay

Microphones:

  • 6x Shure SM58
  • 2x Shure SM57
  • 1x Shure Beta SM57
  • 1x Shure PG52 bass drum mic
  • 2x Senheiser 609E
  • 4x Senheiser 604E
  • 1x Senheiser 602
  • 1x Unbranded pencil condenser

DI Boxes:

  • 5x Orchid Electronics DI Boxes

Venue address[1]

The Cavern
83-84 Queen Street
Exeter
Devon, UK
EX4 3RP

Tel: 01392 495370
Fax: 01392 271625

Mail: exetercavern@hotmail.com

References

  1. ↑ a b [Contact details]. Cavern Club website. Retrieved 2022-04-27 from cavernclub.net.
  2. ↑ https://louderthanwar.com/crowdfunder-started-fire-dam/
  3. ↑ https://store.muse.mu/gb/muse/cavern-charity-t-shirt/0090317567990_CONFIG.html

See also

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