Choose the right shoes!! - There's a small point to get out of the way here so I'll do that first, then we'll get onto 'the good stuff'! The meeting instructions aren't great! 'Tottenham Court Road Station, Exit 3' - the station exits aren't visibly numbered where we got off our train! If you're going to use a reference like that, use one that is conspicuous and which everyone (from outside London!) will readily see when they're INSIDE the station! We came off the Elizabeth Line which we now know isn't actually in the main station. It would have helped to include that detail too. The Google Street View image which was provided saved us but it took some working out. In 2024, a WhatThreeWords reference would have bene far simpler and would saved some hunting around. Onwards... The weather was kind. Not too bright or hot but certainly not cold and wet. I know this can't be controlled but bear it in mind when booking because bad weather will ruin your experience. Michael - our guide and host - fantastic!! No, really - an absolutely great guy and totally in the right job! Interesting, funny but at the same time, subtly 'aware', observant and did a great job of keeping the group together while remaining superbly informative and entertaining at the same time. The tour is full of surprises! Even for someone who has visited London quite a number of times now, it was amazing to discover how many places - SO significant in British music history - are either just 'tucked away' or even 'hidden in plain sight'! Sometimes all you have to do is look higher than your normal eye line and revelations abound. Fortunately - as mentioned above - Michael is damned good at his job and pointed out a number of things/places where most of us would be familiar with the resultant 'product' but to be standing right next to 'where it happened' puts quite a different context on things. It's an energetic event - make no mistake - hence the title of this review. You'll cover a lot of ground - sometimes quite quickly (mainly to maximise 'talk time' at the next point of interest) so DO consider this and prepare accordingly! As Michael will explain, today's Soho is a VERY different place from that of the early 1960's but the references to those early days remain and for someone of my age and background, it was quite something to stand outside what had been Trident Studios - in the middle of an area where Marc Bolan had 'recruited' Rick Wakeman to play piano on 'Get It On' and the 2I's coffee bar where what was to become The Shadows was formed and where Hank Marvin and Ian Samwell invented the Hand Jive. We even included a brief 'excursion' into the '90's with a gloriously (!) detailed explanation of how the cover of the Oasis album 'What's the Story...' was shot - right where we were standing! If you're a British Music 'anorak', this tour really is for you. Get the right shoes on and go do it!!

A very nice experience ! - Very nice and interesting tour with Spencer ... He is a great orator !!! Funny facts, nice places, great walking tour !!!

Excellent tour so rock and roll! - Very informative and interesting! Rock history comes alive! I got this for my dad for Christmas and it did not disappoint one bit! Amazing knowledge and an excellent tour guide. Such a lovely thing to do and so reasonably priced!! Would 100% recommend.

Rock n Roll Tour - Christine was awesome and very interesting! Highly recommend! Rhe tour was great and we saw a lot of music places

Excellent way to learn about rock and roll - Our guide Spencer was an encyclopedia of musical knowledge. Fun, entertaining and a great storyteller from when this music scene was exploding. He even walked me to The Tube and made certain I was headed in the right direction. I was hesitant about it because I never did it before but he made me feel confident that I could do it. And I did! I didn’t want the tour to end truthfully. Highly recommended.

Our Guide Opened for the Stones! - And better yet, the Stones also opened for him! Spencer was brilliant. He is a walking, talking history of British rock and roll. Forget the all-day bus tours and the Abbey Road crosswalk photo op. Go on this tour and see and learn where it all started. The time-cost-value proposition is unbeatable.

must-do for music lovers - such a fun experience! i am a music lover and somewhat knowledgable on the subject of 60s music, and our tour guide had so many fun stories and information that you won’t find anywhere else. being in these places really brought the history to life!

Really enjoyed the Soho walking tour - My wife and I went on the Rock n Roll London Walking Tour around Soho on Wednesday 30th August, we both really enjoyed it. Catherine the tour guide was really nice and told the different stories really well. Ended up going back to The Ship pub for a drink, this is where Queen and David Bowie drank. Would recommend it.

Felt that we were living the experiences - We had so much fun walking around London Soho with Michal our guide who was so interesting and informative and made the streets of London come alive with his explanations of the history of places and the musicians ! We loved it !

The right tour guide makes all the difference, Spencer is not someone I want to spend 5 minutes with and it was 2 hours - If Spencer is your tour guide then instead of "Rock and Roll walking tour" it should be called "Spencer, my life me,me,me,I,I,I". Within the first 10 minutes he was laughing at how I was dressed in a heavy coat and hat because "he" was warm. He then insulted how we just visited Stonehenge. I explained that we have wanted to see it for many years and we enjoyed ourselves. He wouldn't drop it and again stated that it's "just a pile of rocks". So within the first 10 minutes he insults how I am dressed and laughs at where we chose to stop and visit. It really should be renamed "Spencer, drink you way around Soho". If you take a shot every time he said "I" or "me" you would drunk within an hour. We thought this would be an informational tour and not about all of his "friends" that he knew from the 1970's. When others in the group would try to answer one of his endless questions and got just a small bit wrong he would immediately point out how wrong they were. Spencer did admit that he was filling in for another tour guide that was sick and being on the tour made me sick...of him.