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Rum Runner
The Rum Runner was a nightclub on Broad Street, Birmingham. The club operated from 1964 until its demolition in 1987. Originally a casino, by the 1970s the Rum Runner had become more of a conventional club. Regular late night clientele were Black Sabbath , Roy Wood , Quartz and other notable Birmingham bands calling in after local gigs. In the late 1970s the club was renovated by Paul and Michael Berrow, sons of the club's founder, based on ideas drawn from a visit to Studio 54 in New York City. In 1978 local band Duran Duran brought in a demo tape, and were offered a rehearsal space and jobs around the club and the group also became the resident band. In developing the club's musical identity, the club offered its rooms as free rehearsal space to bands including Dexys Midnight Runners and UB40 , with The Beat filming a video for their song Mirror in the Bathroom in the club. In 1987 the building was demolished and replaced by a Wetherspoons pub.
