Blue plaque for famous club where Sex Pistols played

It's the legendary venue famed for hosting the Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin.

Scores of well-known musicians played at the Club Lafayette in Wolverhampton between 1968 and 1982.

The Whitmore Lane building that once housed it will now be commemorated with a blue plaque, to acknowledge its importance to the history of the city.

Founding members Tony Perry, George Maddocks and Alan Clayton were in attendance as guests of honour at an unveiling at Molineux Stadium on Friday.

Wolverhampton-born TV presenter Suzi Perry, daughter of Tony, introduced the event.

In a speech, she read out messages from former Wolverhampton Wanderers players John Richards and Kenny Hibbitt, as well as Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant.

David Dungar, chair of the Wolverhampton Society, said he was delighted to attend and reminisce about "The Laff".

"Memories came flooding back about the iconic venue with classic tracks playing in the background," he said.

He recalled "standing in the cold in the 1970s trying to convince the nightclub's bouncer he was 18".

Among the venue's most famous moments is the appearance of "The Spots" on 19 August 1977.

It was the secret name given to the UK's most infamous punk rockers, on a run of dates which have come to be known as Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly.

The controversial band, who appeared at the Wolverhampton venue three times in total, had become weary of their concerts being shut down by authorities.

The Lafayette plaque becomes the 121st introduced by The Wolverhampton Society since 1983.

Mr Dungar said it would also serve as a tribute to the four other founding members of the club - Stan Fielding, Pete Fielding, Len Rowe and Maurice Jones - who have since died.

The signs are installed near public places serving as a historical marker.

Committee members at the society believe the city now has the highest number outside of London.

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