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Debbie Harry’s new wave trailblazers had a special formula to knocking out the hits in the late 70s, not one your doctor would recommend

Andy Warhol, Studio 54, Madison Square Garden and two albums – this is what it was like being in Kiss in 1977

When Ian Schrager used to run the infamous New York nightclub Studio 54, back in the late Seventies, it was the epitome of decadence and grandeur. Where people arrived semi-naked and half-cut, and where the ice buckets were big enough to bury small dogs in.

Recently I went to have a sneaky peek at the gargantuan new exhibition space down in Olympia. Over the years I’ve seen dozens of events there, and even attended a Vivienne Westwood fashion show, back when her partner Malcolm McLaren was alive — I remember him pacing up and down…

He wrote the music for Dury’s biggest hits, then struck out for Studio 54 in a brilliant but misfiring solo career. Jankel recalls his strange path through pop – and dodging Dury’s drunken rages

What do Spoonman, Arnold Layne, and an unnamed security guard at Studio 54 have in common? They all inspired classic songs

It was a very popular haunt

Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace was legendary in LA. Now model Liberty Ross and pop star Usher have teamed up to bring it back to life – and it’s perfect for kids’ parties, says Charlotte Cripps. Let the good times roll...

The celebrated costume designer partied with Warhol and Halston before dressing Sarah Jessica Parker and Meryl Streep on screen. She talks to Olivia Petter about her new memoir ‘Pat in the City’, her rumoured fall out with Cynthia Nixon, and her assessment of ‘Paris chic’