After we at the Ugly Inside implored you all to vote for the Joiners its all paid off.
Last year The Joiners a veritable institution in the Southampton music scene went through a bad time, the Southampton music scene rallied round and indeed so did Saints supporters as owner pat opened the doors on a Saturday lunchtime before games and it survived to fight another day.
That day came today when it was announced that the venue has won the prestigious NME "Britains Best Small Venue Award", this is more important than the average X Factor viewer would realise, the music scene would not thrive and survive without venues like the Joiners that over many many years has not only given local bands a chance to play a gig or two, often when no other venues have been available for young bands, but also in being on that vital rung of the national tour circuit, thus a host of big names, some of them now filling stadiums have started out treading the Joiners stage, or in the case of some of them carpet as there wasnt a stage till the early 90's.
Amongst those who have appeared there are Coldplay, Oasis, Primal Scream, Frank Turner and a longer list than I have time to reel off.
So congratulations to owner Pat, a regular on this site who commented