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Fact #105870

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Short story:

In London, a former Irish folk club opens as psychedelic venue The Night Tripper. The press adverts offer such enticements as "films, slides, heat, food", and Pink Floyd as the first headline act. The club will soon change its name to The UFO.

Full article:

Joe Boyd (co-owner of UFO) : Me and my partner John 'Hoppy' Hopkins were debating between calling it the Night Tripper and UFO. Like many things that happened with me and Hoppy, we each had ideas and, rather than argue about them, we synthesised them. So we made up these handbills saying 'UFO