Creative Director Rachel Tackley, Executive Director Tony Lankester and the whole team at the West London venue are pleased to announce a new exhibition of rarely seen material from photographer Mark Allan’s archive, to be shown at Riverside Studios 24 April – 1 June.

Music Seen: Recording artists on and off camera at Riverside and beyond will feature rarely seen images taken from Top of the Pops, recorded at Riverside Studios, which welcomed stars including Elton John, The Cranberries, and West London local, Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

The exhibition opens with a private view on 24 April and will then be open to the public until June 1st. Entrance to the exhibition is free.

Riverside Studios has been given unprecedented access to the archives of Mark Allan, who has spent the past twenty years shooting some of the most iconic faces in music in recording and rehearsal.

Riverside Studios has a history of hosting television broadcasts, election coverage and studio recordings, and has been the home of one of Britain’s best-loved music programmes, Top of the Pops.

Speaking about the exhibition, Artistic Director Rachel Tackley said, “Music Seen will use the powerful, dynamic photography of the hugely talented photographer Mark Allan, to capture the glory days of Music TV, and we’re thrilled that Riverside Studios features so heavily as the filming location of Top of the Pops and Re:covered, hosted by a young Dermot O’Leary.“

The exhibition is a collaboration between Riverside Studios and Allan Archive and is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as a part of Riverside Studios’ heritage project.