Brighton has many night-life hotspots and is associated with popular musicians including Fatboy Slim , Kirk Brandon , Tim Booth , Nick Cave , David Van Day from Dollar , and Robert Smith . Live music venues include the Concorde2 , Brighton Centre and the Brighton Dome , where ABBA received a substantial boost to their career when they won the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 . Many events and performance companies operate in the city . Brighton also has the most electronic music events in the UK . Brighton 's has produced several successful bands and music artists including Royal Blood , the Kooks , Fatboy Slim , the Freemasons , the Levellers and the Maccabees , Electric Soft Parade , British Sea Power , the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster , The Xcerts , Architects , Blood Red Shoes and Rizzle Kicks . Brighton is also home to several independent record labels
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Eurovision Song Contest 1974
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