In late 1984 the venue, which was formerly a terraced house that narrowly escaped a
Luftwaffe bomb during
the Blitz on Hull, and later had a spell as a
working men's club, became The New Adelphi Club. Part of a Victorian residential street built in 1888 in the west of Hull, and named after the
Earl de Grey and Ripon, 89 De Grey Street survived whilst the bomb scored a direct hit on a couple of adjacent properties. To this day the bomb site serves as a small car park next to the club. The venue contains a front room containing a pool table, and the bar area which is featured in
CAMRA's 2015 version of the
Good Beer Guide. This area remains open in the evening from 8 pm, irrespective of whether there is any live entertainment taking place. Otherwise the main concert room has hosted thousands of musicians over the years including those just commencing their careers such as
Pulp,
Green Day and
Radiohead; plus local boys
The Housemartins who first appeared there in 1988. In October 2014, the Kaiser Chiefs played at the New Adelphi as headline act for the venue's 30th anniversary celebration. A film capturing Kaiser Chiefs performance was made, which was shown at the Adelphi in January 2015 as part of Independent Music Venue Week. In October 2015, the film was screened at the 2015
Tucson Film & Music Festival in
Arizona, United States. Shortly afterwards,
Paul Heaton and
Richard Hawley both followed Kaiser Chiefs by playing at the Adelphi. In December 2015,
The Bohicas performed at the venue. In January 2016,
BBC Radio 6 Music's
Steve Lamacq broadcast from the studios at
BBC Radio Humberside, as part of BBC Radio's Independent Music Venue Week tour. One night of the nationwide tour was hosted at the New Adelphi on 26 January 2016, with
Mark Morriss as the headline act.
Lach performed at the venue in March 2016. From 2017 onwards the club was run as a
community interest company, with Jackson operating as one of its directors. Paul Jackson died on 31 March 2026, at the age of 71. ==Performances==