The band most likely would have started out in a smaller pub or bar such as you imagined.  But now on the edge of stardom with a much larger fan base than what they started with I can see how they would have progressed to a larger place to call home but still going back to revisit their true roots from time to time.  It would be no secret that the group was headed out east for their chance at the big time. So I'm sure there would be a large portion of their fans who would like to see them perform before they left just so they could say they had been there at the cusp of the bands great leap.