[6] This was the peak time of an Australian custom known as the six o'clock swill, where venues were required to stop serving alcohol at 6 p.m.

In 1966 the pub was demolished and rebuilt in a slightly shifted location, to make space for the widening of the railway lines.

[1] Brian Hartung from Carlton & United Breweries approached Wayne Gale in 1984 and asked if he could start music at The Corner Hotel.

During the period that Wayne Gale was the owner and band booker the cream of Australia's music industry played there.

The Corner Hotel also played host to many overseas bands such as Ian Gillan, Spencer Davis, Canned Heat, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lonnie Brooks, Charlie Musselwhite and Junior Wells.

The majority of major Australian played during this period and some of the names were Ian Moss, Don Walker, Jimmy Barnes, Tommy Emmanuel, Painters and Dockers, TISM, Joe Camilleri, Nick Barker, Screaming Jets, Kevin Borich, Stevie Wright, Masters Apprentices, Weddings Parties Anything.

During the time Wayne Gale was the owner The Corner Hotel became known as the place to see Melbourne's up-and-coming bands.

[citation needed] The venue was one of the first in 2005 to make all shows smoke-free and has also been stamping out sexual assault and harassment,[10] and unspecified environmental initiatives.

Artists that have played the Corner include:Airbourne, Alison Wonderland, Amity Affliction, Amy Shark, Architecture in Helsinki, Band of Horses, Ben Harper, Biffy Clyro, Big Scary, Birds of Tokyo, Black Lips, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blink-182, Bliss n Eso,Bowling For Soup,Boy & Bear, Cat Power, Charles Bradley, COG, Courtney Barnett, Crowded House, David Hasselhoff, Deftones, Diesel, Derrick May, Dinosaur Jr., Diplo, Dropkick Murphys, Easy Star All-Stars, First Aid Kit, Flight Facilities, Frente, Future of the Left, Grimes, Grizzly Bear, Hilltop Hoods, Hot Water Music, Hozier, Interpol, Jebediah, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Jett, Joe Strummer, John Butler Trio, King Krule, Lorde, Magic Dirt, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Midnight Oil, Ministry, Morcheeba, Mr. Bungle, Mutemath, Northeast Party House, Northlane, Nothing but Thieves, Opeth, Paul Kelly, Peaches, Pennywise, Pinch Points, Public Enemy, Queens of the Stone Age, Rocket from the Crypt, Rodriguez, Rowland S. Howard, Sam Fender, Sharon Jones, Shella, Shlomo, SIA, Silversun Pickups, Something for Kate, Spiderbait, Spoon, Steve Earle, Swans, Tallest Man on Earth, Tame Impala, Tash Sultana, Tex Perkins, The Avalanches, The Black Keys, Michelle Shocked, The Bronx, The Darkness, The Drones, The Hives, The Horrors, The Libertines, The Living End, The Misfits, The Rapture, The White Stripes, Trophy Eyes, Vance Joy, Vengaboys, Violent Femmes, Wanda Jackson, Weddings Parties Anything, Xavier Rudd, You Am I.