What was your favourite gig here?
By the time it was beginning to decline in the early 1970s, the top floor was occupied by Clouds, a disco run by Unicorn Leisure.to convert or demolish the building in favour of a bingo hall, Unicorn decided to apply to lease the building as they were keen to use it as a music venue.In 1977, the owners of Unicorn moved to the United States and Apollo Leisure Group took over as leaseholders.
Legendary musician Bob Geldof of the Boomtown Rats famously said: “The only thing that should happen to the Apollo is that it be torn down by rock fans, brick by brick, while a rock band playsin September 1973, the venue soon boomed with visitors as bosses would book huge stars of the era. It might be quicker to list the names of people who didn’t step onto the 15ft stage.
Andy Summers, the guitarist of The Police, once recalled that the band were “amazed that the whole thing didn’t collapse”. While it was never struggling for big names to grace the stage and always had a crowd packed into the venue, the building itself deteriorated significantly over the years.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Glasgow homecoming for Marti Pellow as star announces date in UK tourIconic pop singer and songwriter Marti Pellow is back with his brand-new ‘Popped In Souled Out’ arena tour in 2024 with a date confirmed for the SEC Armadillo in March.
Read more »
Glasgow restaurant Bar Brett to open new wine and coffee shop on Great Western RoadAs well as selling wine, the shop will offer cheese plates and charcuterie in the afternoon and evenings and coffee, sandwiches and pastries during the day.
Read more »
New Glasgow West End restaurant set to openA West End restaurant is set to open a new wine shop.
Read more »
Sir Richard Branson launches Virgin Edinburgh hotel ahead of second in GlasgowSir Richard Branson has said 'being three-quarters Scottish' motivated him to open his first hotel outside the USA in Edinburgh.
Read more »
Glasgow's largest Superdrug store opens in Braehead with bigger product rangeTake a look inside Scotland's largest ever Superdrug as Braehead welcome new beauty store which is set to impress shoppers. The bigger Superdrug store will stock products that weren’t previously available in their smaller store
Read more »
Glasgow school meal debt write off would be 'significant step forward'The proposal to write off the debt, estimated to be £300,000, will go before councillors next week.
Read more »