ZingaliMan Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 So many will go for Glasgow Fruit market. Have tickets for the Usher Hall to see the Foals next year ( rearranged ) Never been there is it good ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Usher Hall isn't great to be honest but you can console yourself with the fact that it's not the Corn Exchange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Just saw this on Twitter. Must have been some place in its day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 As an old school punk I was at the Apollo all the time but it was not a good venue for the music I liked especially after the stage was raised.Huge stage and building more suited to the heavy rock groups of the time. Only place the bigger names came to back then. From the ad above I wouldn't have minded Calum Kennedy's xmas show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Usher Hall fine for a sedate listen, less suited to something raucous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Wilder Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Barrowland and The Apollo were where most of my favourite gigs have been from 78 till present!Used to quite like NiteMoves /Rooftops back in the day (Johnny Thunders was especially good) and enjoyed gigs at the Garage and Tuts too.Least favourites are /were, the ABC and the Academy!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hearthammer Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Saw my first ever gig at the Empire Theatre in Edinburgh (now the Festival Theatre) on 24 November 1972. Headline was Slade, supported by Thin Lizzy and Suzi Quatro. Fantastic venue, although i saw more gigs at the Apollo in Glasgow as i got older and the elevated stage meant that you missed nothing. (Got fixed with the girl next to me at the Eagles gig in 1977). Happy days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Fruit market looks good in the hall and I've liked the seating set up for a couple of things but the other interiors are like a university conference area and a total buzz kill. Barras is the only answer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stuart. Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Barfly was always a great wee venue with stages upstairs and down. Closed a good 10 years ago now without any explanation 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funky monkey Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Stereo is good 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qos91 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Still havent got to fruitmarket yet but my wife saw charles esten there and said it was good.Barrowlands has to be the best venue in glasgow though.Ive been to the liquid rooms, corn exchange and usher hall and none of them are great tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 There will never be a venue to match the Apollo in its '70s and '80s heyday - but that may have more than a little to do with the acts I saw there. Status Quo, AC/DC, Rush, Purple, Genesis, Yes, Motorhead. Good Times. I Also enjoyed a few cracking gigs at the Piv - Ayr Pavilion. Early appearances by the likes of Def Leppard, Marillion and Iron Maiden as they made their first steps to eventual arena status, as well as simply good nights out to the sounds of Magnum, Girlschool, Budgie, and many other "not quite first division" bands. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 27/06/2020 at 15:25, funky monkey said: Stereo is good I quite like Stereo as well but when it is packed it is hotter than the sun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty_j Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Loved Mayfair in NewcastleEdinburgh venue as well was a great place I thought Camden underworld is great too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 26/06/2020 at 11:38, .Stuart. said: Barfly was always a great wee venue with stages upstairs and down. Closed a good 10 years ago now without any explanation Loved gigging at the barfly. Although playing upstairs was nowhere near as good as playing downstairs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 13/06/2020 at 21:00, Oscar Wilder said: Barrowland and The Apollo were where most of my favourite gigs have been from 78 till present! Used to quite like NiteMoves /Rooftops back in the day (Johnny Thunders was especially good) and enjoyed gigs at the Garage and Tuts too. Least favourites are /were, the ABC and the Academy!! Johnny Thunders with Hanoi Rocks? I was at that. Did you see The Godfathers in NiteMoves, if you did, I think you might be me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Wilder Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Johnny Thunders with Hanoi Rocks? I was at that. Did you see The Godfathers in NiteMoves, if you did, I think you might be me.Ha Ha, Aye Johnny & Hanoi, were great!Never saw the Godfathers there but did see them at the Hunting Lodge in Kilmarnock one Sunday night, only gig I've ever known to be on there!! [emoji4] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Just now, Oscar Wilder said: Ha Ha, Aye Johnny & Hanoi, were great! Never saw the Godfathers there but did see them at the Hunting Lodge in Kilmarnock one Sunday night, only gig I've ever known to be on there!! Mike Monroe kicked me for grabbing the scarves or whatever he tied round his legs. He probably thought I was an obsessed fan, but I just thought it would be funny if he fell. Johnny Thunders fell off the stage more than he was on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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