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Scotsman
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
17 of Scotland's most popular lost nightclubs and music venues
This retro photo gallery celebrates some of Scotland's best ever clubs, which are sorely missed by the generations of revellers who enjoyed many legendary nights out there over the years. These atmospheric images take you from the 1960s right up to the noughties, allowing you to relive your best clubbing days, should they be behind you. The clubs featured include a famous beachfront venue which was Scotland's biggest nightclub; a favourite haunt of Fran Healy, before he hit the big time with Travis; and a popular roller disco. Many big acts have played at these venues over the years, from the Sugababes and Ian Van Dahl to the Ramones and the Clash. How many of these Scottish nightclubs have you visited, and what do you think is the best nightclub Scotland has ever had, past or present? 1 . The Shack The Shack was a bit of a misnomer for this popular Glasgow nightclub, which was housed in a rather grand former church building. It was popular during the early noughties before sadly being destroyed in a fire in 2004. The venue was also known as Cardinal Follies and The Temple before it became The Shack. The Sugababes are pictured performing there in March 2001. | TSPL Photo: Allan Milligan Photo Sales 2 . Eros Elite The Eros Elite superclub in Edinburgh's Fountainbridge district was a huge 3,000-capacity venue which attracted big names including Ian Van Dahl and Dee Dee. It opened in 1999 but didn't last long before closing in 2004, despite many clubbers having fond memories of the 'best nights' there. | Contributed Photo: Contributed Photo Sales 3 . Dennistoun Palais The Dennistoun Palais de Danse, better known by its less formal moniker the Denny Pally, was a Glasgow institution. It originally opened in 1922 but was destroyed by fire in 1936 and rebuilt. When it reopened in 1938, it was the biggest dance hall in Glasgow, with a capacity of 1,800, and it boasted a sprung floor and a ceiling decorated with stars. The Palais remained a popular dance hall for many years before being converted into the Rollarena roller skating venue in the mid-60s. | Glasgow City Archives Photo: Glasgow City Archives Photo Sales 4 . Cinderellas Rockerfellas Cinderellas Rockerfellas, in Edinburgh's Stockbridge district, was a popular nightclub during the 80s and 90s. Some people recalled coming a cropper and taking a tumble on the club's famous raised dance floor. It was previously home to Tiffany's. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout Photo Sales
Scotsman
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
17 of Scotland's most popular lost nightclubs and music venues
This retro photo gallery celebrates some of Scotland's best ever clubs, which are sorely missed by the generations of revellers who enjoyed many legendary nights out there over the years. These atmospheric images take you from the 1960s right up to the noughties, allowing you to relive your best clubbing days, should they be behind you. The clubs featured include a famous beachfront venue which was Scotland's biggest nightclub; a favourite haunt of Fran Healy, before he hit the big time with Travis; and a popular roller disco. Many big acts have played at these venues over the years, from the Sugababes and Ian Van Dahl to the Ramones and the Clash. How many of these Scottish nightclubs have you visited, and what do you think is the best nightclub Scotland has ever had, past or present? 1 . The Shack The Shack was a bit of a misnomer for this popular Glasgow nightclub, which was housed in a rather grand former church building. It was popular during the early noughties before sadly being destroyed in a fire in 2004. The venue was also known as Cardinal Follies and The Temple before it became The Shack. The Sugababes are pictured performing there in March 2001. | TSPL Photo: Allan Milligan Photo Sales 2 . Eros Elite The Eros Elite superclub in Edinburgh's Fountainbridge district was a huge 3,000-capacity venue which attracted big names including Ian Van Dahl and Dee Dee. It opened in 1999 but didn't last long before closing in 2004, despite many clubbers having fond memories of the 'best nights' there. | Contributed Photo: Contributed Photo Sales 3 . Dennistoun Palais The Dennistoun Palais de Danse, better known by its less formal moniker the Denny Pally, was a Glasgow institution. It originally opened in 1922 but was destroyed by fire in 1936 and rebuilt. When it reopened in 1938, it was the biggest dance hall in Glasgow, with a capacity of 1,800, and it boasted a sprung floor and a ceiling decorated with stars. The Palais remained a popular dance hall for many years before being converted into the Rollarena roller skating venue in the mid-60s. | Glasgow City Archives Photo: Glasgow City Archives Photo Sales 4 . Cinderellas Rockerfellas Cinderellas Rockerfellas, in Edinburgh's Stockbridge district, was a popular nightclub during the 80s and 90s. Some people recalled coming a cropper and taking a tumble on the club's famous raised dance floor. It was previously home to Tiffany's. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout Photo Sales
BBC News
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gainsborough festival attracts big names for suicide prevention
Dance artist Ian Van Dahl and M People singer Heather Small are due to headline a festival in memory of a man who took his own life aged 25. Organisers of Laybo's Fest in Gainsborough on 17 and 18 May said it aims to "make memories and generate positivity while remembering loved ones we have lost".The festival, now in its fifth year, is in memory of Leighton Hall who died in May 2019. The festival launched online during the Covid-19 pandemic but has quickly grown to become one of Gainsborough's biggest annual events and this year, for the first time, it is being held on the pitch at Gainsborough Trinity FC. The year after he died, Mr Hall's family asked his close friend Matthew Hill to create something to remember him by."Leighton was a great friend," Mr Hill said. "He was such a social character and obviously we miss him very very much. "The festival itself is our testament to Leighton, our tribute to Leighton and also a show of strength and comfort to anybody that's found themselves in our position of them losing their own Leighton." Mr Hill said the football pitch would be transformed with pop icons, local acts and friend of Mr Hall, Emily Kitchener, has organised children from 16 schools to come together to form one large choir on of the schools taking part is Benjamin Adlard Primary, which Mr Hall attended as a child. "There are teachers here whose children were in Leighton's class," Ms Kitchener said."So it feels really nice to be part of this in somewhere where he will have spent a lot of time being cheeky, I'm sure."He was the life and soul of the party and, once he had a microphone in his hand, there was no getting it off him so we bonded over that, doing lots of singing together." The festival raises money for the charity Laybo's Legacy which helps families with financial aid towards funeral costs of loved ones lost to Hall's mother, Niki Hall, said: "It just makes me so proud and it's keeping Leighton's memory alive."Ms Hall has attended help groups since her son's death and said she took comfort from the fact the festival raises money to help others. "It needed a person like Leighton," she said. "That's what keeps me going, because of the person he was. It needed someone like him to make people aware it can happen to anyone. "Just talk. Even if you're not going for help, just talk."Ms Kitchener said Mr Hall would have "absolutely loved" the festival. "I think he'd be so shocked at how big it's got, but he'd be so proud of what everyone's doing as well," she said. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
