list.co.uk/clubs 11pm–3am. £7; £5 concessions and before midnight. Northern soul, heavyweight funk, Tamla Motown, 60s freakbeat, dynamite ska, easy listening and psychedelic soundtracks. ■ Everyone’s Serious, But Us at La Cheetah. 23 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10 (£8). House and techno club night. Mr C (Superfreq) is regarded by many as a true pioneer of the UK dance scene. ■ Flash Mob at Saint Judes. 23 Feb, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. A house, techno and disco club from residents Thrust Club. With special guest Geeeman (Clone, Compost, Ubiquity). ■ The Freak-Beats Club at the Flying Duck. 2 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. A happening 60s dance party, playing mod, soul, psych, ska and much more. ■ Highlife at La Cheetah. 2 Mar, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). A night with excellent pedigree, from the people who bring you Slabs of the Tabernacle and Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club. Expect Afrobeat, jackin’ house, Italo, 80s electro, UK funky, and Latin beats from resident Auntie Flo aka Brian d’Souza. With a guest set from The Witchdoctor, Raoul K. ■ Hot Mess at the Poetry Club. 16 Mar, 10pm–2am. £5. Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes/Devil Disco Club). ■ Kill Yr Idols at Berkeley Suite. 23 Feb, 11.45pm–3am. £3. A new back-to-basics grassroots dance party playing DIY disco with punk attitude, with residents GK Machine and G Blythe. With a guest DJ set from Les Diaboliques (Pizzico). ■ Love Music & Konichiwa at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons, with a different club each week in the ABC2, featuring Now But Northern playing northern soul and Motown on the first Saturday, Beats, Rhymes and Life playing hip hop on the second, Flipsville playing 50s and 60s rock’n’roll on the third and FTW’s cross-genre dance party on the fourth. ■ Melting Pot at the Admiral. 2 Mar, 10.30pm–3am. £12. All things disco- house. A very special 12th birthday party, with a rare small-club show from Francois K (Wave Music/Deep Space, NYC). See preview, page 47. ■ Missing Persons Club at Make Do. 2 Mar, 11pm–4am. 16 Mar, 11pm–3am. £8–£10 advance; £12 on the door. Raw house and techno from Glasgow’s TVO. With Mick Hoppner (Ostgut Ton, Panoramabar) and Rolando (Saved, Ostgut Ton), with local support from Animal Farm and Waxworks. ■ On/Off at La Cheetah. 9 Mar, 11pm– 3am. £4 before midnight; £5 after. On/ Off returns for a night of house, electro, and everything in between. With guests Quail and Turtle of esteemed local night Animal Farm. ■ Quantic Groove at SWG3. 9 Mar, 9pm–2am. £7 advance, £9 before 11pm; £10 after. Launch of this new warehouse club night featuring nu disco and deep house. With guests Duff Disco, Scratch & Sniff and Sub Rosa. ■ Reactor at Audio. 23 Feb, 11pm–3am. £10. Hardcore, gabber and hardstyle from the Twisted & Brainfire team. A retro History of Hardcore event, with Joey Riot and Destructive Tendencies. ■ Rocky Horror After Show at Classic Grand. 2 Mar, 11pm–3am. £6; free with RHPS ticket stub. Absolution brings you a very special Rocky Horror Picture Show after party. Expect echoes of the classic horror musical, mixed
■ Streetrave Presents the Acid House Party at the Arches. 23 Feb, 11pm–3am. £15. One of Scotland’s classic back-in-the-day club nights returns with a guests inspired by and rooted in the sound of acid house. With Danny Rampling, Shades of Rhythm and more.
✽ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s
well-established house institution continues to reign supreme. Forthcoming guests include Levon Vincent (co- presented by Numbers, 23 Feb) and Dixon (9 Mar). ■ Super Trouper at the Flying Duck. 16 Mar, 9pm–3am. £5. Expect to hear everything from Abba to The Hives via Roxette and The Knife at this celebration of Swedish indie, rock and pop. ■ Supermax at Berkeley Suite. 2 Mar, 11.45pm–3am. £5. A night of disco mayhem from Billy Woods. FREE Symbiosis at Audio. 16 Mar, 10pm–3am. Drum & bass and dubstep. ■ Thunder Disco Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 23 Feb, 11.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). Nineties house, techno and ‘sex disco’ from Jube and Rory from one of Glasgow’s finest young parties. ■ Wrong Island at Nice’n’Sleazy. 9 Mar, 11.30pm–3am. £4 (£3). A monthly party hosted by Dirty Larry and Teamy, playing a tracklist of everything danceable from 80s disco all the way to modern post-dubstep stompers.
Glasgow Sunday
■ Colours Presents: Fatboy Slim at the Arches. 3 Mar, 9.30pm–2.30am. £19.50. A huge house, big beat and techno event from the nation’s most recognisable clubbing brand, as the ever-reliable Norman Cook returns to Scotland. With guests Tom Starr and Jon Mancini.
✽ Optimo Presents at the Sub Club. 24 Feb, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Optimo’s
back . . . kind of. After the closure of their weekly Hung Up! night, Twitch and Wilkes return with a monthly party featuring bona fide big name guests. With special guest Mr Saturday Night (NYC). See preview, page 46.
Glasgow Monday ■ ShamPain at SWG3. Weekly 10pm– 2am. £tbc. Monday night warehouse bash with drinks offers and plenty of DJs playing party tracks.
■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431. ■ Braehead Arena Kings Inch Road, 886 8300.
■ The Buff Club 142 Bath Lane, 248 1777. ■ The Bunker Bar 193–199 Bath Street, 229 1427.
■ Carnival Arts Cen- tre 2nd Floor, 34 Albion Street, 946 6193.
■ The Cathouse 15 Union Street, 248 6606. ■ Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820.
■ Club 30 22 Cambridge Street, 332 3437. ■ Common 25 Royal Exchange Square, 204 0101.
■ Corinthian Ingram Street, 552 1101.
EDINBURGH
■ The Bongo Club 66 Cowgate, 558 7604. ■ Castle Club 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215.
■ Cav 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252.
■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989. ■ CC Blooms 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086. ■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560.
■ Electric Circus 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. ■ Espionage 4 India Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007.
in with the Absolution staples of rock, metal and punk. ■ Saint Judes Presents at Saint Judes. 16 Mar, 11pm–3am. £5. Welcoming big-name special guests to the city. With Krystal Klear (Hoya Hoya, All City) and Ben Martin (High Sheen).
Venues | CLUBS
VENUES
GLASGOW
■ Admiral 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705. ■ The Arches Argyle Street, 0870 240 7528.
■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101. ■ Bamboo 51 West Re- gent Street, 332 1067/8.
■ Basura Blanca at the Brunswick Hotel 106–108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001.
■ The Courtyard 84 West Nile Street, 354 0049. ■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 553 0606.
■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350. ■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 572 0100.
■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.
■ Blackfriars 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. ■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114.
■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940.
■ The Old Fruit- market Candleriggs, 353 8000. ■ Oran Mor Byres Road, 0870 0132 652.
■ Polo Lounge Wil- son Street, 553 1221. ■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784.
■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020.
■ Boho 59 Dumbarton Road, 357 6644. ■ The Ivy 1102–1106 Argyle Street, 337 3006.
■ Stereo 20–28 Ren- field Lane, 222 2254.
■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099. ■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002.
■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strath- clyde, Students Associa- tion, 90 John Street, 567 5023.
■ Kushion 158–166 Bath Street, 331 4060. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600.
■ La Cheetah 72 Queen Mary Street, 221 4851. ■ Maggie May’s 50 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350.
■ Milan 42 Queen Street, 548 8002.
■ Nice’n’Sleazy 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. ■ O2 ABC 300 Sauchie- hall Street, 332 2232.
■ O2 Academy 121 Eglinton Street, 08700 771 2000.
■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8–16a Morrison Street, 228 9393.
■ Hive 15–17 Niddry Street, 556 0444. ■ Picture House 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740
■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 467 2539.
■ Karma Nights 23 Lothian Road, 229 9197.
■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. ■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 561 2245.
■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640. ■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 0141 357 7246. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000.
■ Universal 157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899.
■ The Viper Bar & Club 500 Great West- ern Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560. ■ The Winchester Club 49 Bell Street, 552 3586.
■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900.
■ Silk King Stables Road, 229 7986. ■ Sin Wilkie House, Cowgate, 225 9764.
■ Sneaky Pete’s 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. ■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.
■ Third Door 45–47 Lothian Street, 225 6313.
■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060.
■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.
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■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 550 1780. ■ Opium 71 Cowgate, 225 8382.
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