This Is My Glasgow

This is the modern Cineworld building in central Glasgow. It's main claim to fame is that it stands on the plot once occupied the legendary Glasgow Apollo. Originally opened as Green's Playhouse in 1927, it was re-branded as a music venue in 1973 and opened with two concerts by Johnny Cash.

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May 24, 2025 at 3:42pmWeb
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowMay 24, 2025

It quickly became a favourite venue of both performers and audiences, and featured a bouncing balcony and stage over 15 foot tall (offering challenge too tempting for many drunk Glaswegians to resist trying to climb!). Despite its popularity, it closed in 1985, with the Style Council performing the final gig. Like too many vacant Glaswegian buildings, the Apollo burned down in 1987 and was subsequently demolished. The current Cineworld building was constructed on the site in 2000.

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Show threadFluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 24, 2025
@thisismyglasgow Continuing the city's tradition of "accidental" fires in old buildings that just happen to sit on prime pieces of land.
Show threadAllyDMay 24, 2025
@thisismyglasgow it was already a music venue in the later days of the Greens. Particularly good evenings seeing King Crimson, Rory Gallagher, Roxy Music.
When it became the Apollo (from memory, using whatever giant letters were in a job lot to get a name, like giant Scrabble), the stage was raised and front rows removed, making it much less intimate.
Show threadAllyDMay 24, 2025
@thisismyglasgow Green's Playhouse foyer had worn and manky carpeting, in a kind of Paisley pattern woven with "If it's good, it's Greens"