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A night that was set up by Wully D who is also one of the clubs resident ! |
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this night was started for trace and hard dance but has moved over the years |
this night was started for trace and hard dance but has moved over the years and now cators for hardstyle aswell as trace and hard dance ! Nowadays people spend more time hanging around the hotdog stand than actually listening to the DISC JOCKIES that Inside Out book. DJ's set to play before the end of year include Tiger Tim, DJ Vance, DJ Zitkus, and making his DJing debut, none other than the legendary Bruce Forsyth. |
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Revision as of 16:52, 21 June 2010
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| Location | City Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
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| Owner | Arches Retail Company Limited |
| Type | Bar, Theatre, Music venue, Nightclub |
| Capacity | 3,000 [1] |
| Opened | 1991 [1] |
| Website | |
| The Arches, Glasgow | |
The Arches is a bar, arts venue, theatre, live music venue and nightclub in Glasgow, Scotland, which first opened in 1991. It is situated in the City Centre under Glasgow Central station and the West Coast Main Line in the brick arches of the Viaduct that leads into the station, with entrances on Midland Street and since 2001 also on Argyle Street. [2][3] The venue has 65,000 square feet (6,000 m2) of floor space which is spread over two floors and seven arches.
History
The site of the venue was a previously derelict area below the Glasgow Central train station, which was converted to house the Glasgow's Glasgow exhibition during the city's year as European City of Culture. After the exhibition had ended, the space was obtained by Andy Arnold in 1991 [1] (who became the venue's Artistic Director) for the purposes of creating a theatre. [4] That required funding, leading to the decision to stage nightclub events to provide initial funding. This eventually expanded to the array of events it hosts today.
In early 2007, The Arches was voted 12th best club in the world by readers of DJ Magazine [5], and a favourite club for many of the finest DJ's in the world (namely Carl Cox, Judge Jules, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Pete Tong and David Guetta).[citation needed]
In January 2008, Andy Arnold left The Arches to take up the same Artistic Director role at the Tron Theatre, [4] being succeeded by Jackie Wylie. [1]
In 2009, it was ranked 27th best club in the world by DJ Magazine.
Nightclub Events
The Arches has played host to club nights since 1992[6] with some nights being promoted by outside companies and others in-house productions. Notable long running regular clubs to be held in the venue include:
Slam at the Arches
One of the first club nights to be hosted in The Arches, Slam ran every Friday between 1992 and 1998. Originally the night was held in now defunct Glasgow venue Tin Pan Alley and later The Sub Club. It was hosted by local techno producers Slam but also featured regular guests, most notably Underworld and Daft Punk (in their first UK appearance in 1997.) The night ended in 1998 and was replaced by a larger monthly night hosted by Slam, Pressure.[6][7]
Pressure
Following six years of running Friday nights in The Arches, Slam have hosted Pressure on the last Friday of every month. The night normally has at least two rooms of music playing mainly house and techno. Pressure has seen some of the largest names in dance music play The Arches including Jeff Mills, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Tony Lothario, Green Velvet, Felix da Housecat, DJ Shadow, Nathan Fake, Boys Noize, Vitalic and Erol Alkan.[8][9]
Other clubnights
The Arches hosts a weekly student event called Octopussy, which has been held every Wednesday night since March 2006.
Death Disco is a gay friendly club night which is held on the second Saturday of each month.
Other clubnights include Colours and Inside Out.
InsideOut=
A night that was set up by Wully D who is also one of the clubs resident ! this night was started for trace and hard dance but has moved over the years and now cators for hardstyle aswell as trace and hard dance ! Nowadays people spend more time hanging around the hotdog stand than actually listening to the DISC JOCKIES that Inside Out book. DJ's set to play before the end of year include Tiger Tim, DJ Vance, DJ Zitkus, and making his DJing debut, none other than the legendary Bruce Forsyth.
Theatre Productions
The Arches Theatre Company has performed many plays, more notable ones include pieces by Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams [citation needed], generally receiving favourable ratings from the Scottish Arts Council [10][11]
Controversy
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On August 30, 2008 The Arches was under review after police visited the club's monthly men-only gay night Burly and found men in various states of undress engaging in sexual activity in an area covered by black mesh. The Arches appealed this incident and remains open whilst it awaits a decision from the Sheriff Courts. Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Strathclyde Police uncovered the incident after receiving several complaints that "acts of public indecency" were taking place inside the nightclub. The Arches is to appeal the decision.
Trivia
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- The Arches recently played host to Alien Wars'; a tour of sorts modelled loosely on the Alien series with a storyline centred around a "UFO" being discovered in the basement where visitors are escorted to by "marines" leading to an encounter with an alien. It was previously staged in 1992, during which Michael Jackson's bodyguards took part to determine its suitability for their employer (Urban legend states that they ran out in fear). [12][13][14]
- The Arches provides a RSS feed of upcoming and current events here
References
- ^ a b c d "About Us". Arches Retail Company Limited. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Find us". Arches Retail Company Limited. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The Arches (253 Argyle Street, Glasgow)". The List Ltd. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Text "The List" ignored (help) - ^ a b "Andy Arnold Appointed as New Director". Tron Theatre Ltd. Retrieved February 12, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Top 50 Clubs voted by DJs (2007)". DJ Magazine. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Richardson, Andrew (2006-09-18). "History of the Arches". The List (Issue 559). Retrieved 2009-02-15.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|curly=(help) - ^ "Slam @ The Arches, Glasgow". unknown unknowns. Blogger.com. 2008-11-26. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help); External link in|authorlink= - ^ Duncan, Chris (2008-11-26). "Pressure's Tenth Birthday". The Skinny.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Pressure". The List (Issue 603). 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|curly=(help) - ^ "Arches Artistic Evaluation: Amada, TL 2008 09 05" (PDF). Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Arches Live Artistic Evaluation: Drummond and Doherty, 2007 21 09" (PDF). Scottish Arts Council. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "ALIEN WARS". Arches Retail Company Limited. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "BBC News - View From the South Bank - Alien War". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Alien War - Beauty of the beast". The List Ltd. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
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External links
- The Arches, Glasgow - Official website
- The Arches, Glasgow venue page at Last.fm