Nice read Scary thought that Ive actually worked at all of them!!! It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. Its industrial settings and position in the centre of London made it a unique offering. Something went wrong, please try again later. Its the perfect lunchtime read. The regulars often spent hours preparing for the night, and the morning the night morphed into. Today the building is, quite fittingly, home to an arts organisation with new plans afoot to take the arts venue into the future. According to its owners, the time felt right to move on. Located in the west lodge outside Euston Station, it ran from 1995 to 2008. From sweaty rave spots to Soho institutions, these are the iconic nightlife haunts we most miss. MyLondon's brilliant newsletter The 12 is absolutely jam packed with all the latest to keep you keep you entertained, informed and uplifted. It was the place to go. Despite pioneering an anything goes party culture in London, by the late noughties, the buzz was fading. Now, as then, this is still the party spot for the rich and privileged, with a fair smattering of showbiz excess included. Find out what is now open where you live by putting your postcode into our handy widget below. Crazy night. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Real friendships were made, some that lasted a few hours and some, decades. I used to go to Whoop it Up every Friday during 1998-2002; it was a fantastic place to go. London's night-time economy is estimated to contribute 17-26.bn in . The End just had to be #1 We also ran revesceen magazeen Bagleys started to go downhill for me after the drugs raid. What is the Cross Book? Perhaps its biggest night was FWD>>, which moved there after Velvet Rooms closed, and the club played a significant role for the the whole dubstep scene. (1989) "Megamix". Councils across London are cracking down on late night licences. But many of the places that clubbers flocked to every weekend in their thousands in the post-Criminal Justice Act heyday are being erased from todays landscape. But if you were part of that tiny privileged crowd then you would have been drinking, dancing and pestering David Bailey to take your portrait in Scotch of St. James. Lots of good memories but it was living on borrowed time even back then in the early 00s. Every club claims that its all about the music but in Plastic Peoples case, the ideology really did manifest. With the post-lockdown future of so many live music venues in doubt, Paul Tallings new book is a timely reminder of what we have already lost. Its really not surprising nobody has any sense of ownership or love for these places, because both promoters and punters are using them on such an ad hoc basis. Ah. Acts to have played The Scala include Foo Fighters, The Killers and Coldplay. Now the industrial area, which was once a high-density party hotspot, is the site of one of the capitals biggest modern developments. We went to the opening night of Fabric. After all they shaped todays society in one way or another. At that time the venue was owned by Terry (cant rememember his surname) and hed made his money from jiffy condoms and then for some reason he got involved with starting up bagleys as a venue The End on a Friday and Turnmill on a Saturday were more my thing. THANKS. Would love to have a peek! Much better than the cross! Thanks Tom sad to read but glad youve documented. The clientele these days is more likely to include the sons and daughters of sheiks and potentates quaffing Cristal and dancing to mainstream RnB but the restaurant area (yes, this is one of those kinds of nightclubs) still sees the odd A-lister float by when theyre in town. Joe Blogs, Great article Tom and indeed sad loss for Londons once outstanding clubland. He was a sound guy actually. Excellent piece Tom. Would love to break that story! The Cross, Kings Cross 1993-2007Speaking to Time Out after its closure, Billy Reilly, who ran a road haulage company in Kings Cross before opening warehouse venue the Cross, admitted that back in 1993 he, didnt know Judge Jules from Judge Dredd. 6. Over the next few pages, we show you whats become of these former nightlife hotspots, and pay tribute to the glorious madness they once hosted. Turning around and seeing floor fountains and Mail on Sunday readers sipping lattes and eating Danish pastries made my heart sink. During the 1990s, photographer Steve Eichner documented the rowdy, over-the-top debauchery that was New York City's club scene and nightlife. Reminded me of my mis-spent but highly pleasurable youth on the dance floors of a London. Dirty, worn, in your face, street cred with banging, hard but funky beats. So sad to see it all boarded up. The demise of seminal clubs like Shelleys In Stoke, Quadrant Park in Liverpool and Coventrys Eclipse should also be documented. The place was a really important hub for the fledgling dubstep family, says 6Music DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who went to FWD>> religiously in the mid-2000s. ; Beargarden Club - A St James's club in Trollope's Palliser novels; Bellona Club - Lord Peter Wimsey's club and location of a murder in Dorothy L. Sayers novel The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Billiards Club - Setting for the improbably tall . Ive worked in Turnmills from 1996 right to the very last night in 2008. The sound shaft and heaven where legendary , as was the London Astoria, Fascinating to read about the origins and teams behind such monumental moments in Londons clubbing history. London Night Guide is your nightlife concierge for the most best clubs in London. Great article and very sad reading. Had some amazing times in those clubs, never to repeated in TBA East London warehouses. The massive warehouse club in King's Cross was a close as you could get to a legal rave. Madame JoJos, Soho1960-2014The legendary nightclub once owned by porn baron Paul Raymond seamlessly mixed the burlesque glamour of Soho with Londons contemporary music scene. My favourite break-time activity was to go up to the rafters and watch everybody raving. Ask Billy if there are more? The historic venue, which hosted game-changing concerts from the likes of Oasis, Manic Street Preachers and Nirvana, was bulldozed in 2009 to make room for a bigger ticket hall at Tottenham Court Road tube station. Simon brought the three nights that were being run at Sublime, Beatfix, Cargo and Voodoo and moved its DJs (including Peewee Ferris, Nik Fish, Craig Obey, Bexta and Kate Monroe) into Home's Friday night. Cue acid house, bucket hats, baggy T-shirts and lots of sweat. Some of the greatest nights of my life have been at FWD>> at Plastic People.. Remind trade on sat nite dj smokin joe the paradise at angel station the lazerodrome in peckam carl cox at m.o.sound crazy nite misss you. My walk to work takes me past what used to to be the entrance to Turnmills every morning it never fails to bring a smile to my face when I think of the good times I had there. The Black Sheep Bar in Croydon High Street (Image: David Cook) This High Street venue in Croydon, which was loved for its alternative club nights and live music, closed in 2013 after 15 years in service. Sorry the plaque should be pale blue with a Dove on it. It was one of the premiere south London nightspots of the time, with Glenn Miller, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin among the top names to grace its stage. The very social cafe upstairs, the dense dry-ice on the main floor with the mesmerising lasers, hottest guys, new bizarre sounds, the knowledge that the rest of England was sleeping and had no idea that such hedonism was taking place on a Sunday morning and night (you missed out Warriors) all fuelled after an initial polite and orderly wait in line to see Nick (is he out yet?) It had its licence revoked after a "serious incident of disorder" in 2014 and its closure left many Londoners with heavy hearts. You can head back to a mate's house and lounge with a cold one until your party mood completely fades, but what if you still have itchy feet and the urge to dance? But we've been getting all nostalgic and wishing we could have a final drink at Limelight. Those Cranks days were the era that I fully embraced the concept of the 3-night sleepless weekender and other wonderous, if slightly unprofessional, ways to fill the hours between shifts. A former Goth club with 2/3 rooms over 2 floors. Bagleys moody security also trying to half in your gak. It was where world-famous artists like Adele and The XX cut their teeth, and was a gem of the North London nightlife scene. I am now all grown up at 42 with a respectable job and look like I am, a middle aged mum. Andy Warhol, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Grace Jones, Debbie Harry, Village People's Randy Jones and Tom Cruise were all names seen at the Atlanta club, which closed in 1985. One for you beer and one for the otherThat place was magic. Sad to see the old clubs flattened, but everyone clearly took so much from their experiences there that I hope the post is also a real celebration. Isnt that, now, the Apple shop? 2021-2023 - Luxury London. The club on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Brownlow Hill was one of the city's most famous venues in the 90s. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Since June 15, non-essential shops have been able to reopen and now leisure attractions are starting to open as well. lol, The tranny on stilts It became louder and louder. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. or one of his friends in the first arch of muscle-alley. A most excellent post Tom.. The Soul City nights in Covent Garden were also really good. Then of course there was The Fridge, Studio 33, and some fantastic railway arch clubs buried away around London (Imperial Rooms in Camberwell New Road a particular memory). Great article Tom. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. After searching for ages Ive just stumbled across an archaic website that still has photos and even videos of all three Kings Cross clubs Canvas, The Cross and The Key. Worse than that, advanced ticketing is now the only option promoters are now willing to risk, destroying that brilliant spontaneous thing of being in the pub and deciding who you wanted to see and where (knowing you had a good choice of reliable venues that you knew inside out.) We list 18 things you might not know about the Limelight club, the building it was in and its links to the US. hope youre well? There are new plans to take the building into the future - but we really miss how it used to be. 051. There is no place for this kind of establishment in Hackney. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Zen's Dartford First Flicks in the 1980s and later Zen's, the nightclub on Essex Road was more recently known as Air & Breathe. Many thanks Great article. Went to all of them, I think Turnmills shades it for me for atmosphere, but I probably had my best nights out at the End. Ive had experiences at all of these nightclub venues and brought back many memories reading your article. Plastic People, Shoreditch2000-2015The new year started with a shock for clubbers, when renowned east London bass-cave Plastic People announced it was closing, pretty much instantly. 16. If you were staggering down the Clerkenwell Road on a Sunday afternoon at around 4pm in the early '90s then you can consider yourself a true nightclub pioneer. A string of London's best-loved night clubs have closed since 2000. Fantastic and long-needed article, thanks for bringing back the memories. I have one precious copy, sadly. It hosted huge weekend parties that were at hit with House music fans. George Michael often arrived at the nightclub accompanied by a woman before he came out as gay. Peter Gatien produced the 1993 film A Bronx Tale after having produced it as a one-man play. By the 1990s gay venues across the country started to transform. So move I did, all the way from Helsinki. The small room was great. Boy George worked the cloakrooms, Spandau Ballet played their early gigs here and you simply (for better or worse) would never have heard Ultravox or Visage were it not for the Blitz Club. Having recently celebrated its 50th birthday, Tramp has changed remarkably little in the half century since the small door on Jermyn Street in Mayfair opened its doors. This article was amended on 11 September 2016. At Camden a Palace, I met my best friend, who is now the godmother of my 7 year old son. We need a new visionary. These might have often been dank, crumbling, smelly old places, but they are where countless people enjoyed some of the most intense and vital moments of their lives. Madame JoJo's closure was a massive blow to Soho 's nightlife scene. 3. But the party was brought to an abrupt end after a stabbing there led it to lose its licence and subsequent closure. The Whirlitzer seating in The Cross Garden Reliving my 20s again still with a younger GF (cliche alert) and the new wave of EDM. It is quite sad seeing a place that holds so many memories for whatever reasons e.g. The clubs licence was suddenly revoked after a serious incident of disorder outside the venue, in which, according to the police report, bouncers used baseball bats to fight off a customer who had been throwing bottles at them. Electroworks (I think this was the name?). Must be sat looking pretty on a fair few coffee tables to this day, The cross & turnmills, nothing did or has come close. The award-winning print and online title Kentishtowner was founded in 2010 and is part of London Belongs To Me, a citywide network of travel guides for locals. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you.

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