The Apollo Glasgow

The Apollo was a music venue at 126 Renfield Street in Glasgow city centre, Scotland. It was a re-brand of the previous Green's Playhouse in the same building. The first two concerts at The Apollo were performed by Johnny Cash on 5 & 6 September 1973. The venue was known for the atmosphere generated by its enthusiastic crowds, a 15 ft 6 in high stage (often exaggerated and misreported) that sloped down towards the audience and "bouncy balcony" designed and built so that it would move up and down. The building was demolished in September 1987 following a fire that rendered the building structurally unsafe. The Apollo was used for numerous live album recordings (see "Notable Performances" section) and was used as either opening or closing venue by many performers visiting the UK from America. The management team for the Ramones have subsequently said the Apollo was the Ramone's favourite venue. The theatre reopened as The Apollo after the theatre had been rebranded and was the headline act when King Crimson recorded their performance of The Great Deceiver on the old building's site in 1992.