‘Lewis Capaldi said to me recently: ‘All I ever wanted was to get my name on the steps at King Tut’s,’” says Judith Atkinson, one half of the couple behind the music venue that has long been where Glaswegians find their new favourite band.
Celebrating 35 years this year, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut was where Oasis were discovered by Alan McGee and soon signed to his record label Creation. The Verve and Radiohead played in the same two-week period as that gig in 1993, while Manic Street Preachers, Florence + the Machine and entire scenes of Scottish alternative music have got a leg up there since. “When I was growing up you didn’t dream about playing Glastonbury – but you dream about playing King Tut’s, the thing that’s within your reach,” says Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. “It’s such a big deal.”
