King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

Glasgow live music venue King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
Owner	DF Concerts
Type	Live Music Venue
Genre(s)	Rock 'n' Roll, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Seating type	Standing
Capacity	300
Construction
Opened	February 1990
Renovated	2002
Website
King Tut's Official Website

Coordinates: 55°51′47″N 4°15′54″W / 55.863°N 4.265°W / 55.863; -4.265

King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, also known as King Tut's, is a live music venue and bar on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and managed by Glasgow-based gig promoters DF Concerts.

The Glasgow live music venue takes its name from a club in New York that hosted music, comedy and performing arts events in the 1980s.

King Tut's was founded, in the former Saints and Sinners pub in St Vincent Street in the centre of Glasgow, by the DF Concerts boss Stuart Clumpas, who wanted to create a platform for promoting bands at club level, showcasing them with gigs seven days a week at a reasonable hour, after being unable to find such an establishment in the city centre's nightlife. The venue first opened its doors in February 1990, and has established a reputation for showcasing new talent and hosting many well-known bands' first Scottish appearances. This reputation was acquired early on in 1993 when The Verve, Radiohead and Oasis all played in the Glasgow venue in a two-week period and it was in this time when Oasis were discovered and signed by the record label Creation. According to the venue's manager, Dave McGeachan, the band "bullied their way on stage" after discovering that they would not be allowed to play despite traveling the long distance from Manchester. Colin MacIntyre, the singer-songwriter from the Scottish indie band Mull Historical Society was reported as claiming "you haven't made it unless you've played Tut's". The appeal and popularity of King Tut's has been credited to "its consistency and dedication to bringing a cross-section of different styles to Glasgow's doorstep"