Superclub

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A superclub is a very large or superior nightclub, often with several rooms with different themes.{{cite book|last1=Haslam|first1=Dave|title=Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues|date=13 August 2015|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9780857207005|page=Chapter 13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WCylBAAAQBAJ&q=Turnmills+superclub&pg=PT265|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Superclub definition and meaning {{!}} Collins English Dictionary|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/superclub|website=collinsdictionary.com|publisher=Collins, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en}} The term was first coined in Mixmag, the British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, in 1995, referring to the new wave of clubs such as Ministry of Sound and Cream, which were dominating the English club scene.{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=Roxy|title=Music Festivals and the Politics of Participation|date=29 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317091998|page=37|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIQWDAAAQBAJ&q=the+term+Supernightclub&pg=PA37|language=en}}

Superclubs may include nightclubs that have high capacity, or are multi-story, high profile, and operate city and region wide or are well known.{{cite book|last1=Cohen|first1=edited by Philip|last2=Rustin|first2=Michael J.|title=London's turning : Thames Gateway-prospects and legacy|date=2008|publisher=Ashgate|location=Aldershot, Hampshire, England|isbn=9780754670636|page=2002}} Some superclubs are owned and managed by a dance music record label or a club that was or is culturally important. The term may also be used to define its position within the club scene hierarchy.{{cite book|last1=O'Reilly|first1=Daragh|last2=Kerrigan|first2=Finola|title=Marketing the Arts: A Fresh Approach|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136995019|page=Chapter 7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yjGBQAAQBAJ&q=the+term+Supernightclub&pg=PT124|language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Vine|first1=Richard|title=Bianca Jagger celebrates her birthday at Studio 54|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/15/bianca-jagger-birthday-studio-54|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 2011}}{{cite book |last1=Lau |first1=Stella Sai-Chun |title=Popular Music in Evangelical Youth Culture |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=Cambridge, England |isbn=978-0-415-88821-9 |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fITeI2KMlOUC&q=superclub+in+club+culture&pg=PA174 |language=en}}

Forerunners of contemporary superclubs already existed in the early 20th century. The Guardian describes the Moka Efti in Berlin, a major dancing establishment of the Golden Twenties, as a "1920s superclub".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/babylon-berlin-real-1920s-superclub-behind-weimar-era-thriller |title=Sex, seafood and 25,000 coffees a day: the wild 1920s superclub that inspired Babylon Berlin|last=Oltermann|first=Philip |work=The Guardian |date=24 November 2017 |access-date=11 January 2021}}

Privilege Ibiza is the "world's largest nightclub" according to the Guinness Book of Records, with a capacity of 10,000 people.

History

Notes: The list of clubs below indicate the dates they were first established.

=1960s=

Early examples of "superclubs" include Annabel's (London, 1963), Blow Up (Munich, 1967) and Pacha (Sitges, 1967).

=1970s=

Examples of "superclubs" from this period include Pacha, Ibiza in (1973), Studio One (nightclub) Los Angeles (1975), BANG (club) London (1976), Amnesia, Ibiza, (1976), Studio 54, New York City, (1977),{{cite news|last1=Vine|first1=Richard|title=Bianca Jagger celebrates her birthday at Studio 54|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/15/bianca-jagger-birthday-studio-54|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 2011}} Paradise Garage, New York, (1977), Ku Club Ibiza, (1978), Xenon, New York, (1978), Roxy NYC, New York, (1978), Dorian Gray, Frankfurt, (1978), Heaven London, (1979), Danceteria, New York, (1979)

=1980s=

Examples of "superclubs" from this period include The Saint in New York in (1980), The Fridge, London, (1981),{{cite news|last1=Coldwell|first1=Will|title=What happened to the great London nightclubs?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/13/what-happened-to-the-great-london-nightclubs|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=13 August 2015}} The Haçienda in Manchester opened in (1982), The Limelight, New York, (1983), Hippodrome, London, (1983),{{cite web|title=Interview With Simon Thomas, CEO Hippodrome Casino – The City Lane|url=http://thecitylane.com/interview-simon-thomas-ceo-hippodrome-casino/|website=The City Lane|publisher=Cityline, 7 October 2015|accessdate=15 March 2017|date=7 October 2015}} Space, Ibiza, (1986),{{cite web|title=Space, Ibiza – Info, DJ listings and tickets, Ibiza Spotlight|url=https://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/night/clubs/space_i.htm|website=Ibiza Spotlight|publisher=Ibiza Spotlight, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017}} Tunnel, New York, (1986), Palladium, New York, (1985), Quadrant Park, Liverpool, (1988),{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Tom |title=Catching up with those superstar DJs from Quadrant Park |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/catching-up-those-superstar-djs-12796778 |accessdate=17 February 2020 |work=The Liverpool Echo |date=25 March 2017 |location=Liverpool, England.}} Excalibur Nightclub, Chicago, (1989),{{cite news|last1=Marketing|first1=Tim at A.-List|title=The 25 Year Story of Chicago's Largest Nightclub|url=https://alistmarketing.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/the-25-year-story-of-chicagos-largest-nightclub/|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=Tim Borden|date=6 January 2015}} The Sound Factory, New York, (1989), The Venue, Tower Park Poole, (1989).

=1990s=

Examples of "superclubs" from this period include Trade and Turnmills, London, (1990),{{cite news|last1=Coldwell|first1=Will|title=What happened to the great London nightclubs?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/13/what-happened-to-the-great-london-nightclubs|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=13 August 2015}} Club 051, Liverpool (1991), Ministry of Sound in London (1991), Juliana's Tokyo, (1991), Zouk, Singapore, (1991),{{cite web|title=Zouk Singapore – inside the refurbished Velvet Underground Lounge & Dance rooms of the iconic superclub, Asia Bars & Restaurants|url=http://www.asia-bars.com/2012/05/zouk-singapore-inside-the-refurbished-velvet-underground-lounge-dance-rooms-of-the-iconic-superclub/|website=asia-bars.com|publisher=Asia Bars and Restaurants Magazine, 31 May 2012|accessdate=15 March 2017}} Renaissance (1992), Avalon, Boston (1992), Bunker, Berlin, (1992), E-Werk, Berlin, (1993), G-A-Y, London, (1993),{{cite news|last1=Coldwell|first1=Will|title=What happened to the great London nightclubs?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/13/what-happened-to-the-great-london-nightclubs|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=13 August 2015}} Cream at Nation, Liverpool, (1993),{{cite news|last1=Vine|first1=Richard|title=Cream brings superclubbing to Liverpool|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/15/cream-superclubbing-liverpool|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Guardian|date=14 June 2011}} Miss Moneypenny's, Birmingham, (1993), [https://www.cavoparadiso.gr/ Cavo Paradiso], Mykonos, (1993),Ultraschall, Munich, (1994), Twilo, New York, (1995), The End, London, (1995), Nation, Washington, D.C., (1995), The Emporium. Coalville, (1995), Privilege, Ibiza, (1995), Gatecrasher One, (1996),{{cite news|last1=Fearn|first1=Rob|title=Real Lives: Who do you think you are?|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/real-lives-who-do-you-think-you-are-1120384.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/real-lives-who-do-you-think-you-are-1120384.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=19 September 1999}} Godskitchen, (1996), KW – Das Heizkraftwerk, Munich, (1996), The Church, Denver (1996), Fabric,{{cite news|last1=Morris|first1=James|title=Fabric: Farringdon superclub ordered to close by Islington Council|url=http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/politics/fabric_farringdon_superclub_ordered_to_close_by_islington_council_1_4686983|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=Islington Gazette, 7 September 2016|language=en}} London (1999), DC10, Ibiza, (1999),

Home, London, (1999){{cite news|last1=Lashmar|first1=Paul|last2=Mullians|first2=Andrew|title=An out-of-towner and his seven-floor superclub gatecrash London's|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/an-out-of-towner-and-his-seven-floor-superclub-gatecrash-londons-scene-1116955.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/an-out-of-towner-and-his-seven-floor-superclub-gatecrash-londons-scene-1116955.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=7 September 1999}}

=2000s=

Examples of "superclubs" from this period include Womb, Tokyo, (2000), Bungalow 8, New York City, (2001),{{cite book|last1=Niemitz|first1=Brian|title=Night+Day New York|date=2006|publisher=ASDavis Media Group|isbn=9780976601319|pages=68–70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynOkhQqsd1oC&q=Bungalow+8%2C+New+York%2Csuperclub&pg=PA69|language=en}} Hakkasan, Las Vegas, (2001), Vision Club, Chicago, (2002),{{cite news|last1=Marketing|first1=Tim at A.-List|title=The 25 Year Story of Chicago's Largest Nightclub|url=https://alistmarketing.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/the-25-year-story-of-chicagos-largest-nightclub/|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=Tim Borden|date=6 January 2015}} Vanguard LA, Hollywood, (2002),{{cite web|last1=LLC|first1=LANightlife|title=Vanguard LA – Hollywood|url=http://www.lanightlife.com/venue/vanguardla|website=lanightlife.com|publisher=La Nightlife Magazine, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en}} SeOne, London, (2002), Berghain, Berlin, (2003), Cielo, New York, (2003),{{cite book|last1=Niemitz|first1=Brian|title=Night+Day New York|date=2006|publisher=ASDavis Media Group|isbn=9780976601319|pages=68–70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynOkhQqsd1oC&q=Bungalow+8%2C+New+York%2Csuperclub&pg=PA69|language=en}} Opium Garden Miami, (2003), AIR, Birmingham, (2003), Crobar, Chelsea, New York, (2003),{{cite book|last1=Niemitz|first1=Brian|title=Night+Day New York|date=2006|publisher=ASDavis Media Group|isbn=9780976601319|pages=68–70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ynOkhQqsd1oC&q=Bungalow+8%2C+New+York%2Csuperclub&pg=PA69|language=en}} Sound Bar, Chicago, (2004),{{cite web|title=Sound-Bar|url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/clubs/sound-bar|website=Time Out Chicago|publisher=Time Out Chicago, 2004|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|last1=Phainth|first1=J. R.|title=Sound-Bar|url=http://sound-bar.com/|website=sound-bar.com|publisher=Sound Bar, 2017|accessdate=15 March 2017}} Myth, Minneapolis, (2005),{{cite news|last1=Riemans-Schneider|first1=Chris|title=Maplewood's Myth nightclub rises again|url=http://www.startribune.com/maplewood-s-myth-nightclub-rises-again/209546201/|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=Star Tribune, 30 May 2013}} TAO, Las Vegas, (2005),{{cite web|title=TAO NightClub Venetian Las Vegas, Vegas Nightclubs|url=http://www.gamblinggurus.com/las-vegas/nightclubs/tao-nightclub/|accessdate=15 March 2017|date=5 May 2014}} 1015 Folsom Nightclub, San Francisco, (2005),{{cite news|title=1015 Folsom Nightclub|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/1015-folsom-nightclub/Location?oid=1110846|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=East Bay Express, 2017|language=en}} Belo, (San Diego), (2006),{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Alex|title=Nightclub Review – BELO SD Entertainer Magazine|url=http://www.sdentertainer.com/entertainment-events/barclub-review-belo/|website=sdentertainer.com|publisher=San Diego Entertainer Magazine, 20 May 2009|accessdate=15 March 2017}} XS Nightclub, Las Vegas, (2008), Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub, Las Vegas, (2010), Omnia, Las Vegas (2015) (formerly, Pure, (2004)), Marquee Nightclub, Singapore, (2018), KAOS Dayclub and Nightclub, Las Vegas, (2019).

=2010s=

Examples of "superclubs" from this period include: Echostage, Washington D.C., (2012), Output, New York City, (2013), White Dubai @ Meydan, (2013),{{cite news|title=EXCLUSIVE: 'White Dubai' to open in December at Meydan – What's On|url=http://whatson.ae/dubai/2013/11/white-beirut-to-open-white-dubai-at-meydan/|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=What's on Dubai|date=20 November 2013}} MMA Club, Munich (2014), Bassiani, Tbilisi, (2014), Laroc, São Paulo, (2015),{{cite web|title=Brazils Newest Superclub Laroc Announces James Zabiela, Robin Schulz and More for 2017|url=https://pulseradio.net/articles/2016/12/brazils-newest-superclub-laroc-announces-james-zabiela-robin-schulz-and-more-for-2017|website=pulseradio.net|publisher=Pulse Radio Group, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en}} Printworks, London (2017),{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/club.aspx?id=127337|title=Printworks – London nightclub|website=Resident Advisor|access-date=2019-03-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/37372|title=New 5,000-capacity venue, Printworks, to open in London|website=Resident Advisor|access-date=2019-03-12}} Kompass klub, Ghent. Student Society in Trondheim, Trondhjem Norway, (2024).{{Cite web|url=https://samfundet.no/nybygg|title=Samfundet bygger ut!|website=Samfundet|access-date=2024-06-19}}

Culturally important clubs

The clubs listed here do not necessarily meet the criteria for the spatial definition of a "superclub" but are included for their significant cultural importance: Peppermint Lounge, (1958),{{cite news|last1=Whiteside|first1=Jonny|title=Peppermint Lounge|url=http://www.laweekly.com/calendar/peppermint-lounge-2612181|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=L.A. Weekly|date=15 November 2012}} New York City, UFO Club, London (1960's), The Loft, New York City, (1970),{{cite book|last1=Gerstner|first1=David A.|title=Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture|date=10 September 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136761812|pages=153–154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=851qoMjA3icC&q=Culturally+important+clubs+the+Loft+New+York&pg=PA153|language=en}} The Warehouse, Chicago, (1977),{{cite book|last1=Gerstner|first1=David A.|title=Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture|date=10 September 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136761812|pages=153–154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=851qoMjA3icC&q=Culturally+important+clubs+the+Loft+New+York&pg=PA153|language=en}} Mudd Club, New York, (1978), Billy's, London (1978),{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Dana|title=Galliano and McQueen: clubland couture|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/galliano-and-mcqueen-clubland-couture-10069356.html|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=Evening Standard|location=London|date=25 February 2015}} Blitz Club, London, (1979),{{cite news|last1=Elms|first1=Robert|title=The Blitz kids: How the New Romantics made London swing again|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-blitz-kids-how-the-new-romantics-made-london-swing-again-8294639.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-blitz-kids-how-the-new-romantics-made-london-swing-again-8294639.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=15 March 2017|work=The Independent|date=10 November 2012}} Pyramid Club, New York, (1979), Club 57, New York, (1979), Camden Palace, London, (1982), The Batcave, London (1982),{{cite book|last1=Bibby|first1=Michael|last2=Goodlad|first2=Lauren M. E.|title=Goth: Undead Subculture|date=21 March 2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0822389705|page=157|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSsrj_B3E-4C&q=Culturally+important+clubs+the+Batcave+London&pg=PA157|language=en}} Taboo, London, (1985),{{cite web|title=A Journey Through London Subculture Guide 2013|url=https://www.ica.art/sites/default/files/downloads/ICA%20Off-Site%20-%20A%20Journey%20Through%20London%20Subculture%20Guide%202013.pdf|website=ica.art|publisher=Institute of Cultural Arts, London, 2013|accessdate=15 March 2017}} The World, New York, (1986), Kinky Gerlinky, London, (1989),{{cite web|last1=Siddal|first1=Liz|title=Peek into London's infamous 80s club night|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/25112/1/peek-into-london-s-infamous-80s-club-night|website=Dazed|publisher=dazeddigital, webzine, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017|language=en|date=23 June 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Healy|first1=Murray|title=WATCH: Kinky Gerlinky: By Dick Jewell {{!}} LOVE|url=http://www.thelovemagazine.co.uk/posts/6414/watch-kinky-gerlinky-by-dick-jewell|website=LOVE|publisher=The Love Magazine, 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017}} Tresor, Berlin, (1991), Trade (1990-2008), Vague Club, Leeds, (1993),{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=Diane|last2=Seidman|first2=Steven|title=Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies|date=18 November 2002|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9780761965114|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKvMZ-0xsfkC&q=Culturally+important+clubs+the+Vague+Club+Leeds&pg=PA36|language=en}} B 018, Beirut, (1994).{{cite news|last1=Hume|first1=Tim|title=Beirut: The Middle East's party capital – CNN.com|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/09/world/meast/beirut-middle-east-party-capital/|accessdate=15 March 2017|publisher=CNN|date=10 August 2012}}{{cite web|title="Bernard Khoury. In order of appearance" a comprehensive exhibition of the works by the Lebanese master – BMIAA|url=http://www.bmiaa.com/bernard-khoury-in-order-of-appearance-a-comprehensive-exhibition-of-the-works-by-the-lebanese-master/|website=BMIAA|publisher=BigMat International Architecture Agenda, 28 November 2016|accessdate=15 March 2017|date=28 November 2016}}

Superclub the album

Cream, Gatecrasher and Pacha teamed up in 2010 to produce the album Superclub. Released on 22 November in the UK, the 3 CD collection has one disc for each of the clubs and was the first release from Rhino UK's dance imprint One More Tune.[http://www.creamfields.com/news/superclub-album-released-22nd-nov Superclub album announced on Cream's website]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} A second album, called Superclub Ibiza, was released in July 2011 by EMI.

References

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