Gaelic for ‘great melody of life’ or ‘big song’, the thriving arts and entertainment venue, Òran Mór, is a well-kent face for a lot of people in Glasgow's West End.
14.08.2022 - 00:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
An iconic Scottish nightclub once dubbed the best in the country has been honoured in an artist's latest work. The Metro nightclub, previously known as The Metropolis, in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was a hugely popular venue in the 1990s.
The nightspot attracted dance fans from across Scotland and further afield, with scores of English ravers also regularly making the journey to the club. And Ayrshire artist Tragic O'Hara, real name Steven McIntyre, highlighted the importance of the club to the county by including it in a mural he painted earlier this month.
He painted the venue's famous sign as part of the painting, which also features other local landmarks. It now adorns the side wall of the town's Home Hardware store, on a lane between one of the streets in the town's shopping district and the shorefront.
The 35-year-old, who is originally from the neighbouring town of Ardrossan, revealed the mural was inspired by his own experiences. Tragic, who runs his own YouTube and TikTok channels, grew up in the area, known locally as The Three Towns, and went to the Metro in his youth.
He said: "It features some famous landmarks such as an octopus living in the Harbour House and a Hermit Crab using an ice cream tub as a hat. Things I would see funnily enough on the walk home from the Metro back in the day.
"I started writing graffiti when I was 15 and 20 years later I got asked to paint a wall in the Three Towns where I grew up."I'm pretty chuffed with the way this one turned out and the reaction it's got. Hopefully there will be a few more walls marked for reformed vandals such as myself."
We previously reported how he secured his first international commission after a homemade video of him painting Donald Trump was spotted by an
Gaelic for ‘great melody of life’ or ‘big song’, the thriving arts and entertainment venue, Òran Mór, is a well-kent face for a lot of people in Glasgow's West End.
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