Mars Bar
📍 Glasgow, Scotland
📋 Information
Address: 21 Howard Street, Glasgow
Type: club
Opening year: 1977
Closing year: 1979
🏷️ Also known as:
- The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
The Mars Bar was a famous, intimate punk and new wave music venue located on Howard Street in Glasgow during the late 1970s. Known as a « dirty » and edgy, small student bar, it hosted early performances by bands such as Simple Minds. It was later renamed Countdown.
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🎸 Shows at this venue (6)
19
MAR
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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16
APR
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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07
MAY
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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21
MAY
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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18
JUN
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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30
JUL
1978
as The Snaffle Bit; The Steering Wheel; The Countdown
Simple Minds 1978
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