What happened to Spy nightclub on Dublin's Southwilliam street?

dazey

I know that it's War night moved to Andrew's Lane Theatre but what actually happened

Absurdum

I could tell you but I'd have to kill you



it's called SPY for a reason :rolleyes:

rockmongrel

There's enough hipster clubs in the city.
Go ask in the Dublin forum.

cherryghost

Russians seized it afaik

tony 2 tone

It was a double agent and defected :P Or its gone undercover as an old mans pub

google faps

Not enough ****wits to go around all these **** pubs, so some of them had to shut down.

AnonoBoy

On noes! Oh my f*cking God!

Did a night that used to be in one location move to another location????? :eek::eek::eek::eek:


God Jaysus - what will we do?

Could we perchance, just go to the new location?

No!

God Lord! That would just, y'know, make sense.


Spy nightclub can f*ck off - it's full of wannabe scenesters that have no idea where the scene is.

Sh*te eejits with sh*te haircuts.

But what REALLY happened?

Hmmm....... who cares?

KeithM89_old

War night?? Sounds delightful...

KeithM89

KeithM89 wrote: »

War night?? Sounds delightful...

But what is it good for??

K4t

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Spy nightclub can f*ck off - it's full of wannabe scenesters that have no idea where the scene is.

Sh*te eejits with sh*te haircuts.

But what REALLY happened?

Hmmm....... who cares?

Disagree with you for once.

Went to War at Spy a few months back and had one of the best nights of my life. Felt very safe inside, no scumbags, just a load of people getting drunk and having a laugh, dancing on chairs, tables etc. and the bouncers letting us away with it. Ended up dancing topless outside for a few minutes afterwards with what I am told was a gorup of gay lads. I did not care. Classy joint. Even got the shift off one of the promo staff working there. She was hot.

So, eh, thumbs up for Spy.

AnonoBoy

K4t wrote: »

Disagree with you for once.

Went to War at Spy a few months back and had one of the best nights of my life. Felt very safe inside, no scumbags, just a load of people getting drunk and having a laugh, dancing on chairs, tables etc. and the bouncers letting us away with it. Ended up dancing topless outside for a few minutes afterwards with what I am told was a gorup of gay lads. I did not care. Classy joint. Even got the shift off one of the promo staff working there. She was hot.

So, eh, thumbs up for Spy.

So you danced topless with a bunch of gay lads but aren't gay yourself?

Yup. Full of Scenesters, just as I said.

Echospace

K4t wrote: »

Disagree with you for once.

Went to War at Spy a few months back and had one of the best nights of my life. Felt very safe inside, no scumbags, just a load of people getting drunk and having a laugh, dancing on chairs, tables etc. and the bouncers letting us away with it. Ended up dancing topless outside for a few minutes afterwards with what I am told was a gorup of gay lads. I did not care. Classy joint. Even got the shift off one of the promo staff working there. She was hot.

So, eh, thumbs up for Spy.

Same here, used to go quite a bit and always had a good night there. There was a very relaxed atmosphere even in the dancefloor room, they used to have some big name djs too , crookers, dr lektroluv, boys noize, sebastian, michael mayer, etc.

So yeah I also thought it was a great spot and had brill nights out there, it was one place you could always be sure to avoid scumbags, if that makes me a "scenester" or whatever , then fair enough.

If people just focused on having a good night out in nightclubs, instead of worrying about labelling everyone then they would be much happier :-)

K4t

AnonoBoy wrote: »

So you danced topless with a bunch of gay lads but aren't gay yourself?

Yup. Full of Scenesters, just as I said.

Haha I'm no scenester, Boy, but think what you like. Definitely one of the best nights out I've had. I've been in some dodgy places throughout the country in my time. It was just nice to be able to go out and get drunk and go mental in a club without fear of being started on or being thrown out etc.

Doneg Al

AnonoBoy wrote: »

So you danced topless with a bunch of gay lads but aren't gay yourself?

Yup. Full of Scenesters, just as I said.

Case closed, we can all go home folks.

delta_bravo

K4t wrote: »

Disagree with you for once.

Went to War at Spy a few months back and had one of the best nights of my life. Felt very safe inside, no scumbags, just a load of people getting drunk and having a laugh, dancing on chairs, tables etc. and the bouncers letting us away with it. Ended up dancing topless outside for a few minutes afterwards with what I am told was a gorup of gay lads. I did not care. Classy joint. Even got the shift off one of the promo staff working there. She was hot.

So, eh, thumbs up for Spy.

Hmmm.

biko

AH -> Dublin

Barna77

I was there only once, packed with scenesters so I left ASAP. Won't miss the place at all.

Degsy

Barna77 wrote: »

I was there only once, packed with scenesters so I left ASAP. Won't miss the place at all.

You shouldve had a nude dance with the gay lads.

jimi_t2

Bankrupt AFAIK. Good riddance tbh

Gavin "shels"

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Spy nightclub can f*ck off - it's full of wannabe scenesters that have no idea where the scene is.

Sh*te eejits with sh*te haircuts.

But what REALLY happened?

Hmmm....... who cares?

+1

Add on the bouncers were fairly arrogant, tenner in and €5 something for a pint.

Think it closed down because of a row with DJ's as the club wouldn't pay them or some crap like that.

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AnonoBoy wrote: »

On noes! Oh my f*cking God!

Did a night that used to be in one location move to another location????? :eek::eek::eek::eek:


God Jaysus - what will we do?

Could we perchance, just go to the new location?

No!

God Lord! That would just, y'know, make sense.

Spy was the venue you ****ing nonce.

AnonoBoy

nm wrote: »

Spy was the venue you ****ing nonce.

I was referring to the War night referred to in the OP. If you read my post properly you'll see I refer to Spy nightclub so I'm perfectly aware it's the venue.

But y'know, feel free to get yourself nice and worked up there young lad.

Lux23

The bouncers were a nightmare and they really were taking the mick not paying promotors or DJS who got so many people into the place who were happy to pay stupid money for a drink.

On a side note what happened to Ron Blacks?

dazey

AnonoBoy wrote: »

On noes! Oh my f*cking God!

Did a night that used to be in one location move to another location????? :eek::eek::eek::eek:


God Jaysus - what will we do?

Could we perchance, just go to the new location?

No!

God Lord! That would just, y'know, make sense.




Spy nightclub can f*ck off - it's full of wannabe scenesters that have no idea where the scene is.

Sh*te eejits with sh*te haircuts.

But what REALLY happened?

Hmmm....... who cares?

Eh? Clearly I do if I asked. Just wanted to know about the club in general. I was never a big fan of the war nights but had a few good ones in there and wanted to know where it went. I don't remember the names of the other nights. Is that OK?

"Yea! Lets judge the clientele by their haircuts!" (pumps fist in air)
So, where is the scene REALLY at man?

AnonoBoy

dazey wrote: »

Eh? Clearly I do if I asked. Just wanted to know about the club in general. I was never a big fan of the war nights but had a few good ones in there and wanted to know where it went. I don't remember the names of the other nights. Is that OK?

"Yea! Lets judge the clientele by their haircuts!" (pumps fist in air)
So, where is the scene REALLY at man?

You asked the question in After Hours so I answered it in After Hours fashion.

If you only wanted serious answers you should have posted it in this forum first.

I don't know or care where the scene is at. I was being facetious.

The Hill Billy

That's all very well, but this thread is in Dublin City now, please post appropriately from now on.

Thanks,

HB

electrogrimey

Gavin shels wrote: »

Think it closed down because of a row with DJ's as the club wouldn't pay them or some crap like that.

Not true, the row was a consequence of it closing down, not the reason. Basically were going to close down, and told nothing to the promoters/DJs except that they weren't getting paid. Went into receivership as far as I know, heard it was going to re-open as a mainstream Copper's type money-maker. Haven't heard anything since though.

Anyway, lol at the ignorance of the general public as represented by this forum. 'Why'd it close down?' 'I don't know, but who cares if it's closed down, it was only full of gays and scenesters anyway'.

dazey

electrogrimey wrote: »

Anyway, lol at the ignorance of the general public as represented by this forum. 'Why'd it close down?' 'I don't know, but who cares if it's closed down, it was only full of gays and scenesters anyway'.

Here here

HavingCrack

electrogrimey wrote: »

Not true, the row was a consequence of it closing down, not the reason. Basically were going to close down, and told nothing to the promoters/DJs except that they weren't getting paid. Went into receivership as far as I know, heard it was going to re-open as a mainstream Copper's type money-maker. Haven't heard anything since though.

Anyway, lol at the ignorance of the general public as represented by this forum. 'Why'd it close down?' 'I don't know, but who cares if it's closed down, it was only full of gays and scenesters anyway'.

Oh no . Dublin has enough ****ty nightclubs without needing one more.

AnonoBoy

electrogrimey wrote: »

Anyway, lol at the ignorance of the general public as represented by this forum. 'Why'd it close down?' 'I don't know, but who cares if it's closed down, it was only full of gays and scenesters anyway'.

Oh yes the 'general public'. Let's all look down our noses at them, how dare they have an opinion on something!

electrogrimey

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Oh yes the 'general public'. Let's all look down our noses at them, how dare they have an opinion on something!

So I assume you also think it's ok that the general public is slightly racist, and homophobic?

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electrogrimey wrote: »

Anyway, lol at the ignorance of the general public as represented by this forum. 'Why'd it close down?' 'I don't know, but who cares if it's closed down, it was only full of gays and scenesters anyway'.

It's just one AH mutant, in fairness

AnonoBoy

electrogrimey wrote: »

So I assume you also think it's ok that the general public is slightly racist, and homophobic?

I don't think anybody on the thread has any problem with the club having gay people in it, I certainly don't. And as far as I'm aware, scenesters aren't a race, are they?

I was just making a small jibe at your dismissal of people who don't like Spy as being 'the general public' - as if they couldn't appreciate it or something.

I've been there a bunch of times, I didn't like the place. Found a lot of the DJs to be pretty sub-par and whether you like them or not, you can't deny the place was full of scenesters.

Some people seem to be taking my general criticism of the venue personally, they shouldn't.

The Hill Billy

nm wrote: »

It's just one AH mutant, in fairness

nm - You were already warned about insulting other posters. Take a few days off.

HB

dillo2k10

I think the WAR night was changed to a different club altogether and its opened back up now