King Tut's Wah Wah Hut — where Oasis were signed

On 31 May 1993, Oasis drove up from Manchester to Glasgow without a booking, talked their way onto the bill at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, and played a short set that changed their lives. Creation Records founder Alan McGee was in the audience. He had never heard of them. By the time they finished, he was signing them on the spot on a napkin or beer mat — depending on which account you believe.

King Tut's had opened in 1990 and quickly established itself as Glasgow's most important small venue for new music. It holds around 300 people — a tight, sweaty box of a room beneath a restaurant on St Vincent Street. The story of Oasis crashing the gig is one of British rock's great origin myths: four lads from Burnage who drove five hours on a rumour and came back with a record deal.

The venue still operates and actively promotes its role in the Oasis story. The room itself hasn't changed much. A plaque inside marks the night. It remains the most important small concert venue in Scotland and arguably the venue with the best single anecdote in British music history.