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Tin Tins was an all night dance club formerly located opposite Birmingham New Street Station at 308 Smallbrook Queensway in Birmingham, roughly on the site where the Debenhams store now stands as part of the new Bullring Shopping Centre. Its importance in the history of the Birmingham clubbing scene should not be underestimated. It was a ground breaking, pioneering and influential club in the Birmingham dance scene and was the predecessor of, and influence for, many now well established clubs. ==Culture== Tin Tins opened its doors as a gay club in the Spring of 1990, the brainchild of Brian Wigley and Martin Healey the owners of the very popular drag cabaret bar Partners (now Glamorous) and was successful in the early years as a gay club particularly with a younger clientele (the only other gay club in the city at the time was 'The Nightingale' more popular with an older predominantly male customer base) Under the management of Stan Cherrington and Richard O'Donnell. During its formative years, the venue staged p.a.'s from some of the most popular music acts of the time including Lonnie Gordon, Hazel Dean, Sharon Redd, the pre-famous pop group Take That and a number of high-profile celebrity personalities, including "The Freak" from Prisoner Cell Block H and Lily Savage. Even during these early years of the clubs life it was groundbreaking, employing the DJ talents of the Legendary "Funky Dunc", one of the biggest names of the HI - NRG scene popular at the time. The early management departed to open M&M's, a nearby gay bar and the Tin Tin's club then went on to further establish itself under its new team of Richard O'Donnell, David Nash (Lotty) and Phil Oldershaw who some years later went on to enjoy similar success with the "new" Nightingale Club. The owners of the club then sold up to O'Donnell who made the commercial decision to capitalise on the club having one of the only all night licenses in the city and launched an after hours club night called 'Hype'. This saw Tin Tins very slowly move away from its prominence as a 100% gay club and allowed 'straight' clubbers entrance provided they were attitude free. This approach meant that the majority of the gay crowd stayed on and this added to the uniqueness of the atmosphere in Tin Tins as mixed gay/straight clubs were not commonplace in the early nineties. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tin Tins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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