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The 13th Note Café
Scottish music venue
The 13th Note Café was a restaurant, bar and music venue in Glasgow, Scotland.
From its beginnings on Glassford Street (what is now Bar Bacchus), the 13th Note moved to its present site on King Street in 1997.[1] A few years later, the 13th Note franchise expanded to include a larger club venue on Clyde Street. The holding company that owned both venues went into receivership in November 2001.[2] In the summer of 2002, The 13th Note Club was bought over by the Channelfly Group (owners of the Barfly franchise),[3] leaving only the café venue still open under the original 13th Note name.
The venues of the 13th Note have hosted concerts by a number of notable acts, including Idlewild, Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand.
Alex Kapranos, the lead singer and guitarist of Franz Ferdinand took over as the music programmer at the venue prior to forming the band, hosting the Kazoo Club and 99p Club.[4][5][dead link] Another notable music programmer was Brendan O'Hare.