Sub Club owner says clubbing scene 'changed' after Covid as youngsters turned up with Mcdonald's

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Dumbfounded young clubbers turned up at nightclubs with McDonald’s happy meals after Covid 19 with no idea how to go clubbing, according legendary Scots nightclub boss.As Scotland's nighttime industry got back on its feet after a turbulent pandemic lockdown, the owner of the world’s longest-running underground nightclub, Glasgow’s Sub Club, says young people stuck at home for two years had no clue about how to act in venues.Mike Grieve who, after 40 years in an industry that’s, “in his blood” says there "will always be an appetite" for clubbing and music that’s "part of our human existence".At the helm of Glasgow’s renowned Sub Club for three decades, Mike and fellow late night industry heavyweights have seen a change in behaviour among young people, “stuck at home for nearly two years”.Mike claims that this "ground zero moment" of nightlife means young people have missed out on learning how to act in venues from “older friends and siblings”.

Predicting’ these “behaviour patterns” is a challenge that Mike says he is “still trying to navigate”.Speaking on The Human First podcast, He has opened up on the “innumerable challenges” of running a nightclub – one that’s survived a fire and the explosion of rave music as well as a global pandemic.Hosted by financial planner and CEO of Murphy Wealth, Adrian Murphy, the episode delved into Mike's incredible career in the industry.

Mike said: “During the pandemic it was almost like a fire break when people were stuck at home for, in our business, nearly two years."When particularly the young student population had to stay at home, it restarted and there was an influx of people getting into clubs, maybe for the first time.“People had nobody to learn behaviour from like older friends