Some of the biggest names in Scottish music are supporting a bid to take over Glasgow’s troubled Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) and revamp it as a Scottish Rock and Roll Music Hall of Fame.
The CCA closed earlier this year after a series of financial setbacks.
Now the group ScotsRock says it wants to take over the building in Sauchiehall Street and turn it into a hub which celebrates Scotland’s contribution to global music.
Midge Ure, whose career spans Ultravox, Band Aid and Live Aid, has agreed to become the inaugural Patron of ScotsRock.
The project has also attracted the support of Lulu, Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, Travis and Del Amitri.
Plans for the venue would include:
a permanent exhibition and visitor experience
a live performance venue
educational and outreach programmes
a creative industries hub supporting emerging music and creative businesses
archive and heritage facilities
a year-round programme of permanent and temporary exhibitions, concerts, talks and special events celebrating both Scotland’s rock music legacy and its current artists