A petition to 'Save the Arches' has been launched by music fans bidding to stop the iconic venue being turned into a bowling alley.

The 'Prevent the closure of The Arches in Glasgow' petition , which already has over 1,600 signatures at the time of writing, to protest the venue's recent purchase by Newcastle-based entertainment and bowling firm Lane 7 .

The news, first broken by our sister title Insider.co.uk in September, revealed that the firm, which has 20 Lane 7 bowling sites across the UK and Europe, including venues in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, would be following up its LevelX site in the St Enoch Centre with a new spot at the former Platform and Arches site below Central Station.

However, the fans are now desperate to save the famous nightclub, which is one of the city's best

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