Popworld - Birmingham

You know that feeling when a song from 2007 comes on and suddenly you're 19 again? Popworld lives there permanently. This Broad Street stalwart is all sticky floors, neon signs, and a devotion to the pop hits that actually defined your teens—none of that gatekeeping nonsense. The dancefloor gets rammed with groups of mates who've pre-drunk in Bartley Green and students from the Uni corridor, all united in screaming Britney and The Killers back at the speakers. It's not trying to be cool; it's proudly, unapologetically fun. Expect £4-5 pints, a queue on Saturdays that winds round the block, and the kind of night where you'll lose someone at the bar, find them three hours later, and realise you've made actual memories.