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O 2 Academy. The O 2 Academy Islington, formerly known as the Carling Academy Islington, is an indoor music venue situated in the N1 Shopping Centre accessible via Upper Street and Liverpool Road, in the London Borough of Islington. It is run by the Academy Music Group. The main venue has a capacity of 800, and the adjacent O 2 Academy 2 holds ...
Academy Music Group (AMG) is a leading owner-operator of music venues in the United Kingdom. They operate a number of medium-sized venues, the majority of which (until January 2009) took the name Carling Academy after their sponsor Carling. Some of these also contain smaller venues used for less well known acts; these typically take the title ...
In 2015, the venue was acquired by Live Nation, and re-branded as O 2 Forum Kentish Town as part of the O 2 Academy Group. [ 3 ] The venue has standing downstairs and benches seating in booths on the upstairs balcony, or a fully seated layout for certain shows.
Live Nation UK is the United Kingdom subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment.They are best known for promoting concerts, operating venues and running festivals. As Clear Channel UK, Live Nation UK acquired the Mean Fiddler organisation and owns 51% of Academy Music Group, giving it a stake in most major music festivals and medium-sized London music venues.
However, with Stewart's team this hit financial difficulties and closed in 2003, less than a year after it had opened. It is now O2 Academy Islington. Under new owner entrepreneur Nathan Lowry, the Marquee Club re-opened in 2004 in Leicester Square above MTV's TRL studio. Jimmy Page re-opened the club. The opening night was called the ...
Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O 2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O 2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton.
Fall Out Boy at Islington Assembly Hall in 2015. The assembly hall, which was designed with many art deco features, including clocks, paintings and decorative panels, [3] opened in March 1930. [4] Owned and managed by the local authority, the building hosted events such as variety shows, tea dances and weddings.
The O 2 Academy Sheffield (formerly the Carling Academy Sheffield), is a live music venue in the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It is a £ 3 million refurbishment of the former "Roxy Nightclub" and opened on 11 April 2008.