Academy Music Group

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Academy Music Group (or 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 Jan 2009) took the name Carling Academy after their sponsor Carling. Some of these academies also contain smaller venues used for less well known acts. These typically take the title 'Carling Academy 2'.

The Academy Music Group, has formed a new partnership with the O2 phone network to allow customers of the company to receive priority access to tickets at the venues. The new deal sees eleven UK venues renamed O2 Academies from 1 January 2009 with O2 phone customers able to buy tickets to gigs up to two days before non-O2 customers in the UK",^[1] as part of a £22.5 million deal between telecommunications company O2 and music promoter Live Nation who own 51% of the venues.^[2]

Contents 1 Venues 1.1 O2 Shepherds Bush Empire 1.2 O2 Academy Brixton 1.3 O2 Academy Birmingham 1.4 O2 Academy Bristol 1.5 O2 Academy Glasgow 1.6 O2 Academy Liverpool 1.7 O2 Academy Newcastle 1.8 O2 Academy Islington 1.9 O2 Academy Oxford 1.10 O2 Academy Sheffield 1.11 O2 Academy Leeds 1.12 O2 Academy Brighton 1.13 O2 ABC Glasgow 1.14 O2 Academy Bournemouth 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Venues

[edit] O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

Situated in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Opened in 1994 Capacity 2,000

[edit] O2 Academy Brixton

The Flagship music venue. Situated in Brixton, South London, England.

Opened in 1983 Capacity 4,921

[edit] O2 Academy Birmingham

Situated in Bristol Street, Birmingham

Opened in 2009 Capacity 3,009

O2 Academy 2 Birmingham Capacity 600 O2 Academy 3 Birmingham Capacity 289

[edit] O2 Academy Bristol

Situated below the ice rink on Frogmore Street, Bristol, England.

Opened in 2001 Capacity 1,600

O2 Academy 2 Bristol Capacity 600

[edit] O2 Academy Glasgow

Situated in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.

Opened in 2003 Capacity 2,500

[edit] O2 Academy Liverpool

Situated in Liverpool, England.

Opened in 2003 Capacity 1,200

O2 Academy 2 Liverpool Capacity 500

[edit] O2 Academy Newcastle

Situated in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Opened in 2005 Capacity 2,000

O2 Academy 2 Newcastle Capacity 400

[edit] O2 Academy Islington

Situated in Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington.

Opened in 2003 Capacity 800 O2 Academy 2 Islington Capacity 250

[edit] O2 Academy Oxford

Situated in Oxford, England.

Opened in 2006 Capacity 1350

[edit] O2 Academy Sheffield

Situated in the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Opened it 2008 Capacity 2,350

O2 Academy Sheffield 2 Capacity 400

[edit] O2 Academy Leeds

Situated in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Opened in 2007 Capacity 2,300

O2 Academy Leeds 2 Capacity 400

[edit] O2 Academy Brighton

Situated in Brighton, Sussex, England. (Newly acquired)

Opening in late 2009 Capacity ????

[edit] O2 ABC Glasgow

Situated in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland.

Opened in 2002 Capacity 1362

O2 ABC2 Capacity 350

[edit] O2 Academy Bournemouth

Situated in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, England. (Newly acquired) ^[3]

Opening in 2009 Capacity 1,175

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website

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