O2 Academy Birmingham
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Established
2009 (17 years old)
Capacity
3,009
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Country
United Kingdom
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Timezone
UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Coordinates
52°28′24.44″N 1°53′59.47″W
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O2 Academy Birmingham is a music venue located in Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
Venue
The original O2 Academy Birmingham was located at a Dale End venue, which now hosts Forum Birmingham). In September 2009, the O2 Academy moved to the site of the former Dome II Nightclub on Horsefair, Bristol Street. The decision to move to a new venue was because the original venue was unsuitable for the needs of a modern music venue, and because its building complex was scheduled for demolition for a project that was called Martineau Galleries.
At the new venue in Bristol Street, the local band Editors headlined the opening night. The following nights had gigs by The Twang, The Streets, and Ocean Colour Scene, at which commemorative wristbands were given out as part of a marketing campaign by the O2 marketing team who were known as O2 Angels.
Like the former Academy venue, the new venue has a multi-room operation. Its main room has a capacity of 3,009 (including 600 in a seating area); its O2 Academy 2 has a capacity of 600; and its O2 Academy 3 has a capacity of 250. Each room has its own queuing system and box office. All three rooms can be used at the same time. Therefore, the venue has a full capacity of 3,859.
To coincide with the launch of the Bristol Street venue, the club night Propaganda moved from the Gatecrasher venue in Birmingham to the Academy on Friday 18 September 2009. It is now spread over all three of the Academy's rooms, and plays a variety of indie music. Subculture, a well known metal and rock club which was hosted at the Dale End Academy, moved to the new Academy on 26 September 2009.
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