O2 Academy Islington

The O2 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 O2 Academy 2 holds 250.^[1]

History

The venue was purpose-built and opened in September 2002. The original occupant was the short-lived Marquee N1, a music and dining venue backed by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and club promoter Mark Fuller.^[1]

The venue re-opened in its current form in September 2003 and is the smallest of the four London venues within the O2 Academy Group.^[1]

Performers

American punks Alkaline Trio performed on the venue's opening night. Other notable performers who have played at the O2 Academy Islington include The John O'Leary Band, Roger Chapman & The Shortlist, Big Country, Magnum, Riverside, Satyricon, FM, KISS, Nobodies Birthday, Train, 7 Day Weekend, Matt Stevens, The Damned, MaNga, Melanie C, Zebrahead, Funeral for a Friend, Hugh Cornwell, Tarja Turunen, Jello Biafra, Gackt, Girugamesh, Hikaru Utada (under her US stage name 'Utada'), The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Coheed and Cambria, VAMPS, Max Milner, The Script, The Rasmus, Paramore, East 17, Morbid Angel, Dimmu Borgir, Sarah Harding, Tokio Hotel, Vanmity Draws Blood, R5, My Chemical Romance (who recorded the music video for their single Planetary (Go!) there), The Rutles, Stephen Dale Petit and Mick Taylor.

Events

The Academy also hosts the weekly club nights Club de Fromage and Old School Indie every Saturday.

References

1 2 3 Venue History (official site) accessed 19 August 2008

External links

Academy Music Group venues

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire O2 Academy Brixton O2 Academy Birmingham O2 Academy Bournemouth O2 Academy Bristol O2 Academy Glasgow O2 Academy Liverpool O2 Academy Newcastle O2 Academy Islington O2 Academy Oxford O2 Academy Sheffield O2 Academy Leeds O2 Academy Leicester O2 ABC Glasgow O2 Institute Birmingham O2 Forum Kentish Town O2 Ritz Manchester

London nightclub venues

Current	Brixton Academy Camden Underworld The Coronet Electric Ballroom Heaven Koko Marquee Club Proud2 (The O2 Arena, Greenwich) Ministry of Sound Pacha O2 Academy Islington Scala Shepherd's Bush Empire

Venues closed since 2000	SeOne The End Fabric The Fridge Turnmills London Astoria Astoria 2

Coordinates: 51°32′04″N 0°06′21″W / 51.5345°N 0.1058°W / 51.5345; -0.1058

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