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music venue (Academy Music Group)

O2 Academy Birmingham

Birmingham · 16-18 Horsefair, Bristol Street, Birmingham B1 1DB, UK

O2 Academy Birmingham first opened in Dale End on 16 November 2000 with a show by Ocean Colour Scene, then moved to Horsefair in 2009, where local band Editors headlined the opening night. The Horsefair site opened in the 1960s as The Ballroom and then the Top Rank Suite; rebranded in the 1980s as the Hummingbird, it hosted Nirvana, Sonic Youth and the Beastie Boys before closing in 1994, and was later the Dome nightclub. The main room holds 3,009, including 600 seated, with room for 600 in O2 Academy 2 and 250 in O2 Academy 3.