Carling Academy Newcastle

The Carling Academy Newcastle is the newest music venue in Newcastle upon Tyne, [[Tyne and Wear], England]. It was opened on October 14, 2005 to an evening headlined by regional band The Futureheads. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x1543, 270 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Carling Academy Newcastle Academy Music Group ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1200x1543, 270 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Carling Academy Newcastle Academy Music Group ... A music venue is any location of a musical performance. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Futureheads are a four-member English indie rock band based in Sunderland. ...

The venue was converted from a bingo hall in the summer of 2005 at a cost of four million pounds. Its two-level auditorium has a capacity of almost 2,000 (standing and seating). The venue is operated by the Academy Music Group and sponsored by Carling. Housie is a gambling game played in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, where it is called Bingo. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom Inflation 2. ... Academy Music Group (or AMG) is a leading owner operator of music venues in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Carling (disambiguation). ...

The complex was recently expanded to include a new, smaller, venue dubbed Carling Academy Newcastle 2. This new venue is used for lesser known and up-and-coming acts.

The venue's fastest selling tickets were the Arctic Monkeys. Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece indie rock/post-punk revival band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England. ...

As with the rest of the Carling Academies, the venue hosts a Kerrang! Rock Night for under 18s every month. Kerrang! is a weekly music magazine (mainly rock) published by EMAP in the United Kingdom. ...

Academy Music Group (or AMG) is a leading owner operator of music venues in the United Kingdom. ... The Shepherds Bush Empire is a music venue in Shepherds Bush in West London, England. ... Carling Academy Brixton The Carling Academy Brixton is a large music venue in Brixton, South London, England with a capacity of 4,921. ... The Carling Academy Birmingham is a music venue in Dale End, Birmingham, England that is run by the Academy Music Group. ... The Carling Academy Bristol is a venue run by the Academy Music Group which hosts club nights (capacity 1,900) and gigs (capacity 1,600). ... Music venue in Glasgow. ... The Carling Academy Islington is a music venue in Islington, London, England run by the Academy Music Group. ... The Zodiac is a club on the Cowley Road in Oxford, UK. It is famed for performances by underrated and up and coming bands and has been Oxfords main music venue since its reopening in 1995. ...

External links

• Official Website
• Facts about Carling Academy Newcastle - from the Academy Music Group website (PDF)
• Carling Academy Newcastle page